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Vote for me, I'm gonna build a big beautiful train from Seattle to San Diego and make Jeff Bezos pay for it.
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It’s me, the one who would rather sit on a train for 10 hours than deal with an airport.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:29
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:It’s me, the one who would rather sit on a train for 10 hours than deal with an airport. Anyone in their right mind who has used the few good trains we have in the US or traveled to Europe or Asia would be willing to do that. On the train you get comfortable seats, can walk around, go hang out in the bar/dining car, etc. as you zip by the countryside at a relaxing 100-200mph, plus you know leaving from and arriving in the city center. gently caress yeah it's great. https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1096521856222486528?s=20 
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Feb 16, 2019 02:31
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:It’s me, the one who would rather sit on a train for 10 hours than deal with an airport. He was talking about driving though. gently caress driving for 10 hours.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:33
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psydude posted:He was talking about driving though. gently caress driving for 10 hours. Oh. No I’d rather do that than fly.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:34
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Last year I opted to spend 20 hours on a train to Florida rather than take a 4 hour flight. Granted, it was a sleeper car, but it was actually kind of enjoyable.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:39
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I have to travel to Europe for work a couple times a year, usually. If I can't get a direct flight to wherever I'm going, I absolutely fly into the main airport then take a train to my actual destination instead of taking a connecting flight. SO much more relaxing, quieter, and way less cramped. Though France is kind of a bad example, most everything radiates out from Paris. German trains are where it's at, IME. Way better network between smaller areas.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:41
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I absolutely wouldn't spend 20 hours on a train unless I was on vacation taking one of those big sky territory trains that are like a seven day trip. Maybe my tolerance for flying makes up for my intolerance for driving or being in a car in general.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:42
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It's been a while since I took a train but my memory of it was roughly like riding coach on an airplane. It's not like they give you a cabin to hang out in.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:42
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Yeah but Vas aren’t you like 5’9?
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Feb 16, 2019 02:43
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Yes, I'm the height that everything in the consumer world was designed for. I get how uncomfortable it is for taller dudes, but dang just get it over with IMO. Spending double the amount of time seems excessive, but whatever I guess. Fallom posted:It's been a while since I took a train but my memory of it was roughly like riding coach on an airplane. It's not like they give you a cabin to hang out in. Amtrak non-business class non-Acela trains have about as much room as a coach plane from like the 1990s. So like, 20% more than coach planes now.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:45
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Fallom posted:A ten hour drive is like an hour and a half flight though gently caress coach
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Feb 16, 2019 02:47
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Oh. My job has me driving 50 hours a week without being a semi driver and i will still drive 18 hours in a day instead of flying.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:47
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Fallom posted:A ten hour drive is like an hour and a half flight though Oh you can afford direct flights?
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Feb 16, 2019 02:49
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I think flying is fun. Even in peasant class! Although I only do it once every couple years so that helps.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:49
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Vasudus posted:I absolutely wouldn't spend 20 hours on a train unless I was on vacation taking one of those big sky territory trains that are like a seven day trip. Canada has a really nice week+ long train ride that goes from coast to coast. It's supposed to be absolutely beautiful, especially out west
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Feb 16, 2019 02:52
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Flying just gives me incredible anxiety because I start stressing about "what if there is a hydraulic failure and we crash right after takeoff" and just am in a state of white knuckle panic the whole time and it loving blows. I used to be able to sleep the whole way 
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Feb 16, 2019 02:53
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Oh you can afford direct flights? Tbh it's pretty easy if you live near a major airline hub.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:54
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I fall asleep like instantly on a flight. Maybe it's the calm that comes in knowing that if there was a mid-air disaster I'm 100% turbofucked and there is no god so might as well just get some shuteye.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:55
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I'm usually fine flying coach since I'm a hobbit but long flights are still annoying for having to sit for so long in one lovely seat. I'm flying from Chicago->Paris->Casablanca next week, that'll be fun. At least it's not the nearly 24 hour military contract flight from Kuwait to Fort Bliss.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:57
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I absolutely cannot sleep in an upright position. Also, I'm 6'2". International flights are 12-20 hours of pure misery.
