uis,
@uis@lemmy.world avatar
m0darn,

I don’t see what’s notable about your picture

uis,
@uis@lemmy.world avatar

Good bench

TiKa444,

Perhaps they are afraid of sitting next to someone from Sweden who eats Surströming.

ChillDude69,

Gotta back off further than that, yo.

fastandcurious,

Why does this make me sad? I ironically do actually prefer seating alone but something about this doesn’t feel right

TiKa444,

Maybe you prefer to block a second seat, when you sit on a two person bank. ^^

fastandcurious,

I actually think that it has more to do with the fact that i prefer to sit alone but i don’t straight up want to make sure that i don’t speak to any stranger ever again

But then again i don’t like too much socializing, ig my brain just doesn’t know what it wants

Acters,

You can just walk up to them and talk, but since they are sitting in one of these chairs, they likely will want a brief conversation and be left alone. Also, socializing in other places like a bar or in a park is not outlawed. Do try to be friendly and courteous. The best way to start a conversation is by introducing yourself. Then, hop into what you wanted to talk about. Maybe even try to start with a topic that can transition to your final goal. In the end, there is an intention behind every social interaction, and it can either be casual or formal. Maybe that is what you are desiring, for a known intention/goal to connect with others.

Octopus1348,
@Octopus1348@lemy.lol avatar

Too much space between them.

chemicalwonka, (edited )
@chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

or anti homeless space

ChillDude69,

That’s what I thought. IMHO, hostile architecture is the physical-world equivalent of a lot of the policies that led us to flee Reddit, Twitter, etc.

Pluckerpluck,

My first thought. You could put up three 2 person benches there without too much trouble. It’d still look fine with spaces between so people can sit alone.

hakunawazo,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/535d9f7b-9ffb-4e9b-955e-f21d8495aae4.jpeg

Sometimes it’s really better to have your own bench.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I can see the appeal of this in some ways, but I hope there are also two-person benches in the same area because when I’m, for example, out with my daughter and we both want to sit down for a minute, it’s nice not to have to yell to talk to each other.

uis,
@uis@lemmy.world avatar

Or spread your arms if you are alone

virock,

I live alone and work from home so I’m happy :)

0ops,

Probably a shit-ton if the seats on the plane are spaced out the same way

ClaireDeLuna,

One person benches

Chair. That’s a chair

NounsAndWords,

Now do saunas

Agent641,

Coffin full of hot rocks

SnuggleSnail,

This is intolerant against fat people! It is super uncomfortable when one butt cheek slaps over on each side!

pigup,

Thanks I came 👍

idiomaddict,

Is there a hostile architecture community here?

Duranie,

In this case Finland actually takes care of their people and homelessness isn’t a problem there. They’re just really polite introverts who I might guess prefer sitting alone as opposed to on a bench close to others.

Source - my introverted niece met a Fin, fell in love, moved to Finland and is in absolute heaven. Her husband has visited the States a few times and is always overwhelmed with the casual social interactions with strangers in public.

keefshape,

I was born to the wrong culture, said in Canadian.

hungryphrog,

Finn here, we still have a ton of those stupid benches with a railing in the middle.

cashews_best_nut,

Who’s your favourite Flying Finn? Mika or Kimi?

hemko,

Matti Nykänen. The one actually flying Finn.

OneWomanCreamTeam,

Holy shit, can someone please get me to Finland?

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

We have single person benches in my city not because people don’t want to sit next to each other, but so homeless people can’t sleep on them.

morrowind,
@morrowind@lemmy.ml avatar

“one person benches” you mean chairs?

surewhynotlem,

It’s clearly a one person bus without wheels

768,

Apparently they’re being made by Sineu Graff from Denmark and this is somewhere in Helsinki, but I heard that those aren’t too common in Finland, so hold your horses, you isolationists ;)

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