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PiffityPoffity t1_j3ybebi wrote

Reply to comment by WasherDrye in No Pants Subway Ride canceled for a second straight year by HomosapienDrugs

> 43,175th consecutive day

/r/TheyDidTheMath

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WasherDrye t1_j3ybzmx wrote

Lol I did yes. It’s accurate.

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Rottimer t1_j3ywo3z wrote

It isn't. The entire subway system was shut down in August 2011 for 1.5 days for Hurricane Irene. So, it's only been 4,156 consecutive days. . .

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WasherDrye t1_j3yxagu wrote

I’m sure people still showed up in pants.

I did check your math on that tho and bingo

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okomfo t1_j3yyhi0 wrote

But if there were no Subways to ride - was it an actual Pants Subway Ride lol

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PZeroNero t1_j3yxy6r wrote

And the MTA strike in 2005

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Rottimer t1_j3yyhcf wrote

Oh yeah, I remember that one, because it was right before Christmas and I was like, how the fuck am I supposed to shop for everything (yes, I was waiting until the last minute). This was back when I only used Amazon to order books.

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zachotule t1_j42mgt6 wrote

Were any train operators on duty moving trains around that day? And if so do we know if they wore pants that day? If both were the case, technically it’d still be 43,175 consecutive days because the holiday is not exclusive to just passengers.

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Rottimer t1_j42uwvm wrote

I think that would be up for debate. If the train operators got to work via the subway then you would have a point. However if they were on the clock I wouldn’t consider that a “subway ride.”

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