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Anon likes trains (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

based.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I mean, some of this is just silly and entirely based on the locations involved. For instance, a flight from Chicago to Florida is going to be cheaper and faster than Rail, and you’re not going to just hop off wherever the hell you want. And no you can’t just hop on the next one, you miss your train departure and you’re SOL.

I do also question the “safety” aspect. I’m pretty sure both trains and planes have extremely high safety rates, and are pretty much on par with each other.

Also… why is “on the ground” a bullet point? You’re on the ground 99.9% of your life, you telling me it’s not cool as shit to be flying through the air?

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

would suck tho

As it's run now, yes.

Because rail is the abused bastard and air travel has the government pay for most of it's everything.

Cars too. The government buys your roads, your gas, your parking, and part of your car for you. Only trains need to more than vaguely gesture at paying their own way in this country.

Yes, the theoretical maximum speed for a plane is faster, but we dont fly supersonic anymore, and supersonic trains still exist.

hop on hop off

As run right now, sure. If we invested half as much in trains as cars and planes? Oh, easily. And even right now, amtrak's 'trip insurance' is basically license to do exactly that. I have used it this way before.

air travel is murdering the planey

Shut the fuck up, hippie

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

The US public transportation, especially the passenger rail network is fucking pathetic.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

No turbulence while taking a piss or shit

Train bathrooms seem specifically designed to discourage using the bathroom while riding a train.

Also I had a laptop die from the constant vibrations destroying the hard disk drive.

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[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, but i can get shit faced at the airport and on the plane, but i do that in a train and people start throwing coins at me

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[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

Parking is cheaper No TSA fingering your asshole Tickets are cheaper Safer travel On the ground Can take the next train if late

These aren't (completely) true where I live, it's still more convenient to take a plane or even drive to go to another major city 500-600km away, which is ridiculous specially considering that it's consistently ranked among the best high speed rail systems in the world.

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