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WMATAnerd t1_ithittg wrote

This article would've caused far less hubbub if the headline used the more technical term "electric radiant heating" instead of "heated floors".

"Heated floors" makes people think bathrooms in expensive homes, where heated floors are used in addition to another system to heat the whole home. With these railcars, the floor is taking over the entire job of heating the railcar in the winter. It's not some frivolous add-on.

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MintyLacroix t1_iti6f5t wrote

Thank you. I was in disbelief that they would put heated floors on the metro, but now it all makes more sense.

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IWasBornInThisPit t1_itjdjf1 wrote

Cue people sleeping on the floors in the winter.

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rectalhorror t1_itkpgmx wrote

Can you imagine the smell of hot bodily fluids, chicken bones, and garbage? The living will envy the dead.

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