No, no, no, no, no, no…
Diplo joins airline passenger hall of shame
47-year-old American DJ and music producer Diplo took to social media to show off while in Emirates’ Boeing 777 first class. However, he wasn’t showing off the unlimited caviar or Dom Perignon (perhaps even P2!). Instead, he was showing off his yoga skills, from downward doggy to… well, whatever the other stuff is (I’m as flexible as a steel rod).
The social media post is captioned “next time ill lead the whole cabin in a class.” He narrates the video by explaining that this is how you do a yoga class in Emirates first class. As he explains, “you just buy the first class seat, which costs like $12,000, and then you sleep through all the meals and all the free stuff, and then you wake up with an hour left and just feel really lazy, so you just start doing yoga.” He did several moves before “they yelled at [him], so [he] had to quit.”
Is this even remotely serious, or is he being funny?
While I’m familiar with Diplo, I can’t say that I’m too familiar with him as a person or his sense of humor. Is he being totally serious here, or is this sort of a joke?
Is he one of these “oh, I like to start every day with an hour-long hour cold plunge followed by three hours of meditation” person, or is he making fun of himself here?
Either way, this behavior is as bad as people using their toes to control the seat back entertainment screens. Bleh! At least using your toes to control the inflight entertainment isn’t dangerous, in the event there’s any unforeseen turbulence.
Bottom line
Diplo took to social media to show off his yoga skills in Emirates first class. I don’t want to suggest there’s anything wrong with trying to loosen up a bit during a flight, but if it involves doing a headstand or placing your (bare) feet on the counter space, then I think that’s a step too far.
Where do y’all stand on this?
