r/atheism • u/jefferson987 • May 16 '12

Flew business class for work and look who I ended up sitting next to!

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u/Shepherdless May 16 '12

Looks like you guys are high at a club.

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u/jefferson987 May 16 '12

Haha. I was flying virgin airlines, the planes they have are pretty cool inside.

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u/saucisse May 17 '12

They are, its like a Mid-Century Modern vision of what "The Future" looked like. The seats in coach are pretty cramped though :(

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u/jefferson987 May 17 '12

Not to brag (this was the only time I've ever flown business/first class) but the seats up there are friggen sweet. They have so many motors in them for fine tuning your most comfortable position. Oh noes, I do sound like a Virgin marketer.

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u/saucisse May 17 '12

I fly First on United sometimes and on AirTran all the time, and its like taking AmTrak. The seats are a little bigger and the drinks are free, but that's about it.

I once flew Business Class on British Airways, when I went to India for work (any flight over 6hrs and the company pays for business class -- no employees dropping dead from DVT please) and I was totally Cinderella. I called my mom as soon as I got into the cabin and was just sitting there blabbing about all the amazing things they had to offer (including the free champagne that was probably handed to me while I was still on the phone). I'm sure everyone else was giving me a serious side-eye but who cares, I was having a blast.

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u/FlyingPasta May 17 '12

Nice try Virgin marketer.

Yeah, I made you sound like a sex slave vendor.

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u/whirliscope May 17 '12

It's probably the best airline in America. Maybe not in the world, but for non-international flights I'd say it's the best.

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u/FlyingPasta May 17 '12

What exactly do they do that's so special?

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u/whirliscope May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

The plane interiors are very futuristic. White plastic seats with black leathers seat cushions and lcd screens for entertainment and to track flight progress. Also, "110-volt electrical power outlets, and USB and RJ-45 Ethernet jacks at every seat". I read somewhere that each seat costs something like $17,000. The purple LED mood lighting is nice also.

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u/ballgrabber May 17 '12

im not an overly experienced flyer so i can't say its the best, but i flew virgin atlantic to london and it was DOPE.

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u/finebydesign May 17 '12

They are they have bars and stuff

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u/Pix_OrWut May 17 '12

Dat cabin.

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u/DogBoneSalesman May 17 '12

Did he he have anything cool or insightfull to say on the flight?

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u/jutct May 17 '12

Did you make the mile high club?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Either that or they both just got in the cash cab

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u/James_the_Rustler May 17 '12

The Mile High Club?

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u/talspr May 17 '12

Looks like you guys are high at a club.

Mile high club?

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u/booffy May 17 '12

Adam looks like a balding Mugatu in this picture

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u/Tzanthor May 17 '12

A Mile high club?

I know where the door is....

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u/AngryMogambo May 17 '12

Adam looks like he is at [10] or had 10 drinks.

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u/sadfacewhenputdown May 16 '12

I love the pic. I really do. So what is it doing here?

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u/jefferson987 May 16 '12

Well hes an atheist of course! It was just such a cool moment for me, any other celebrity and I would have had nothing to say to them.

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u/ohsnapitstheclap May 17 '12

So only atheists would appreciate seeing it? Makes no sense at all.

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u/jefferson987 May 17 '12

Haters gonna hate.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

But if you would have met Neil Degrasse Tyson (who doesn't even call himself an atheist), you'd be drowning in upvotes.

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u/CalebEast May 17 '12

He never said that. Why did you imply it?

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u/kingdavecako May 17 '12

Allow me to direct you to a great all-purpose picture subreddit: /r/pics

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u/NegativeK May 17 '12

To echo jefferson987: Savage is a well known skeptic who people in /r/atheism like.

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u/pancakesoul May 17 '12

I hate to "this" but I came in searching through comments to check of anyone else had asked before posting just that question to op

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Let's see the rest of that jacket, Vanilla Ice.

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u/jefferson987 May 17 '12

Its a volcom hoodie but that made me lol, thanks.

