The reason why bus seats are always covered in hideous patterns

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1/4 Have you ever wondered why bus seats always have hideous, patterned seats?
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2/4 It turns out there is a good reason why they are this way!
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3/4 Bus seats are ugly because they're designed in such a way, using complex mind-reading algorithms, so that our eyes are distracted from all the actual muck and grime that can be found on them.
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4/4 To the commuters eye, it almost always seems relatively clean.. even though it is far from it. The video below proves this!
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It's pretty well known that bus and train seats are always made with HIDEOUS patterns. But it turns out there is a reason for it...

The reason is to hide how dirty they are.

Yes, that pattern is there to distract our eyes from the dirt, grime, and muck that is on/in the seat.

It's not really a surprise considering how many people use them every day but it's still pretty gross!