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ronyaronya Arrrrrf.the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
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For years, there’s only been one passenger waiting at the Kami-Shirataki train station in the northernmost island of Hokkaido, Japan: A high-school girl, on her way to class. The train stops there only twice a day—once to pick up the girl and again to drop her off after the school day is over.

It sounds like a Hayao Miyazaki film. But according to CCTV News, it was a decision that Japan Railways—the group that operates the country’s railway network—made more than three years ago.

At that time, ridership at the Kami-Shirataki station had dramatically fallen because of its remote location, and freight service had ended there as well. Japan Railways was getting ready to shut the station down for good—until they noticed that it was still being used every day by the high-schooler. So they decided to keep the station open for her until she graduates. The company’s even adjusted the train’s timetable according to the girl’s schedule. The unnamed girl is expected to graduate this March, which is when the station will finally be closed.

news as reported by citylab as reported by twitter as reported by cctv as reported by facebook

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Phew. Had my finger hovering over the button.

  • ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    edited January 2016
    I was actually going to post an excerpt from a wonderful book I'm reading, but I realized that transcribing it would take maybe thirty minutes

    so you get cute human interest stories

    ronya on
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  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Good, I enjoy cute humans

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Phew. Had my finger hovering over the button.

    Dang, I even had a usurper [chat] thread ready

    Good execution all 'round though, team. Good preparation, Ended up with a solid OP. Don't get sloppy now, we've got to be ready to perform again in a mere 100 pages.

  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    I was gonna post something about Orcacon but I'm on my phone so no.

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • rockrngerrockrnger Registered User regular
    The salty mast is a good name for a brothel.

  • Kid PresentableKid Presentable Registered User regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Phew. Had my finger hovering over the button.

    Dang, I even had a usurper [chat] thread ready

    Good execution all 'round though, team. Good preparation, Ended up with a solid OP. Don't get sloppy now, we've got to be ready to perform again in a mere 100 pages.

    *panics*

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    ronya wrote: »

    For years, there’s only been one passenger waiting at the Kami-Shirataki train station in the northernmost island of Hokkaido, Japan: A high-school girl, on her way to class. The train stops there only twice a day—once to pick up the girl and again to drop her off after the school day is over.

    It sounds like a Hayao Miyazaki film. But according to CCTV News, it was a decision that Japan Railways—the group that operates the country’s railway network—made more than three years ago.

    At that time, ridership at the Kami-Shirataki station had dramatically fallen because of its remote location, and freight service had ended there as well. Japan Railways was getting ready to shut the station down for good—until they noticed that it was still being used every day by the high-schooler. So they decided to keep the station open for her until she graduates. The company’s even adjusted the train’s timetable according to the girl’s schedule. The unnamed girl is expected to graduate this March, which is when the station will finally be closed.

    news as reported by citylab as reported by twitter as reported by cctv as reported by facebook

    i feel like that girl.

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Japanese Train Stations are awesome.
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    http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/travel/new-cat-stationmaster/
    It's one of the most closely guarded succession plans outside of North Korea: Who will replace Tama?

    Japan's cute cat stationmaster passed away earlier this year, leaving a kitty-shaped hole in the country's heart and its 27,000 kilometer-long railway network.

    Now, after a wait of 50 days -- the traditional mourning period according to Japanese Shinto beliefs -- there's a new cat in charge.

    Nitama, Tama's old assistant stationmaster, has assumed the position, beating several other cat candidates to run Kishi train station in Wakayama Prefecture's rural Kinokawa neighborhood .

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  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    Kid Presentable wrote: »
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Phew. Had my finger hovering over the button.

    Dang, I even had a usurper [chat] thread ready

    Good execution all 'round though, team. Good preparation, Ended up with a solid OP. Don't get sloppy now, we've got to be ready to perform again in a mere 100 pages.

    *panics*

    Everyone look at Kid Presentable here.

    This is what I like to see, okay?

    Doesn't even let himself relax for one second. A constant state of fear, worry, and anxiety.

    That's a go-getter right there.

  • Kid PresentableKid Presentable Registered User regular
    Were I that girl, I would just stop going to school altogether before enduring the burden of knowing how much of a bother I was being.

    That's a sweet story though.

  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    http://www.kanyewest.com <- this new track guys

    poo
  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    I'm supposed to meet friends for dim sum

    But

    We had fryday yesterday and deep fried a million things

    I am not hungry for dim sum

    Maybe some like vegetables

    poo
  • Havelock2.0Havelock2.0 What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?Registered User regular
    rockrnger wrote: »
    The salty mast is a good name for a brothel.

    Captain Hardcock's Good Times Club

    You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.
  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    got a friend who's really rushing into proposing to his girlfriend. it's very fast and moreso it's not that long since he was engaged to someone else and that fell apart twice in slow motion. idk how this can seem like a good idea to him.

    just hope it all works out

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    dang

    i was excited at having woken up at the exact opportune moment to steal chat

    *fades back into the mists*

  • navgoosenavgoose Registered User regular
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    I'm supposed to meet friends for dim sum

    But

    We had fryday yesterday and deep fried a million things

    I am not hungry for dim sum

    Maybe some like vegetables

    No solids went in (or out) for about 24 hours after eating at Melting Pot. Fondue is a hell of a plug.

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  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Variable wrote: »
    got a friend who's really rushing into proposing to his girlfriend. it's very fast and moreso it's not that long since he was engaged to someone else and that fell apart twice in slow motion. idk how this can seem like a good idea to him.

    just hope it all works out

    Same way the other two did, probably

    Impulsive people with ideas about how romance is supposed to conducted are... impulsive people with ideas about how romance is supposed to be conducted. It is unfortunate =/

  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
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  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2016
    Hey, Windows 10, when I'm reinstalling everything ("Reset this PC") isn't going to end up wiping the entire drive, right? Just its partition?

