I have been on this site for 10 years and I only noticed this board today. Since I'm already here, I'd like to ask a question:Why are train autists so much more hated than other autist brands?
Are they though ?Seems to me that on other boards, the /n/ autists with a bad reputation are cyclists because of the tryhard freds and red light runners.
>>2057954I think people just find it really hard to understand train enjoyment over ... anything that isn't on rails
>>2057954>Why are train autists so much more hated than other autist brands?They are?
I don't think they are, who says they're hated? And compared to what other subcultures? Car guys and motorcycle guys are much more hated outside their hobby. Doing burnouts, making their toys as loud and fast/dangerous as humanly possible, shutting down intersections for tiktok videos, treating public roadways as racetracks, and just generally asshole behavior. Gamers aka incels? Sneakerheads? Sk8rbois? Wine snobs? Does anyone like wine snobs? Speaker guys? Audiophiles are universally mocked for being simultaneously arrogant and gullible. Gun nuts, need I elaborate on that? Potheads? Crypto bros? AI/singularity types? Paleo dorks? Crossfitters? Meme stock traders? A lot of these groups are widely seen as barely above pedophiles and you think the guys who take pictures of trains have a public image problem?I can think of few subcultures that are hated less than train enthusiasts, in fact. Maybe not the most masculine or heroic public image but I don't think it's a negative one per se. Urbanists pretend to have some overlap with train foamers and no one likes urbanists, but you can tell it's a surface level appreciation of trains. They like trains because they believe trains are somehow anti-car or anti-boomer not because they genuinely appreciate trains. And so I don't think they're generally lumped into the same bucket.
>>2057967That was a pretty nice dickhead list you rattled off there, you pull those off the top of your head?
>>2057954train autists are the only brand of autists who are hated by the people who make them and work with them. The fact that we have a slur for them "foamers" is testament to this. I think it's because they're annoying with how they sit around the tracks and record and get in the way
>>2058014That's only because rail workers have traditionally been blue collar and culturally disposed to "humility" so they don't like their work or themselves being the center of attention. You don't see pilots getting mad at plane spotters, because pilots are narcissists who think they're the center of the world and autists taking their picture reinforces this belief.
>>2058025I feel like thats likely moreso cause they can't fly alongside a plane in flight to photograph it. The airport and the yard is secured all the track and road crossings are just areas for retards to cause derailments taking photos.
>>2058010I'm something of a dickhead myself
I think normies just can’t understand why anyone would be obsessed with trains, and anything that can’t be monetized is seen as weird and even threatening. Train autistes consoom camera lenses and model trains but they don’t bankroll massive industries like gamers or fantasy football bettors (also spergs obsessed with obscure data). Maybe in the U.K. or Japan where more people ride trains and eccentric hobbies are accepted it’s a bit more relatable but in the U.S. you’re a freak whereas a factoid spouting carfag is just a normal dude.
>>2058071Also train criminals are harmless loners like darius, who hijack subway trains due to uncontrollable autism, whereas car criminals are like that burnout gang that beat up the old man and torched his car in queens the other day
>>2057967I appreciate trains because they are in some ways way nicer than cars, not because they are "anti-cars", anonI am only " anti-cars" insofar as they have ruined our urban fabric, our living spaces and our quality of life and obstinate+unimaginative people actively obstruct improvements because they cannot fathom something other than cars for transportation backbones in various context for usually stupid reasons that are brought up only retroactively because their mind was already made up
>>2058010>>2058030Pure comedy. Thanks /n/
>>2057967>Urbanists pretend to have some overlap with train foamers and no one likes urbanistsI wasn't too sure about the way you talked about those groups being "barely above pedophiles" but couldn't agree more about urbanists. As a train enthusiast (transport in general for that matter but train more than anything) I know to stay away from those types of channels because their arrogance just annoys me. They really think they're as capable as city planners/architects
>>2057967>>2060019Also to be clear being a gamer doesn't make you an incel, games are just fun
>>2058071The odd thing is though, that cars and trains usually go together. I frequently see American performance cars of all stripes parked outside of my hobby shop, the owners Corvette is always parked front and center.Picrel is my car and when I went to pick up some odds and ends at the shop it drew a crowd of people out of the store, many of whom were knowledgable about the car.
