Extending the T to Loserville
By adamg - 3/8/08 - 4:46 pm
So we have one ad on the T that cheerfully tells us the end of the Red Line is death. And now we have this ad, which cheerfully tells us that if we don't transfer to the Blue Line, our lives will end in failure (and then we'll transfer to the Red Line in the other ad and die). It's enough to make you long for more disease-study ads.
Comments
what college is this an ad for?
At least I'm guessing it's a college or an adult-ed program of some kind, given the context.
Year Up
Year Up.
Not to be confused with:
Yer Mom.
Which line to lost fertility?
Seems like the Globe's recent dire warnings for women over 30 should fit onto these maps of bad endings somewhere ...
Are you thinking of that real classy
Sperm Donor poster on the Red Line, with all the
sperm swimming towards a big $$ sign?
That, too
Well, I was thinking of this, but the lovely ad you're talking about belongs on the map, too.
Sperm ad
Here.
strange how this also sends
strange how this also sends the message that it doesn't matter if one graduates high school or not...
The rest of the map
So I guess when you get to Government Center, you have a choice: You can get on the Blue Line and head to Winnerville, or you can either stay on the Reddish Line or hop on the Silver Line for the ride to Loserville.
So, yeah, it makes no sense. It's a perfect T ad. And not that I would ever promote vandalism, but, um, er, well, I see a few stations without names on 'em, guys (just not on the specific map I photographed, since it's across the tracks on the Orange Line at Downtown Crossing, but there are versions in the cars).
Causality violation
So if according to that map, Forest Hills/Oak Grove is death, Green St./Malden Center is a minimum wage job, Stony Brook/Wellington is dropping out of school, does that make Jackson/Sullivan Squares a teen pregnancy?
And for a total mindtrip...the next stops on both ends are located at community colleges.
They forgot a few lines
Where's the connector to PhDtown? The bypass for the Born Wealthy? I hear Marrying Into Money has new service as well.
Born Wealthy?
What would you be doing on the T map?
If you were born wealthy you'd be stuck on the Southeast Expressway or the Pike, commuter rail from Weston or Manchester by the Filthy Power Plant, or taking a boat from Hingham.
BTW, what stop is Country Club or Millionaire Estates? Or does that depend on what salary card you draw?
Why they call it the Blue Line
The ED Extension
When erected, it should enable the blue line to connect to the red line.
I almost pissed myself when
I almost pissed myself when i saw "locusts" on there
Well done.
Also could be getting on at
Also could be getting on at Harvard Sq or Back Bay.
More Crap from t he Unwashed masses!
It's an advert. Get over it. People already know where the crap areas in town in, you don't need to read into a harmless ad. Just like the idiots who wanted the 'can I get MTV by kissing?' oh boo hoo hoo. Plenty of people with degrees aren't well employed; you think that Russian Lit majors have a future? Sure they do, low foam lattes and stacking books at Borders.
Thank you drive thru!
(and we all know the red line south really is death...and the orange line, well thats a stabbing!)
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Rush Hour traffic at Alewife
.. will definitely destroy your soul.