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> 20 years ago everyone on suburban trains would be looking at a newspaper, magazine or book throughout their journey. Some folks did this, others chatted with
by throw0101d 1y ago
> 20 years ago everyone on suburban trains would be looking at a newspaper, magazine or book throughout their journey.
Some folks did this, others chatted with the 'regulars' that they sat with that had the same schedule as them. There were television series based on this:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_48
Some folks didn't want to chat, and in the Toronto-area commuter rail there are designated zones for that:
* https://www.gotransit.com/en/travelling-on-go/quiet-zone https://www.gotransit.com/en/travelling-on-go/quiet-zone
- bsghirt 1y agoWhat you are demonstrating is that already in 2003, people talking to each other during their commute was a fantasy rather than an actual occurrence.
- throw0101d 1y agoDo you think the airborne drops of Operation Overlord were a fantasy because someone made a television (mini-)series on them (i.e., Band of Brothers)?
- bsghirt 1y agoCertainly I would not take the television series as proof that they happened with regularity or in the way depicted.
- throw0101d 1y agoYou have simply gone in the other direction: taking the television series as proof something did not happen, that it was "fantasy".