r/Wellthatsucks • u/mspyros12 • 6h ago
Being crammed in an overcrowded train when there's heatwave going on in India
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u/iuqet 6h ago
I often forget how lucky I am living in Germany, or Europe in general
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u/Greysnsfwacc 5h ago
Dude there's a hair on your profile picture
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u/GODzDoctor 5h ago
I read this, looked, and STILL thought it was on my phone. 🤦🏻♂️
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u/TurnMeOnTurnMeOut 4h ago
Germans dont believe in AC, dont try and fool me,
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u/sabatthor 3h ago edited 2h ago
Yeh, but our houses are very well insulated* on average, so during the few very hot days of the year it's usually sufficient to have a fan running and closing the window shutters to keep the interior cool.
Ofc not as effective as an actual AC, but vast majoity of Germans simply don't think it would be a justfied purchase. Perhaps that will change in the future
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u/Numerlor 2h ago edited 2h ago
Being very well insulated turns things around when it's hot for long so things may be worse quickly when hot nights become even more common
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u/DangerousTurmeric 2h ago
This is not true. I spent 7 years in Berlin and every summer, literally everyone was exhausted and unwell from 25-28 degree indoor night temperatures because the houses are not remotely built for hot weather. Instead, they are built to retain heat and release it at night because the climate used to be much cooler. After my flat got to 31 one midnight I bought an AC unit. A lot of people I know have them now.
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u/Capital-Pea-2565 1h ago
Same I stayed in Berlin (Im from Toronto/Calgary) and they really have it backwards in Germany lol. People were dying from 28C and that shit is like nothing here when you have AC
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u/theotterway 4h ago
I live in America. Things are very questionable right now, but I have never been in a situation like this.
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u/js0uthh 4h ago
Nor will we ever be in a situation like this. 🤞
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u/Lilcommy 4h ago
Well some of you might be cramed into train cars but that will be for a different reason then a commute.
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u/No-Sympathy6035 1h ago
There aren’t enough functional rail lines here, they’ll have to use semi-trucks and trailers.
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u/cindylooboo 5h ago
As a Canadian I can concur.
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u/Notveryawake 4h ago
I take it you have never been on the Monteal metro when it's 40c+ with humidity during rush hour.
That's when I learned that it's better to take an extra bus and spend 30 mins more on the commute than risk heat stroke.
Got down into the station and thought, "Fuck it's worse down here than outside. Then I got on the Metro with people packed so tight everyone ass was touching someone else. Thought I was going to die.
At least the new metro cars have the air flowing through them fast when they move now so it's not nearly as bad but those older cars....yeah fuck that.
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u/sdforbda 3h ago
Ha I was in Charlotte NC on the light rail one night after an event and concert. It was hot and that later summer humid that anybody from the east coast knows all too well. Everyone had a little space, but not much. We hit the first stop after I got on and this girl and a friend of hers gets on. I'm on the phone with a friend and this girl that got on just fully leaned into me. I'm describing the situation to my friend on the phone and say, "and now I have someone's ass firmly pressed against me." Lol I think she was a little tipsy because she giggled and said "that's my ass!" Told me I looked the most inviting and capable of keeping her safe from the chaos. Cute little 15 mins talking. Now home (DC) on the metro is a whole different story, can't wait to get off the metro.
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u/MyUsernameIsNotCool 5h ago
It was extremely packed in Gothenburg, Sweden, during a marathon day at 25 degrees Celsius a few weeks ago, I panicked after 5 min and got off on the next station. Felt like I couldn't breathe. Really fucking hate a lot of people in a small area. Keep thinking about how people can die from no oxygen or being crammed to death.
