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[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah that's the joke.

Or did I miss some sort of elaborate joke-joke?

The worst case scenario in scandinavia when boarding a bus is that it is exactly half full, which obligatory means every double seat is occupied by exectly 1 person, and you must choose which one to annoy (including annoying yourself, if you're Scandinavian because you too want to sit alone). Standing works, but you must feel shame all the time.

[โ€“] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Second way to make friends in Finland: tell them how much you're enjoying your visit to Scandinavia.

[โ€“] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

Finland is the canton of Scandinavia I like second most after Sweden so far.
Though I must say Poland was nice too.

[โ€“] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I prefer standing, even on an empty bus. Call me shameless.

[โ€“] Whorehoarder@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And I will call her Shamus and hand her a Guiness!

[โ€“] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just stand then. Same thing when it is almost half full and I know there's going to be more people on one of the later stops before I get out, so that I don't take up anyone's seat. I always board buses and trains last for this reason.
Screw whoever thought of installing the 4 seat sections that face each other.
Especially a problem in trains where that's the majority. You get 1 person per 4 seats.
Example:

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Fantastic for a family of four though, you block off any intruders possible aggression!

[โ€“] zqps@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

At that point you just pull one of those little red hammers off the wall and leave through a window.