To the Ultimate "Travel Time Is Waste." Hype Over "Zero-Minute Tourism" — Just Tap Through the Gate and Go Home
"I want to travel, but getting tired is bad ROI." The new trend born from time-performance supremacy is "log collecting" — buying expensive long-distance tickets, passing through the ticket gate, and immediately exiting without boarding. People curate "fulfilling weekends" on social media using only payment history and GPS records, while actually binge-watching Netflix at home. Railway companies, buoyed by revenue from ghost passengers, have announced plans for "station data-centerification" — removing platforms and installing nothing but ticket gates.