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Playing loud music without headphones gets you grounded

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Nobody wants to hear your terrible playlist at thirty thousand feet. Airlines explicitly reserve the right to boot you off the plane if you refuse to use headphones, proving that swift justice does occasionally exist in modern society.

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Playing loud music without headphones gets you grounded
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