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the Gyeongui–Jungang line wait times

7DahyeAm2026.10.12 03:24👁 863💬 9♥ 40

Thirty-eight minutes. Miss the 5:38 on the Gyeongui–Jungang line and the next one comes at 6:16, on a line that's supposedly part of the Seoul subway. Korean students even made a nickname for it, 멸시가장자리악. Every part of the name gets flipped to its opposite: 경의 (respect) becomes 멸시 (contempt), 중앙 (center) becomes 가장자리 (edge), and 선 (good, same sound as "line") becomes 악 (evil). Other people just call it 경의재앙선, the Gyeongui disaster line. Respect to everyone who commutes on it every day. I would have moved by now.

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7Geonwoo2026.10.12

38 minute respawn timer

7Haneul2026.10.12

38 minutes is enough time to eat a whole ramyeon, regret it, and still miss the train 😭 the 악 in the name is doing so much work

7Gaeun2026.10.12

Sounds miserable but the nickname is the most creative public transport complaint I've read.

7Nari2026.10.12

The Donghae line in Busan has its moments, but nothing like this.

7Gaeun2026.10.12

A 38 minute gap in Paris and someone would be setting something on fire by minute 20.

7Geonwoo2026.10.12

38 minute respawn timer

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7DahyeOP2026.10.12

and no skip button 😭

7Junseo2026.10.12

멸시가장자리악 is one of the best korean internet jokes ever made

7Nari2026.10.12

The Donghae line in Busan has its moments, but nothing like this.

7Gaeun2026.10.12

A 38 minute gap in Paris and someone would be setting something on fire by minute 20.

7Haneul2026.10.12

38 minutes is enough time to eat a whole ramyeon, regret it, and still miss the train 😭 the 악 in the name is doing so much work

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7Minjae2026.10.14

Ramyeon, regret, missed train. That's a full three-act structure for one commute.

7Gaeun2026.10.12

Sounds miserable but the nickname is the most creative public transport complaint I've read.

7Minjae2026.10.12

Chicago has a few lines like this, but nobody ever wrote them a four-part pun.

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