Derailments due to track failure is the other common “us” failure.

I honestly don’t think Lac-Mégantic happening in Penn Station would do it, even if the root causes were even more obviously traceable to the responsible RR actively choosing profit motive over common-sense safety practices.

Kind of surprised that derailments are more common than obstruction accidents. Derailments seem like more of an “us” problem that you can mostly have control over, while accidents seem like more of a “them” problem where something/someone is getting in the way of a train.

I’m hoping the shit really hits the fan when the push for a nation-wide railworkers strike comes back in another year or so. If it happens, there’s a nonzero chance we get forced into another Conrail situation. Except this time it’s all 4.5 of the Class I railroads that need to be nationalized, rather than just the…

If I had the energy to argue you on this , I would.

After watching the first two episodes I can say yes it does address these things. I mean the whole point of Americans doing daytime bombing as opposed to night time like the British was to cut down on civilian casualties.

As worthy a cause as addressing homelessness is, whataboutism remans pointless and intellectually lazy.

That was my first thought too - feels like the last thing you want a customer to think when it comes to food is that it’s “dirty”.

Back in the late 90's early 2000's, a burger joint opened up here called The Mad Cow. I’m not sure what they were thinking, it was really good, but I don’t think people wanted to be reminded of mad cow disease.

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed! #BringBackTidePodsClassic

It’s shrinkflation.  They switched to cheaper ingredients such as corn syrup instead of genuine sugar in their Tide Pods.

I’ve watched it many times, so it’s interesting to read here that there is a plot!

“C’mon, I’m not falling for that! ‘Sticking a penis in a girl’s vagina gets them pregnant.’ How gullible do you think I am?”

You must be referring to the 2nd to the last guy in this chart?

Thank you, X.  Meek’s Cutoff sounds familiar.

One Thanksgiving I told them that the dog knew he was only allowed to eat one of them so they shouldn’t be scared because once he ate one of them the other three could be sure they were safe.

Yeah, honestly....I like my beer to taste like beer. It doesn’t need dessert toppings.

I’m going to stick to my Tide Pods, thank you very much!

That’s why I had an idea to play on the title with a new story. It’s about a group of students who have won a prestigious, yet controversial (because it is named for a notorious colonizer) scholarship to Oxford and decide to get a place together to live. The title of course is Rhodes House.

4 inches (or less) created the demand for the taller hoods in the first place.