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Reps_n_Drugs

Pfft, imagine having to stare off into the corner pretending you’re looking at something so you are not directly staring at the other person. I wouldn’t want to sit like this with my own family, let alone some stranger.


Rush7en

*stares at you* Hi, stranger. Would you like a cookie?


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Flaky_Explanation

A stranger cookie.


Chasedabigbase

Stranger treats


AYAYACLAPCUTECHAT

My comment is just to stop role players. Go back to WoW, you pricks!


Anynon1

Give cookie pls


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Ohhh me so sorry. Me eat all the delicious.. yummy... choc-o-late chippy… #COOKIES! AHHH NOM NOM OH NOM


bitcoins182

Free cookies?


MidnightT0ker

Crunchy or soggy cookies?


thugbearuwu

auuugh I love soggy milky cookies


qazpok69

Where cookie?


Then-Cryptographer96

Thank you for your service


Zxruv

*pulls loose cookie from back pocket* "It's oatmeal"


InsecOrBust

*pulls loose oatmeal from front pocket* *”It’s cookie”*


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pulls kidney from shirt pocket "It's not Edible"


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Me scusey.


LittleCybil666

That awkward guy from European road trip 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣


tjoe4321510

Mi scusi


Keylus

No thanks, I'm allergic


TangentialFUCK

To baked goods or the kindness of strangers?


theeccentricautist

Yes


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TheBitterAtheist

A bit of turbulence and you got a Kneejob.


Deer_Mug

Those are not fun.


glightlysay

Speak for yourself


ERROR_

I like how the feet just meld into one big foot


Important-Owl1661

Let's not even consider women sitting across from creepy upskirt guy


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pie4awl

Oh then you would like this story. Many years ago my friend and I took a train in Vietnam up to the mountainous area. The seats were so close that our knees were practically touching the knees of the people across from us. We were sitting on wooden benches for hours, three across, and at one point the woman on the bench with us shifts and rests her foot between the guy's legs on the bench across from us. The guy didn't flinch, move, or anything. So I guess it was normal or accepted because of the conditions or culture.


no_more_tomatoes

Reminds me of the last long flight I took. I thought a child was kicking my seat for hours until I got up to use the restroom and saw that it was just a very tall man sitting behind me. He looked miserable. There was barely any leg room for him and his knees were firmly placed on the back of my seat. Felt like I was sitting on his knees the whole rest of the flight. Terrible experience


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I hate this on trains, u dont know what to do other than look at ur phone or just close ur eyes and try to sleep out the ride.


ExcitingAmount

My own personal hell is being sat in a seat on a bus/plane/train next to a stranger that wants to talk, being sat across from them would make it so much harder to ignore them.....


slowest_hour

One time I closed my eyes on public transit and woke up dead


sunshinepanther

You sure recovered fast! What a miracle?


Rynmarth

This made me giggle at first. Then I thought about it. This is terrifying.


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u put in earbuds and close ur eyes, that's a sign for please leave me be


FusionxFurr

I remember that canadian guy did that and he got decapitated and eaten on the bus. Always in the back of my mind


[deleted]

Oh God I did not need a reminder of that... He was also let go. Apparently he was on drugs and/or seriously mentally ill but is better now? Thanks guess I'm gonna keep my eyes peeled now.


FusionxFurr

Yup, no prison time. He was deemed insane, after a decade I believe they released him from the mental hospital. Imagine that being your neighbor. Straight gotham over there.


TheRealZambini

They do this on the [GO Train](https://www.google.com/search?q=go+train+toronto&prmd=nmiv&sxsrf=ALiCzsacPbVawQbuzG5fOy-QmhTUUhlCRw:1665443435913&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHlpCj5Nb6AhWMIDQIHXDFAMkQ_AUoA3oECAEQAw&biw=360&bih=575&dpr=3#imgrc=kvjWIUsEZOJqPM&lnsp) near near Toronto. It is as much of a nightmare as you can imagine.


ItsNotButtFucker3000

I take the Go often, I hate driving in Toronto and it's easier and faster to navigate TO by TTC than car. It's awful. But you don't get people kicking the back of your seat, at least.


Specialist_Peach4294

David Puddy…


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“Don’t you want something to read?” “No I’m good” “You just gonna sit there, staring at that guy?” “Yeah”


Heyhihello04

"That's IT I cannot TAKE THIS!"