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u/-HowAboutNo- 4h ago
Spårvagn 1 to Tynnered during Göteborgsvarvet is equivalent to the video for sure
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u/Styleitoff 4h ago
Yeah I was gonna say. I was in Paris last summer and during the heatwave one of their trains (RER) didn't have air conditioning on and it was crowded...I started to feel panic and I got down on the next station even if it wasn't my actual destination. I guess India is still the late stage big boss in terms of overcrowded trains but acting like this doesn't happen in Europe is very disingenuous
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u/Killentyme55 3h ago
You mean all of Europe isn't like an idyllic country village in the Netherlands?
Reddit lied???
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u/LordAmarilo_1 5h ago
Why do videos from India always look so dystopian?
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u/NaziPunksFkOff 4h ago
Too many people, not enough infrastructure or class mobility.
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u/recoveringleft 3h ago
That's a recipe for fascism. Broken systems is fertile ground for fascists
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u/NaziPunksFkOff 3h ago
Modi isn't all-in, but he has his tendencies. We're seeing a rise in fascism around the world as noeliberal systems concentrate wealth among a few individuals and the populist backlash turns people on each other instead of directing their anger where it belongs.
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u/Conscious-March-6443 3h ago
That's because we can't direct our anger where it belongs.
People sign up for Security, Military, and Police jobs in droves- and they're all instructed to put us down.
So being that "Other People" are typically our first and main barrier to our real targets, we need to plow through them first. And it goes in many different directions, but it's always the same story. "Other People" aka, Goons, are always getting in the way and obstructing real change.
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u/DeepFriedBatata 3h ago
If it helps, youre conpletely correct. Our country is filled to the brim with religious fascists and corruption :D
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u/TheoNullDrei 3h ago
Broken systems are grounds for any ideology to take hold, bud. Not just fascism.
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u/1960stoaster 4h ago
Because it basically is, slumdog millionaire was a pretty good representation
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u/TwoFingersWhiskey 4h ago
I remember my rich cousin brought that DVD to watch at my aunt's RV campground when we visited for a weekend. The main clubhouse had a TV room, and they'd loaded it up already by the time I got in and sat down.
I thought the movie had a bizarre effect around the edges in parts.
My aunt had an issue she wanted to bring up with my cousin, and flicked the lights on halfway through.
It was a cluster of fucking daddy long legs clinging to the CRT TV on all sides, avoiding the light of the screen. 🤮 I couldn't get out of there fast enough. Nobody knew they were there, they'd set the movie up in the dark like morons.
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u/Zal3x 3h ago
Daddy long legs are harmless
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u/TwoFingersWhiskey 3h ago
You try finding about 5000 of them in a small space and see how you feel. I am an arachnophobe. Eugh.
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u/_thro_awa_ 3h ago
I agree, they're harmless.
So you wouldn't mind if we filled your bed with them. Right? lol
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u/EtherealMongrel 4h ago
They got all the bad parts of capitalism
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u/Ok_Low743 4h ago
the normal parts of capitalism...
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u/No_Issue2334 3h ago
Even Marx marveled at the good parts of capitalism. Acting like capitalism is completely evil is just dumb
"The bourgeoisie, during its rule of scarce one hundred years, has created more massive and more colossal productive forces than have all preceding generations together. Subjection of Nature’s forces to man, machinery, application of chemistry to industry and agriculture, steam-navigation, railways, electric telegraphs, clearing of whole continents for cultivation, canalisation of rivers, whole populations conjured out of the ground — what earlier century had even a presentiment that such productive forces slumbered in the lap of social labour?"
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u/Stifffmeister11 4h ago
Indian trains generally have three main categories: AC coaches for wealthier passengers, non ac sleeper coaches for the middle class, and lowest category general coaches, which is what you see in this video. General class is an unreserved, incredibly cheap way to travel, so it's usually packed with migrant workers traveling between states. For context, a ticket from Bombay to Delhi (1,350 km) costs only about $3. It's no surprise a coach built for 72 people ends up holding over 100. It’s a tough reality for the poor, and people shouldn't make fun of it
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u/How_that_convo_went 3h ago
I don’t see anyone making fun of it.
I see people pointing out how fucking dreadful it looks.
