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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait. I have looked at train maps. What does this mean?!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In the social context it probably means you don't display obsessive autistic characteristics unless you're engrossed in a train map. That's the only demonstration this friend has seen

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I mean I'm interested in them. I wrote a thesis on the New York subway system and the technological marvels needed to make it happen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Bachelor thesis or masters?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

What's your favorite mapping style?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaEhvWXmLyk

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I love him sitting in bed with his wife and the goofy eyes excited about a map and she is annoyed lol