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Eugenia Chien has been eavesdropping on the 47, 49, or 1 lines since the mid-90's. She lives by the adage, "Anything can happen on Muni" (and also, "That's not water.")

For Valentine’s Day: A Dating Site Just for N-Judah Riders

February 13, 2015 eugenia Leave a comment

Some people call tomorrow “Valentine’s Day,” but I really prefer Single Awareness Day, Whiskeyful, or Black Saturday. Whatever you call it, you have 24 hours to either walk slowly and determinedly into the ocean, smother someone with a pillow at Justin Herman Plaza, load up on Franzia, or find that soulmate you met on the N-Judah.

That’s where WeMetOnTheN comes in. Alex Lee built a dating site just for N-Judah riders (talk about hyperlocal!). Alex got the idea, appropriately, during a ride on the N: “It was maybe a Thursday or Friday evening, where I saw a guy sit down and introduce himself to a girl. Bold move. And that just made me think. There must be a lot of people who want to introduce themselves to someone they find interesting or attractive, but it’s just too painfully awkward. Or crowded. It is the N, after all.”

So, N-Judah riders, don’t say we never do anything nice for you! And for the singletons on the rest of the Muni lines: relax, dating season starts Sunday, when you’ll be spared from awkwardness for another 364 days!

Photo by Lawrence Pan

Category: Funny: Muni LOLs Tags: N-Judah

On Muni, even the dirt don’t like you

February 12, 2015 eugenia One comment

dirt fingers

Ever feel like the universe is trying to tell you something? Muni rider Kristian read the signs on the floor when she got on the bus, and it wasn’t very nice!

Hey, at least it wasn’t this.

Category: Funny: Muni LOLs

New Danish bus ad will blow your mind

February 10, 2015 eugenia One comment

The Danes have done it again in this high-production advertisement about how awesome it is to ride the bus. Yes, the bus!

Danish bus company Midttrafik created this Cannes-worthy video ad to celebrate the everyday bus passenger. He’s way cooler than everyone realized: his New York hairstyle and outlet sneakers literally will blow your panties off! Next time you get on Muni, don’t forget that you are totally and absolutely cool, too.

This ad is a sequel to Midttraffik’s Ecstasy Bus ad, which celebrates the “fantastic life” found on the bus. We highly recommend watching it again.

Category: Funny: Muni LOLs, News

Riders coin new Muni vocabulary words

February 6, 2015 eugenia Leave a comment

Can you define these new vocabulary terms invented on Muni this week? Hot off of the Twitter universe, you’ve made the English language ever more colorful this week.

1. Brospreading: that laptop guy taking up two seats. As in:

yes! RT @goldfine: What do you call it when someone with a laptop takes up too much space on public transit? #Brospreading? #munidiaries

— Muni Diaries (@munidiaries) February 6, 2015

2. Kanywannabe: guy giving you that Kanye gaze. As in:

RT @elphant_: Kanywannabe keeps staring at me on the bus. #munidiaries

— Muni Diaries (@munidiaries) February 2, 2015

3. Schadensomething: peculiar joy that you can only get on Muni. As in:

schadensomething RT @e_gadd: The sick pleasure I get from watching someone run for a bus I'm already on #munidiaries

— Muni Diaries (@munidiaries) February 3, 2015

Oh, and bonus cutie pie dog bear photo by @jcxxxxxx.

Category: Photos

Stanley Kubrick loved taking subway pics just like we do

February 4, 2015 eugenia One comment

Couple catching a nap, by Kubrick, circa 1946

Photo via Danny Howard

Before Stanley Kubrick achieved directorial fame, he loved taking photos of life on public transit, just like you do! In 1947, Kubrick was on assignment for LOOK magazine documenting the intimate life of passengers on the New York City Subway for two weeks. As it turns out, his photos are eerily reminiscent of pictures from Muni Diaries contributors over the years. Here are a few gems:

Reading the newspaper on the subway, by Kubrick, circa 1946:

Reading the newspaper on Muni:

Photo via rmckeon

Fashionable footwear on the subway, by Kubrick, circa 1946:

Fashionable footwear on Muni:

Photo by Jessie Johnson

The rest of Kubrick’s subway photos are at Bored Panda, including some adorable 1940s young subway riders. Celebs and public transit riders: They’re just like us!

Category: Photos

Watch this Sundance documentary of the ‘other’ 22 bus

January 28, 2015 eugenia One comment

A new documentary airing at Sundance and on The New York Times today chronicles the 22 VTA bus in San Jose, a 24-hour line that turns into an overnight refuge for the homeless. This unfortunate reality is something that San Franciscans know all too well, and we have even heard from long-time residents and drivers about homeless people riding public transit to keep warm. The documentary is powerful, even (or especially) without narration.

Filmmaker Elizabeth Lo is a student at Stanford and made the film about the bus route, which is known as “Hotel 22.” During the course of the evening, some of the riders get into an argument, and others mutter complaints, but the bus driver seemed unfazed and woke everyone up when they arrived in Palo Alto in the morning.

You can watch the documentary on The New York Times.

Category: News

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