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Anonymous wrote:I was on a flight recently and the person next to me was doing this the whole flight and it was terrible.

OTOH I have a distinct memory of having been on a really stressful business trip and as soon as I got on the plane I relaxed and unconsciously let fly the whole way to my seat. I felt bad but hadn’t even realized I needed to unclench or what the consequences would be….

I walked down a plane aisle once downwind from a crop duster. It was horrific.

Crop dusting is a great way to get back at those people who grab the back of YOUR chair and jar you when they stand up. High chance they’re also the kinds of people who recline their seat back too.

So true. I never recline my seat unless the one behind me is vacant. When people recline their seats, I usually get up and give their seat as big a shove as possible, then say something like. "oh sorry there wasn't much room and I slipped". I usually do the same when I sit back down. Waiting until they are asleep is the best time.

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Anonymous wrote:The older I get the more I really hate most people.

Me too. So gross.

Farting is natural. Get over yourself.

Gas is painful and I’m afraid to fly so only go to bathroom if I really need to, so answer is yes of course.

Anonymous wrote:I was on a flight once and someone near me had awful gas the entire flight. On the cab ride home I mentioned this and my son (6 or 7) at the time said yeah, that was me. 🤦‍♀️

Surprised that a kid so young had smelly gas. My gas didn't become bad until my 30s.

I was on a flight once and someone near me had awful gas the entire flight. On the cab ride home I mentioned this and my son (6 or 7) at the time said yeah, that was me. 🤦‍♀️

Traveling can lead to constipation for some, resulting in increased farts. If I’m not extra careful with hydration and getting enough fiber, it can get pretty bad. Same thing with RTO and a long commute, it wreaked total havoc no matter what I ate.
Little farts here and there aren’t awful but now that I think about it, I have a 3 hour flight coming up and a little peppermint tea and Gas X ahead of time might be nice

An elderly couple is sitting in church during a sermon. The wife leans over to her husband and whispers, "I just let out a silent fart. What should I do?"

The husband whispers back, "Well, for starters, you can put a new battery in your hearing aid".

Anonymous wrote:People over 60 don't have much control over their flatulence. Its not a choice for them to time them..

And that is why they have a diminished social life. If you don’t hold it in, you won’t have many friends.

Anonymous wrote:This is such a weirdly yet typical American thing to think of. Let me tell you: no one else is thinking about this or even cares.

You will both think about it and care if you sit in my row flying across the Atlantic.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t always control it, but mine aren’t stinky. I assume all of those plane seats are just full of old farts.

Uh huh 🤔

Right? It’s absolutely perfect that multiple DCUM posters believe their farts don’t smell.

Some farts are smellier than others. Most of my farts don't smell enough for me to notice the smell. Doesn't mean that someone standing right behind me when I farted wouldn't smell it, but they clearly aren't potent enough to really stink up a room.

When I'm on certain medication (hello, prednisone) or recovering from food poisoning, my farts smell super foul. So I can tell the difference.

I do think if all your farts smell really bad, it means something in your diet is making them stink. It's not necessarily bad -- broccoli makes my farts smellier, for instance, and broccoli is great for you. But I do sometimes think to myself "I'm going to skip the broccoli tonight because I will be in a conference room for four hours tomorrow morning with colleagues and I want to bee kind to them."

By your 40s you should know all this about your body -- how alcohol and certain foods and medications impact it. You just have to pay attention and have some self-awareness.

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Anonymous wrote:How do people hold it? Mine usually just come out - I can try to control the sound but I can’t just not fart.

The only way I know to control the sound is to spread the cheeks. How do you control the sound in public?

You use your sphincter muscles to release the gas slowly enough that it doesn't make a sound.

99% of my farts are silent. I do appreciate when I'm by myself and can just let one fly. It's a relief.

I've also noted that as I get older, my ability to control the sound is declining slightly. But ideally by the time I have no control, I'll be too old to care what people think of my loud farts!

This is such a weirdly yet typical American thing to think of. Let me tell you: no one else is thinking about this or even cares.

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I wear an adult diaper on the plane bc I do not want to use the plane bathroom.
#postcardsecrets

really? That seems grosser to me.

It does but my 80 year mom doesn't have good enough bladder control and is too frail to walk around the plane. I would rather have her wear a diaper than have an accident. Have some compassion for the old.

People over 60 don't have much control over their flatulence. Its not a choice for them to time them..

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I wear an adult diaper on the plane bc I do not want to use the plane bathroom.
#postcardsecrets

really? That seems grosser to me.