Is this a reference to something specific or just made by someone who doesn’t ride the subway? Feels vaguely “the cities are from infested hell holes!” conservative pearl clutch to me, but maybe I’m out of the loop.
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Submitted 2 years ago by yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com to memes@sopuli.xyz
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jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 years ago
pedz@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Or just a joke. I live in a city with a metro system, I use it, and as much as I’ve never personally seen a fight in the metro itself, they obviously happen. Some users are stabbed a few times a year. I’ve seen people jump over the tracks. I’ve felt a bit threaten by a beggar that I’ve once said I recognized.
Just a few examples from here:
montrealgazette.com/…/two-men-stabbed-during-braw…
…ctvnews.ca/man-stabbed-outside-lionel-groulx-met…
And I’m not living in a very criminal city. I’m not saying the metro isn’t safe, or that you’ll see fights and brawls for the price of a ride, but it could happen. Like, take the metro when bars are closing and there’s probably gonna be higher chances to see a brawl or a fight. I imagine it’s similar in bigger cities with metro/subway systems as well.
And I want to stress that cities where this can happen are not inherently dangerous. There are much smaller cities that have a highest crime rate than the metropolis around them, but they don’t have the density for a metro/subway system where you can thus see drunk people fight about something they already forgot.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 years ago
Sure, fights happen. But “public transit and cities are dangerous” are kind of shitty right wing memes.
Bertuccio@lemmy.world 2 years ago
So the metro is basically a loot box for fist fights, and 99% of the time you just get a quiet ride to work while you read?
Shitty deal.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It’s a joke. Settle down
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 years ago
I don’t think the most basic analysis is getting worked up, but ok.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 years ago
If they didn’t want it to be a specific criticism, it wouldn’t say “NYC”.
BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I love that the dick punch is the only difference between the actual fighting on display
BobbyNevada@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
He giving him the ol’ dick twist.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 years ago
TWIST HIS DICK!!
FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The ooooooool dick twist!
BobbyNevada@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
Twist his dick!
niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You can also flip the narrative with arts, if you ride the NYC Subway you can also come across someone playing the cello in the train car.
Avg@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Unfortunately
cRazi_man@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Nut buster
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 2 years ago
In all seriousness though. I went to WrestleMania with my brother 22 years ago. We got really decent mid range seats facing the middle of the ring. We paid $80 a seat and got to see the Rock vs Hulk Hogan.
Out of nostalgia I wanted to look into tickets for a WWE event for my brother and I even though we haven’t seen it in decades. The tickets were $400 each for the mid range. It’s absolute insanity, but also insane that it’s sold out at that price, so no wonder they charge that.
xilliah@beehaw.org 2 years ago
Watching street fights taught me how to miss every strike
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Free (unless you get something to eat):
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