The High-Altitude Circus and Steam-Powered Salvation

This week on CMS, we’re looking at the absolute degradation of modern society through the lens of a middle seat on a Spirit Airlines flight. Chris is ready to drive three days to Austin just to avoid the DMV and the “Real ID” surveillance state, while Neeley is gearing up to chase the “Big Boy”—a 6,000-horsepower relic of a time when things actually worked and looked cool doing it.

We dive deep into the “seat squatting” epidemic and why airlines should honestly just charge $1,000 a ticket to keep the riff-raff from making sandwiches in the aisles. Plus, we look back at the utter idiocy of 2021—remember when the virus was only dangerous if you were standing up or drinking after 9:00 PM? We’re pulling back the curtain on the “new normal” and why it’s anything but.

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