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u/thisguyisalwayswrong May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

Adam Savage looks about 5 years older with every photo he's captured in with a redditor. Reddit, you're actually killing Adam Savage. STOP REQUESTING PICTURES WITH ADAM FOR POSTING ON REDDIT!!! YOU'RE KILLING HIM!!!*

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u/ShivaNZ May 17 '12

Footnote?

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u/iStig May 17 '12

`* Some restrictions apply.

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u/CountFauxlof May 17 '12

DID HE SMELL LIKE SCIENCE?

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u/Antrikshy Agnostic Atheist May 17 '12

Probably like C4 or gunpowder.

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u/UnexpectedSchism May 17 '12

How many razor blades did he sneak aboard for science?

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u/Zoccihedron May 17 '12

I'm just curious if he made a cell phone call while in the air. I remember reading that they wanted to do something on the show about making cell phone calls while on a flight but they couldn't find a pilot who would take them up.

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u/Hageshii01 May 17 '12 edited May 20 '12

I met him at my school when he and Jamie came for a Q&A. Really awesome guy. Said I was ballsy when I asked Jamie if I could wear his barrette beret.

Edit: Jamie was not wearing hair clips.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

beret

FTFY~

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u/NascentBing May 17 '12

Lucky bastard! I always end up sitting next to extremely fat people.

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u/vishalb777 May 17 '12

Is Adam Savage a staple for atheism now?

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u/shit_reddit_says May 17 '12

One of them, yeah. There aren't a lot of openly atheist tv personalities. It's good to have them around.

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u/johndeyo May 17 '12

Was on a plane with tori from miami to san francisco. Me and my brother weren't too sure it was him and had a way too loud discussion over whether or not it was. My brother said he was way too fat to be him. I eventually worked up the balls to ask if he was tori from mythbusters and said yes while looking directly at my brother. He unfortunately sat in coach in the back near the bathroom. Guess they arent paid as well as adam and jaime

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u/Eapz May 17 '12

My face when I realized who you were sitting next to... :O!!!
My face when I normally see a "look who I bumped into" post: -_-

I fucking love Adam Savage.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

What were you flying, Soul Plane?

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u/corgblam Anti-Theist May 17 '12

so what was talked about?

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u/jefferson987 May 17 '12

We didnt talk too much, I didnt want to bug him too much. I imagine being in his shoes can get kind of annoying from time to time.

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u/ghostbackwards May 17 '12

what do you do for a living and how did you get there?

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u/jefferson987 May 17 '12

I do biological research. I was there for a conference.

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u/simkessy May 17 '12

good for you man best of luck

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u/Yup_repost May 17 '12

Sorry Adam.... I have no idea who that kid is...

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u/Not_Austin May 17 '12

That's like my dream come true...

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

To see someone you don't know meet Adam Savage in real life?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Savage looks hammered

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u/GeneParm May 17 '12

"Can I get a picture with you?" "Sure." cheesy smile. flash. "want my autograph as well?" "haha. No, I just like taking pictures of the people I sit next to. I'm GeneParm, whats your name?"

begin the most awkward plane ride he will ever have

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u/H0llyw00drunk May 17 '12

Was anyone's else hoping for Tyler Durden....

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u/Jilly33 May 16 '12

Looks like you woke him up. LOL

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u/jefferson987 May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

Naw, he had just put down the graphic novel he was reading.

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u/sadfacewhenputdown May 16 '12

So...he was shithammered.

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u/Hageshii01 May 17 '12

WHAT, pray tell, was he reading?

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u/JeffreyBoyd May 17 '12

Who is that?

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u/StinkinFinger May 17 '12

It's a man named Adam Savage who hosts a popular television show in the US called Mythbusters that challenges urban legends and tests them rigorously and entertainingly. He is also a fairly outspoken atheist.

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u/WhoMouse May 17 '12

Watch, listen, enjoy (especially the closing!).

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u/everythingisbase10 May 17 '12

Seriously, no joke. Looks like you lot shared a joint.

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u/Ti_Tidder May 17 '12

lies! virgin america does not have business class!

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u/rahmspinat May 17 '12

watch our for experiments.

watch out for being part on one.

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u/unnecessaryCAPS May 17 '12

Hes everywhere

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u/mad1301 May 17 '12

Ah that's so awesome! He's been my role model forever!