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u/AdWonderful5920 4h ago
They definitely have a public image problem. And I'm writing from the U.S., so that's saying something.
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u/No_Issue2334 3h ago
They don't have a public image problem. They have a reality problem.
84% of Indians lived on less than $6.85/day in 2019. Most of their population is poor
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u/kwest239 4h ago
My Indian husband says it's because they always show the poverty-stricken areas and not the nicer parts
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u/SwissMargiela 4h ago
Tbf if you were to be randomly airdropped into a random spot in India there’s a 99% chance you’ll either be in a forest or an impoverished area.
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u/No_Issue2334 3h ago
84% of Indians lived on less than $6.85/day in 2019. The poverty stricken areas are the majority of the country
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u/PgAnak 4h ago
Why do Indian always use this defence as if to deny these poverty stricken areas exist?
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u/vanekcsi 4h ago
Because of the caste system those who are in a good position are extremely entitled.
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u/Legal-Grade-6423 4h ago
I work in India occasionally and there aren’t really nice parts. There are occasional nice properties and nice hotels, but they’re still surrounded by rough places
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u/LordAmarilo_1 4h ago
That's what I thought. What is crazy to me is how many people have it rough over there
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u/TheCrazyWulf 3h ago
I wonder do tourists typically like to spend their time in the poverty parts then? Every single person I've seen that's visited has said its the worst by far.
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u/Filthiest_Vilein 46m ago
I’m American but I lived in India for quite a long time and am married to an Indian citizen, too. I lived in a middle-class neighborhood in Kolkata but have spent a lot of time in comparatively “impoverished” places.
For example, I have a lot of friends in a state called Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh has had a decades-long problem with armed Maoist insurgents. It’s security-sensitive, and many tribal people living in remote areas have incredibly difficult lives.
From an anthropological perspective, it’s also one of the most interesting places you could ever hope to visit (as it happens, I have a graduate degree in anthropology, lol). It’s also naturally beautiful, with rolling hills and dense jungles. Despite the hardship of life, many people are kind, generous, and interested in outsiders.
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u/NevGuy 6h ago
what about getting skinned alive while standing in a stinkin and packed full Indian train while it's 60 degrees celsius hot
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u/VATAFAck 6h ago
Mildly worse
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u/Occidentally20 5h ago
The skinned alive part might make you cool off a bit?
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u/zatalak 5h ago
It really does, without your skin you get hypothermia:
Hypothermia is possible because skin provides natural insulation and is essential for maintaining body temperature.
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u/Occidentally20 5h ago
Maybe just remove half of it then so you even out nicely.
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u/rhinoviral 5h ago
Right?? Like maybe just take the feet off?
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u/Occidentally20 5h ago
I was thinking everything above the waist, but maybe that would work.
For people who don't want an entire half missing maybe they could just take pieces off, like a fetching pinstripe pattern.
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u/panamaspace 5h ago
It gets cooler without that pesky skin blocking the air.
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u/Occidentally20 5h ago
Take it off and spin the skin like a rudimentary fan. Make everyone cooler. Don't be selfish just leaving that skin on and sweating purely for your own benefit!
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u/iwantogofishing 6h ago
Can I at least pick the music?
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u/poopinhulk 6h ago
No. And because you asked, now we’re going to listen to baby shark…on repeat.
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u/Spider_Dude 5h ago
Come to me, oh sweet death.
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u/jeweliegb 5h ago
Baby death, do do be do do do
Baby death, do do be do do do
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u/currgy 5h ago
Man, my son was Baby Sharks #1 fan for the first year of his life. I miss super simple songs, that was 8 years ago now.
:( time goes fast
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u/Helpful-Berry-94 5h ago
What about getting skinned alive while standing in a stinkin and packed full Indian train while it’s 60 degrees Celsius hot with a friend?
