Flying Is Weird

San Francisco International Airport, March 12, 2016

I spent 16 hours at airports and on planes last week, and I'm here to tell you that flying is weird. I mean, sleeping in the presence of strangers is really weird, but we all do it when we fly. It's also very weird to sit one or two inches from a complete stranger for several hours, even touching sometimes. It's one thing to do that on a rush hour subway for 10 minutes, but for hours? More than weird, it's undignified. Yes, I know flying is a miracle and what was once magic is now science, etc. But still.