We've talked about this a lot, but there, I finally came up, there's a term for this.

And this is from Psychology Today, which Nick and I...

Pissing next to Steve Levy?

Whatever damn reason Nick and I get a lot of news from Psychology Today fed to us.

But airports are called liminal zones where notions of place and time can start to feel vague.

That's why you drink at 6 o'clock in the morning, right?

Well, it's excuses for all kinds of reasons.

People seem a little more brazen in airports.

Yep.

People act up a little more in airports.

People probably drink more than they usually do in airports,

and they act weirder than they usually do in airports.

They'll probably pick a fight.

People who are inclined to pick fights are probably more inclined to do it at an airport because...

Stress?

Yeah, it's a stressful environment.

Well, it's because of this liminal zone, all your borders, all your boundaries kind of fall apart, and your id kind of takes over.

Because you're there temporarily, too.

Right, not your ego, but your id, your deep inner, yeah, I could kill this guy.

That kind of antiisocial behavior.

I know what Todd's thing about the bar.

It perks up inside you.

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