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> The reincarnated bunny spirit of a legacy car who has seen it all. Not how I picture a BART car that has "seen it all".

cultofmetatron 2y ago
no kidding.. I lived in SF during the peak of the influx of tech and was a daily BART rider. there's things I can't unsee.
- Lammy 2y ago
  I'm glad I got to experience the carpeted cars with cloth seats even if they got gross some times.
  - cobbzilla 2y ago
    Cloth seats on BART must be among the worst design decisions ever made. Seating on public transit must be something that can be hosed down with bleach, and not a material that will forever hold whatever funk is deposited into it.
    - Lammy 2y ago
      It was way more comfortable to sit on, soft surfaces help keep noise levels down inside the car, and I wash my clothes regularly :p
    - flomo 2y ago
      I took BART a lot (uhhh) 30 years ago. The trains were very clean and highly policed. I wouldn't even bring a coffee on board, much less smoke crank or whatever. Different era.
      - SllX 2y ago
        Sounds like the dream. All I want is a more frequent police presence in and around the station infrastructure and on the trains for both BART and MUNI. Like why is that a different era? Why can’t that be the current era?
    - cobbzilla 2y ago
      I find it implausible that anyone who actually rode these could remember them fondly. To the defenders: I ask you to please describe your memory of “the BART smell” from the cloth-seat era, if you have such firsthand experience. I do remember. Many years make a strong impression. And while that specific smell-memory is largely indescribable, it’s nonetheless and unfortunately quite unforgettably awful. My attempt: imagine a laundry hamper very full of very dirty clothes, including a few with fecal/other/mystery stains, slow-baked for weeks in a warm closet. Now open the closet door and take a deep nasal breath— that’s what stepping onto the train was like. I feel zero positive nostalgia.
PaulRobinson 2y ago
I'm pretty well travelled across Europe and North America, and a little bit of South America. I've never seen anything like the BART anywhere else - and I don't mean that in a positive way. It's late where I am, I'm about to go to bed, and now this image of a BART car that has "seen it all" is going to haunt me... I might eat a load of cheese to calm the dreams down...
spike021 2y ago
not sure about “seen it all” but definitely “screamed it all”. I haven’t ridden Bart in a while but i remember the banshee screeches.
- RunningDroid 2y ago
  That must be what Barty's profile is referencing here: > Dislikes: Tight corners (screeches!)

cultofmetatron 2y ago

no kidding.. I lived in SF during the peak of the influx of tech and was a daily BART rider. there's things I can't unsee.

Lammy 2y ago
I'm glad I got to experience the carpeted cars with cloth seats even if they got gross some times.
- cobbzilla 2y ago
  Cloth seats on BART must be among the worst design decisions ever made. Seating on public transit must be something that can be hosed down with bleach, and not a material that will forever hold whatever funk is deposited into it.
  - Lammy 2y ago
    It was way more comfortable to sit on, soft surfaces help keep noise levels down inside the car, and I wash my clothes regularly :p
  - flomo 2y ago
    I took BART a lot (uhhh) 30 years ago. The trains were very clean and highly policed. I wouldn't even bring a coffee on board, much less smoke crank or whatever. Different era.
    - SllX 2y ago
      Sounds like the dream. All I want is a more frequent police presence in and around the station infrastructure and on the trains for both BART and MUNI. Like why is that a different era? Why can’t that be the current era?
  - cobbzilla 2y ago
    I find it implausible that anyone who actually rode these could remember them fondly. To the defenders: I ask you to please describe your memory of “the BART smell” from the cloth-seat era, if you have such firsthand experience. I do remember. Many years make a strong impression. And while that specific smell-memory is largely indescribable, it’s nonetheless and unfortunately quite unforgettably awful. My attempt: imagine a laundry hamper very full of very dirty clothes, including a few with fecal/other/mystery stains, slow-baked for weeks in a warm closet. Now open the closet door and take a deep nasal breath— that’s what stepping onto the train was like. I feel zero positive nostalgia.

PaulRobinson 2y ago

I'm pretty well travelled across Europe and North America, and a little bit of South America. I've never seen anything like the BART anywhere else - and I don't mean that in a positive way. It's late where I am, I'm about to go to bed, and now this image of a BART car that has "seen it all" is going to haunt me... I might eat a load of cheese to calm the dreams down...

spike021 2y ago

not sure about “seen it all” but definitely “screamed it all”. I haven’t ridden Bart in a while but i remember the banshee screeches.

RunningDroid 2y ago
That must be what Barty's profile is referencing here: > Dislikes: Tight corners (screeches!)