oh my god Portuguese airport security is so goddamn normal compared to the US
they X-ray your bag and make you go through a metal detector
they don't micromanage shoes and electronics and genitals and there aren't 20 blue-shirt fake-cops screaming at you the whole time and dogs sniffing you and a video fake-cop on a loop and every third bag getting pulled for improperly coiled phone chargers or something and a 90-year-old having their wheelchair swabbed for explosives and
I get so much airport anxiety from the whole circus so it's such a blessing (and makes me feel not at all less safe) to be in a place where they're not like that
