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TreeMac12 t1_iu9r479 wrote

Reply to comment by vertical_attorney in Moving back to Philly: Is SEPTA safety actually worse now? by Kondratev

>someone smoking is not a threat

That depends on what they are smoking

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Skylineviewz t1_iuad4hg wrote

Call me old fashioned, but somebody brazen enough to smoke anything on a train probably is something of a threat

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katecrime t1_iubsvpb wrote

Call me observant, but I’m guessing you never take public transit. (That one time years ago that you took the BSL to see a Phillies game doesn’t count).

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katecrime t1_iua0pe5 wrote

How’s that?

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mikebailey t1_iua5dha wrote

Second-hand crack is not to be trifled with

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katecrime t1_iubsf4o wrote

Please be joking

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mikebailey t1_iubslou wrote

No, second-hand crack is actually really bad

Edit: yea it was a joke, good lord

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katecrime t1_iubt10z wrote

I’m simply going to assume this is trolling

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mikebailey t1_iubt6zj wrote

I’m pretty sure the thing you replied to was sarcasm, but also second hand cig smoke on a closed car (edit: yes train car, lol) would really suck

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katecrime t1_iubu2nk wrote

I was replying to your comment about “second-hand crack” - which is monumentally dumb

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mikebailey t1_iubu400 wrote

Yeah it was a pretty blatant joke, as was probably the one above it

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katecrime t1_iubtxqh wrote

Car?

Let’s assume you mean a subway car.
I actually ride the subway and have never experienced or witnessed someone smoking a cigarette on the train. Sometimes they carry a smelly half-smoked cigarette, which is stinky.
Sometimes there are other unpleasant smells from other people. But that’s life in a city, proximity to other people.

Even if you have to encounter “second hand smoke” during your 10-minute ride, I promise you, that’s not going to instantly give you cancer. Really.

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mikebailey t1_iubu1nd wrote

I mean I feel like you are here seeking an argument about something folks were largely joking about so I’m not really gonna entertain it

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katecrime t1_iubu8v6 wrote

These fear-mongering suburbanites are serious and think that crack-smoking “drug pushers” are plentiful on transit.

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[deleted] t1_iubuan7 wrote

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mikebailey t1_iubue7o wrote

Telling a joke isn’t trolling, you just can’t discern one from a serious comment. It’s a Saturday on Halloween weekend, Phils are playing, positive vibes.

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katecrime t1_iubujvz wrote

A “blatant” joke (you should really look that word up) is only a joke if it’s funny/identifiable as such.

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mikebailey t1_iubunxy wrote

You literally said “Up- and down- votes tell the story on Reddit. 💋” in another sub during this argument and there’s about a 20 vote differential here between you asking someone to explain a lighthearted comment and my sarcasm.

Here: No, I do not think SEPTA is hotboxed with crack

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katecrime t1_iubux4w wrote

Elsewhere, stalker.

Get a life, go watch your sports games

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mikebailey t1_iubv0wt wrote

“Go watch the Phillies” in r/philadelphia is considered a chirp? Oh brother

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TreeMac12 t1_iuagotx wrote

How do you respond when the smoker looks at you and says “You got a problem?”

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mikebailey t1_iubcw3g wrote

This validates my theory that you can respond with “brother, sigh in this economy?” to anything anyone on the street says and get away safely

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katecrime t1_iubroi3 wrote

I don’t stare or glare at them, so this hasn’t/wouldn’t come up.

I’m a subway rider and I haven’t seen people smoking anything on the train. Most of the CC stations reek of cannabis, but that’s a far cry from “people smoking crack on the train”.

Similarly, you may see people nodding on a train or bus. Also different from a person “shooting up on public transit”.

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