• lad
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        176 months ago

        Yeah, living in a country you can travel from border to border on a train in 12 hours has some benefits to it

        • Snot Flickerman
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          356 months ago

          This would be possible in the US also if the government was willing to put money into bullet trains but like whatever I guess.

          • @[email protected]
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            The people in the meme are at about Seattle and NYC, which is a little over 3k miles apart (by car). You’d need to be going 250mph for the entire 12 hours to make that distance. A quick google search says that the maximum operating speed of a bullet train is 200mph, but tests have been conducted at 275mph.

            So, you’d need to go non-stop at 125% max speed to make the trip in 12 hours. Even if you went at 275mph, realistically you’d make a lot of stops along the way, which is going to make the average speed a lot lower. Trains are great, but the US is really big.

            Bonus fact: a non-stop flight from Seattle to NYC takes about 5.5 hours.

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              176 months ago

              I love me some bullet trains, but there is a certain distance that makes planes way more viable.

              There should be a lot more (and higher quality) high speed rail between cities of moderate distance, however.

            • lad
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              86 months ago

              Chinese high speed train network operates at 120–240 mph, and their maglev (very short, very expensive, very fast train route from Shanghai airport to the city centre) had the record at 268 mph. Plus, railroad may be slightly shorter due to how it is designed if the road isn’t near straight already.

              But yes, 3000 miles is a lot and maybe 12 hours will not be achievable for a long time yet

          • @[email protected]
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            Unfortunately, all the electric train startups were bought up and closed down by diesel train companies decades ago, and the majority of the rail lines are owned by freight companies as well. This is partly why public train transit is so bad: the government has to lease the tracks from the freight companies, who get priority on the lines over public trains, meaning that if there’s freight traffic the commuter rail has to wait for the freight lines to go through first.

            • @LemmyKnowsBest
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              decades ago? those people are all dead now. let’s try again.

        • @Nikls94
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          If it’s germany, if one of you lives in the north and the other in the south, it’s cheaper to fly to Mallorca and meet there.

          • @crushyerbones
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            46 months ago

            If it’s the UK it’s cheaper to meet in a random ass village in Lapland. (Or Mallorca).

          • lad
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            16 months ago

            Yeah, I tried trains in Germany and Italy, the prices were crazy 🤣

      • @samus12345
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        146 months ago

        I think this is a problem for people of every sexuality.

        • Maven (famous)OP
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          It’s often especially bad in queer/minority communities because the dating pool is much smaller.

          • @samus12345
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            56 months ago

            That makes sense. Anybody who has less compatible dating options than average for whatever reason is more likely to run into this.

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      No, it’s about 2 people talking online, and there’s some 5 billion dish machines distance between them making the travel difficult or expensive

    • @Revonult
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      246 months ago

      Two people met online and live on opposite sides of the country.

        • @[email protected]
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          56 months ago

          I think for people who have had long distance relationships it kinda is. Like I would say something like that to my ex, but we both knew it was impossible. Sort of a dark humor but you do what you have to do in those situations

    • Ephera
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      My thought was that it’s an obscure joke about the two Washingtons in the USA. Like, the state in the north-west corner is called “Washington” and then there’s the capital city of the USA on the east coast, called “Washington, D.C.”.

      But Washington, D.C., is further south from where the person is placed, so I’m guessing not…

    • Drusas
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      76 months ago

      I’m an American and also don’t see the humor in it.

      • monk
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        136 months ago

        I think the joke is your public transport.

    • @samus12345
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      46 months ago

      They’re both in coastal states that aren’t in the southeast, so odds are they’re both blue.

    • @wreckedcarzz
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      26 months ago

      Coming out next fall: RvB: Politics