Wow, they actually found a running R train.
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Who’s Sitting Next to You on the Subway? An R Train in September
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#72Two years ago I got on the NYC subway, the 3 train, headed to work near Columbus Circle, and after a few recent arguments (people stepping on my feet, accidentally dumping water on me) I'd resolved to be more zen during the crowded morning rush hour. I'd just read this article ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2960791/Commuter-swe... ) that morning about a guy who said FU to a commuter, only to be interviewed…
Another reason to go Zen is that it does not get you there quickly if you go all confrontational on someone.
As a cyclist I never get into altercations but others do. I wonder how it will work out for them the next day when the road has to be shared again.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think “Anglo-Saxon” is the term you’re looking for
Probably not, at least in the sense of literal English heritage. There's definitely a White American identity, which is an innovation owing to suburbaniztion and television. Previously ethnically diverse white people assimilated as they left ethnic enclaves for the burbs. And for white people with deeper American roots, migration broke down regional American identities. It's a concept known as ethnogenesis. While som…
I don't think being part of what I would call "Anglo-Saxon culture" depends on literally descending from the historical Angle and Saxon tribes -- it just means "the culture of typical White Americans" (or New Zealanders, Australians, Canadians, etc.)
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#74Re: Who’s Sitting Next to You on the Subway? An R Train in September
#75Let's automate it: "Who is X next to you in Y" - and there are tons of ideas for articles actually!
Re: Who’s Sitting Next to You on the Subway? An R Train in September
#76This is great. People everywhere I go are incredibly friendly, especially in New York. It's always fun to take a moment, act like a human, and talk to people. Not because you want to sell them anything or buy something, but simply because being social is part of being human. One of the things that bothers me about individual automobile travel is how isolating it is. I want to interact with people and experience local…
I love interacting with strangers when the median interaction doesn’t involve a homeless person asking/threatening you for money. I would emphatically not describe the NYC subway as a good social experience. (Speaking from personal experience as of the last five minutes.)
If you think the NYC Subway is bad, you should try the light rail in smaller cities where most people don't use transit at all.
New Yorkers have no idea how good they have it.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you are mistaking the R for G
It's been years since I've lived in NYC. Is G still the ugly sibling of every other line?
Its service is better than its reputation. The trains are still short, and they still don't run often enough, but it seems to roughly follows its schedule. Data seems to back up my anecdotal experience: https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/new-york/nyc-subway-bes...
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#78the attorney voted for trump to have his taxes lowered
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
> unpleasant, annoying or offensive. You define pleasantries, annoyances, and offenses, and that attitude of setting yourself above so many others by default without spending the time to understand their unique human stories is going to cut you out of many fullfilling human experiences. I can only imagine you have a far more difficult life than I, if your world is populated by such annoying characters.
There are only so many times that your morning commute can involve someone standing in your face for minutes screaming about how he's going to stab you in the chest, or you can watch some guy beat his girlfriend to a pulp in front of you.
People in suburban DC are beating their girlfriends to a pulp on the subway regularly? Uh huh... sure.
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#80This is great. People everywhere I go are incredibly friendly, especially in New York. It's always fun to take a moment, act like a human, and talk to people. Not because you want to sell them anything or buy something, but simply because being social is part of being human. One of the things that bothers me about individual automobile travel is how isolating it is. I want to interact with people and experience local…
Do you live in NYC? Spend actual time in the subway? How long?
Depends on how fucked up the subway is and what line you're taking, some days it's an hour a day, some days it's 2 hours a day, but I never spend more than 2 hours a day on it.