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2026-04-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

NJ Transit plans to jack up train tickets from NYC to MetLife up by a maddening 775% during FIFA World Cup

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-15 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1835 views ] Top

1 Ah'm gonna be as far away from there as I can.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-14 14:32|| 2026-04-14 14:32|| Front Page Top

2 This will be way too much for many fans, on top of expensive game tickets. High level pushback is likely.

Posted by Knuckles Grundy 2026-04-15 02:07|| 2026-04-15 02:07|| Front Page Top

3 $10,000 a ticket seems a fair price to me. I regret to say I will boycott the games.

Posted by Glurong Choth2372 2026-04-15 02:46|| 2026-04-15 02:46|| Front Page Top

4 Mandani said he was going to make public transportation free. Looks like the hotdog vendors aren’t coming to work for those games.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-04-15 06:10|| 2026-04-15 06:10|| Front Page Top

5 I stopped reading when I got to NJ Transit, Penn Station, and FIFA. I just saved a bundle !

Posted by Besoeker 2026-04-15 06:20|| 2026-04-15 06:20|| Front Page Top

6 How much is a cab?

Posted by European Conservative 2026-04-15 09:36|| 2026-04-15 09:36|| Front Page Top

7 Thot price gouging was illegal?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2026-04-15 10:21|| 2026-04-15 10:21|| Front Page Top

8 Public entities are not even pretending to operate in the "public interst" anymore.

Posted by Regular joe 2026-04-15 14:13|| 2026-04-15 14:13|| Front Page Top

9 They have been pre-emptivly blame-casting projected low interest and even attendance for a few months now (Trump damaged American international prestige boo bew boo rolls on ground holding shin).

These kinds of things are all adding up to further dampen the experience.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-04-15 16:38|| 2026-04-15 16:38|| Front Page Top

10 I'm still not sure what the big deal here is, AFAICT, it's just a butch of people running around kicking balls.

Sometime it seems like they get confused and kick each others balls.

Whatever, it's still a meh and boring game, just another 'sportsball thing.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-04-15 20:45|| 2026-04-15 20:45|| Front Page Top

11 Metric Football™

Posted by Frank G 2026-04-15 21:27|| 2026-04-15 21:27|| Front Page Top

12 Always thought that adding a second ball would make the game immensely more entertaining for players and fans alike. Maybe even a third? I mean, the whole idea of a 90 minute no-hands running wankathon as a spectator sport?

Posted by Pearl Untervehr1398 2026-04-15 22:23|| 2026-04-15 22:23|| Front Page Top

13 like Pachinko

Posted by Frank G 2026-04-15 23:14|| 2026-04-15 23:14|| Front Page Top

14 #12 Always thought that adding a second ball would make the game immensely more entertaining for players and fans alike. Maybe even a third? I mean, the whole idea of a 90 minute no-hands running wankathon as a spectator sport?

Then you gotta deal with the whole three body problemw

Posted by badanov 2026-04-15 21:17|| 2026-04-15 21:17|| Front Page Top

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