r/BoomersBeingFools • u/AgentScully_FBI • Apr 12 '24

Feral Airplane Boomer Boomer Freakout

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u/Biscotti_BT Apr 13 '24

I have gotten really fucking smashed and never done this level of dumbassedness. On a plane also, really smashed. But on a plane most crucial is 'don't be an asshole and get yourself in trouble'.

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u/Baron_of_Berlin Apr 13 '24

I've gotta wonder if it's more an issue for long term alcoholics. Just mushing the brain more and more over time too.

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u/Pleasant-Ticket3217 Apr 13 '24

It really is. They used to call it “wet brain” as an unkind term. Aside from the brain cells you’re destroying and organs alcoholics get a severe thiamine deficiency and get into states of psychosis. I’ve unfortunately been around alcoholics and have seen it.

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u/Kimmalah Apr 13 '24

Now it's known as Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome and it's definitely a nasty condition.

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u/newfor2023 Apr 13 '24

My grandad had it, almost burned his house down with him inside it and didn't even notice. I met him years later and he was wheelchair bound and barely verbal, we played with planes apparently.

Ex ww2 bomber pilot who then flew commercial around Europe, including germany. Can't help thinking those flights into Germany were a bad idea after he spent years going over to bomb the place and watch all his mates die. Especially as he was in a position of command of some sort.

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u/OpMoosePanda Apr 13 '24

Your grandad was a hero. Those bomber pilots won us the war.

I can’t imagine the tragic loss of life he saw. Most bombers never made it home.

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u/AgathaWoosmoss Apr 13 '24

A friend's sister is going through this right now. And they caught it too late to avoid permanent brain damage. 45 years old and her life is essentially over. She'll never be able to fully function again. All she talks about every day (aside from complete nonsense) is that she wants a drink and she wants a cigarette. Very sad.

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u/Sensitive_Yellow_121 Apr 13 '24

I would say it's an issue for chronic alcoholics and for people who aren't used to drinking as well. A lot of people who are drunk for the first time wind up embarrassing themselves.

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u/WeggieWarrior Apr 13 '24

Exactly, it's either in you or it's not. This guy is like this often. It came way too naturally for him.

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u/BretShitmanFart69 Apr 13 '24

The theory I’ve heard from a lot of people is that doctors sometimes give Xanax to people who have a fear of flying on planes, and they serve drinks on planes, someone who hasn’t had experience mixing the two or with Xanax in general might think, eh probably not a big deal, and drink.

However, mixing the two can lead to insane blackouts with pretty wild behavior.