Oil or mustard?

Louisiana Hot Sauce!

Trying to think of a "toothing" and vagina-smells-like-tuna joke, but failing.

/anyone?

I live in Japan. fark you.

It's so easy to annoy the British... and half the time they don't say anything, just make loud huffs and mean glares. Nowhere is this more apparent than in a tube or rail car.

what if the train bosses like sardines?

maybe they should try riding trains in Japan, might change thier perspective.

They'll get over it.

We have sardine time on certain subway lines here in Santiago. You have to let trains and trains just go by because the doors open but there's no way in hell you're getting in unless you're liquid. And God help you if the mass of people pushed you further inside the train and you have to get off... but we got over it.


/or maybe our asses went numb after all the bumfarking we took from that abortion of transport system the gov't pushed on us

Maybe you shouldn't live in a smelly, 3rd world, fascist country.

It's a pool in Japan, but the trains likewise.

Kevin72: It's a pool in Japan, but the trains likewise.

WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

There's something fishy about this...

gund: WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

Do you remember what happened last time Japan did that?

anfrind: gund: WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

Do you remember what happened last time Japan did that?

Yeah, major population control.

The_Pole_Of_Justice: I live in Japan. fark you.

GreySpectre: maybe they should try riding trains in Japan, might change thier perspective.

Thing is, in Japan, if you leave 5-10 minutes before the rush, the trains are almost completely empty. When I lived in Kawasaki and had to commute to Tokyo, the difference between having seats available and being packed like sardines was often literally one train.

It's like it doesn't occur to anyone to go a little earlier and avoid the (c)rush.

I don't know if London is like that or not...

So they're encouraging people to send sealed tins of sardines to the officials.

Well, that's at least more polite for the postal workers and other people who's mail might come in contact.

I was expecting something at higher velocities, or a mass protest of people cramming into the office while eating sardines. Imagine 500 people crammed into a lobby meant for 20, eating sardines. It'll get 5 stars on YouTube.

Am I the only one who cares enough to point out that this was reported on the "metro" website?

mamoru:

Thing is, in Japan, if you leave 5-10 minutes before the rush, the trains are almost completely empty. When I lived in Kawasaki and had to commute to Tokyo, the difference between having seats available and being packed like sardines was often literally one train.

It's like it doesn't occur to anyone to go a little earlier and avoid the (c)rush.

I don't know if London is like that or not...

I lived in Japan for 3 years, though in Shizuoka where it wasn't crowded like Tokyo. The scenario you mention is so believable for Japan ...... there is such a depth to their conformity that it would never occur to them to leave early and avoid the rush. The first rule of Japan is "Don't be different", and that even seems to trickle down to peer pressure to not take the early train to avoid suffering the rush hour.

Disputes are so much more polite over there.

Kevin72: It's a pool in Japan, but the trains likewise.

I imagine they pay some guy to pull out all the dead bodies at the end of the day.

actaeon: anfrind: gund: WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

Do you remember what happened last time Japan did that?

Yeah, major population control.

Window seat, please.

The_Pole_Of_Justice: I live in Japan. fark you.

That made me think of this discovery channel commercial: Link (new window)

I couldn't imagine having to shove people into a train for a living.

sarcastrophe: I couldn't imagine having to shove people into a train for a living.

Thanks! Now I know what I want to be when I grow up!

actaeon: anfrind: gund: WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

Do you remember what happened last time Japan did that?

Yeah, major population control.

On the upside, there was enough room for everyone on trains from Hiroshima and Nagasaki for about a decade.

/window seat, please

Kevin72:

there is such a depth to their conformity that it would never occur to them to leave early and avoid the rush. The first rule of Japan is "Don't be different",

Only people who never leave the gaijin ghettos think that way. Maybe you should have made some friends who weren't bitter ex-pats, or over-enthusiastic English learners. You know, normal people?

Switchblades: actaeon: anfrind: gund: WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

Do you remember what happened last time Japan did that?

Yeah, major population control.

On the upside, there was enough room for everyone on trains from Hiroshima and Nagasaki for about a decade.

/window seat, please

Wow, dude. I went to the line. You Carl Lewis'ed over it.

Kevin72: It's a pool in Japan, but the trains likewise.

I thought I remembered seeing that image in reference to a pool somewhere in China a while back, not Japan... but I could be mistaken.

...and really, all this talk about Japanese overpopulation... they're one of the few nations in the world experiencing a shrinking population... fewer people are getting married and starting families, and the ones that do usually only have one child...

The_Pole_Of_Justice: I live in Japan. fark you.

I'm guessing that since you're a guy, that you don't have quite as much to complain about like the women and young girls do.

Well, that was disappointing.
From reading the headline, I assumed they did something more fun like cramming onto said trains with paper bags full of rotting sardines.
Damn boring Brits.

CasperImproved: The_Pole_Of_Justice: I live in Japan. fark you.

I'm guessing that since you're a guy, that you don't have quite as much to complain about like the women and young girls do.

You mean like the constant threat of tentacle attacks?

/aisle seat, please.

wildcardjack:
I was expecting something at higher velocities, or a mass protest of people cramming into the office while eating sardines. Imagine 500 people crammed into a lobby meant for 20, eating sardines. It'll get 5 stars on YouTube.

I want to see that.

Chaosdawn: wildcardjack:
I was expecting something at higher velocities, or a mass protest of people cramming into the office while eating sardines. Imagine 500 people crammed into a lobby meant for 20, eating sardines. It'll get 5 stars on YouTube.