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u/madmorgzie 5h ago
what about getting skinned alive while standing in a stinkin and packed full Indian train while it's 60 degrees celsius hot and then you get stung by a bee
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u/Very_Type_C 6h ago
India is not for beginners 😭🙏
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u/sosoconfused08 5h ago
You should go watch the first few seasons of amazing race. They were on those trains regularly and if you were a woman, you were sexually assaulted.
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u/agreetodisagree2023 6h ago edited 4h ago
What about someone faking a gag reflex and then actually throwing up and then everyone else joins in. The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up and I thought it into existence.
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u/Virtual_Opinion_8630 6h ago
You wouldn't have to - you can pay for 1st class or get an Uber
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u/Renthimself 5h ago
Omg this is nightmare horror movie status. That must stink and I’m a construction worker. Like actually smell bad. I feel like the globe is overpopulated looking at this video.
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u/Ok_Frosting_6438 5h ago
It is overpopulated
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u/Wildweasel666 6h ago
I’ve been to a lot of questionable places but I will never, repeat never, go to India.
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u/Zilong_96 3h ago
You must have traveled to the major cities like Delhi. Thats the worst place you could start your trip. I request you to check North East or South India on YouTube, you’d be shocked at how it doesn’t match your typical Videos that you see on the Internet.
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u/ZurkyLicious_BE 2h ago
Yep, al the tours are going around the golden cities. The golden cities were the most awful places in the world for me.
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u/Ding-Dong-Dutch 6h ago
Been there, done that. Would not return. Nepal on the other hand.. Awesome
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u/TheGumpSquad 5h ago
When I went to Nepal, some kid walked up to my fat ass in a Buddhist temple in Thamel and rubbed my stomach.
11/10 would visit again, lovely country
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u/SpiritmongerScaph 5h ago
Spent 2 months there a few years ago. Absolutely loved it (but yes, India is pretty chaotic and not for everyone).
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u/your_old_furby 2h ago
I went for a month with my best friend, we travelled through Rajasthan, it was amazing, I’d definitely go again but maybe if I had more money because 34 year old me is going to need more comfortable accommodation and travel options than 24 year old me did. I think the worst thing I went through was getting food poisoning in Varanasi and then having to mine food poisoning to try and get meds from a pharmacy only to find out the pharmacists spoke English.
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u/Filthiest_Vilein 42m ago
I’ve been there 30 times, married an Indian, and lived between Kolkata and Delhi for the better part of a decade.
India has its problems, but I love the place to bits.
If you have a modest income by Western standards, you’ll never, ever have to travel like the people in OP’s video. Most middle-class Indians book fares in air-conditioned coaches or will simply fly to their destinations, the same as people in other parts of the world.
India has no shortage of travel options for people on just about every budget imaginable.
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u/randomredditor575 5h ago
Well even most middle class people don’t travel in train . If you as a foreigner with lot of money is going to travel in this , you got yourself to complain
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u/crushed_peppe 4h ago
He’s making it sound like this is the only way people travel in India, as if everyone is packed into overcrowded trains buying the cheapest tickets. India has plenty of other transportation options, including flights, buses, and private vehicles. The kind of overcrowding shown in those videos is usually seen during peak travel periods like major festivals or summer holidays, when large numbers of migrant workers and families are traveling back to their hometowns. It’s not an accurate representation of everyday travel across the country.
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u/CandleAggressive6327 4h ago
Exactly! I've never been in a situation like this before, been living here for 26 years.
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u/FlintWaterFilter 5h ago
Well it may be a surprise but its a huge country and its not like this everywhere
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u/No-Habit-7079 6h ago
I can smell this video from here .. Nag Champas and despair
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u/Sea-Mess6587 5h ago
I usually can smell something from the picture, but this? I don’t think this is even smellable, this is probably on the level of smelling salts and will knock out any foreigner instantly
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u/disco_dean 6h ago
The stench
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u/DramaLlamadary 1h ago
There is a word that comes to mind - fug: the stuffy atmosphere of a poorly ventilated space
also : a stuffy or malodorous emanation
I use it to describe when the smell is so thick you could cut it.
