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    Fun fact, the NYC metro moves more people daily than ALL flights in the entire continental US by a wide margin, I think it is close to twice the amount of people.

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              I recently got banned from a solar punk community for saying ‘I used to date hippies, but vegan farts are terrible.’

              I’d make an exception to that rule for you ;-)

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                Yeah, vegans aren’t known for their sense of humor and that goes double for the ones here on Lemmy lol.

                I’ll have you know, though, that while I’m a hippie in the “far left anti-authoritarian pacifist” way, I am not nor would I ever abstain from meat and cheese, so my farts remain glorious! 😁

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      3.5M vs 7.54M in my shithole. My shithole is Moscow btw.

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        wow, didn’t know that, I had no idea Moscow has such a big metro system that is a lotttt of people

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      Does that include the people who don’t pay? Because that number might still be way bigger than it already is. A not insignificant amount of people jump the turnstile. Almost no one pays for the busses. The “emergency door” opens when someone walks out with shit in their hand? Probably ten people slip in lol

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        Gotta love that one of the most powerful cities on earth with empty luxury apartments rising into a speculative sky above homeless and the precariously homed (one rent raise away from eviction) is so full of rich miserly conservatives that the everybody has to pay to use one of the most efficient collective forms of transport on the planet. It is like charging people to use an escalator, but even dumber because making mass transit free supercharges commerce by putting a couple extra bucks in the pocket of everyone who uses it (to inevitably spend at the coffee shop, or grocery store, or restaurant… economy go brrrr).

        Jump those turnstiles fam, the rich are stealing so much from you that you could jump turnstiles all day like an Olympic hurtle jumper and it wouldn’t even begin to settle the score, at this point no amount of money can.

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            $2.9/trip? What are you spending it on? Luxury golden cars with solid gold toilet that arrive every 30 seconds? It’s less than 0.5$/trip here.

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              $2.9/trip? What are you spending it on? Luxury golden cars with solid gold toilet that arrive every 30 seconds?

              Not solid gold no, just crummy normal urinals dressed up in blue and full of prejudice, looking to do violence preferably with their gun, and coasting on that sweeeet overtime.

              NYC is so fucked with conservative money and austerity politics, it makes me sad given how many progressive people live there.

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              Nope. Dirty outdated train cars that show up every 7-15 min. If you’re lucky. This is New York. It wouldn’t be NYC without rampant corruption in local politics. So every update to the MTA comes with an absurd price tag so some front of the mayor gets filthy rich.

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    Is this meme older than the modern Internet? The Anastasia movie that poster belongs to was released in 1997.

    EDIT: Never mind, the dude in the vest is on a large Android phone and the poster says it’s for a Broadway musical.

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    I want to believe this story, but looks like they are just cheers-ing with their own smuggled booze. One has Hennessey and the other has champaign. Maybe on the train home on new years? Still pretty wholesome.

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    The gentleman on the left has his own bottle, so I don’t think two strangers just found wine and started sharing it.

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      Also looks more like a champagne bottle to me. (Which would also be easier to pop open without an opener than a wine bottle, I still remember trying to open a wine bottle with a stick)

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        Lots of wine comes with screw caps these days. The very high end ones don’t, but in the low-to-mid range, it’s not uncommon.

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          I also thought about that, might have been a screw bottle. But that bulky part on top looks like champagne to me, but of course I could be wrong

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    New Yrok City is a fuckin trip. Anyone who has a chance to visit definitely should it’s one of a kind.

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      Absolutely.

      New and old lessons I can share about NYC:

      1. This place has seen everything. Don’t worry about it.
      2. Nobody cares about your clothes, mannerisms, or dining preferences.
      3. People here are not rude, just honestly indifferent. Nobody will feign interest to make you feel better.
      4. Don’t know where you’re going? Get out of the way, then look at your phone.
      5. Train platforms are smaller than the interior of the train you just left. KEEP MOVING.
      6. Do NOT cross against the light. Drivers in NYC will remind you that it’s not your turn.
      7. Eats are available for every budget. You may not like your options, but you won’t starve.
      8. Lodging costs are also on a big spectrum. But you must learn how to spot bedbugs.
      9. Do you like walking slow? Might want to “speedwalk” instead.
      10. In general, do NOT be in anyone else’s way.
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        Honestly aside from #6 and the bedbugs bit (pun intended), you’re describing every city I’ve ever been to.

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      You’re physically allowed to cross your legs, even as a guy. Your masculinity can’t be emaciated by the way you sit.

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        Sitting cross legged is so comfortable and can convey so much emotions. I don’t know why anyone would see it as feminine

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          Because it is comfortable and conveys emotions. If you are not uncomfortable and push those emotions down till you reach the point of critical hear failure, you are not acting masculine.

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        emaciated

        I guess that’s my word of the day.

        Not sure why you brought up masculinity, though — I’d argue that getting your balls cut off doesn’t make you any less of a man. It certainly does expand your repertoire of safe and comfortable seating positions, though.

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            No, I meant crossing your legs won’t thin your masculinity like I said. I brought masculinity into this because the person I responded to had already interjected it with the castration statement.