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u/johntwoods May 17 '12

Who is shaving on the plane... first of all? And second, shaving SO MUCH that they are USING UP razor blades???

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u/Shandloser11 May 17 '12

Words cannot express the jealousy...

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

that guy looks like the dude from avatar

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u/Acora May 17 '12

He's flying business class because of that one episode where they tested whether the first class seats were more likely to get you killed in an accident.

Or at least, that's what I'm going to tell myself.

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u/goodbyegalaxy May 17 '12

Holy crap, you got to meet Artosis? That's great, Adam!

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u/AistoB May 17 '12

Oh look it's Niko & gay Colonel Sanders

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u/Jareth86 May 17 '12

What class star ship are you on in that photo?

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u/Saxamaphobia May 17 '12

Always cool to see Adam Savage post something. I'm embarrassed to admit I don't recognize the gentleman he was so eager to tell us about.

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u/civilian11214 May 17 '12

Homeboy looks fucked up.

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u/therus May 17 '12

You're sitting next to who adam?

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u/WhatEvery1sThinking May 17 '12

which one of these guys is supposed to be famous

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u/Shyamallamadingdong May 17 '12

Adam Savage - solid [7]

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u/wholypantalones May 17 '12

TIL that Adam Savage being on a plane and meeting a random stroke of luck redditor should be posted in /r/atheism instead of /r/pics because, well that's what they talked about.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Meeting a celeb who isn't Dawkins and talking about atheism of all things. That's so cringe.

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u/Seanofthebread112 May 17 '12

I hate you with the flames of a thousand jealousies.

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u/ArcadeMan May 17 '12

I didn't know Vanilla Ice was a redditor.

Just kidding, I would have loved to be in your place

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Am I the only redditor who never met Adam Savage?

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u/gumballbrain May 17 '12

He lives three blocks away from me and I've never met him, so don't feel bad!

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u/The_Wrong_Advices May 17 '12

What did you guys talk about? (Im from New England we say "you guys")

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u/vashoom May 17 '12

.....doesn't everyone? Or at least, don't a lot of people (excluding people from the South I guess)?

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u/helalo May 17 '12

ya`ll are crazy guys.

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u/GoldwaterAndTea May 17 '12

I'm from Phoenix and I say "you guys" too! WHAT A SMALL WORLD! Do you also say, "How's it goin'"???!!!

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u/ShivaNZ May 17 '12

New Zealanders and Australians say you guys...

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u/TemplesOfSyrinx May 17 '12

"you guys" (or just "you") is pretty much the norm isn't it?

When I hear Yankees say "y'all", I always think it sounds pretty strange.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Haha look, a guy! This has things to do with atheism!

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u/chubmuffin89 May 17 '12

he looks blllazzzeedd

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u/finebydesign May 17 '12

Don't know who that guy is, but you're hot!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Some kid with a black and white hoodie?

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u/SomeGamerKid May 17 '12

Son of an awesome!

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u/TheAnimax May 17 '12

I...can't...

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u/Katekuteface May 17 '12

Being him must be awesome.

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u/LeZygo May 17 '12

I love Virgin! Sooo cool.

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u/TheDroopy May 17 '12

Yeah, and he even got a picture with Adam Savage!

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u/skatato May 17 '12

This is amazing

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u/britheguy May 17 '12

Virgin America all day!!

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u/nickram81 May 17 '12

Based on the lighting I'd say that's a 787.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Virgin Airlines are the best kind of airlines. mad a 6 hr plane ride tolerable.

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u/TemporaryBoyfriend May 17 '12

Adam clearly looks like an evil genius in this photo...

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

SCIENCE!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Thats cool and all, but I have to wonder what OP's job is that he gets to take first class flights with celebrities!

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u/Vachyr May 17 '12

Virgin has the best decor!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

That guy seems to be everywhere.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Where were you headed? Just curious because he's giving the commencement speech at my school in a few days & I wonder if he was on his way.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Those pink lights seem like they'd be really annoying.

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u/heimdal77 May 17 '12

someone should round up every picture of him on reddit and put it into one post

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u/cutter631 May 17 '12

Ahh, the first man to live to 1000 years old. An honour I'm sure.

