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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The boys were ready with stones to throw at the locomotive.

[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My god this was probably a real problem in 19th/early 20th century England though. Fucking kids can be fucking assholes lol

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 23 hours ago

Every story in the books was based on an actual event.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's no reason to throw the gamer word at them. Actually, it's more messed up because it was a bunch of lily white English kids chucking rocks. Should've called them crackers as he passed instead.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago