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South Korea: Game Mocking the Airplane Nuts Fiasco

Categories: East Asia, South Korea, Arts & Culture, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Humor, Ideas, Travel

Korean Air Lines vice president has made numerous headlines, both locally and internationally [1], for her arrogant behavior on a recent flight out. She randomly accused a crew member of serving macadamia nuts ‘incorrectly’ and even she ordered a plane back to the gate to remove the crew member out of the plane. No wonder this sensational story has become one of the trending topics in social media. Among numerous internet jokes, parody photos [2] and even a cartoon by Japanese users [3], one stood out most would be a game mocking the Airplane nuts fiasco. A Korean web developer, Tai-hwan Hah (@duecorda [4]) made a simple game entitlted ‘Crew Members’ Tycoon’ [5] [ko]. However you play, you get the same result of the crew member being yelled at and hearing the sentence ‘You! Get out of the plane!’ — the very word the vice president allegedly said to the crew.

Image the 'Crew Members' Tycoon', Image tweeted by the maker of the game

Image the ‘Crew Members’ Tycoon’, Image tweeted by the maker of the game