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NYC Liberal

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109. Here's a crazy idea:

Mon Nov 13, 2023, 03:54 PM

Nov 2023

If you want to hear people singing while you’re on a plane, put on some headphones and connect them to the device of your choice. Then everyone gets to listen to the music that makes them happy and those who don’t want to hear singing don’t have to.

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A Delta crew member threatened to remove a passenger who repeatedly tried to sing her new gospel song on the flight [View all] Coventina Nov 2023 OP

If miss "I'm really important because JAYSUS and I"m up for a Grammy" was sitting next Maru Kitteh Nov 2023 #1

This is sort of like those to proselytize to captive audiences on trains. Some people had long days and want quiet. TheBlackAdder Nov 2023 #68

Exactly. STFU. brush Nov 2023 #176

Same NowISeetheLight Nov 2023 #180

The only thing I hate is when the passengers jimfields33 Nov 2023 #2

I've not experienced that except where we sat on the tarmac waiting to take off for hours OR hlthe2b Nov 2023 #13

It's just stress release. TwilightZone Nov 2023 #17

Ah the wonders MaineNative Nov 2023 #50

And people wonder why I love taking the train Trailrider1951 Nov 2023 #80

I've only been on one flight where that happened, it was Wingus Dingus Nov 2023 #25

THIS malaise Nov 2023 #42

I've only experienced passengers clapping on international flights FakeNoose Nov 2023 #105

Guam to Saipan 1993 or 94 Arthur_Frain Nov 2023 #159

Not the same thing, the incident happen in flight and she... brush Nov 2023 #177

Sheesh, let her sing Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #3

hell no! NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #5

Singing is a hellova lot better than barking Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #12

Never flown on a flight with multiple babies crying continually? Much worse, though I have sympathy hlthe2b Nov 2023 #18

Let everyone sing! Give each passenger 5 minutes during flight to stand and sing! Midnight Writer Nov 2023 #7

Everyone gets the same 5 minutes to proselytize to Bobbi. keithbvadu2 Nov 2023 #16

She was happy and proud Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #20

Never get on a flight with David Lee Roth. Midnight Writer Nov 2023 #22

I would "Jump" if David Lee Roth sang Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #29

she just wanted to do her praise Jesus stuff. arrogant. NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #23

Plus, very annoying to plug a new album with a song in front of a captive audience. Attilatheblond Nov 2023 #63

Or make them go outside and sing. GoneOffShore Nov 2023 #104

She's a noxious religious martyr selling a product. I don't want Kirby vacuum demos Maru Kitteh Nov 2023 #24

What about Electrolux? Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #44

So what? I prefer the singing of raspy voiced old guys and gals Merlot Nov 2023 #30

Who listens to the words in a song if it sounds good? How about "Halelujah"? Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #34

I'm chiming in here, because this comment is ridiculous ms liberty Nov 2023 #150

I do. Bad lyrics can ruin a song for me. N/T LisaM Nov 2023 #155

And Winchester Cathedral won Best Pop Recording ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #139

She didn't win a Grammy MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #144

Not only that.... TheRealNorth Nov 2023 #43

Airplane karaoke! The horror, the horror... Ocelot II Nov 2023 #66

That's fine. But as soon as she opens her stupid mouth to sing, everyone else Wingus Dingus Nov 2023 #14

I think it's unlikely she was going to stop after five minutes. TwilightZone Nov 2023 #19

Heck, ever sing in the shower? Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #26

No, I think she was probably going to sign other songs. TwilightZone Nov 2023 #36

I think she'd keep singing and not shut up for the entire flight Clash City Rocker Nov 2023 #62

Nope - and if I did I don't subject anyone to it, just me NewHendoLib Nov 2023 #91

most showers aren't as long as a plane flight. Conjuay Nov 2023 #141

Who cares? To do it at all is disrespectful. edisdead Nov 2023 #163

It would be more acceptable if it wasn't religious. pandr32 Nov 2023 #35

Not really. Airplanes are transportation, not concerts, Ocelot II Nov 2023 #60

I do agree. pandr32 Nov 2023 #132

You dont have to be an atheist to find that assumption obnoxious. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #75

That goes to my point. pandr32 Nov 2023 #133

Cool. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #138

You can practically tell what type of Christian someone is by the political party they identify with. -nt CrispyQ Nov 2023 #151

