I had a $1 ticket on Megabus or Bolt (whichever one does that) from DC to NYC. I had to go that day to get back to work. There was a big rainstorm and all the buses were cancelled. I found out when I decided to get off the Metro at VanNess/UDC and check it on my phone. I continued on the Metro to the train station,…

Butbut let me guess. You hate corporate greed right? 

Butbut let me guess. You hate corporate greed right? 

Buses are impacted by traffic so Amtrak might be quite a bit faster during holidays, bad weather or similar. You also have the ability to get up and walk around on a train, which is worth it for some people.  

Advantages of the train: They stop at places you’ve heard of and can find on a map. The drivers are (usually) attentive. You can get up and walk around. You can buy booze on board.

Imagine your worst public trans nightmare, scale it back by 10%, and imagine it for several hours straight. Also it may set on fire. That is MegaBus.

Fares from NYC to DC or Boston are often $50 if you book in advance. I’ve never been able to find one of those vaunted $1 Megabus fares (I usually pay $35). Seats are more cramped on Megabus and traffic can really turn a 4-hour bus ride into a 6+ hour slog. Thank you I-95 in Connecticut.

Looks like Acela is an hour shorter and more comfortable in that case. I’d be inclined to pay the $40-50 upgrade

Trains are WAY more consistant between DC and NY. Busses are shitty, uncomfortable, and you will probably get stuck in traffic. The train takes about the same amount of time, but you can drink and eat and nap.

The train doesn’t get stuck in painful traffic of I-95. Seats are (much) more comfortable than the bus (especially if you’re tall). You can get up and walk around the train. The bathroom is of decent size on the train relative to the bus. The train ride is less herky-jerky, so you could work without getting sick.

When I lived in D.C. I took the Northeast Regional to the Gawker (RIP) mothership once a month or so. It was mostly fine and good! It’s the rest of it that’s the problem.

I am also a frequent NYC-DC train rider and I LOVE IT.

Typical liberal, trying to start a ‘wich’ hunt.

Sounds like that special snowflake got triggered and needs to go to his safe space.

That’s actually my end goal.

A friend of mine lent me the book (her boyfriend’s copy, thank God) and I managed to get to the part where Acererak challenges the protagonist to a game of Joust before the urge to punch strangers became too great. How in the name of Christ did that man ever get published?

I’m an avid reader. I’ve spent the past few years tearing through some of literature’s biggest doorstops. It took me more than a month to get through “Ready Player One,” because I just... couldn’t... pick... it... up... AGAIN. I haven’t seen the movie, because it probably would sit in my streaming queue for even…

It’s a shitty listicle that came to life.  Boring, hacky life.  

I think it was treading way too deliberately in the footsteps of The Lost World, but just completely failing to nail the dinos-on-island -> oh-shit-dinos-on-mainland arc. The Lost World asked the very solid question: what would happen if a T-rex got loose in LA? The answer turned out to be pretty stupid, but a yappy…

You think the problem with that story is the idea of a surveillance state? I thought the bigger issue was that everyone was sitting on their asses in VR chat while the world went to shit.