When you cater to people who may or may not speak/read/understand the primary language(s) of an area, companies will often offer instructions that are only in picture form, with no words.
People with a sense of humor will sometimes, shall we say, “reinterpret” these drawings. So instead of knowing how to use the air blower in the restroom, you may see this:
Or a running joke at Disney parks is the reinterpretation of this safety photo:
Among some Disney fans, it’s known as the “No Dancing” sign.
Anyway, every airline has its own version of a flight safety card. The laminated card is usually found in the back pocket of the seat in front of you and it’s pictures of what to do in the case of an emergency. For example, here’s an older version from a Delta plane, and this one is from an American 767-300.
A few funny people at airtoons (not to be confused with the online game, Air Toons) decided to do what they do best and reinterpret some of these cards, with results that could make you smile, if not maybe even chuckle. Heads up, a couple of them are on the naughtier side.
Enjoy!
As you can see, these are some old (very old) examples that are on Airtoons’ Instagram page. It looks as if they haven’t updated that page since late 2015. But that’s not the only place to see Airtoons goodness. To see all of the “reinterpreted” flight safety cards done by airtoons, go to their official page (which admittedly, also appears to be more than a decade old – probably closer to 15 years old?). Heads up that some are NSFW due to adult language or situations, and others are of questionable taste.
What is Airtoons?
We can’t find much history about AirToons. Know Your Meme suggests that the site was launched in February 1999. “According to the site description, the creator came up with the idea for the parodies after viewing a flight card that did not have any captions while traveling on an airline.”
An interview with the owner of Airtoons, Taber, was posted on ohsoonline. Taber said they started Airtoons when they were a junior in college. At the time of the interview, 2009, they identified as a “large-Internet-company-worker-bee” who coded websites.
And frankly, that’s all we’ve got. But you know what? Even after (gulp) 26 years, they’re still pretty funny. Good job, Taber!
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