This is a fun series, but has been getting increasingly bizarre, even by its own standards.

I kinda wish they put a little bit more effort into the anime (overhead wires, signals, correct tracks, etc.) but the fact that it all takes place after the 7G event makes these issues handwaveable.

Ironically the abt system isn’t in the main photo

That is such a lovely metaphor. I love your posting style!

What a terrible show. I managed through the first few episodes until

This show is disgusting.

Breakin the law, breakin the law

Apparently DMs are not secure so here’s the Lemmygrad AI thread I was using https://hexbear.net/post/650570

I am once again asking for the thumbnail with the guy clutching his hands in prayer and a sad face

Edit: I found it https://img.semafor.com/32744147d38acaa5da9ef32083e0a9e93ae1eb2f-700x457.jpg?w=1600&q=75&auto=format

Give in, embrace non-hierarchical thought

It does, but this is a Lemmygrad emote, not a Hexbear one. Hexbear has that rule, Lemmygrad does not.

So when you have opinions and you express those opinions. Sounds like you’re pretty self-opinionated about certain topics because you’ve chosen to snarkily quote the dictionary.

Roujin Z is 1991, so it’s not technically 80s, however, it’s before the dissolution of the USSR and also before the economic crash, so spiritually I think it’s still the 80s. It’s about a robot bed meant to care for the elderly, but quickly blossoms into a great action-adventure with an 87 year old protagonist at the center. The character designs were done by Hisashi Eguchi of Stop!! Hibari-kun! fame and Satoshi Kon was the art director and set designer. Give it a watch!

Man wearing SS uniform

iS tHeRe MoRe NaZi StUfF iN tHiS pIcTuRe ToO?

Remember, before cars, every single place in the world was connected with either public transportation or walking. It worked then and it can work now.

I would point you to Switzerland, which has probably the best rural transit in the world. While it’s definitely not a 1-1 comparison and rural people will definitely still need cars or at least bikes, rural areas and small towns are quite often connected with hourly or better bus service, sometimes even train service. As an example, here’s a station next to a field and a farmhouse that gets trains every 30 minutes in each direction. The railway is fully electrified and carries freight too. The Swiss timetable is designed to minimize transfer time with timed transfers, so you’re typically not waiting more than 10 minutes to make your connection between modes.

Now, Switzerland is a very rich country, but the principle of timed connections can make journeys to very rural areas quite feasible. You can have a train that has multiple buses timed to meet it, for example. This sets up a network of low-frequency buses that all meet at the train station to connect to the train, providing more ridership for the train and the buses, and allowing everyone to connect to the other services there.

My basic understanding of it is if you think both capitalism and communism failed, there is one ideology left to try, and these people have been indoctrinated with “communism bad and doesn’t work” for the last 30 years. The collapse of the Soviet Union would be a sign to the uneducated and/or propagandized that communism doesn’t work, and the last 30 years of Ukrainian history have made it clear that capitalism doesn’t work. Depressed civilians then turn to the last major ideology that is coincidentally being propped up by both national and international interests, and you have the absolute disgrace that is Nazism and fascism in Ukraine today.

#TrussThePlan

I legit never got the connection til now, good context

I’m just hoping they’re right about the Irish Reunification of 2024