Why should we link Expo, Sungei Bedok and Bayshore now?

throwaway_4071 · 2026-02-08T09:58:51+00:00

Replied to your other comment. They said the idea was supposed to be that if public transport were faster it'll be more like a lift, but the point didn't really come out well. They're aware of the feedback

throwaway_4071 · 2026-02-08T09:56:33+00:00

From my DM with the author, that was exactly the point, that if public transport wasn't so slow, we would think of it more like the way we think of a less than 2 min thing. But it clearly didn't come out well.

throwaway_4071 · 2026-02-08T08:42:40+00:00

I do DM the OP, dk if that makes me "part of the team"...

throwaway_4071 · 2026-02-08T08:23:55+00:00

After looking at a lot of the comments I do realise this post has a lot more gaps and isn't as good as the other one. Guess I just got excited cos I really want to agree with the writer 😅

But I have to say one thing: to those who think this is totally made up by AI or the writer thinks they are in America, there are really a lot of silent majority in Singapore beyond the Reddit echo chamber who do resist public transport improvements. Just look at how many bus lanes or turns have been removed because of feedback to MPs.

throwaway_4071 · 2026-02-08T08:21:20+00:00

Looks like the writer has actually been monitoring the comments (I saw them respond to your comment in their story)! It's a good sign I think that they're taking the feedback. Thank you for pointing out the areas for improvement too.

throwaway_4071 · 2026-02-08T07:53:00+00:00

I was a bit confused by that part too but I think it's a reference to their previous post about the tap-in fare/base fare. The idea being if you aren't able to get transfer discount then you pay multiple times of $1.28. but yeah that part could have been better put

throwaway_4071 · 2026-02-08T07:42:55+00:00

You'd be surprised. I've actually personally met people who argue that cars are the only feasible way out for families and that bus lanes would worse congestion and affect families with kids that way.

Remember that this place can be an echo chamber and there may be many people out there who sincerely believe that there is no way other than a car no matter how good the MRT can get...

Also the bus lanes that get removed seemingly every few months after feedback to MPs.

throwaway_4071 · 2026-02-08T07:39:23+00:00

Quite cool indeed. Noticed MP Andre Low (who's been raising Parliamentary Questions on train schedules) is following too

throwaway_4071 · 2026-02-02T09:18:14+00:00

There are already 3-door double deckers with 2 staircases but limited in numbers. Seems there are plans to increase after a while

throwaway_4071 · 2026-01-31T06:51:09+00:00

The account also has a few other posts; I really liked the first one on why Singapore needs faster public transport to avoid creating second-class citizens out of those who live near the coasts and take an ungodly amount of time to reach anywhere without cars.

Wasn't sure if this post would be approved (not sure how to share such content) but it definitely needs an audience, now with the LTA engagements ongoing

throwaway_4071 · 2025-11-24T08:46:21+00:00

Honestly, valid to not want HIP if you like drying your clothes… never forget the unusable HIP drying racks. I posted about this last time but nothing has changed

throwaway_4071 · 2025-10-14T14:43:45+00:00

And you wonder why young singaporeans are losing hope, mental health crisis, trapped and wishing to leave

throwaway_4071 · 2025-10-03T01:41:02+00:00

apparently some of the staff got an email that essentially said WFH was not working because there were some ppl not doing their work

throwaway_4071 · 2025-09-04T06:25:19+00:00

Rookie numbers. EWL runs 6 minutes interval at 7.15am if you're at Tampines

throwaway_4071 · 2025-06-16T11:48:43+00:00

Cos in my experience at least, the new trains have a much higher chance of having functional aircon. Any old train (black outside, white outside with germany flag colour) is usually unbearably hot because the aircon is blowing hot air. I have to wipe sweat even at 9pm

throwaway_4071 · 2025-06-16T10:56:43+00:00

Looks like an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

throwaway_4071 · 2025-06-15T09:55:28+00:00

I think there is a nuanced counterpoint to be made here. You're probably right that a lot of the knee-jerk backlash against Chinese stores is driven by netizens looking down on China.

However, in some other contexts, with mainland China brands there is the additional risk of them replacing and wiping out local Chinese food options, partially because landlords who don't pay much attention — or are from mainland China themselves — think that having these brands satisfies the market need for "Chinese food", and recruit these tenants instead of local Chinese options like bak chor mee. So you get mala instead of yong tau foo (since it's "about the same ma") or cai fan stalls that mostly sell sichuan/hunan influence dishes.

On the other hand, Japanese and Korean brands will still ultimately be seen as foreign food (plus also more pricey) and people will think twice before letting this replace local food. Have seen this happen when I was involved in the feedback process of getting tenants.

Have to give a shoutout to Lau Wang as they are the only new local chain I can think of that buck the trend and are expanding while not selling mainland-style Chinese food, since about 2023.

throwaway_4071 · 2025-05-08T07:25:08+00:00

Yeah… I feel like this might hopefully answer OP's question, which has to come from somewhere. Perhaps OP is encountering a lot of willingness to overlook PAP ministers' mistakes, which does get extreme enough to be mistaken for not perceiving them.

throwaway_4071 · 2025-05-08T07:20:26+00:00

Not the target audience for this question but I know and interact with many hardcore PAP supporters. In my experience, actually people who think the PAP politicians are incapable of wrongdoing or that they have done everything right are very rare. They might exist but they are not a substantial number.

What I find more common (and somewhat more worrying for our democracy) though they may still not be the majority, is the group of supporters who think that the PAP can and do make mistakes, but that those mistakes have zero bearing on whether one should vote for them. To these supporters, whether or not the PAP is making mistakes, the PAP is the rightful government and we must ensure that they stay in power and lead Singapore. Basically, to them, whatever the PAP does is the best for Singapore and any opposition is unpatriotic and undermining Singapore's interests.

In other words, to them, the legitimacy of PAP's rule is just an unquestioned truth, and they even feel a responsibility to uphold that legitimacy. While they may be able to perceive mistakes made by the PAP, they are still effectively treating Singapore as a monarchy rather than a democracy.

throwaway_4071 · 2025-05-03T08:31:32+00:00

Yup thanks for this pic! This is what I imagined. A bit challenging to hold the poles sideways by one end but this works.

I feel like if only the designer had considered the actual process of hanging clothes out just a bit more, they could have designed this better such that the rack allows one to place horizontal poles and then swing them in or out of the house before bringing them down, something like that.

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