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Anon likes trains (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months 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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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

based.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

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

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can Boeing make a train? Just wondering if I should look out for occasional flying safety exist door while watching trains go by.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Maybe they do make trains, but like so badly they just accidentally take off (for an uncontrolled amount of time).

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