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[–] morysal@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Japan somehow managed to turn a bullet train into an emotional support mascot and honestly the world feels slightly less fun now that it’s ending.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 14 points 1 week ago

No worries! It's far from the only fun train in Japan.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Japan has a mascot for almost anything, there's more than enough to fill that hole in your life.

[–] M33@piefed.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Goodbye Kitty

Maybe next train will be painted as a giant tentacle 🐙 🤷‍♂️

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, they did do that one :)

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I can see the advertising campaign for that one already: "Get on the fucking train, Shinji"

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

make it purple and call it the purple people eater.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

8 years doesn't sound like a healthy life span for a train. What's the flaw?

[–] Aedis@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The actual train is >30 years old, it was only painted like that 8 years ago. (Probably repainted a couple of times too lol)

[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

I haven't looked it up but I would bet you it's due to fatigue limits. They probably use aluminum a lot which always fatigues no matter how light the stress (a bit like me tbh...) so anything made from aluminum gets retired after a set time period.

The same is true for jets. Each flight expands and contracts the airframe since it's a pressure vessel, and the wings can deflect a large amount too.

[–] setsubyou@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The 500 series Shinkansen trains were built in the 90ies so it would be more like 30 years.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

500 series is absolutely the best looking, in my humble not-really-train-person opinion.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago

It has spent 8 years in the Hello Kitty wrap, but entered service in 1996.

[–] AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

🚂🚃🚃🚃

[–] Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de 2 points 1 week ago