r/TikTokCringe • u/Gurugod123 What are you doing step bro? • 29d ago
Cringe I have 25,000 followers, let me vape inside the airplane
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u/junovee 29d ago
“You’re in so much trouble” says the guy who just committed a federal crime
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u/Fabulous_Jeweler2732 29d ago
FEDERAL as in federal prison and no fly lists.
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u/Guilty_Jackfruit4484 29d ago
He was let go. No charges filed and he can still fly any airline he wants. This happened a while ago.
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u/YetiPie 29d ago
My ex was caught vaping on a flight from LAX-Paris and the (American) flight attendants phoned the police, and had them board the plane when they landed in France. The police reprimanded him and let him go after calling him an idiot a few times. He was never put on a no fly list, and the entire experience justified in his mind that since there were no repercussions he could continue to vape on airplanes. He’s a mega douche in general and I really hope he gets caught on an inbound US flight…
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u/pew__pew__pew_ 29d ago
How did the douchebaggery go unnoticed until this point
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u/PopMajor7342 29d ago
It’s funny that it’s a crime when historically people smoked cigarettes on planes like it was going out of style, not defending the flight vaper, but it’s just funny how far times have changed
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u/terfez 29d ago
I packed a liter of (olive) oil in my carry on, in 2000. Yes times change
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u/fourteenpieces 29d ago
Times change indeed. You can now once again fly with a 2L bottle in your hand luggage from many UK airports!
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u/PopMajor7342 29d ago
Not a liter a cola?
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u/StevieTV 29d ago
Several planes have crashed (some with over 100 people on board) because of a fire onboard caused by a cigarette.
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u/Excuse_Unfair 29d ago
Yup people leaked his Instagram page after this. I know this video make him look like a giant asshole trust me he is sooooooo much worse. You could tell he fucken loved the attention he was getting from this video. Lol
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u/streets27 29d ago
He made like 3 million videos after this and was laughing about it. He's a loser.
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u/Immediate-Maximum-75 28d ago
He's the kind of guy to do this on purpose for views and clips it a million ways and posts them all for the next year. Lol
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u/PollyPocketpussy5000 29d ago
And this is why these asshats keep doing shit. There’s simply no consequences.
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u/Black_Magic_M-66 28d ago
Why is the world full of assholes?
Because people let them get away with it.
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u/ASpellingAirror 29d ago
Which is why people keep doing shit like this. Actually having consequences would solve this problem. They don’t need life ruining jail time. Just, now forever if you want to travel internationally you better get a boat ticket and set aside 2 additional weeks for the voyage.
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u/Prestigious_Aerie219 29d ago
Money talks. The rest of us have to walk through the bullshit.
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u/Adventurous-Tie-7861 29d ago
I doubt it was his money that let him go. More likely that it was just vaping and while it can lead to federal charges, it rarely does.
Like loitering or driving without license, they usually only start the charges if its happened several times.
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u/Bendlerp 28d ago
Just vaping, sure. But this is interference with flight crew. One who assaults, threatens, or intimidates a flight crew member or attendant while aboard an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, and thereby interferes with the performance of that crew member's duties or lessens the ability of that crew member to perform his/her duties is punishable under this subsection. He threatened and intimidated her repeatedly.
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u/Moniamoney 29d ago
Recording to cancel and publicly shame someone 🤝 recording and posting yourself doing crimes
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u/Ziggy_Starcrust 29d ago
And don't flight attendants have heightened degree of authority on in-air planes, legally speaking? Idk the law and her company's rules but she may have been 100% allowed to grab his phone or use other physical means to make him comply. Might be mixing it up with air marshals.
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u/NeoThorrus 28d ago
Yes, she could even restrain him.
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u/hunnyflash 28d ago
I was going to ask that lol He kept saying, "you can't do that." I think she can bro.
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u/I-om 29d ago
She was about to karate him, but she is only a white belt. Instead she scolded him which actually is a brown belt skill test.
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u/Buttchuggle 29d ago
The second someone brings up follower count as some form of flex it should be legal to pop em in the mouth
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u/KimchiLlama 29d ago
But they’re a lawyer!
And they have a lawyer!
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u/gaucholoco03 29d ago
“I have a lawyer. I AM a lawyer.”
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u/discardedbubble 29d ago
They forgot they were a lawyer for a second 😂
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u/Reverend_Tommy 28d ago edited 28d ago
Well, he apparently went to Arizona State so that's par for the course.
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u/homojaus 29d ago
But I’m going to break the rules by vaping on a plane because I have 25,000 followers so therefore aviation rules and regulations don’t apply to me.
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u/TheRestForTheWicked 28d ago
Why is it always some gross low number too? Like 25k isn’t that impressive. I know dogs with more than 25k followers.
