Maybe public transportation in the United States is hell because we make it hell
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Replying to @smithpatrick08 @380kmh
How hard is it to holler at the dude, “Hey, pal, wake up! You’re gonna lose your pizza!”
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Replying to @smithpatrick08 @380kmh
in new york you sort of have to assume that anyone acting erratically in public is off his meds, and potentially dangerous
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empathy doesn't scale. Guy next to me on the train is barely human. My coworkers are mostly human, my family is human. Although some twitter mutuals are more human than human
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I don't think trying to prevent a stranger from making a mess in the subway car you're on really falls into the category of "empathy"
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it would never occur to me to prevent a stranger from making a mess on the nyc subway. I'm not sure it would occur to others. Big city living just numbs you to other humans. It's probably natural
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it’s at least inevitable when the subway is usually already a mess (even then though, i think homeless people create most of the mess — homelessness is a transit problem!)
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yes, a huge one--which the management and passengers are blithely unconcerned with; they seem to think that it's "natural" for transit to be the de facto homeless shelter for the city
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imagine if government offices, or banks, or even grocery stores had this attitude--lol
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I;m with you. privatize the subway. make it 30 dollars to ride each way. keep it clean and on time. Everyone else can walk or die in traffic
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privatize it, charge distance-based fare, keep it clean and on time, kick out people who are driving away business (just like you would in any other business)
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