expatriado@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoIn the domain of attention seekers. Who ranks higher? Elon or Trump? What makes you believe so?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down125
arrow-up1-4arrow-down1message-squareIn the domain of attention seekers. Who ranks higher? Elon or Trump? What makes you believe so?expatriado@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·2 years agoThe dude who caused a train crash for views ranks up there
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoThat was surprisingly common in the days of steam… Here is a famous incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_at_Crush And here is a WTYPpod episode about it: https://youtu.be/mn4W9LT1cI4
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 years agoThey did, but he is omitting important information: The railroad company themselves did it, with empty trains. Sorry I meant the old stuff, not the idiot from 2024 derailing trains.
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·2 years agoBullshit. Why on Earth would BNSF do that? They want to make money, not send some random teenager in Nebraska to jail
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoSorry this is a mix of old and new. They did it a few times back in the day with steam locomotives on purpose. The new stuff was an idiot risking lives of others.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWhat was the new one about?
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoSee his comment here with a link. Crazy stuff.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI thought that was the old one.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoNo, that was in the 19th(?) century. See links in this comment here.
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·2 years agohttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/27/nebraska-teen-charged-with-criminal-mischief-for-c/
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoCriminal mischief? For derailing a train? What’s next, arrests for “being rude” when demolishing the town hall?
The dude who caused a train crash for views ranks up there
Who did that?
That was surprisingly common in the days of steam…
Here is a famous incident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_at_Crush
And here is a WTYPpod episode about it:
https://youtu.be/mn4W9LT1cI4
They did, but he is omitting important information: The railroad company themselves did it, with empty trains.
Sorry I meant the old stuff, not the idiot from 2024 derailing trains.
Bullshit. Why on Earth would BNSF do that? They want to make money, not send some random teenager in Nebraska to jail
Sorry this is a mix of old and new. They did it a few times back in the day with steam locomotives on purpose.
The new stuff was an idiot risking lives of others.
What was the new one about?
See his comment here with a link. Crazy stuff.
I thought that was the old one.
No, that was in the 19th(?) century. See links in this comment here.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/27/nebraska-teen-charged-with-criminal-mischief-for-c/
Criminal mischief? For derailing a train? What’s next, arrests for “being rude” when demolishing the town hall?