[jgannonjr]

Did anyone else notice the hidden text "#@$%&!" at the end of the last paragraph? Does this have some kind of meaning or purpose, I can't figure out why it would be there...

<p itemprop="articleBody"> We’re a tribe, we quiet ones, we readers and thinkers and letter writers, we daydreamers and gazers out of windows. We are a civil people, courteous to excess, who disdain displays of anger as childish and embarrassing. But the Quiet Car is our territory, the last reservation to which we’ve been driven. And we can be pushed too far. Our message to the barbarians who would barge in on our haven with their chatter and blatting gadgets like so many bulldozers is: <span style="color:#fff;"><em>#@$%&!</em></span> </p>

[vsync]

I read this article in the printed newspaper at a coffee shop today.

The "message" at the end of the article was a graphic of a finger over a pair of lips. Presumably from the description in the article it is Amtrak's "Quiet Car" logo.

No idea how or why it ended up the way it did online.

[ikawe]

A passive aggressive is unveiled?

"shhh" == "fuck you" in the quiet car

[ibeza]

Yea I was about to post about that too. I'm guessing it represents the quiet ones' gut response (a barbaric one) that is being masked with the politeness of the silence sign.

[juiceandjuice]

Ahh, a fellow highlighter. I noticed too.

[Evgeny]

I think random special characters generally are used as a replacement for some profanity / rude words