>>2060030>Picrel is my carHow much does it go for? I want a Chevelle but it says it's £100k which would be quite a milestone
>>2058071I think it's more that in the US, everyone just loathes "public" transport (i.e. anything that isn't a car that only you and maybe your family are in) so loving trains is seen as communism or whatever. in the UK, people make fun of "anoraks" because they are generally annoying, being autists and the UK's hatred of anyone outside the norm, but i haven't heard of the rest of the world really detesting railfans any more than any other sort of autist.also railfans sometimes get in the way of operations or just look suspicious. no one cares about model train table guys but the ski jacket in summer weirdo taking photos at a railyard makes people's post-9/11 THE TERRORISTS sense go off.fun fact non-anglo yurop has an equivalent but they aren't hated -- it's a common meme that old guys tend to hang out at construction/demolition sites to appreciate zoom-booms and bulldozers and such. they are considered annoying (for similar reasons of being generally in the way if not also a little suspicious) but ultimately harmless. they may be more tolerated since the average age for those guys is way higher, or at least the stereotyped age is higher. it's considered a bored retiree activity rather than a young autist activity.>>2059790there was a guy in canada who stole a bus and operated its route for several hours a few weeks back. the police even said they were "impressed" since the guy was curteous and even collected fares without stealing them. one person reported that he had been turned away politely for not having any tickets. old nigga truly just wanted to be a bus driver for a day
>>2060065>but the ski jacket in summer weirdoWut>taking photos at a railyard makes people's post-9/11 THE TERRORISTS sense go off.That hysteria expired about two decades ago. All railroaders know what railfans are about. Only exception are actual railroad police but they're paid to be suspicious of everyone including railroaders
>>2060068>>but the ski jacket in summer weirdo>Wuthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak_(slang)
>>2060069Railfans don't wear coats in the summer here
>>2057954If true, it's because trains are the only type of fucking huge machinery enjoyed by autists that operates on land and can be accessed easily. You can legally walk right up to a train and touch it and kiss it and take up close photos, but not airliners or ships.
>>2057954>I have been on this site for 10 years and I only noticed this board today.15 years ago I asked some technical question here about suspension on DH bike and most of replies where people suggesting I convert that DH bike to fixie so I never came back again.
>>2057967There's a difference between 'boomer V8' carfags, and 'hoodrat burnout' carfags
>>2060056In Europe it will all be exponentially more expensive. I got this car for a steal, comparable examples can go for $70-90,000.A Chevy Malibu (Basically a Chevelle) can be bought here in the states for 30-40,000. Import fees will be a factor but there's no reason to get a Chevelle when you can get a Malibu. Nobody in Europe will decode a VIN and call you out.PIC:My cat, girls foot and O-Scale Polar Express
>>2057954People with autism who choose trains as their special interest are like gooners who choose feet as their fetish, it's one of those seemingly capricious interests for how much effort they put into it. I can get being an autist for cars or airplanes but trains always seemed like an odd thing to be particularly interested in because they're basically just cars that can't steer on their own and are stuck to rails
>>2060186No one has ever recommended converting a real DH bike to a fixie, hope this helps.
>>2060285Yeah. Both are inferior to people who actually enjoy classic cars.
>>2060304i think people can be autistic about anything. trains are just extremely common and visible. i totally understand the appeal of a fast and heavy vehicle that only needs a couple of rails to cross a continent. not diagnosed as autistic despite liking trains though, so maybe i'm wrong.
>>2060304>trains always seemed like an odd thing to be particularly interested in because they're basically just cars that can't steer on their own and are stuck to railsThat's really the point desu. There's a pretty big overlap between railfans and rollercoaster enthusiasts for that reason. But a lot of railfans center their fixation on a particular railroad, type of locomotive or train, and other minutiae.
>>2060304>choose trains as their special interest are like gooners who choose feet as their fetishno normies allowed
>>2060304Nah, trains are mechanically and visually interesting big machines. Benign and monotonous interests like bus autism are more weird. There was an elevator thread on /n/ a while back as well.
>>2060285yeah the difference is the last few digits in the date of birth
>>2057954It's simple. Most train nerds are rail supremacists. Take Greta from Sweden, who hates cars, ships, and planes—she's a perfect example.Autistic rail fanatics just shove trains down everyone's throat, so they attract hate.Right now, I'm most excited about the development of autonomous driving technology. That'll steal passengers away from high-speed rail too.
