• errer@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Do kids in european countries get as excited about trains given they are super common? I feel like my kids get excited because they rarely see trains, they’re kinda special.

    • Lemmilicious@feddit.nu
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      17 hours ago

      Not sure if Portugal is the type of European country you imagine, but last month on a train I sat one row ahead of a child that would excidetly exclaim “another train!” (in Portuguese) every time one passed outside the window. Adorable!

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      16 hours ago

      … given that they are super common?

      Oh man, I think it’s the other way around. In Japan, the country with the highest rate of passenger train usage in the world, rail fans are a well-known category of nerd.

      At one station, there was a mini museum and display of children’s train artwork. Saw kids proudly posing in front of it for their parents to take pictures plenty.

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      15 hours ago

      Trains, Traktors, Excavators, Bicycles, streetcars, wheel loaders, trucks, dump trucks, street sweepers, garbage trucks…

      Regardless of how common those are, my toddlers will loose their shit every single time.

      • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
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        15 hours ago

        A large part of humanities has breasts and men still party hard if they get to see some unexpectedly. Probably some women as well.

        Trains are cool because they’re trains, not because they’re rare.

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      15 hours ago

      Yes, my 4yo will point it out excitedly every time he sees a train.