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Feb 16, 2019 03:01
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Vasudus posted:I fall asleep like instantly on a flight. Maybe it's the calm that comes in knowing that if there was a mid-air disaster I'm 100% turbofucked and there is no god so might as well just get some shuteye. Same, although I enjoy the turbulence since it makes people get anxiety. 5'9" crew checking in
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Feb 16, 2019 03:04
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https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/02/amazon-hq2-queens-long-island-city-condo-rent-real-estate/582847/quote:Lauren Bennett, a Corcoran broker who sold five units in Long Island City after the news of Amazon’s arrival, would say whether their HQ2-connected clients had expressed any buyer’s remorse. One unit in Bennett’s portfolio—a three-bedroom condo on 51st Avenue that had languished on the market for eight months without an offer—became the object of a bidding war after the mere rumor of Amazon’s move to Queens. The New York Post reported that the winning bid was $300,000 over the initial offer and above the $1.49 million asking price. (Bennett declined to answer questions about the status of this sale or others.) 
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Feb 16, 2019 03:05
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DoktorLoken posted:I'm usually fine flying coach since I'm a hobbit but long flights are still annoying for having to sit for so long in one lovely seat. I'm flying from Chicago->Paris->Casablanca next week, that'll be fun. At least it's not the nearly 24 hour military contract flight from Kuwait to Fort Bliss. I did MIA-PARIS-MARRAKECH and wanted to die I'll pray for you
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Feb 16, 2019 03:10
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just fly business class, bing bing bong so simple
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Feb 16, 2019 03:25
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lmao if you share your plane with anyone but your pilot
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Feb 16, 2019 03:29
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lmbo if you don't fly your private plane into the ocean like a Kennedy
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Feb 16, 2019 03:32
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quote:2153:26 CVR [sound of click, similar to soda can opening]
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Feb 16, 2019 03:34
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maffew buildings posted:Same, although I enjoy the turbulence since it makes people get anxiety. 5'9" crew checking in I kinda don't like flying, on account of being 6'1". I am, however, one of those weirdos that enjoys turbulence. It's like being on a roller coaster.
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Feb 16, 2019 03:54
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So India and Pakistan have been having their own pissing match lately https://www.businessinsider.in/indi...ow/68017321.cms
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Feb 16, 2019 03:55
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I'm gonna do the train just to experience it and take the scenic route for a change vs flying. Lol if you are too good to fly coach lmao.
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Feb 16, 2019 03:56
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I'm only 5'9", but yes, European trains really are WAY more comfortable than all but business class flying. There's way less noise, you can get up and walk around comfortably, the seats are bigger, the train rocks gently while it's moving, you can see pretty landscapes sliding by. Not to mention they're usually not as full as a plane. And of course not having to deal with security lines. If you can get on a plane, zonk out, and wake up it doesn't matter I guess, but otherwise train is better (IMO) even without you being especially large. Generally I'd go train so long as it isn't more than 50% more time (door to door, including how early I'd have to get to the airport and how long it's take to taxi and grab luggage) than a flight, as a guess. Crakkerjakk fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Feb 16, 2019 |
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Feb 16, 2019 03:56
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Lot of people with a weird hatred of flying itt
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Feb 16, 2019 03:57
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:Lot of people with a weird hatred of flying itt I think its airport security that they hate tbqh.
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Feb 16, 2019 03:59
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Viva Miriya posted:I think its airport security that they hate tbqh. I guess that's fair but I've never had a problem I realize part of that is "average white guy #3075"
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Feb 16, 2019 04:04
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I made the mistake of surprising my wife last Valentines day by flying home for a show, from CO-PA. I flew Spirit to save money. I'm 6'3" without a single joint in my leg that isn't hosed up in some way. I hated flying before, but gently caress, that was like torture. Instead of flying home for Spring Break, I drove the 30 hours, because at least I can look at poo poo, stretch and piss when I want to. I prefer driving as a general rule, but sometimes, you gotta fly. Like in 3 weeks when my wife and I decided to go to Vegas and get remarried in tacky ways- Elvis, Drag Queens, and Denny's.
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Feb 16, 2019 04:05
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Viva Miriya posted:I think its airport security that they hate tbqh. Exactly. The travel time might be shorter on a plane, but what trains have going for them is they don't have significant travel to or dwell time at the point of arrival/departure. Usually I show up at a train station like 15-20 minutes before my train, contrast that with flying where you have to leave the city center, which depending where you are is a fairly significant/lengthy journey and then have to go through check-in, security, etc. Trains avoid all of that garbage while offering a much more comfortable experience.
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Feb 16, 2019 04:06
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:Lot of people with a weird hatred of flying itt Its weird to not hate flying. Viva Miriya posted:I think its airport security that they hate tbqh. I make them give me a full patdown every time.
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heh, I wound up reading through that entire transcript because of the soda click comment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnacle_Airlines_Flight_3701
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