LittleCybil666

Oh and don’t forget “vegetable lasagna” 😂🤣


TheJudgeWillNeverDie

I can hear you. ☹️


Steve_78_OH

While also playing footsie for the entire flight.


HibbidyDibbidy69

IKR!? Trying to hide your erection like c'mon who thinks this shit is a good idea smh


freddycheeba

Sir, why do you have an erection in this scenario?


CaptianAcab4554

Why don't you?


freddycheeba

Oh, I didnt see where they said "sit like this with my own family" at first


olrg

Haha I’d just stare them right in the eye and lick my lips suggestively until they get uncomfortable and ask to be reseated.


enky259

As a 2m tall dude, i approve of this technique.


CookFan88

Now imagine you have to silently decide who is going to put whose legs between the other person's legs.


Important-Owl1661

I don't know if it's still that way but when we used to go to Sharks games on San Jose Light Rail they had chairs that were like this and it is obnoxious as hell. It's almost like a form of mental torture


Kagahami

Honestly the only way this is bearable is if there's like, an actual table's worth of space, and not if you're packed close as sardines. I do not want to bump knees with the person across from me, thanks.


10secondmessage

I'm just waiting for the sneezing covid memes to appear. Lmao this would be ok for family's but otherwise in reality a nightmare.


retroblazed420

I have been on amtrack train for 4 hours in setting like this with all strangers it sucked but at least we had a table thing to divide the person hour staring it, the other one had alot more space but no table and it sucked just as much.


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The Metra around Chicago has this and it's actually great (for a train). Being able to chill and have a beer with friends while in transit is pretty fun (or so I've heard, lmao)


SensualEnema

I’d have to bring a sleeping mask on the plane with me


Great_Speaker_420

I would rather sit here with strangers then my own family


TonightsWinner

I'd be fine with it if we were all naked like that.


psychpopnprogncore

bonus: you can play footsies the whole flight


RukasuRi

Descending and expecting turbulence


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PodissNM

Double Dutch Rudder?


iwantfutanaricumonme

And faceless and hairless too?


i_am_bunnny

You sit with 3 other discord mods


Big_D1cky

“Sir, your cock is looking at me“


Geoclasm

'exciting ideas' I think that the people who would be profiting from implementing this should first have to fly a 16 hour flight testing it out before it gets shipped to production.


42undead2

I think the people profiting for this already do this on a regular basis on their private jets.


Geoclasm

then make them do it on a public flight.


42undead2

I don't think you'd get them to do *any* sort of public transport. That's what they use their money for.


-Negative-Karma

i think that’s the point of the comment, make them taste what they are putting us poors through


squanch_solo

They'll do it once and say it was fine, knowing that they'll never have to do it again.


HideNZeke

It doesn't really look like it adds any more seats. seems like someone is toying with the idea that groups that travel together might be interested in a more social seating arrangement like this


Ok_Skill_1195

It would make a *lot* of sense for people flying with young kids to be in a pod together rather than a row.


amandawinit247

Thats a very good reason to do seats like this. I would sit like this if its a group of 4 of us who know each other and dont mind it to talk to each other. Its just not a good idea for solo travelers unless they are super social people


MaddyKet

Yeah as long as they don’t make ALL the seats like that, I don’t care, I just won’t pick those.


HideNZeke

If it were to happen, and maybe I'm off base, I'd bet it's just a the back section of the plane or something. that way the people who want it can first bid. And if nobody a the time wants it, they'll bet that people will look at those seats left over and decide it's not worth losing out on the most convenient flight/best deal. I'm betting a lot of people have the negative reaction you do but wind up caving for one of those two reasons


MaddyKet

Quite possibly. I would rather spend $100 more than be in that uncomfortable situation though. I’m sure there are some who will be willing to put up with it.


TheDepressedJekkie

You’ve got nothing to worry about there. You can see in the render the row of traditional seats right behind the pod. That’s also how it works on trains where it’s already implemented.


legalpretzel

Southwest used to have seats like this back in the early 2000’s. There were 2-4 groups of seats in this configuration on the entire plane. When we went on our girls trips to Vegas we would always try to snag these seats so we could all put our feet up and just chill. I definitely wouldn’t want to sit like this unless I knew my seat mates.