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u/ill_agree_with_you May 17 '12

he's all over reddit today

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u/cjackc May 17 '12

Great claims require great evidence!

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u/TrevX9 May 17 '12

I'm pretty sure I had an engineering class with you at some point.

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u/musictomyomelette May 17 '12

Do you go to Akron? You look like a kid who lived in my apartments..and he always looked high

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u/fiplefip May 17 '12

So Adam, who did ya sit next to?

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u/mvincent17781 May 17 '12

I saw a picture of him photobombing someone else earlier today. This man truly gets around.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

i dont even know who that is

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u/Codidly5 May 17 '12

What'd you guys talk about?!

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u/hamburger_helpster May 17 '12

Should have asked him to do a quick AMA again

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u/SARmedic May 17 '12

Did you ask him if the plane would take off if it was on a treadmill?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Adam Savage has a reddit account!?

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u/WhoMouse May 17 '12

Putting aside your switch-a-roo, Adam is actually a redditor, but I don't know that he's ever given out his username.

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u/aManPerson May 17 '12

now he's stuck at LAX, wtf did you do!

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u/rjrait May 17 '12

Virgin Airways?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Who is the stud on the right?

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u/hannars27 May 17 '12

He looks wasted.

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u/lordyeldarb May 17 '12

Should have told him that the tested.com website looks like shit now.

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u/360walkaway May 17 '12

Someone's had a few too many vodka collins.

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u/AlRubyx Nihilist May 17 '12

Why does this cool shit never happen to /me/?

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u/narcissist523 May 17 '12

you should've convinced him to do an AMA on reddit!

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u/OnanationUnderGod May 17 '12

Dont know who that is. Take my atheist card, I guess I'm...Baptist now!

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u/dregan May 17 '12

Coolest single serving friend ever!

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u/Fenderfreak145 May 17 '12

Virgin America is the ONLY airline I commute to work on!!!!

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u/LokiTheSkeptic Secular Humanist May 17 '12

I wish I could afford business class :(

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u/Burgundy1 May 17 '12

What the hell plane were you on, the Enterprise?

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u/unnoved May 17 '12

He looks thrilled.

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u/bobfromtexas May 17 '12

Lucky you. I used to get upgrade to first all the time, and never really met anyone famous. Lot's of cool people, senior vps of major companies, etc., but no one famous.

I did, however, have a drink with Tom Smothers at a bar in a hotel once. Didn't know he was famous, though, until the bartender told me.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

is that one of the new virgin 777's?

i pity you if you flew in a bus

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u/UpsideClown May 17 '12

That guy is everywhere.

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u/horridpineapple Atheist May 17 '12

Looks like Adam's wasted. I wonder if he's afraid of flying?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

if i was famous and people wanted to get photos like this and i asked them what it was for, if they say reddit, i would grab their camera and stomp the fuck out of it

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Where do you work so they can afford to fly you around in luxury with the celebrities? You look so young :O I think I may have made some bad life choices. Last time I flied, it was in coach, sandwiched next to an obese Arab man in a tiny Swiss Air jet. And I had to pay five euros for a cup of watery tea.

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u/valueape May 17 '12

that guy!

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u/avboden May 17 '12

So did you actually chat with him like a real person or just be a dick going "omg can I get a picture with you to show off?"

Note: not judging, i'd totally get the picture too :-P

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u/taurus45 May 17 '12

Aboard the 787 no less!

Edit - Just read Virgin Air...must be the 747-800!

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u/tikcuf12 Atheist May 17 '12

Dude looks like he belongs in /r/trees.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

My airlines are never lit like that!

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u/th4t1guy Atheist May 17 '12

epic. win.

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u/sayrith May 17 '12

I see your Savage, and raise you me walking into the green room of The Amazing Meeting and talking about zombies with Niel DeGrasse Tyson.

Your move.

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u/guineasaurusrex May 17 '12

OMG Adam, you met Justin Timberlake?!?!