I want to see that.

It would look something like this (new window).

Shouldn't it be TrainSardine.or.uk?

Switchblades: actaeon: anfrind: gund: WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

Do you remember what happened last time Japan did that?

Yeah, major population control.

On the upside, there was enough room for everyone on trains from Hiroshima and Nagasaki for about a decade.

/window seat, please

You know who else fit a lot of people onto trains in the second world war?

Photographic proof of the the crowds on Japanese commuter trains, and why those people in TFA should shut up:

Found on Flicker



"Sardines on North London Train from the London Paper"

Kevin72: The first rule of Japan is "Don't be different", and that even seems to trickle down to peer pressure to not take the early train to avoid suffering the rush hour.

I don't think it's so much peer pressure as it is not thinking outside the box except when expected to. I.e. people with creative jobs, researchers, etc. can think outside of the box because their jobs require it. However, in normal life it never occurs to them. It's part of the conformist culture, but I don't think it's about peer pressure. I don't think there's any issue of losing face by taking an earlier train. It just doesn't occur to them to break routine.

So, their "get to work" thinking style is along these lines: I have to be at work at 8:30. It takes 5 minutes to walk from the Station. The 7:26 train from near my house gets to Shinagawa in time to catch the 7:42 Keihin Tohoku line which arrives near my work at 8:23. It takes 10 minutes to walk to the station, so I have to leave my house at 7:15.

Once that routine is set, it just doesn't occur to them to change it. Comfort on the trains is secondary to having the schedule worked out and perfect. Unfortunately, everyone else who has to work at 8:30 in that area is thinking the exact same thing.

Then, there's me: Forget this crowded train BS. I don't mind eating breakfast and having coffee at my desk, so I'll leave early and try to avoid the rush. *relaxes on a nearly empty train, gets to work half an hour early, eats breakfast and reads the news/Fark*

:D

actaeon: Switchblades: actaeon: anfrind: gund: WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

Do you remember what happened last time Japan did that?

Yeah, major population control.

On the upside, there was enough room for everyone on trains from Hiroshima and Nagasaki for about a decade.

/window seat, please

Wow, dude. I went to the line. You Carl Lewis'ed over it.

No he OJ'ed it. Carl didn't slice and dice in his career.

DiRF: ...and really, all this talk about Japanese overpopulation... they're one of the few nations in the world experiencing a shrinking population... fewer people are getting married and starting families, and the ones that do usually only have one child...

Most of Western Europe is only growing due to migration in and I think most of the ex-communist countries are shrinking (or close to it) even if you don't include all the people leaving them.

gund: Kevin72: It's a pool in Japan, but the trains likewise.

WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

Which one? All the other nearby countries are already full to capacity. It's not like you're going to invade China because there's fewer people and better air.

They could invade Korea, I guess, but the North Koreans would probably eat them.

hyperspacemonkey: Switchblades: actaeon: anfrind: gund: WTF. They need to invade another country to control the population.

Do you remember what happened last time Japan did that?

Yeah, major population control.

On the upside, there was enough room for everyone on trains from Hiroshima and Nagasaki for about a decade.

/window seat, please

You know who else fit a lot of people onto trains in the second world war?


Damn you, I came here to make that comment!

I've lived in Japan and England for years. The problem is much much worse in England because:

1. trains in england are built without any air / ventilation systems whatsoever whereas in japan that's a major consideration. also, on most trains, the doors on japanese trains open every few minutes as the train stops.

2. people don't stink as much in japan, nor do they bring their burger king meals on the train.

3. overcrowding on nearly all lines in japan has decreased in the last decade.

4. lines in japan are rarely unavailable. for those who dont know, in the london underground for example there are basically permanent signs up at the entrances to station telling you which lines are not operating that day.

5. tube trains are made to be as humanely uncomfortable as possible. even the "large" tube trains are smaller than what you get in Japan.

6. platforms are relatively large and ventilated in Japan.

7. new models of japanese trains are designed to be more comfortable than previous models. new models of british trains are designed by some MBA who has done some jackass spreadsheet of "yield management" and determined that it is possible to make the seats 1" thinner or remove 4" of seat pitch.

8. japanese trains don't have giant stinking and unventilated toilets in the middle of the wagons. british trains do. when japanese trains do have toilets, they are usually both seperated by the passenger compartment by two doors and are cleaned regularly.

British trains are now run by for profit companies with increasingly obnoxious names ("one", "first capital connect", "c2c", "arriva", etc) and are not so much actual train companies but rather are financial instruments by which some group of MBAs has figured out some new way to squeeze a bit more profit out of the system by letter-of-the-law compliance to their contract in some way.

but at least british trains are cheap. oh wait.

The answer lies in the little slideshow of pictures alongside TFA.

Yep, the FLYING CAR is back again!!

musashi1600: Photographic proof of the the crowds on Japanese commuter trains, and why those people in TFA should shut up:

DAMN, i love the Japanese. Seeing everyone, just standing there, politely waiting their turn. Its magnificent.


/takes the NYC subway daily.
//the Chinese riders are the worst offenders when it comes to politeness on the NYC subawy
///i wish they were more like their good Asian neighbors just across the sea

KingoftheCheese: metro

The 'Metro', in this case, is a free newspaper for commuters to read on the train or Tube. We don't call trains metro over here.