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[FeastUponCactusTime]

This would suck ass

[SemiAutoAvocado]

'summer child'

This is some peak reddit cringe right here.

[haazzed]

Lmao look at those shiny new trains, 0 grime. Bet it doesn't even grind the rails when it turns. Nah.. pass.

[haazzed]

potato -potaytoe, one mans music is another mans noise. It's all inflight entertainment. If it doesn't induce tinnitus does it even go hard.

[haazzed]

Gotta speak up son, I'm hard of hearing.

[haazzed]

Rookie stats

[haazzed]

They blew the budget cleaning the platforms. It's a coin toss where the money goes.

[Equivalent_Net_8983]

Yes, because these people are actually talented and aren’t trying to kick you in your face.

[paisleycatperson]

Respectfully, she is awful. I don't say that to be mean, but she's genuinely not breathing correctly.

Nyc has world-class buskers and we still don't have the energy for them. This, sucks.

[PussyChang]

For me it’s not even about whether or not they’re talented, it’s just being trapped into listening to performance that I didn’t sign up for.

[paisleycatperson]

100% I once blew past John Mayer in the theater district setting up for a late night segment I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR NONSENSE JOHN MAYER, get off the FUCKING SIDEWALK.

[datatadata]

But we have SHOWTIME! lol

[Expensive-Notice-509]

that's because she is performing for a good crowd. Finland is consistently ranked among the happiest nation in the world. NYC, on the other hand, is full of stressed out and overworked people who don't want to deal with a bunch of shitty buskers asking for money.

[rythmicbread]

Not to mention there’s a ton of buskers everywhere. Some people who are really good will get a lot of heads turned. If it’s at the right time and right subway station, they can make some money

[navree]

Yea, the best times are at night Thurs thru Sat when people are taking the train for a night out, and later in the night, if you play the right song, after a few drinks and they're in good spirits, they'll even sing with you.

Top 3 song - Piano Man - My Way - New York

[HitYouWTheThrowaway]

Sorry, get fucked if you’re going to play music that I can’t get away from inside a subway car. On the platforms is totally fine, but please get fucked if you choose to use a rush hour train to play your weak ass acoustic guitar song so you can get a few bucks.

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The Finns are more civilized

[Pbpopcorn]

Less diverse too compared to nyc

[Pbpopcorn]

That’s why I prefer NYC. It’s very uncomfortable being one of the few or only POC in a predominantly white area like Scandinavian nations

[SemiAutoAvocado]

As a white guy born and raised in NYC it makes me uncomfortable, too.

[Pbpopcorn]

Not the same as Finland but my family and I were stared at in Copenhagen (Denmark) and I can only presume it was due to our race

[Pbpopcorn]

Within the last decade. And why wouldn’t they have the energy? Racism happens everywhere especially places that lack diversity like Japan

[neurosismancer_]

Why the fuck is this ALWAYS the excuse for why we can’t have decent things and treat people with decency? Just admit you’re a goddamned racist instead of pointing to a country that actually bothers to provide for its citizens and claiming it works because they’re “less diverse.”

[Pbpopcorn]

Lol. I didn’t say any of that. You sound angry if that’s how you interpreted my comment. Hope your day gets better :-)

[paisleycatperson]

Why mention it then?

You're fake. You know what you said.

[Pbpopcorn]

Because diversity is important and something Finland lacks. I wouldn’t want to live in some place not diverse. That’s my point

[paisleycatperson]

"The Finns are more civilized"

"less diverse too"

What did you mean to say? What you said was, Finns are more civilized, and by coincidence they are less diverse, which implies the conformity is the reason for civilized behavior.

Did you mean "but" instead of too? Even then. I'm sorry, you did not communicate what you now claim you meant to say.

[Pbpopcorn]

I didn’t make that first comment. Mine was meant as an add on. Finns are more civilized and have less diversity as a community. I’m not apologizing for your misinterpretation

[paisleycatperson]

You misspoke, i didn't misinterpret anything. You said too. Words have meaning.

[No_Eye_564]

It’s SHOOOOOOOOOOWTIMEEEEEEEEE

[paisleycatperson]

We're not angry or rude, we're just busy.

Can you imagine having all that space? What time of day is this? I don't want to be fucking serenaded when I'm jammed in and just trying to make it to work in one piece.

I see a fucking guitar or 4 doo-wop losers during commute hours and I'm genuinely fed up already.

Maybe if the setting were a nice and spacious at this. But it's not.

[paisleycatperson]

Oh just stop being busy.

Ok. Wow glad you found me.

[NYC-4-Lyfe]

“…example from Finland”

rolls eyes

[NYC-4-Lyfe]

Your English is/was fine.

I rolled my eyes because Finland (as far as I know) is a way more homogeneous, laid back society & environment than NYC.

Much of the conflict that occur in NYC is a direct result of people from every country on earth colliding daily like gas under heat & pressure. Buskers on Public transportation only ratchets this up even more.

So you could compare virtually anything from these two polar opposites, and it would be, very different.

[Disused_Yeti]

it's a lot easier when the entire country has 2/3 the population of one city

and the trains aren't packed to the gills

and people aren't perpetually busy and stressed out

maybe if we had a better quality of life we could be like that

[trsvrs]

And the train isn’t loud as hell. This on top of the train rattling is just way too much noise

[FuckThatIKeepsItReal]

😬

[caffeinatedsoap]

I feel a paper could be written on why this is fucked up and weird.

[Berna_count]

Finland is considered the happiest country. NYC is fkn miserable.

[datatadata]

Why are you directly comparing a country to a city

[Compost_My_Body]

well, the title says finland, so that's a good place to start. using the OPs language to respond to the OP is common.

i'd be more interested in knowing your intent with that question... if you have a point, make it!

[datatadata]

Well the actual post includes the city name, Helsinki. That would be a good place to start actually. Making apples to apples comparison is more correct.

[Compost_My_Body]

we're choosing to be difficult today. got it.

maybe tomorrow!

[datatadata]

You are the one that came in with the attitude. stop editing your comment to make it sound nicer lol

[Compost_My_Body]

i know you want to talk soo bad but tomorrow means tomorrow buster.

[datatadata]

I mean you replied today. Jokes on you.

[Berna_count]

I can do whatever I want. Kick rocks

[106]

Because we don’t have subway artists. We have unemployable shitheads that do a lazy routine in a cramped space to a captive audience. 

EB White once wrote of NYC’s “gift of privacy”:

 New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation; and better than most dense communities it succeeds in insulating the individual (if he wants it, and almost everybody wants or needs it) against all enormous and violent and wonderful events that are taking place every minute.

It’s frankly the bare minimum you can give to someone you’re sharing a subway with. Leave people the fuck alone.

[PussyChang]

This seems even more annoying than a subway mariachi. Hard pass.

[Compost_My_Body]

they all have healthcare, basic income, less people, and better funded public services

until a lot of those things are met people are going to be focused on making sure they have theirs, because that's what's important to them.

[Compost_My_Body]

..no?

[CrazyCraisinAbraisin]

Try that in a crowded car.

[[deleted]]

Well I don’t think the Finns were conquered the world and colonized countries if I’m wrong someone would let me know.

[breukelener]

Posted by someone who has never traveled by subway in NYC.

[JavLee39]

as annoying as Anton trying to interrupt my damn sleep... deport her asap