That does seem so. pandr32 Nov 2023 #168

Only marginally. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #165

Yes, it would hurt obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #40

And so I assume it's okay for every passenger to "entertain" pinkstarburst Nov 2023 #55

Yes... progressoid Nov 2023 #57

I unironically love this song Sympthsical Nov 2023 #160

Sounds like Baby Shark to me (in repetitive annoyance production). Nt spooky3 Nov 2023 #166

I can listen to about 10 seconds but then have turn it off for fear of a permanent earworm infection. progressoid Nov 2023 #178

The flight attendant told her to stop and she argued back Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #76

This is the point that some in this thread are missing JoseBalow Nov 2023 #112

So.. its all good then? quakerboy Nov 2023 #79

No. And I won't say a happy prayer with her either. Scrivener7 Nov 2023 #82

Bobbi? JoseBalow Nov 2023 #115

even a nazi barbershop quartet? toad-eye Nov 2023 #122

YES. Conjuay Nov 2023 #124

Some of us want peace and quiet ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #137

Yeah, no thanks. edisdead Nov 2023 #161

I don't care what the music genre, unless asked, no one should sing on a plane where hlthe2b Nov 2023 #4

well, rfk, but I agree NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #6

Oops, corrected... hlthe2b Nov 2023 #10

She wasn't just singing. She was selling. Croney Nov 2023 #8

Were I there, she would be wearing an emptied out carry on over her head Attilatheblond Nov 2023 #72

Bravo DENVERPOPS Nov 2023 #127

Thanks. Never heard that song. 70sEraVet Nov 2023 #148

This shameless self promotor made those poor airline employee's lives hell RAB910 Nov 2023 #9

Noxious religious martyrdom. "The deepstate is oppressing me!" nt Maru Kitteh Nov 2023 #21

Pretty much, you don't see anyone else walking up and down the aisles singing RAB910 Nov 2023 #28

Billy Idol did it in "The Wedding Singer" Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #32

Please tell me you understand the difference between movies and reality. Coventina Nov 2023 #33

As far as reality is concerned, is it realistic to expect to have a good time on a plane? Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #46

How nice for you. 🙄 ShazzieB Nov 2023 #87

I'm with the airline employee as well. n/t KarenS Nov 2023 #11

Sit down and STFU walkingman Nov 2023 #15

I am absolutely with the Delta employee on this. Toss the offender off the plane, whether still on the ground or not. DFW Nov 2023 #27

I'm one of those oddball atheists who likes gospel music but shut up on the plane! Vinca Nov 2023 #31

A lot of atheists like gospel, curiously enough. TwilightZone Nov 2023 #37

Ill go you one further. When i was a kid and played in clubs... NNadir Nov 2023 #85

Tim Minchin TwilightZone Nov 2023 #93

I love opera. But if a famous opera singer stood up in the aisle and sang "Vissi d'arte" Ocelot II Nov 2023 #64

There are too many grumpy people in this string Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #38

I don't care that it was gospel music. It could have been anything Ocelot II Nov 2023 #70

No, there is one person who refuses to consider ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #140

You fail to understand common courtesy Mysterian Nov 2023 #175

Subways of the sky superpatriotman Nov 2023 #39

Americans have never had a firm grasp ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #142

Another reason I stopped going to movie theaters Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #167

I was on a flight one time Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #41

Safety issues, too. BadgerMom Nov 2023 #45

Sure, planes crash all the time from passengers singing Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #47

It is disruptive and against policy obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #49

Against "policy"? Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #54

She was disruptive, repeatedly failed to obey the FAs telling her to stop obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #81

I think your change in tack is called an Torchlight Nov 2023 #134

It is a goal post shift. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #169

I want everyone on a plane to be polite and as quiet as possible, and keep your religion to yourself obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #48

Singing is stressful? Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #51

You know, you are trolling now, and I am done obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #83

Why not? Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #90

You've made your position clear. Repeatedly. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #101

Don't worry, be happy Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #108

Apology acepted. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #118

Yes, it is stressful to other passengers ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #143

Firmly supportive of the Delta crew. Narcissism is doing our country in. NewHendoLib Nov 2023 #52

Me too Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #73

Hard agree. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #103

I'm with the airline on this one pinkstarburst Nov 2023 #53

I wonder how little miss gospel singer Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #56

