Man stares at blank blue screen on airplane TV for 20 minutes......

[riversedge]

I love MollyJong's response

Link to tweet

?s=20

Link to tweet

?s=20

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Perhaps the man on a wing..

?t=12

[FailureToCommunicate]

18. "There's a man out there" Ha! Looks more like a Republican monster, tearing up the wing to

try to crash the entire country, I mean, plane.

[chicoescuela]

26. Great episode

[AnrothElf]

2. "Link to tweet" LOL

There's nothing to see here.

Just two blue links that read "Link to tweet".

And no, reply guys, I'm not going to disable my ad blocker so I can visit the Nazi bar that is Twitter.

Any bar that allows Nazis to drink there becomes a Nazi bar. It doesn't matter if non-Nazis also drink there. That just means that non-Nazis are drinking at a Nazi bar.

[TwilightZone]

4. The tweets are showing for me, and I don't have a Twitter/X account.

They don't seem to show for some people, for whatever reasons. I'm also running ad-blockers.

[AnrothElf]

12. Everyone always seems to think I'm complaining about not being able to see tweets. I'm not.

I'm complaining about people continuing to support that Nazi bar by posting them here.

Anything found on twitter can be sourced from elsewhere, without further enriching and supporting the fascist scum Elon Musk.

It's really that simple. I'm boycotting Twitter. Why isn't everyone?

[TwilightZone]

17. People think you're not able to see the tweets because you specifically...

said all you see is links.

Interpretation isn't the problem here. Presentation is.

As for boycotting, good for you. Welcome to the club. Many of us never used it in the first place.

[John1956PA]

21. I understood your reply completely. I agree.

I, like you, am refusing to click any "X" link.

[Hekate]

13. They show for me, and I just have DU's Star Member setup, which includes ad blockers for this site

That may be it.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. same here . but i agree with the poster too.

[Trailrider1951]

15. I get those blue links when I'm viewing DU on my tablet

I have to go to Shitter to see the info. But on my desk top or laptop, the twits show complete. Don't know why

[littlemissmartypants]

25. There's a solution. But the OP has to do it.

Once at xitter one can copy and paste the content of the tweet separately from the tweet link alone.

I'm not sure if people don't know this or they're just in a hurry...whatever. Maybe laziness?

Voila...

Original tweet by Dean somebody...
Im on a flight and a person a few seats ahead of me was watching Fox News on plane's satellite tv. However a blue screen came on saying there was a disruption in satellite reception. The guy has now been staring at the blue screen for 20 minutes
Molly replied...
He’s probably getting more accurate information from that

[orleans]

30. i'm on twitter and i appreciate the actual link so i can click on it, respond to it, repost it, read other

comments, or whatever else

[littlemissmartypants]

31. I'm not saying to omit the xitter link. Just to add the copied text with it

Because those not on xitter can't see the tweet therefore don't have a clue as to the actual content.

❤️

[orleans]

32. oh, sorry. i misunderstood

i don't always add the plain text--i was adding it for awhile when people said they couldn't see it or wouldn't go to twitter to read it. seems lately i just forget or ?? who knows?

[former9thward]

3. How would someone see the face of someone who is a "few seats ahead" of them?

Maybe the guy is sleeping.

[TwilightZone]

5. Aisle seats on opposite sides might work

Depends on the configuration. Other angles wouldn't work very well.

[robbob]

7. Or they got up to use the washroom?

Could be a true story…

[KS Toronado]

9. Lots of scenarios

Other passengers pointing and laughing at him? Raised a stink with a stewardess because he
couldn't watch FQX? Walked by and seen him crying? Stood up and asked the rest
of the passengers if anybody else was having trouble with the FQX channel.

[former9thward]

11. Well, I think that any of those would be included in the tweet.

I suspect it was speculative snark.

[sarchasm]

6. MJF is badass.

[ok_cpu]

8. Do you want something to read?

?si=XLXx3YEPq4q1UViA

[PTL_Mancuso]

10. The first thing I thought of when I read the headline! LOL

[pfitz59]

22. Puddy was great

happy place

[Blue Owl]

28. I can't TAKE this!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. That's addiction or he fell asleep. . . . nt

[pnwmom]

19. Odd are he fell asleep. Lots of people nod off on plane flights. nt

[oldsoftie]

23. My first thought too. I've done it MANY times! nt

[petronius]

27. Yeah, it doesn't seem very odd to me. Sitting quietly, zoned out, staring at nothing?

That's me on practically every flight I've ever been on...

[peppertree]

20. Rumor is - Farce News uses Beta wave tech, generously provided by the CIA in the Bush years, to hypnotize viewers

Hey - if Repugs can believe in Pizzagate, Adrenochrome drinkers, and Chinese-controlled thermostats...

[Takket]

24. brainwashed, hypnotized, zombies

[Simeon Salus]

29. Waiting patiently for his master to return

Seems Pavlovian to me. Programmed. Dependent.