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[–] Tarkcanis@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I hate the train meme for its accuracy... I dispise trains but I ended up working on the railway anyway.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who hates trains!? Before you worked on the railway, I mean.

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Car and oil companies?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago

Hey, my country has decided giant corporations are people, and profits are speech. STOP OPPRESSING THEM!

[–] Goten@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lol my grandfather has model trains xD

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I’m still pissed off that my older brother got my Dad’s model trains even decades later. Now that I’ve been spending a lot of time on home automation, and considering 3d printing, model trains are what could connect them

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I hate ads but I work in advertising.