thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]

Oh I 100% agree with this, I’m not saying a medieval peasant would be excited to ride a metro because it would solve their like commute issues because peasants didn’t have a commute lol, they could just walk to the fields from town. I’m talking strictly because trains are cool and a medieval peasant would think it’s cool to ride a magical on-land boat.

The East Asian skull shape is unable to comprehend this even though it’s peak efficiency, American exceptionalism right here baby.

Yeah I agree, have to imagine a medieval peasant would actually be pretty psyched to ride a metro.

I use cagers regularly, it’s such a perfect encapsulation of that terminal carbrain mentality.

It’s not nearly as bad as this but yes NYC has this concept of “express” trains that skip stations during rush hours even when it’s the same train line, and it can be very confusing even if you’ve taken any other metro on earth.

This is much more common on the LIRR or NJ Transit than the subway. Certain stations only allow the first 10 cars, last four cars, etc