Egg Centric
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Non neurotypical? You are no doubt a medical professional to make that conclusion?
The time I have mentioned in this thread, there were many people looking alarmed, many people holding on to the seats and asking each other if this was normal.
How many of the people in a standard class carriage on the 1803 from Paddington would you expect to be non-neurotypical?
I am neither a medical professional nor a medical unprofessional and in any case I would never think to "diagnose" anyone in this thread or indeed any other person as being non neurotypical but you'd have to have your head in the sand to not recognise that there is a very high association between rail enthusiasm and being non neurotypical (I myself am non neurotypical and more sensitive to movement than the average person).
FWIW I would also not be particularly bothered by "normies" seeming concerned by a train's ride either. Normies get upset at all kinds of totally routine stuff, as anyone who's flown enough knows.
Where are the staff concerned about trains getting even vaguely close to derailment?
None of this is to claim that the 80xs ride as well as mk3s. I absolutely agree they're not as good. But the difference is not that great to normies, any more than they will e.g. understand my obsession with my car's electronic throttle and clutch delay valve.