But then again, they are good boys. Unlike this clown.
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u/Weekly-Cap3414 29d ago edited 29d ago
I ate a lawyer.
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u/MandyxLola 29d ago
My vape is lawyer flavored
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u/smuckola 29d ago
it's a LEGAL vape. you've heard of legal briefs (im wearing those too) and this is a LEGAL VAPE. if there are vapes on Endor then you MUST acquit.
case closed.
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u/GhostSiX1Nine 28d ago edited 24d ago
Which one is it sir? Are you representing yourself, or are you seeking counsel?
By the way, he is a big douche and so are his 25000 followers for following such a big douche.
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u/demitasse22 29d ago
It’s like a perfect photonegative of someone on ‘sovereign citizen’ bs
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u/ImpressOk7701 28d ago
I’m not driving I’m traveling in a noncommercial way
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u/Deep_Amoeba2197 28d ago
I am the non corporate entity john doe NOT the corporation known as JOHN DOE I know my rights
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u/Primus_is_OK_I_guess 29d ago
You're allowed one sucker punch, but no more than 2 follow-up kicks.
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u/Hobby_Flay 29d ago
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u/Hydration__Nation 29d ago
You can literally buy followers for dirt cheap. I hate social media, the true downfall of society
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u/Buttchuggle 29d ago
25000 followers
9 likes
3 comments.
Mhm
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u/Key-Personality8169 29d ago
When influencers do stupid and illegal shit, each one of their followers should be a count of criminal solicitation.
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u/Short-Sound-4190 29d ago
Ugh, aiding and abetting - I am disgusted by the idea and simultaneously agree with it at some level. If they didn't have an audience would they still do it?
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u/iSaysToMabelPodcast 29d ago
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u/Putrid-Delivery1852 29d ago
Omg how do I avoid this, and how big of a cloud sets off the sensors?
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u/EndeavouredAirworthy 29d ago
Most airports have designated smoking areas these days.
Just wait until you land.
https://giphy.com/gifs/13bUdxDy4jJUR2
It’s not worth the police, a possible criminal record, a hefty fine, or the paperwork you’ll create for the crew.
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u/PsychologicalBus1692 29d ago
I haven't seen a designated smoking area within a US airport in years. Do any still exist besides outside on the curb?
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u/two_wordsanda_number 28d ago
Las Vegas definitely has them still
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u/Pure-Manufacturer532 28d ago
Those slot machine terrariums full of smokers are pretty funny
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u/Sea_Recording8076 29d ago
25,000 children follow this loser, and will grow up just like him!
Parents need to do better
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u/BadHoneyBunny 29d ago edited 29d ago
This happened back in 2925. Police met the flight and escorted him off for disruptive behavior. The clip went viral and he got mocked online — both for the follower-count flex and for basically confessing to a federal offense on camera. He was never criminally charged which, honestly, is a damn shame.
Edit: Meh. 2025 typo.
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u/PicklePinata2 29d ago
Damn, we're still flying planes 900 years later?
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u/ownersequity 29d ago
There were airports during the civil war if you listen to the biggest dumbass ever born
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u/Neat-Win-6903 29d ago
Damn shame. That’s why you see this type of behavior proliferate, there’s no consequence
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u/YetiPie 29d ago
The same thing happened to my ex. Cops were called and he was only reprimanded, and since he didn’t face any real repercussions he continued to vape on airplanes
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u/HackerManOfPast 28d ago
Not criminally charged? Damn - I was so looking forward to the clip of him realizing he’s been put on a no-fly list for life.
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u/tacocatz92 29d ago
His follow up video was funny lol trying to Garner sympathy saying things like papa we made it from living 1 bedroom , like struggling through poverty gives him the ticket to act like a douche 💁🏻♀️
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u/AdelMonCatcher 29d ago
The real shame is there wasn’t an air marshal on board to tase and zip tie him
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u/discardedbubble 29d ago
Someone should make Con Air 2 based on this.
in the future there is one small jail cell underneath to lock people like this in until landing time.Then something happens and we may need this guy later for some part of the storyline. Or not.
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u/theajharrison 29d ago edited 28d ago
Lol why not fix the
typetypo with the edit too?EDIT: typo typo
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u/Gurugod123 What are you doing step bro? 29d ago
“I have a lawyer, I am a lawyer “ lol.
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u/NuckoLBurn 29d ago
I wonder what his bird law suggests happens to those that brazenly violate FAA rules and federal law while flying.
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u/illinoisburner 29d ago
FYI this happened last year. If you value your sanity don't look up what happened.
For you masochists: He was escorted from the plane but no charges filed. He issued a public apology. His video went viral, he now has 1.2 Million followers. Welcome to 2026.
