Transport spergs - DID YOU HEAR THAT BELL???

[Burgers in the ass]

You can't just have threads about Toilet enthusiasts, elevator enthusiasts and siren enthusiasts, without train enthusiasts.

Spoiler: Orgasms over trains

Edit: Renamed the thread to transport spergs, which now includes other forms of transport, such as planes and bus enthusiasts.

 

[Pikapool]

Foamers really?! Ok now these fuckers are screwing with us

 

[Diagonally slanted shelf]

 

[Perverted Cat]

Oh boy...

 

[dunbrine47]

I thought we had a thread on this? On wait it was derailed by Walking Stomach.

 

[IV 445]

I thought we had a thread on this? On wait it was derailed by Walking Stomach.

Basically he started a stampede with other cows and got out

 

[Antipathy]

What is the connection between autists and trains?

 

[Pikapool]

What is the connection between autists and trains?

Probably the same connection between autists and ponies

 

[Echo_Ender]

This brings back memories of the Shaner days...

 

[Antipathy]

Probably the same connection between autists and ponies

What is it about these things that make them so attractive to autists? Is there some underlying variable? If there are, what are they, precisely?

 

[millais]

Both trains and Sonic gotta go fast

 

[DykesDykesChina]

What is it about these things that make them so attractive to autists? Is there some underlying variable? If there are, what are they, precisely?

They operate on a complex network of lines following mathematically-precise timetables. They are intricate machines, with lots of visible mechanical components (especially so in the case of steam traction). Also, while riding a train, you cover huge distances and explore numerous regions and types of countryside through a windowpane, that is, without the risk of sensory overload from smell/noise/bright sunlight.

 

[Doc Cassidy]

They operate on a complex network of lines following mathematically-precise timetables. They are intricate machines, with lots of visible mechanical components (especially so in the case of steam traction). Also, while riding a train, you cover huge distances and explore numerous regions and types of countryside through a windowpane, that is, without the risk of sensory overload from smell/noise/bright sunlight.

Trains are also predictable because they're on rails so they always follow the same path and run on a schedule so they always move at the same times, very comforting to an autist. Plus they're are lots of different types and models to obsess about, similar to Pokemon.

 

[Burgers in the ass]

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,139454
This thread gets interesting after the first few posts.

 

[HY 140]

god damn, are we gonna have appliance spergs next

 

[Positron]

In Hong Kong there are a bunch of autists who are crazy about buses. They memorize all the routes, all the bus models, and they gather together, expensive cameras in hand, whenever a bus sports a new exterior advert.

Some love to take pictures of their waifus in, well, interesting angles. People call them " exhaust pipe fuckers":

They go extra crazy whenever a certain model of bus is phased out:

You can almost smell the autism.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

There are in fact crossovers between transport spergs and weeaboos: http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/03/...-subway-station-in-china-pours-water-on-them/

 

[heathercho]

There are in fact crossovers between transport spergs and weeaboos: http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/03/...-subway-station-in-china-pours-water-on-them/

I love those suicide barrier things though. We need them in Sydney, trains are always delayed coz some tard decided to splatter themselves on the tracks. An "accident on the track, your train will be 40 mins late" always mean some selfish individual can't cart their carcass off the tracks.

Honestly though, someone liking transport, even autistically is 1000% better than being gender or oppression obsessed. It's bad that it's gotten to that, but I'd rather hear an autistic rant about a Shinkansen than someone's pronouns. Unless they want to be trainsgender - train/trainself/train's....

 

[Burgers in the ass]

There are in fact crossovers between transport spergs and weeaboos: http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/03/...-subway-station-in-china-pours-water-on-them/

Never thought that Japan was such a place for extreme rail fans.

 

[Another Fellow]

Never thought that Japan was such a place for extreme rail fans.

Oh, definitely.
:powerlevel:: As something of a train sperg myself, I can vouch that the more obsessive foamers I've encountered tend to be Japanese.
There are actually some hotels in Japan that have model railroads installed in the rooms.