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1
Surely the incredible thing about the cheetah is not just its peak speed, but its acceleration and its ability to change direction - both traits the Link rather lacks, especially the second one.
2
This is design at its worst.
3
This really took you two days to figure out? Of course it's a car- that's why they're telling you to "be safe" and "obey all signs and signals".
4
its people who aren't on the train that need to read the message that's ON THE TRAIN.
5
I think the gazelle represents the Othello station and the cheetah represents the gentrification caused by more efficient transportation.
6
The cheetah in this case, obviously, represents a train. The gazelle's butt is about Marxism. And the empty white space they both occupy is a metaphor for interpersonal connection in the modern world.
7
Give Charles some work to do. With so much free time on his hands, his imagination is in high gear.
8
I don't think the Gazelle is symbolizing cars at all. The Gazelle looks like the Cheetah's prey to me. Riders of the train are the Gazelle to the Cheetah - riders are prey to the train if they are not being safe (e.g. falling onto the tracks, not paying fare but instead pulling a gun, etc.). DUHHH.

Some assholes up above over there think they know everything....
9
Translation for those who struggle with metaphor: be safe, obey signals, because by the time you look up and see a train bearing down on you it's too late.

It's not a great sign, or a great metaphor. But it's hardly that difficult.
10
I am confused. Why is Link Light Rail chasing the gazelle, when it could so easily nail a zebra or a warthog?
11
Hmm, I would think the gazelle is a pedestrian.
12
I think the obvious interpretation is that the gazelle is 'us', the unassuming person... the cheetah, the fast and largely silent train, which would maul us if we are not 'safe or smart'... i prefer to think of it though as gazelle being the stupid suburbanites and the cheetah being the progressive city folk.. haha.
13
The trains have become self aware and will begin eating humans at any moment.
14
Terrible typography.
15
Good Afternoon Charles,
My take is simple. The cheetah is the ST link train itself and the gazelle is the pedestrian. "Obey all signs & signals". Evidently, some pedestrians don't and are "snagged" hit by the train. It's a caution advert.
16
LOL. The sign is obviously there to warn pedestrians about incoming quiet trains, but I like Charles' metaphor better.

And yes, that is the worst sign ever. Sound transit clearly hires design school dropouts on the cheap.
17
Fairly sure it's really an opossum chasing a wombat
18

Food truck?
19
The cheetah is a 19 illegal packing a Glock, the gazelle is a Slogger with his iPhone out.
20
askl
21
The gazelle is a Dodge Ram 1500 Big Horn that's just turned left onto the tracks while the driver is feeling around on the floor for his phone which he just dropped. If the train driver can catch him he wins a commemorative pin for his cap.
22
Gazelle No. 2: "But I don't have to run faster than the light rail . . . I only have to run faster than you!"
23
@22) you made me smile.

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