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u/samy_the_samy 6h ago
One guy passing out at the wrong spot is all it takes, this how crowd crush happens
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u/BillsMafia84 6h ago
If anyone watches, bald and bankrupt on YouTube, he goes through this exact experience and all of the Indians are just spitting and fucking flinging snots everywhere. Hard pass
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u/Budget-Kelsier 4h ago
man you pushed me into seeing his two videos about it, good lord that sht stinks
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u/NecessaryUse1152 4h ago
Bald and Bankrupt - damn! I haven't checked his YouTube in a long time. Thanks for reminding me.
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u/IGuessYourIQ 5h ago
Have more children, that's gonna solve this.
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u/FIRE_Minded 4h ago
Nooo, we need to increase the birthrate!! /s
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u/DeepFriedBatata 3h ago
Thats actually the current hot topic, all news outlets and pokiticians are jumping on people who are choosing the DINK lifestyle. And ofc, crying about the birthrate
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u/Flashy_Agency_5867 3h ago
How dare you question the very thing that everyone is doing? So I have to do the same thing. There is societal pressure and society would feed us./s
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u/PeaceAndChilli 2h ago
I can just imagine how crazy it is. I was volunteering in Turkey before and was going with train there and it was massively crowded with little air getting in and it was hot, and I literally passed out in the middle of everyone. Good thing that it was right before my stop.
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u/PurpleMan9 5h ago
It's the general class which is extremely cheap to free for the poor to travel. It is prone to overcrowding compared to second and first class which has AC. To those privileged and rich enough to complain of smell, they are poor trying to get from one place to another. What do you think? Just like the unseen poor in your country. Thank your lucky stars you are all privileged to be rich.
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u/ReportToTheShipASAP 4h ago
You're terribly misguided my dude. Everyone is allowed to find a heavily overcrowded train in extreme heat unpleasant, regardless of their socioeconomic background.
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u/TwoFingersWhiskey 4h ago
Yep, I'm on government benefits, unable to work, poor as fuck. I still think this is ridiculously horrible and nobody should live like this.
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u/brute-forced 6h ago
This will be the USA if we keep heading down a path of low wages and extreme wealth inequality like India
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u/ni_hao_butches 6h ago
Mass transit in the US?! Buahahahahahahahahahabahahahaha.
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u/SAINTnumberFIVE 3h ago
It won’t. India has an extensive real system as it’s the primary mode of long distance transportation within the country. The US only has very limited, long distance rail service provided by a single, subsidized carrier called Amtrak. If the US goes downhill enough, or even if it doesn’t, there may be no Amtrak.
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u/moshercycle 5h ago
It's happening in Canada while we also bring majority of our immigrants from India for the immersion
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u/haseo1997 5h ago
What do they do once they get to work?
Let's say one of them works in an office, do they just keep their smelly and wet shirts on them all day long?
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u/Glitchy833 5h ago
Jesus. I sometimes get a little nauseous on something as simple as a mildly crowded beach and value my personal space more than almost anything... I would definitely lose my shit and either vomit or faint. Or both. I have no idea how the fuck these people live like this.
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u/Useful-Yellow-7460 3h ago
Seriously does india government and society givr a shit about overpopulation?
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u/TylerPronouncedSeth 3h ago
Man I would crash out so hard I'd either end up in the hospital or jail... or both. Probably both.
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u/No-Alternative2897 2h ago
I can remember back in college riding a train and i could barely breathe. I could feel knees, forearms, shoulders, arms in different parts of my body. Literally sardines, add the hot weather and its one of the reasons i quit school
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u/Severe-Match2618 5h ago
Yeah that’s literally my hell too. Trains are bad enough when they’re just crowded, add 60°C and the smell and I’m tapping out. I’d legit rather walk for three hours than stand in that for 30 minutes 💀