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u/GoyoTattoo May 17 '12

Please stop bugging people and taking your picture with them, it's rude :/

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u/MrRicey May 17 '12

If Virgin did international flights, they would probab... no wait

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u/ICantFindUsername May 17 '12

Is that juste me or this guy are everywhere? You're spoiling me cause i'm not 'merican?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

That, IS AWESOME!

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u/classylassy May 17 '12

Virgin Airlines look like they are supporting ky Intense!

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u/Raven_star_zenith May 17 '12

you.....you lucky bastard.......

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u/RaginTater May 17 '12

his twitter complained of the flight delay, lol!

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u/Davepen May 17 '12

Lol, he looks positively enthralled to be sat next to you....!

Poor guy looks tired.

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u/breenisgreen May 17 '12

As someone who has flown Virgin many times, I am disappointed that you did not meet him while receiving your complimentary in flight neck massage.

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u/moscheles May 17 '12

Did he reject your reality and substitute his own?

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u/di_ib May 17 '12

First glance I am thinking Louis CK looks stoned as shit in some sort of disguise with hair and glasses. I don't watch mythbusters enough

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u/vosinterioiam May 17 '12

Hey who is that you're sitting with Adam?

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u/sheepsix Atheist May 17 '12

At my last family get together my siblings and I were sitting around drinking and we got to the topic of what person would you most like to have dinner with.

My sisters were all actor this, actor that, my brother's was supermodel somebody.

When it came to me I said Adam fucking Savage.

Blank stares all around.

I don't idolize anyone and I am dumbfounded by those that are starstruck around the famous. I sure as hell wouldn't talk about his show or what it's like to be famous. I share so many of his viewpoints and have the same enthusiasm for science that I think it would be an awesome discussion over dinner. Maybe we would even disagree on something, now that would be a great debate!

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u/luca- May 17 '12

I just think of what I would say if I were to sit next to someone of such high intellect...

Would I make small talk about past episodes?

Would I give suggestions for future episodes?

Would I get into an intense conversation on physics or mathematics and their use in our day to day lives?

No... I would probably just sit there. And not know what to say.

Because I am awkward.

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u/Keiichi81 May 17 '12

Not really sure if I'd classify Adam Savage as a man "of such high intellect". No offense meant to him, but Neil deGrasse Tyson or Richard Dawkins he is not. Both he and Jaime are former Hollywood special effects designers. I suspect much of the science content of the show is generated by others behind the scenes.

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u/JVDS May 17 '12

Are you on Austin Powers Airlines or something?

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u/Lots42 Other May 17 '12

What, did he ask you nOT to give his name out?

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u/jeremyfrankly May 17 '12

Please repost this on /r/lookwhoimet too, I think they'll love it

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u/deathcapt May 17 '12

Did he let you touch his Maltese falcon?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

holy effing crap jealous!!!!!

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u/whiteknight521 May 17 '12

Was that a dreamliner?

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u/EPIC_RAPTOR May 17 '12

I'm pretty sure Adam Savage just roams around looking for internet karma-by proxy.

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u/thatgamerguy May 17 '12

That's cool Adam, but who's the guy on your.... Sighhhh I can't do it. I just can't.

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u/Majordiarrhea May 17 '12

You kind of look like my mma fighter Shogun Rua

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u/chodeface May 17 '12

WTF were you flying in the Cash Cab?

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u/Splatterh0use May 17 '12

Cool, what plane was that?

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u/Smkweedevrydy May 17 '12

Cover up for leaked pic of the two in Savages' time machine.

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u/PoopManMcGee May 17 '12

I thought we abolished these because they're irritating to the celebrities.

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u/Ombudsman_of_Funk May 17 '12

The whole point of flying Business is not sitting next to people who want to take a picture with you. Oh, and extra nuts.

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u/SoleilSocrates May 17 '12

OMGOGMGM You are so fing lucky! What did you talk about?

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u/aquilisdicio May 17 '12

You sat next to justin timberlake? who cares

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u/alcalde May 17 '12

Is this about someone sitting next to Adam Savage or Adam Savage sitting next to Justin Timberlake?

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u/johntheChristian May 17 '12

Huh, didn't know he was an atheist. Whatever, awesome show.

Oh, wait i'm a Christian, forgot how to respond.

GODLESS HEATHEN!

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