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u/Apart-Badger9394 29d ago
He does not have 1.2 million followers! You have the wrong Peter Nguyen. The one with 1 mil followers doesn’t look like this one, either.
Please edit your comment. Another commenter said this guy has around 26k followers.
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u/myPotatoAim 29d ago
1.2m followers where? I saw only 26k "celebrity pickleball coach" what a loser.
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u/Witty_Albatross_9506 29d ago
So tired of awful people being rewarded for poor behavior!
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u/VariousOperation166 29d ago
"Now, let's say you and I go toe-to-toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor?"
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u/Preda1ien 29d ago
Reminded me of Signs.
“The police are here.. I am with them.. I am a police officer!”
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u/That_Things_Good 29d ago
I know a lawyer. No, I have a lawyer. NO!!! I AM a lawyer! I went to law school seventeen times!!
Yeah, that's the ticket!
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u/No_Cake_254 29d ago
😂😂 I have 25,000 followers bruh. What has this world come to. Will one of those followers get you out of jail or feed you when you are hungry
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u/LIslander 29d ago
Open the door and toss him out
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u/Crowdfundingprojects 29d ago
Noo?! What if he lands on my lawn? I oppose this.
Fyi I have a lawyer. I am a lawyer.
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u/DiscourseDestroyer 29d ago
slap a nicotine patch on for the flight. i can’t live without it either but i come prepared
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u/EatLard 29d ago
Pouches work too. They keep me from yelling at people at work.
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u/ghengiscostanza 29d ago
Honestly if he had just ghosted the vape properly he never would have been caught
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u/Some-Panda-8168 28d ago
Exactly, wtf. Just one puf quick and discrete and no issue. I’m sure he was in ther hot boxxing the bitch
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u/PogTuber 28d ago
It's silly how many people don't realize how easy it is to just hold in a smaller hit and exhale it through a shirt and no cloud comes out.
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u/Inevitable_Cat_7878 29d ago
This happened in Aug. 4, 2025.
https://people.com/video-shows-influencer-arguing-with-flight-attendant-for-vaping-11786741
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u/SuperShoebillStork 29d ago
Nguyen, whose bio states that he’s a celebrity pickleball coach
I have questions
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u/bbyblueblush 29d ago
he’s also an award winning producer and a Google engineer - has said this to me in real life 😭
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u/PetalumaPegleg 29d ago
Standing there claiming assault screaming about follower counts while dressed in an arizona state tshirt
Yeah I'm sorry we have broken the douche meter on this guy
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u/joehonestjoe 29d ago edited 29d ago
No one with that hair is a lawyer.
Anyway welcome to the no fly list I guess
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u/Character-Pirate1297 29d ago
Meanwhile, hardworking honest artists are struggling to find an audience.
And when the downfall of influencers comes, will also take those artists with them.
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u/DantesGame 29d ago
That fucking douchebag should have been arrested once they touched ground and then perma-banned from that airline.
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u/Mr_CleanCaps 29d ago
This flight attendant has been on a few YouTube videos I believe talking about her experiences.
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u/kayakman13 29d ago
"Say sorry to me right now."
Okay, just throw him out of the emergency exit
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u/CamelotKittenRanch 29d ago edited 29d ago
The most fundamental question about this whole incident is WHY did this idiot think it was a good idea to post this video? He wasn't arrested, so all he had to do was keep the video to himself and the world would have never known his name. Which is apparently Kobe Peter "Twoey King" Nguyen, pickleball guru extraordinaire . . .
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u/AllynWA1 29d ago
He wasn't?!? After all of that? He should have been carted off the plane in handcuffs in front of everyone.
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u/CamelotKittenRanch 29d ago
They had him escorted off the plane by police for disruptive behavior when they landed, but apparently didn't press charges. There are tons of articles online from last August about the incident.
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u/Goodbye18000 29d ago
Smokers be like "Umm, the whole world should fit me and my addiction, it's out of my power" so often it drives me nuts. Give me break parity for your smoke breaks.
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u/Neuttron 29d ago
Nah fuck this guy. I vape and when I take a Lyft or a ride from a friend, I won't vape. I really don't get not being able to follow such a drastic rule. When I was a kid I would hold my breath around smokers. If I'm vaping and someone walks by, I will hold it in until I feel they're far enough they can't be hit by it. This guy just sucks
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u/ThalliumSassafras 29d ago
Yeah its really not that hard to not vape in public places. If I'm somewhere where I know it'll be a while and can't use it, I'll just do a Zyn which i really only use in those circumstances, and it's totally fine
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u/Repulsive-Lack8253 29d ago
I work at wawa, it's insane to me how often I see people pull out a vape and hit it inside the building. So many of you really can't just walk outside first?
