People are just trying to lionize it as pure heroism, it doesnt work without incorporating the sad and very boring surreality that also characterized it
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the act itslef was anachronistic; hijacking a plane and flying into the sun is kind of a cargo culted reenactment of what someone from the early-mid 20th century would do as an act of 'radical freedom'
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planes are flown by computers now, theres no romanticism to the pilots life or the sky in general, the mechanics of the experience are so well replicated by vidya gaymes that the guy could fly the plane perfectly well
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if you want to make a cult around this guy, who did commit an admirable act of will, you have to treat the event as it actually transpired honestly and with a sense of humor
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im not talking about the act itself, more the immediate cult that grew around it, which falls off-note bc of lack of humor and honesty about what the event really was
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imo the reason it’s compelling is because of the recordings and the way he was so unexpectedly normal and human even in an absurd situation. without that element it would be just another run of the mill “happening”
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