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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Left: Woman with painted fingernails gives herself an injection of weight loss drugs in her arm at home. Right: Delta Airlines aircraft in flight against a blue sky.

Ozempic’s unexpected side effect: saving airlines $580 million a year on fuel

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Left: Brunette woman in a wedding dress walking down the aisle of a Southwest Airlines airplane. Right: Man in an orange shirt holding hands with a brunette woman in a wedding dress, a flight attendant stands behind them.

“Wedding hostage situation”: Southwest passengers forced to attend surprise mid-flight wedding at 30,000 feet

3 Panel: Left: Woman on the floor with a suitcase by her side. Middle: Woman standing upside down while wearing a red outfit with the shirt reading "psycho." Right: Woman in red outfit doing splits in an airport as a police officer escorts her.

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Left: Woman wearing glasses looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "Story about how my passport was marked lost/stolen mysteriously." Middle: Woman looking into the camera wearing earrings and a scarf on her head, text overlay reads "American passports have been marked lost/stolen while traveling abroad!" Right: Brunette woman speaking into the camera, text overlay reads "Somebody else voided my passport without me knowing."

“3rd voided passport video I’ve seen”: Americans are landing abroad only to learn their passports were quietly canceled

Left: An American Airlines Airbus A320 sits on the ramp at Ronald Reagan National Airport. Right: Birds eye view photo taken of passenger sitting in an airplane seat, his neighbor's bare feet nearly touching his thigh.

“What would you have done???”: Passenger asked to switch plane seats, ends up next to the worst neighbor possible

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“People died”: Rich vacationers are “trapped” in St. Barths after Venezuelan airspace shuts down and the internet is unmoved

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“Absolutely appalling”: Travel site Trivago criticized for asking for a tip at checkout

Left: Female hand holding smartphone with Airbnb application. Right: Bed in an Airbnb with white sheets, sign taped to it reading "Use only to sleep/no other activities."

“Came here with my wife…”: Couple arrives at Airbnb and sees a note on the bed. Then they realize how strict the rules are

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