Well, how many?

edited to add -

so you know how in English, the rooster says cockadoodle doo, but in Spanish it’s kikiriki?

Does a train make different sounds in other countries? What a stupid American question to ask.

  • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]
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    1 month ago

    it’s vibes-based, repeat until it feels right and you need the sweet release of a choochoo train-shining

      • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]
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        1 month ago

        also fun to find a friend into trains so you can chugga together, the sound gets more train-like the more people you add, and the anticipation of never knowing when you or a partner is gonna choochoo really adds to the chugga chugga pleasure

  • Rom [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    8 with emphasis on alternating chuggas. CHUGGA chugga CHUGGA chugga CHUGGA chugga CHUGGA chugga CHOO CHOO

    • Gucci_Minh [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      I think a minimum of 8 but above that multiples of 4 are acceptable

      • ditty@lemm.ee
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        1 month ago

        Exactly, and I think it's also acceptable to only emphasize the first, fifth, and every next fourth until the choo choo

    • Poogona [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      Look at that, I marched right into this thread to say exactly this down to the letter, excellent work comrade

  • DirtyPair [they/them]
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    1 month ago

    chugga chugga chugga chugga CHOO CHOO

    chugga chugga chugga chugga CHOO CHOO

    chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga CHOO CHOO

    this is the way, comrades.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    anything less is an unprofessional railroad engineer playing with the steam whistle.

    we gotta get serious and make up the time we lost slowing in Telluride to get that Marshal's dispatch before we hit Lost Canyon.

      • culpritus [any]
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        1 month ago

        It’s actually 10 + 2 choo to make up a 12 bar blues progression. The 2 choo are commonly referred to as the turnaround.

        It’s technically a call and response structure, meaning the other participants get to decide when to choo, with 10 being the most common tradition.

  • Zoift [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    Why would you stop Chugging? Never stop Chugging. You can Choo in large comical exhalations when you sleep.

  • let_me_tank_her [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    i've depicted myself as the sleek 4 chugga bullet train and you as the weak environmentally dangerous 16 chugga coal train.

  • Philosophosphorous [comrade/them, he/him]
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    1 month ago

    you need exactly 12, with emphasis on the first CHUGGA of each of the three sets of 4, and the CHOO CHOO must be pronounced most vociferously.

    trust me, its very important to keep this in mind for the ritual to work