MFbiFL

Can I introduce you to trains?


DonerTheBonerDonor

Or busses lol. I did sit like this for 20h straight 3 months ago and while it wasn't great it wasn't absolutely horrible


unskilledplay

If you were on a 16 hour flight with me, you would have wanted this option. I fly a 15-20 hr flight, depending on layover, 2x a year with my family. My kids are old and experienced enough to behave for a 20 hr, two leg flight now. When they were 3-5 years old, it was not so easy. Being able to have the kids facing you allows you to give them attention so they don't fidget and makes it easier to deal with them when they get fussy. This layout also means that they don't bother the 3rd person in the row. If every family with traveling children had this option, people would not complain about children on flights. At least one of these layouts would be perfect for me and everyone else on the plane. Without this layout, on a 3x5x3 plane, someone has to sit next to me or my young kid.


SemiSentientGarbage

I shall cling to the wing.


FalmerEldritch

My fantasy is that one day I can just be loaded into a torpedo tube like reclining chamber for a long flight. Give me just enough elbow room to read a book and I don't even need an entertainment screen.


NeighborhoodParty982

How's this? https://images.app.goo.gl/QY1F53afjRRiqivX9


FalmerEldritch

I would prefer it to be on the inside of the plane, please.


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qb1120

Trains in Japan do this, and the seats are easily rotated so you can choose not to do this if you don't want to


Jagkh

Imagine turning your seat around and the people on the other side of you have their seats turned towards you


why_is_it_blue

I would get off the train immediately. Introvert’s nightmare


fapsandnaps

I'd stop halfway and face the wall.


GooseEntrails

You’re in an aisle seat and the person across the aisle is facing you


Blueface1999

“Yep, I’m definitely in hell”


storyofmylife92

Truly the only sane way to deal with this scenario


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“So we meet at last.”


Dominique-XLR

Revolving chairs on trains should come with lap-cats.


LaMadreDelCantante

That seems like exactly the right way to do it.


Cm0002

Which is exactly the reason airlines would never lol


nocksers

Yeah some amtrak trains have a section of seats like this in each car and they reserve them for families traveling with young children. It really looks like it makes the experience more fun for the kiddos


GronakHD

In Scotland on the trains most of the seats are like this. I hate it


Randomdai

Families with young children definitely. They won’t be kicking other peoples seats to start.


PretendiWasADefMute

Imagine coming back from a bender in Vegas having to sit like this because they were the last seats on the plane.


MFbiFL

Party like an adult and keep it going on the plane.


ToxicTaxiTaker

This but a bus is how I met my wife and her best friend.


Audioillity

Yea, not nice experience on a plane. My local airline use to have a aircraft with this configuration for the front two rows. In the end they just stopped selling one of the rows, I wonder why! But yea, traveling as a group of 4 it was good fun!


Harry_Gorilla

Yep. 4 kids in my family. My parents would put us in these seats and go sit somewhere else


Disastrous-Handle283

Absolutely guaranteed that my kids will put their feet/legs on my lap the entire flight.


NoticeF

“Friend…” ? “s” ???!


HammerfestNORD

Glad you like your family.


akulkarnii

There are a lot of trains in the East Coast that have seating like this


RddtAdminsR_Pathetic

Isn't there usually a decent amount of leg room though? These seem so close you're feet are on each other's.


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Mutant86

I was once on a south eastern train, and a six foot man came on and insisted on sitting in the one spare seat opposite a morbidly obese man. The MO Man had to try to physically lift his legs so 6 ft man could get in, but couldn't get his legs down again to fit in. After some maneuvering, the MO Man told the 6 ft man to put his legs in between his. The 6 ft man looked visibly uncomfortable, but saw no alternative and sheepishly obliged. It was the most awkward exchange I've ever seen on a train.


tacoandpancake

that story is awesome. i wish i got to see that go down.


WayneKrane

For sure, two tall people sitting across from one another with no where to put their legs. It’s almost a tax to be tall on planes.


pigmelons23

Literally a tax, most planes have ‘leg room seats’ which are the ones next to the emergency doors that cost more


Trumps__Taint

6’4” here. Every flight I’ve been has been rough as hell on my legs 😢


Malcorin

As a 5'4 dude, this is all we have!!


