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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 82 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm clearly taking the wrong trains :3

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Come to Chicago, take the Red, Purple, or Brown lines to Belmont. Wait for what you are looking for and there you go.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thats the problem, im in New York

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I hear Amtrak can help you with that

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

They do want more lesbians to take the train to Chicago from what I've read.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the brown line doesn't connect to Cleveland, my day will be ruined.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It dead ends in Albany Park. My condolences, the CTA does not offer any service to any metropolitan area from Chicago.

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Everybody always like "fuck cars" but nobody can "fuck in car."

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I assure you plenty of people have fucked in cars

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And that's how I was born. Well, it was a pickup, but the principle is the same.

[–] amanda@aggregatet.org 11 points 1 month ago

User name checks out

[–] shininghero@pawb.social 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That one particularly steamy car scene from Titanic says otherwise. 😏

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

But they were also on a boat... Hmmmm. This gives me an idea about the auto train.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

There was a not great charlie sheen movie in the 90s called the chase where he has sex in a car while being chased by police.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Everybody always like “fuck cars” but nobody can “fuck in car.”

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think we might be able to guess something about the person in charge of Amtrak's tumblr page...

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 75 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They probably don't work for Amtrak?

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

But they should. Good marketing.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 month ago

Is it only on the line to Chicago? Would they be willing to implement it on other services?

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I'm fucking DYING this is so fucking funny to me

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's like one those corporate carriages at pride marches; the pride part is super wholesome, the corporate part is a bit strange. Well, riding (in) trains is endorsable - but passenger transport could also be public.

Also, steamy and trains...

I'd wink their carriage anyways.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They just need to run carriages with private compartments rather than airline-style seating. Problem solved.

[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

They already have those. They are offering steamy lesbian sex with a lonely butch; not a open show. 🤦‍♀️

[–] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

A single ticket for a train from Austin to Chicago is like $150 and takes a full day. The same plane ticket can be regularly bought for the same price and gets there in about 6 hours.

[–] Z27F@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The bullet train between Beijing and Guangzhou (1400 miles) runs seven times a day, the fastest connection is 7h 15min, and tickets can be bought from 170$.

[–] graymess@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Trying to be happy for the rest of the world.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

But are there any hot gay women on that plane? Or hot gay tomatoes in your case?

[–] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

I hope to seduce all gay beings within a 100 meter radius at all times.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Bravo, you solved it. Solution-oriented. Climate breakdown averted.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I find it's highly dependent on the route. I can get from my hometown (Madison, WI) to Detroit by plane for a little over $600. Amtrak stops at a small town a little north of Madison (about a 20min drive for me), and can get me to Detroit for $150. Even a private room is a bit cheaper than a plane.

Train does take 16 hours, but it's 16 relatively pleasant hours where I can stretch out without being cramped. It would also be significantly faster if we invested in rail properly. Hell, maybe not even high speed rail; that route could probably be a lot faster if we just made Amtrak suck less.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think I have, on occasion, been the butch, alone in the café car.

ETA Though that was between San Francisco and Eugene, nowhere near Chicago.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

mmmmmm.....lesbian train.....

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I do believe that is called a "daisy chain".

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Only thing I've ever dodged on Amtrak was roof leaks. I'd love to dodge a good lesbian orgy instead.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

amtrak where is the sex car

answer me amtrak

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Someone just made a tumbler account and added -official to a random brand name . Yeah sounds legit

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm always seeing a lot of Amish at Union station 🫣