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    150 points archagon | 11 comments | 26 Apr 25 19:12 UTC | HN request time: 1.417s | source | bottom
    1. cosmicgadget ◴[26 Apr 25 23:20 UTC] No.43808148[source]▶
    > 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".

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    2. cultofmetatron ◴[26 Apr 25 23:46 UTC] No.43808272[source]▶
    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.
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    3. PaulRobinson ◴[26 Apr 25 23:51 UTC] No.43808288[source]▶
    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...

    4. spike021 ◴[27 Apr 25 00:31 UTC] No.43808450[source]▶
    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.
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    5. Lammy ◴[27 Apr 25 01:03 UTC] No.43808589[source]▶
    I'm glad I got to experience the carpeted cars with cloth seats even if they got gross some times.
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    6. cobbzilla ◴[27 Apr 25 03:59 UTC] No.43809340{3}[source]▶
    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.
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    7. Lammy ◴[27 Apr 25 04:32 UTC] No.43809448{4}[source]▶
    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
    8. flomo ◴[27 Apr 25 04:40 UTC] No.43809469{4}[source]▶
    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.
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    9. SllX ◴[27 Apr 25 08:00 UTC] No.43810263{5}[source]▶
    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?
    10. RunningDroid ◴[27 Apr 25 14:37 UTC] No.43812261[source]▶
    That must be what Barty's profile is referencing here:

    > Dislikes: Tight corners (screeches!)

    11. cobbzilla ◴[29 Apr 25 12:56 UTC] No.43831947{4}[source]▶
    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.