There’s no doubt about that. Flying with small children is no picnic. The noise and discomfort of air travel can be unbearable even for older children, and other passengers often try to warn parents the moment a child peeks on the plane.
But even those who sympathize with the plight of parents struggling to keep their children happy on planes are outraged by the behavior of passengers. recently captured on video in an airplane.
The video showed a child dressed in a strobe light costume disturbing other passengers on a night flight.
This costume must have been a lot of fun for this kid who looks like he’s about 4 years old. And sure, when it comes to protecting kids from meltdowns on planes, it’s also true in stormy ports, right?But that can’t be true Several limit?
The video, shot by a passenger, shows a child wearing a furry light-up costume, with a series of colored flashing lights on its head and large floppy ears that blink fast enough to create a stroke effect. It is included.
It was dark because it was a night flight, but the entire cabin near the child was filled with light. The man next to the child looks at the photographer with a half-embarrassed, half-frustrated look on his face.
The child, like any other child, just smiles and clearly enjoys the moment. But shouldn’t their parents do something?
Passengers and people online couldn’t believe that children were allowed to wear costumes in the first place.
Since it’s the internet, many people verbally attacked the child in the video. But at the end of the day, kids are just kids. It is the parents’ responsibility to regulate what their children do and do not do on airplanes and other situations.
And many had no patience for parents who allowed it. As several people have pointed out, flashing lights are so confusing that you don’t have to look away to clear up the confusion. It’s hard to imagine that parents would think this is okay at any time of the day, let alone on a dark plane.
People were genuinely shocked by the lack of consideration, which is perhaps not surprising considering people’s strange behavior on airplanes is a constant topic of conversation these days. Yet Jeff Schroeder, one of the hosts of NewNation’s “Daily Blast Live,” jokingly (or at least hope so) said, “If I was in charge, he’d be in jail. Probably.”
He certainly wasn’t the only one who felt that way. “People get furious when you push for adult-only airline tickets and restaurants, and that’s exactly why this is crap,” said one TikTok commenter. Many theorized that this was the case. To keep appeasing them at the expense of everyone else.
Some were outraged because the strobe lights could raise legitimate safety concerns.
There’s a reason live performances, movies, and TV shows may show warnings about strobe effects. Strobe lights can cause all sorts of medical conditions, especially for people with epilepsy.
according to Epilepsy Foundation, Approximately 3% of people with epilepsy can have seizures triggered by things like flashing lights. And did he have a seizure tens of thousands of feet in the air, perhaps on water with nowhere to land? It’s a potentially deadly situation.
Some pointed out that children’s clothing can trigger migraine headaches, and many people who suffer from migraine headaches can also be triggered by bright or flashing lights. People recovering from recent concussions and brain injuries can also be endangered by children’s costumes.
Admittedly, those are extreme examples. But even so, many people today are literally trapped in an airplane with everyone around them, eating stinky food, putting stinky feet where they aren’t, and no matter what they do, they can’t escape. They don’t seem to care about the fact that there isn’t one. Not belonging or making any kind of noise.
“People don’t care about other people. And there’s no responsibility or social pressure to have basic decency,” one TikTok commenter wrote.
Yes, it’s hard to get kids on a plane, but many parents say it’s equally frustrating when their kids get into trouble while on the plane. But… well, there are about a million better ways to keep your kids engaged while on the plane. I hope this child’s parents choose one next time.
John Sundholm is a news and entertainment writer covering topics related to pop culture, social justice, and the good of humanity.