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What's the craziest thing you have ever seen someone do on public transit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Given that the exact same question is the current top post but for driving instead of transit, I feel this question was needed.

My answer: I saw some guys hooking up a Raclette Grill to the outlet in an otherwise empty German intercity rail waggon. They had it unpacked in one of these 4 person seats with a small table. No idea if that could work or if draws too much power from the board net. I just headed on to the next waggon.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have peeked at book covers as I'm always curious. One day someone was reading a book called The Arranged Marriage. The plot was hilarious when I googled it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One thing I noticed when I first moved to Japan:

When you buy a new book (they don't do this at used book stores), they wrap it in paper. Kind of like we did with our textbooks with paper bags back when I was a kid in school in the US. But they use nicer paper.

This means that when you take your book out, nobody can see what it is. Unless you remove the paper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's interesting. I wonder why?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When you buy products that are deemed sensitive, such as condoms or tampons or hemorrhoid cream or whatever it may be, they also put that in a paper bag instead of the regular bag so that no one can see what it is.

Of course, I found this to be counterproductive because that means you know that person is carrying something "sensitive".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Maybe with books, that's why they wrap all of them?