I love the clip, but I was thinking the same thing. "Living the dream" has always been an expression to summarize everything that's in the clip. You'd see another pilot, do a quick "howwyoudoin'", they'd do a "Livin' the Dream", grin, grin, and everything was said, from "the Captain that's right behind me is a douche", to "I hate my schedule". Satisfying, understandable, efficient.

Now what do we do, if we're too cool for "Living the Dream"? Do we start describing our apolitical feelings about things not work-related, or do we go all "DTW", and pretend we don't see each other?

Is awkervsation even a word?