• Coreidan@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s not low pressure. The cabin is pressurized to 5k feet.

    Are you saying that people that live in Colorado or other high altitude locations have trouble enjoying their food because of “low pressure”? The answer is no.

    The reason airline food sucks is because it’s highly processed and filled with preservatives to keep it “fresh”. In other words the food sucks.

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      8 months ago

      And the issue with the joke is that it’s painfully obvious that serving meals to thousands of passengers on a cramped metal tube that’s sensitive to weight would result in something less than gourmet. THAT’S the deal with airline food. As an offhand comment from a sympathetic stranger sharing your experience, it’s mildly amusing. As performed humor, it’s lazy and not funny.

      I don’t know if Jerry specifically ever did airline food (but he probably did). Still, it describes pretty much the entirety of his stand-up.

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        8 months ago

        I think it just goes to show how out of touch he is.

        Reality is airlines stopped serving food a long time ago outside of international travel, which means most young people today haven’t even experienced this before.

        It’s hard to be funny when you don’t even relate to your audience. Thing is Seinfeld was “funny” in the 90s when his comedy was more relevant.

        Since then the world has changed dramatically and his comedy has stayed stagnant. He’s behind the times. It’s not that comedy in general is dead. It’s just his view that died because the world changed and he did not change with it. Happens to most comedians.

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          8 months ago

          Maron is still going strong, thankfully. I like Seinfeld’s Netflix show, but haven’t seen any stand up of his for years… I could see it being rough.

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      8 months ago

      It is absolutely low preassure compared to sea level.

      Also, note that I said it was a combination with very dry air.

      • Coreidan@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Of course. But it isn’t enough to make any difference on your sense of taste.

        At least not big enough to justify naming the entire reason for why airline food sucks.

        The food sucks because the food sucks. There is no other reason. You aren’t going to convince anyone otherwise.