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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Forgot dude with a radio on his shoulder blasting shit music

Edit:shit music not shitting, ducking autocorrect

[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what genre would you describe as shitting music? <3

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Brown noise or bluegass.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Give em the spocker.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

TTC is a tranquil zen garden compared to the average NYC subway car

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're christened a real New Yorker when you see a guy urinating or defecating in a subway car, hopefully facing a set of doors "for privacy."

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pretty sure the only reason that sort of thing happens is because the restrooms in the stations are closed for no good reason. At least, that's why it happens on my city's transit system and I assume NYC is similar.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Closed or non-existent

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I suppose my post came off demeaning, but whether you're homeless and excluded from access to basic human necessities, or a white collar office worker who is having a very bad digestive moment, there are defensible reasons why this may happen. That said, where there's a choice: I think pooping in the unpopulated far corner of the subway platform is preferable if at all possible. That's just like, my opinion, man.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I suppose my post came off demeaning

I didn't read it that way.

I was just flipping the perspective to look at it as a systems and design issue, rather than a behavioral issue. When anybody poops in a subway, it's the fault of the either the architect who failed to design the thing with enough restrooms or the management/politicians who failed to keep them operating correctly. It's never the fault of the pooper unless adequate facilities are readily available and he chooses not to use them purpose.

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Public transit really brings together all kinds of people. It breaks down barriers and allows people from a variety of backgrounds to mingle.

This is the kind of community unity every place needs. ♥️

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

That also explains why classist assholes viscerally hate it as a concept even though nobody's forcing them to use it themselves.

[–] kartoffelsaft@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here in Seattle, the positions of 7 &10 are swapped with those of 4, the local wildlife on the bus are all bees, and the couple having an uncomfortable argument is instead a homeless guy having an argument with the PSA posters over the doors.

[–] Onionguy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

That's a great username u got there.

[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

as someone who has never been to NY, im surprised there are 5 free seats but people are standing.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you stand you don't have to sit next to anybody

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Or in anything

Should I sit in the vomit or urine? Mebbe I'll just stand until 86th street

[–] Vent@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

And a lot of the time you're only on the train for 5 mins or less.

[–] FearfulSalad@ttrpg.network 10 points 1 month ago

You'll notice that the 4s are all hugging the exits -- it's the most lucrative spot. Yes, you have to squeeze in when the doors open to let people in and out, but you also get to gtfo first. You're not subject to the Showtime kids doing flips, when the Mariachi band walks in you can run out to another car at the next stop, and you aren't in the urination/defecation areas. Sitting is a trap.

[–] snailboy@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In T.O. it’d be a pigeon, not a rat, though. (Some would argue, ‘what’s the difference’, but, hey.)

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

the difference is wings.

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

What... No one masturbating in the corner. This must be a rush hour train.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Tag yourself!

I'm #6, but that's only because the couple and the mariachi band are blocking the spots I would've put my bike in.

Edit: actually to be fair, I'm only #6 in Atlanta. If I lived in NYC, I'd be able to justify owning a nice folding bike.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If I was there in NY I'd probably be #13

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How many stops does the sleeping drunk kid have? I would expect he'd just have one. What is he doing so drunk that he has several stops?

[–] whatevercomeon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

cta would be:

  1. Smoking Weed
  2. Smoking Cigarettes
  3. Opiate Nodding Etc

Replace rat with Pigeon

[–] owl@infosec.pub 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)


With outlines and larger circles I find it easier to read.

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 3 points 4 weeks ago

This is DC, but needs more clueless tourists.

[–] Onionguy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are there really rats IN tje subway cars too? Could a Nu Yokah plz confirm?

[–] Waffle@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Never seen that personally.

By the color, I expected that dot to represent human waste.

[–] Onionguy@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

If you can poop there you can poop anywhere ig.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 weeks ago

That's usually right in the middle of the car.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is also the guy masturbating as well.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

That's Tokyo mate

[–] Whorehoarder@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

Those dancers guys who gets aggressive is someone I've often dreamt about getting their asses kicked

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

Throw the finance guys out and I'm sitting next to the mariachi band. Hell if it works like my local bus I'll miss my stop and take the loop back around.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago

That rushhour?

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

I’d definitely be number 11

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 4 weeks ago

Is that rush hour?