    Nevermind, found it

    Shivahn on
  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
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    He raises a valid point

  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    desc wrote: »
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    He raises a valid point

    Baja blast is terrible!

    Here are all the really good things I've had at Taco Bell:

    1) Snapple lemonade freeze thing (discontinued early last year)

    2) Their spicy grillers (discontinued late last year)

    3) Their diablo sauce, which makes almost anything actually good (discontinued late last year)

    .....I don't really eat there anymore

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Brand loyalty is kind of weird as a concept.

  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    Shivahn wrote: »
    desc wrote: »
    tumblr_nz2my2YmyL1qjnhqgo1_500.png

    He raises a valid point

    Baja blast is terrible!

    Here are all the really good things I've had at Taco Bell:

    1) Snapple lemonade freeze thing (discontinued early last year)

    2) Their spicy grillers (discontinued late last year)

    3) Their diablo sauce, which makes almost anything actually good (discontinued late last year)

    .....I don't really eat there anymore

    So you're just abandoning your folks is what you're saying

    You shameful arriviste

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Kid Presentable wrote: »
    Were I that girl, I would just stop going to school altogether before enduring the burden of knowing how much of a bother I was being.

    That's a sweet story though.
    I'd like to believe that the Japan Railways executives went to a lot of trouble to hide this fact from this girl, who remains blissfully ignorant. Hiring actors to ride the train to/from that station, trying to maintain a ridiculous farce that they do not plan to shut down the station any time soon, etc.

    As they say in the article, like a Miyazaki film.

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  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    desc wrote: »
    Shivahn wrote: »
    desc wrote: »
    tumblr_nz2my2YmyL1qjnhqgo1_500.png

    He raises a valid point

    Baja blast is terrible!

    Here are all the really good things I've had at Taco Bell:

    1) Snapple lemonade freeze thing (discontinued early last year)

    2) Their spicy grillers (discontinued late last year)

    3) Their diablo sauce, which makes almost anything actually good (discontinued late last year)

    .....I don't really eat there anymore

    So you're just abandoning your folks is what you're saying

    You shameful arriviste

    When I was down and barely able to afford food, was Taco Bell there for me?

    No, they charged me to eat what is essentially livestock feed!

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    I love mountain dew

    I love every kind of mountain dew

  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    I've been eating double deckers since small times.

    None of this flavor if the week extravagance, keep it simple, stick with the classics.

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • redxredx I(x)=2(x)+1 whole numbersRegistered User regular
    I sort of wonder about the wisdom of posting where and when a school girl is going to be alone every day for 3 months.

    They moistly come out at night, moistly.
  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    I'm supposed to meet friends for dim sum

    But

    We had fryday yesterday and deep fried a million things

    I am not hungry for dim sum

    Maybe some like vegetables

    Last night a went to a burrito window and got a thing called a turtle - it seemed to be a burrito but folded into a disc shape and then pan fried until crispy on both sides.

    Today I've just had some eggs and homemade juices and some dank hazelnut coffee after thinking I may never eat again. Finishing the second half at 1 AM was shameful.

    @Shazkar Shadowstorm

  • SealSeal Registered User regular
    I tried imitation mountain dew once, it flowed out of a small crack in the side of a mountain so you knew it wasn't dew but it was ok.

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    With a low-carb diet, I can have, like, one Taco Bell hard shell taco and still maintain my carb budget. :( Luckily, the closest Taco Bell is also a KFC. KFC has grilled chicken (which has almost zero carbs), so I can still get a filling meal along with a single taco, if I ever crave Taco Bell.

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  • redxredx I(x)=2(x)+1 whole numbersRegistered User regular
    So, off to store to buy things to make crunchwrap suppremes at home, and draino.

    They moistly come out at night, moistly.
  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Seal wrote: »
    I tried imitation mountain dew once, it flowed out of a small crack in the side of a mountain so you knew it wasn't dew but it was ok.
    Mountain Don't.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    Brand loyalty is kind of weird as a concept.

    People inevitably try to form communities around commonality, so you end up with stuff like XBox vs PS4 (PC MASTER RACE!), Mountain Dew versus Mello Yello and even Maggie has that baby with the one eyebrow.

    Wait, what?

  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    ^;;^

  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    With a low-carb diet, I can have, like, one Taco Bell hard shell taco and still maintain my carb budget. :( Luckily, the closest Taco Bell is also a KFC. KFC has grilled chicken (which has almost zero carbs), so I can still get a filling meal along with a single taco, if I ever crave Taco Bell.

    If you're going to be sad anyway you may as well eat plants, dude.

  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    redx wrote: »
    So, off to store to buy things to make crunchwrap suppremes at home, and draino.

    Redx it doesn't have to be this way.

    There's so much to live for.

    At the very least drink the draino instead that'll be a lot quicker.

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • redxredx I(x)=2(x)+1 whole numbersRegistered User regular
    Nova_C wrote: »
    japan wrote: »
    Brand loyalty is kind of weird as a concept.

    People inevitably try to form communities around commonality, so you end up with stuff like XBox vs PS4 (PC MASTER RACE!), Mountain Dew versus Mello Yello and even Maggie has that baby with the one eyebrow.

    Wait, what?

    There are mello yello supporters?

    I thought it was recognized universally as an inferior product turned to out if desperation.

    They moistly come out at night, moistly.
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