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.
Or spread your arms if you are alone
That one person who still comes up to you and asks if they can sit next to you
“one person benches” you mean chairs?
It’s clearly a one person bus without wheels
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.
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Ain’t no way I’m gonna comfortably share this chair with someone
2 kids maybe. I’d say 1.5, which is just 1 because you don’t have half people.
They almost nailed it:
I don’t see what’s notable about your picture
Good bench
One person benches
Chair. That’s a chair
Now do saunas
Coffin full of hot rocks
Probably a shit-ton if the seats on the plane are spaced out the same way
or anti homeless space
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.
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.
Sometimes it’s really better to have your own bench.
I live alone and work from home so I’m happy :)
Is there a hostile architecture community here?
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.
Holy shit, can someone please get me to Finland?
I was born to the wrong culture, said in Canadian.
Finn here, we still have a ton of those stupid benches with a railing in the middle.
Who’s your favourite Flying Finn? Mika or Kimi?
Matti Nykänen. The one actually flying Finn.
Why does this make me sad? I ironically do actually prefer seating alone but something about this doesn’t feel right
Too much space between them.
Maybe you prefer to block a second seat, when you sit on a two person bank. ^^
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
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.
Perhaps they are afraid of sitting next to someone from Sweden who eats Surströming.
Gotta back off further than that, yo.