Or some Hare Krishna singers progressoid Nov 2023 #58

Yup MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #146

Maybe she thought Mr. Evil Nov 2023 #59

Kinda like at the ballpark when they sing "Take Me Out To the Ballgame" Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #69

It is more like running out into the ball field because its all about you. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #170

So you'd approve of top 40 singing but not gospel. How about Elvis? Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #61

I don't approve of any singing on a plane. n/t Coventina Nov 2023 #65

I think you have too many rules Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #74

This subject seems intensely personal to you. Croney Nov 2023 #77

A performer in a way, yes Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #84

Whatever floats your boat. Croney Nov 2023 #86

Or flies your plane, is it were Kennah Nov 2023 #173

Except you aren't "goofing" at other posters obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #88

I am heartily sorry for having offended thee Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #96

You may be having fun, but I'm pretty sure you're the only one. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #107

You may be right, I may be crazy (apologies to Billy Joel) Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #114

Sure, Jan. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #116

trolling is not about likes it is about quantity of responses and level of annoyance Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #171

that"sorry for offending Conjuay Nov 2023 #131

Why are you being such a jerk to me? Seriously, why? obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #152

Here's a crazy idea: NYC Liberal Nov 2023 #109

Her religion is so persecuted. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #157

I don't think singing on a plane is appropriate Mosby Nov 2023 #67

lol. nt ecstatic Nov 2023 #71

Reminder to self - buy a noise canceling headset before I ever fly again csziggy Nov 2023 #78

If I'm ever on a plane where someone starts proselytizing about religion in any way, I hope you're on it, too. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #113

I don't think I would have cared if it wasn't gospel music. intheflow Nov 2023 #89

Only Barbra and Dame Shirley Bassey should be allowed to sing while flying commercially. Oopsie Daisy Nov 2023 #92

Flight attendant pay doesn't start till the doors close. nilram Nov 2023 #94

I agree with the Delta crew member. totodeinhere Nov 2023 #95

It has a paywall. Does it contain the video? Maraya1969 Nov 2023 #97

Yes. Croney Nov 2023 #99

I found it on Instagram Maraya1969 Nov 2023 #145

fuck that noisy thumper asshole👍🎉 bringthePaine Nov 2023 #98

This is the entertainment in hell. twodogsbarking Nov 2023 #100

Singing on a plane can introduce unique dangers... Buns_of_Fire Nov 2023 #102

Robert Stack knew how to deal with people trying to sell you...whether in the air or on the ground. LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #110

Ha! I was hoping someone would post this! 🤪 MustBeTheBooz Nov 2023 #135

+1 dalton99a Nov 2023 #149

The arrogance of Christian cultists. LiberalLovinLug Nov 2023 #106

Yikes how inconsiderate of her. You start singing that Christian conspiracy theory nonsense to people you don't know MenloParque Nov 2023 #111

Careful with your broad brush. Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #172

As a Black Female I know what is going on in MY community. MenloParque Nov 2023 #179

IOKIYAC Deep State Witch Nov 2023 #117

This message was self-deleted by its author SharonClark Nov 2023 #119

I only see it once Croney Nov 2023 #120

How weird SharonClark Nov 2023 #123

Just as weird Jersey Devil Nov 2023 #128

Are you counting the "milestone" posts? sl8 Nov 2023 #126

Was this a publicity stunt? Renew Deal Nov 2023 #121

I'd probably have thrown my peanuts at her Bayard Nov 2023 #125

STFD & STFU hatrack Nov 2023 #129

If I want to listen to her music, I'll buy her album. Otherwise, not interested. Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #130

UGGGH. TSExile Nov 2023 #136

Kicking for Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. usonian Nov 2023 #147

Who doe she think she is? STFU or leave already!! She disrupted an entire Ziggysmom Nov 2023 #153

I agree with the flight attendant treestar Nov 2023 #154

She just would NOT SHUT UP. CoopersDad Nov 2023 #156

Entitled, attention-seeking religious freaks can be super annoying. SYFROYH Nov 2023 #158

The crew was correct malaise Nov 2023 #162

I'm religious, and I don't want my flight to start off with anybody singing. shrike3 Nov 2023 #164

When I purchase a ticket, I expect to suffer from the inconveniences of air travel, but housecat Nov 2023 #174