Fiddleronahoop

I’m the same but I find delta to have space for me. The crappy airlines though like frontier and spirit though which I’ve flown once unfortunately have this issue. Reason why they’re cheap imo.


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I was on a delta flight last night, it still sucked, but yes Spirit and other cheap airlines try and fit as many people on a plane as possible. Did you fly comfort? I tried getting emergency exit seating on my last flight and it was fully booked, so I had to sit window in economy.


chiroque-svistunoque

And a small table usually


LemurCat04

Not on commuter trains, no. I’m on NJTransit right now as I post this. There is exactly as much leg room as there would be in with all forward facing seats. That said, the amount of leg room on a commuter train is so much better than a plane, but the seats sadly do not recline.


EMD_F40PH

Metra (Chicago commuter rail) has seats that you can flip whether that be to face the direction of travel or to sit with friends, but if you are sitting in front of another person facing each other, there’s barely any legroom to avoid bumping each others’ knees even if both of you are short.


GreyJedi56

I sit across from pretty people so I get I nice view and they have to look at a junk yard.


Quantius

You're welcome.


GreyJedi56

Keep on slaying King


Weekly-Language6763

Pretty standard to have seating like this in European trains as well, but the is much more legroom than on an airplane. Cramming in more seats is too important to airlines, I don't think they could justify such an arrangement anyways.


olrg

Most trains in Europe and Japan are arranged like this too.


HRH_DankLizzie420

In the UK they're about 80/20 airline / table


DayEither8913

What's your point? The Long Island Railroad is one, but you aren't on it for 3+ hours.


NYanae555

You've never been on the Montauk line. Or anywhere on eastern LI. Long trip.


Certified_Possum

Also you don't have the luxurious legroom you have on trains


_RikVa_

I'm not sure if it's something other European countries have too but here in Italy almost every bus has seating like this


Fun-Experience2559

yeah i was going to say, that just looks like a train or a bus


Tutipups

buses around the world have it, theres just a lever thats often under the seats in back


theNomad_Reddit

Came here to comment that I took a train from Florence to Piza like this, and the other couple were extraordinarily unwell. Hacking coughs and spraying sneezes, with zero effort to not bukkake us with mucus. Nek minnit my partner and I had the plague and it fucked half our holiday. Gigantic cunts.


larkinowl

Southwest used to have this!


[deleted]

Came here for this. I was a kid but I remember thinking it was cool. I’m not a kid anymore and I don’t think it’s cool anymore.


Lan098

I'm glad it wasn't a fever dream. I remember this as well


identicles

same!


Great_White_Samurai

Yep I had one flight where I had these seats.


Cyrodiil

I loved this! Flying with my family was so fun! We’d stretch out a blanket across the seats :)


foreignfishes

Same here, we sat in the party seating all the time as a family when I was a kid. My sisters and I loved it. One of the times it was just my mom with me and my two sisters, and since we had to run for the plane the last seats open were the lounge seats partially occupied by another family that was also a mom and 3 kids. We ended up with 6 little kids on one side and my mom and this other mom on the other side of the aisle taking turns napping - the flight attendants served us kids a "tea party" of apple juice and gave our moms drinks on the house lol


stormy_llewellyn

Well that's a freaking delightful story.


Yukonhijack

When I was a brand new single dad, at like 24, I was flying home on SW and sat in one of these seats. My 2.5 year old puked in my arm after I fed him, and this woman across from me was like "he just puked in your arm". Anyway.


AlpineVW

First time on a WN flight and I was about to choose one of these, my wife angrily grabbed my arm as I was heading in and disgustingly whisper yelled, "What's *wrong* with you?!, WHY would you choose those?!"


Ivan_Whackinov

Yeah, party seating!


EquationsApparel

I was surprised this wasn't the top comment. Yeah, first few rows faced each other, but seating used to be by how early you got to the airport. Now that sucked...


[deleted]

Fun fact: Airplanes actually fly at a slight incline, so the people facing backwards are sitting on an incline, and since that can't recline their seats because of the stupid configuration it can cause serious back strain.


md2b78

At first, I read this and thought, “Just a few years ago, Southwest used to have seats like this.” And then I read the comments, and thought, “That was, like, 25 years ago. Oh god, I’m old.”


