Man asks why “lower income people” record plane landings

On Wednesday (5 Aug), a man made fun of a person he described as “lower income people” for recording their plane landing.

In his X post, he also attached a candid photo he took of the person through a tiny gap from the seat behind.

The post has since garnered attention and backlash online, with over 33.5 million views and over 7,700 comments as of writing.

Netizens point out that flying is a special experience for many

Several commenters pointed out that for many, travelling by air is a unique experience.

One said that planes are simply “cool to watch” because they are “immensely complex yet redundant” machines that fly hundreds of people through the air.

“Not everyone has flown so much that staring out the window stops feeling like the coolest part of the whole...