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0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange
Hello to the guy in full 1800s cosplay with a tophat who is checking the time on a chained pocketwatch and has crossed from one tram platform to the other multiple times in confusion because north and south hadn’t been invented yet where he’s from
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@0xabad1dea When he's from? I suspect some deep seated dimensional confusion.
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Actually to be fair, Dutch public transportation is confusing because they’ll use the same route number in both directions and label them by final destination, assuming you know whether that’s north/south or east/west. So it can be very tricky for visitors to figure out which platform they want to be on
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@0xabad1dea Huh, I always assumed that is pretty normal.
Seen this in other countries aswell 
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Charlotte 
/Cinny 
charlotte
...other places use different numbers for return trips?
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@0xabad1dea I find anything marked with North/South/East/West much more confusing as it means you actually need to know your orientation at all times.
I know this is a thing in the US, but it confuses the hell out of everyone else.
And even in the US, I'd be on some highway going West, but then part of the highway was North-South oriented. Sorry, but that's just one big mind-f*ck.
Give me a sign with a destination/direction any time.
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@jrf_nl I have very little sense of direction. I almost never know my orientation. But I know Amsterdam is north of my house and Amstelveen is south of my house without knowing the names of all the farthest flung tram stops
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if you go to the Muiden P+R stop (the neighboring city next to Amsterdam), the bus 110 arrives at the stop C. except that it arrives at exactly the same stop on the same side facing in the same direction when it goes to west and when it goes to east. and sometimes the busses arrive out of order and behind the schedule.
in other words, you can board the right bus number at the right stop at the right time and it will depart in the right direction but then suddenly turn in the opposite direction and carry you away into another city (Weesp). and when you exit it there, well, the next bus is in 1 hour.
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Verschiedliches
verschiedliches@ruhr.social@0xabad1dea
I always thought that was the usual way to label public transport (Germany). I can see the practical use of the north/ south and east/ west system. Then again, there are at least some circle lines that might bring this system to it's limits. Do these exist where you are from and how are they labeled?
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@verschiedliches if it goes in a circle then why would it need an extra label? it stops at the station you're hoping it does regardless
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vriska, thief of light 
leo@60228.dev
@0xabad1dea aren't you from boston originally? is "inbound"/"outbound" really better
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@leo I've yet to find a public transport system that *isn't* wildly confusing to newcomers and I think there must be a Better Way somehow
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ParzivalWolfram
parzivalwolfram@infosec.exchange@0xabad1dea that's how buses and the light rail are marked signage-wise in St Louis, MO as well. That seems fairly normal?
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