>>2060065>UK's hatred of anyone outside the normWhere did you get this idea? You get normies in school that make fun of you for not caring about football but we as a society are not like this I don't think
>>2060304>>2060388>>2060407You're all wrong, but the most retarded thing I read was that trains are "basically just cars that can't steer on their own and are stuck to rails".... Homie what??? Trains are 100x the size of a car with 50x the horsepower, cars are literal pods how can you be ignorant enough to make such a half baked false equivalence? Secondly while it is true you get railfans that only care about steam etc most are gonna appreciate trains all around the world regardless of propulsion because the only difference globally is loading gauge and not only can that teach you a lot about your own countries trains but appreciating all modes of all eras can teach you a lot about how the technology in general has evolved over time. Lastly the remark about bus autism is stupid as well. Just because it's a road vehicle doesn't mean it isn't appreciated for similar reasons to trains. They are carriages, they have different liveries, they have over 100 years of design evolution, they keep to a schedule, and there are intercity coaches capable of transnational journeys. I like buses almost as much as I like trains, but at this point I like all heavy duty vehicles as well as supercars, aircraft and ships (because they're powerful and have unique histories/impacts)
>trains are just like cars bro>the only difference is they run on rails>they can't crush cars like an empty coke can
>>2060420>Autistic rail fanatics just shove trains down everyone's throat, so they attract hate.Incorrect >Right now, I'm most excited about the development of autonomous driving technology. That'll steal passengers away from high-speed rail too.Dream on you moron hahahahahaha
>>2060431Seething bus autist lol
>>2060435>intricately explain why trains are nothing like cars at all, what train enthusiasts generally gravitate to and why reasons for liking buses are similar to the ones for trains, also explaining my personal interests with trains being the primary one>hurr durr seething bus autist lol durr If that's all you took from everything I said then you're stuck in the 90s... and I'm talking IQ
Like 2/3 of that post was me talking about trains, how retarded can people here get
i didn't care about train autists before but this thread made me realize the gripes people have with them are real and well deserved
>>2060447The problem is that communist kids think they are train buffs. Another problem is most railfans think they know more than what they actually do.
>>2060420
>>2060449>yimby = communistSo peter thiel is a communist? That certainly is an opinion.
>>2060452>I want to control how everyone else lives! No, you can't live like that! It's not efficient enough!Yeah, commies.
>>2060452>Elitist controlling every facet of your life are okay so long as they are/aren't part of [insert political group here]
>>2060449>The problem is that communist kids think they are train buffsAmerican lefties with their “why can’t we have trains like in Yurop!” know nothing about railroads and think it’s just a matter of drawing lines on a map and waving a magic wand. They also are clueless about their own history and how much of the modern progressive movement was built around curbing the power of rail barons and that whatever rail infrastructure still remains was built by literal top-hatted plutocrats. Even after we got a muzzle on the worst excesses of the mainline railroads, local street railways were run by crooks who loved to bust heads in labor disputes. Most of the public didn’t care when they started to crumble and the auto companies were just newer stronger capitalist sharks preying on the weak. My train autiste superpowers help me filter this bs though I don’t assume to know what railroad employees or owners should be doing. I just want to look at pictures, ride some trains and build models.
>>2060447No one cares what you think anyway retard. It’s like you fags have such a god complex you think whatever you decide on a website has any impact in the real world. It’s like you view your ignorance as a force for good or something it’s so strange. But anyway most train enthusiasts are just regular people that stay in their own lane and aren’t ashamed of what douchebags like you think, and that’s how it always be
>>2060460>My train autiste superpowers help me filter this bs though I don’t assume to know what railroad employees or owners should be doing. I just want to look at pictures, ride some trains and build models.You're a good guy. I'll show you something rare.
>>2060465Thanks anon! I’d heard a little about this but did a quick Wikipedia skim and it’s really impressive, probably the biggest rail project in the Americas that I know of. It seems like passenger rail and rail in general went to shit under N de M, and not even with the kind of cool broke down anachronistic shit that failing lines produce.
>>2060467It's so rare that wikipedia doesn't even mention that they bought evos. :^)
>>2060456>>2060457>salad is communismamerican education strikes again
>>2060462Characteristics of Rail retard1. Low boiling point2. High pride3. Abnormal obsession with railways, coupled with eco-terrorist/leftist-like thinking
>>2060514Touch grass faggot, you make stuff like this up in your schizo head and think you're onto something. It's no different to any other hobby, I don't make it my personality and neither do most that I've known. You talk about "excess pride" when it's literally a matter of telling judgemental pricks like yourself to do one