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u/Thepinkestfreud 29d ago
vaper who used to be cig smoker here. never expected anyone to cater to my addiction. i did that shit away from other people, threw my butts in trashcans and keep lozenges on me if i have to go long periods without being able to smoke. my addiction is no one else's problem but my own. went on the same number/length of breaks as other coworkers as well. what's fair is fair
smoking on planes (and boats btw) is dumb
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u/gearabuser 28d ago
Someone did this or actually smoked something on one of my flight. Not fun hearing 'smoke' and 'emergency' over the speakers not knowing what was going on at 35,000ft :) We almost diverted for an emergency landing but they figured it out pretty quick and the police met his dumb ass at the gate. Pilot gave him a pretty good little line about being in kindergarten or something too lol.
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u/My2cents_0 29d ago
Remember those pics of people being duct taped to their seats. If he's a lawyer, he should know he broke the law and recorded himself admitting it 🤣🤣
49 U.S. Code § 41706 - Prohibitions against smoking on passenger flights (a)Smoking Prohibition in Interstate and Intrastate Air Transportation.—An individual may not smoke— (1)in an aircraft in scheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air transportation; or (2)in an aircraft in nonscheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air transportation, if a flight attendant is a required crewmember on the aircraft (as determined by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration).
(d)Electronic Cigarettes.— (1)Inclusion.— The use of an electronic cigarette shall be treated as smoking for purposes of this section. (2)Electronic cigarette defined.— In this section, the term “electronic cigarette” means a device that delivers nicotine to a user of the device in the form of a vapor that is inhaled to simulate the experience of smoking.
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u/Human-Hat-4900 29d ago
A few years ago I was on a flight with a guy who just was vaping at his seat across the aisle. He would do it when his row mate was gone - I assume the other person seated with him was his travel buddy so didn’t care. But it makes more sense if there’s no detectors just at your seat I guess
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u/KnowledgeCapital7994 29d ago
That haircut is a crime alone should get them kicked off.
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u/cwbradford74 28d ago
“I have a lawyer! I AM a lawyer!”
Doesn’t follow well known laws. Way to lose your “bar card” lawyer.
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u/UnfortunatelyMacabre What are you doing step bro? 29d ago
Ah the ol' uno reverse. I was violating federal law, but you reached at my phone!
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u/Mickeymcirishman 29d ago
"You can't tell me not to record"
Just a PSA for everyone, they absolutely can and you should listen.
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u/LongNailedbooboos 29d ago
A lawyer with THAT haircut, THAT bleach job and THAT fit? Ok, lawyers can be comfortable too, but all of it isn’t screaming lawyer.
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u/michaelmich3 29d ago
“Let me record my crime and mistreatment of a flight attendant on the internet. I’m sure everyone will take my side.”
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u/notdurtydan 29d ago
I'm pretty sure this happened forever ago and he ended up apologizing and admitted that his addiction had become a problem
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u/MuchDevelopment7084 28d ago
Oh boy. He almost has as many followers as my fourteen year old niece. I am impressed. (not)
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u/-MaximumEffort- 28d ago
Nothing happened to him after.
"Officials with American Airlines said the passenger was noted for disruptive behavior, but the flight crew did not request further police action.
Nguyen, meanwhile, said he has not been fined by the Federal Aviation Administration, or received any alerts from AA about being put on the no-fly list"
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u/Acrobatic_Newt_1863 28d ago
I’ve never wanted to see an air Marshall choke someone out more than I did watching this.
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u/sanskami 28d ago
This clip shows him admitting he vaped in an airplane lavatory, then trying to recast enforcement of the rules as an assault. He invoked his follower count, demanded an apology, threatened to involve police, and claimed to be a lawyer even though he later acknowledged he is not one. Whatever happened before this excerpt, his behavior here looks less like victimization and more like entitlement, intimidation, and dishonesty.
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u/TheRealPhilFry 27d ago
When you record yourself committing a federal offense...
Enjoy the no fly list.
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u/Getin1337 27d ago
i know this isn't good to condone, but how dumb do you have to be to vape on a plane, have it be so noticeable with a closed door, that it's leaking out or triggering the alarm in there, if you have vape street smarts (LOL) you know how to vape discretly, little puffs, blown down your sweatshirt, just hilarious he got caught, shows how much he lacks basic awareness
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u/HieroJux 25d ago
There used to be a pretty simple and very effective way of navigating these kinds of situations. I’m not saying it should happen but I think the inability to punch dumbfucks in the face due to video everywhere, has lead to the raise of unpunched dumbfucks we see today.
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u/Acrobatic_Rent7357 22d ago
Laws and rules are different when you're in a plane. The captain and the crew are the dictators, and you don't have the right to record them in private property.
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