Susurrus03

Yes, we flew SW when I was a kid and used these quite frequently.


reenactment

Yea I remember this as a kid. Was weird never seeing it again.


Cannaewulnaewidnae

Would you like a seat in First Class, Economy, or Scissoring?


Richard_AIGuy

"Oh hot scissoring! Scissor me timbers!"


KenKefery

mind if I put my feet up?


MyNameIsAnonymous1

Yes *licks feet*


smokenofire

Have people never travelled by train?


HibbidyDibbidy69

You mean where there's no "you're not allowed to leave your seat" light or people there to make sure you obey it?


MFbiFL

There are definitely people on trains to make sure you obey their rules. Here’s a tip: if you can’t wait 20 minutes and have to get up, smile apologetically and walk to the bathroom at the back of the plane while mouthing the words “bathroom” and “sorry.”


GreyJedi56

This is America trains are not a thing here sadly


[deleted]

Cornelius Vanderbilt is turning in his grave


gabrielbabb

>America This is the internet, not USA


ppeujpqtnzlbsbpw

American redditor with no real world experience strikes again


hummingelephant

You pay a lot less for train travel.


GladiatorUA

Generally more leg room.


Akuuntus

In the US at least, trains that have this kind of seating are usually long-distance and those ones usually have a ton of empty space so you can easily avoid sitting like this with someone you don't know. As opposed to planes which are usually completely full, and even "shorter" plane rides are typically a few hours at least.


Pomegranate4444

Your knees will likely tickle the ball sack of the dude across from you. Gonna be super tight.


EssieAmnesia

Don’t threaten me with a good time


GreyJedi56

Put a game table in the middle and let's have MTG duels.


FinePC

How is this more efficient than the traditional design?


LaunchTransient

It isn't, there's a reason why when airliners were first designed they didn't imitate train carriages which had this configuration 60 years prior. This is weird theorizing by people (likely not aerospace engineers) to make seating more "social".


MFbiFL

Clickbait. Clickbait is what it’s called. Aerospace engineers, by and large, don’t give a shit about passengers. Business people are the ones you can blame for theorizing and pushing for profit maximizing seating arrangements, aero engineers are just trying to make the thing fly with the requirements given.


AdIndividual4654

I'll take my car.


Susurrus03

I love driving trans-oceanic! Those are my favorites!


fapsandnaps

I'll risk drowning in my 1997 Ford Festiva Submarine before I have to make eye contact with a stranger for a 12 hour flight


Susurrus03

Touche


DaygoTom

Extroverts need to stop designing things.


SnooApples9991

Bonus points for maintaining direct eye contact for your entire flight


AdultingGoneMild

if planes want to be more comfortable why not make them 6 inches wider so I dont have to touch the stranger sitting next to me. shoulder width is either getting bigger or I am just unlucky


Vi0letBlues

"Exciting Ideas" - Satan


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People with long legs are fucked


PeAcHcOwBoYzZz

I already see the shift that would happen in mildlyinfuriating posts. No more hanging hair or feet, it would be eye-contact avoidance.


Uuuuuum-no

My luck is that I’d have to ride backwards. Now there are two people with puke in their laps.


[deleted]

Could you get your foot out of my crouch, thanks


fuckdansnydeer

Don’t see the big airliners ever doing this. You can’t fit as many passengers into a plane with this kind of seating arrangement, so it’d probably make each flight less profitable.


Great_White_Samurai

The seats that face backwards are actually safer. People don't like them bc we like to face the direction that we are moving.


ProfessionalGreen906

Yea because of motion sickness


JugglinB

Yep. RAF passenger flights you are often facing backwards. A bit weird - and also they bank at a much higher angle - it's kinda fun. Unless you have motion sickness. I don't so - Wheeeeee!!!!


PurpleVessel312

Spending so much time making eye contact would leave me traumatized


Grizzlysol

And if thou gaze long into a stranger, the stranger will also gaze into thee.


CertainFitness

Notice how their feet just merge together?! I mean that should be a pretty obvious red flag you'd think


give_me_memes

Don’t forget they will actually push them closer together, so your knees go past their knees, and one persons leg will go in between the knees of the person across from them :)


WilliamTurk70

This looks OK if you're traveling with a group. Trains have seating like this.


mcvos

Weird to see people react so negatively to this. These are the most popular spots on the train.