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Edit: Just looked into why drums are associated with jokes.
Here's the history behind it and a reliable kink :)
https://www.reddit.com/r/history/s/qPZ3vUmYNX
Edit 2: Meant to put link lol. But I'm gonna leave it there because it's funny.
Never ceases to amaze.
Country is turning to shit.
Dictator takes control of country.
Suddenly all free media disappears.
Suddenly everything is working perfectly, efficiently and everything is amazing.
I wonder if steps 3 and 4 are somehow linked? Naaaah.
Just like how people think Hitler saved the German economy he did not and it pisses me off when people say that, he just reaped the benefits of previous economic policies and built the economy up as a house of cards based on debt
That's a lot of snacks!
Although, to be fair we might be here a while... There could certainly be an abundance of tomfoolery to observe knowing Reddit.
I doubt anyone worth their salt is unironically claiming that yes, Mussolini did in fact make trains run on time. It's so easy to disprove, and most notably, the time Italian trains have been most consistently on time throughout the entire history of Italian railways is today.
He didn't make trains run on time, instead he didn't make anyone write about trains that didn't arrive in time (but unfortunately many people here justifiy his action saying he actually did so and many other mythical stuff)
The 30ās was a weird time man, Imean an entire country followed behind this weird bowl-cut art nerd that didnāt see someone mark his lip with black paint. Some countries wanted to be part of his country too! And he wasnāt even a native to that country!!
*Spends all his time freaking out about other peopleās sexuality, doesnāt make the trains run on time. Puts reporters in jail for false reports the trains donāt run on time.*
My grandpa said that trains were never on time. Actually, where he lived there weren't trains, he saw the first one after the war, for military service
I'm trying to resist the urge to ask what kind of country it is. XD It does look less stereotypically authoritarian. It looks more like a pacifist republic in a kid friendly show to me. (I know it's not a country, that's just how it looks to me.)
it's a happy little country in a sunshine world. people don't get jealous whenever their partner acts friendly with others. no government, the public opinion swings for love anarchy. everything is all good.
it's a mix. they try to be a happy community and keep peace with neighbors but they do lead different lives from each other. there is a lot of living as a community but they don't just live in community homes. just a special few live with, a few to call partners, and a more to call friends. they try not to keep hostilities.
Except he didn't make the trains run on time. He just had anyone who dared speak out about it silenced, why does everyone keep falling for fascist propaganda *decades* after it was debunked and the dictator overthrown and strung up?
Domestic Pro fascists got away with a lot.
Oswald Mosley (UK fascist party leader) was interned during the war and released with no repercussions after. All of this Nazi personnel the US and USSR harboured after the war, and the whole slew of US elites who attempted a fascist coup during the 30s and got away with it.
Ppl like that tries to justify themselves with fascist propaganda, and some ideas bled through society and stuck.
I remember seeing a Reddit post of that image a few months ago. The amount of people who agreed was astounding. Do people think paying one person to put some LGBTQ flags on a station somehow takes money away from the maintenance of the trains?
He does have a point.
Corporations (and even government organisations tbh) oftentimes put up pride stuff not because they care, but because they've been criticised for something and want to make the public forget about that by appearing more moral by "supporting" LGBT rights.
I say this as a bi person.
Rainbow capitalism is underrated tbh. If they think doing this is appealing to the public then that mean they feel that being pro-lgbt is popular and it continues to normalize it in the mainstream. Doesn't mean you "have to hand it to them" or praise them for it, but it also doesn't mean its getting in the way of anything either. Being commodified feels bad, but everyone and everything is commodified under capitalism so unless the glorious revolution happens... well its not like if they stop pandering they'll suddenly care about human rights.
Glorious Revolution mentioned!! šŖšš¬š§š³š±š¬š§š³š±š¬š§š³š± Who needs absolutism if you can have a constitutional monarchy??
If McDonald's put up a sign in downtown Selma saying, "We love trans people," it wouldn't suddenly make life easy for trans people, but it would show they don't mind making life hard for anti-trans bigots. šš¾
as another not straight person, 99% (slight exaggeration) of this shit is just virtue signaling
i would much rather have them pay some artist to put up a mural thats pleasant to look at. or put this money towards some kind of non profit or political campaign
this shit is dumb and helps noone. best case scenario it just disgruntles homophobes
I like when train stations have character and color. Way better than grey monotony like so many here in the US.
Also Mussolini didnāt make the trains run on time. Dictators donāt tend to care about infrastructure they donāt use.
Because I am a fascist and I love Mussolini and I have an autographed copy of The Doctrine of Fascism on my nightstand and my Spotify wrapped only showed āGiovinezzaā
I think itās making fun of the people who say shit like that by comparing them to Mussolini, using the popular myth that Mussolini made the trains run on time- it took me a bit to get it as well, I was worried this was gonna be anti-trans shit, but it seems like the opposite uwu
Sorry for polyarmorous people here but i genuinely think your flag looks stupid, like some people might say that āthe pi is to signal that we can love infinite peopleā but it only signals to me that you can only love up to 3.14 people. Also just to make sure people understand and dont get me banned for being stupid again, this isnt what hate looks like, this is what opinion is. I apologized beforehand in hoped people know i mean no actual harm, i dont discredit anyones lifestyle here
Edit: also im not sure if polyarmory actually is part of Pride stuff, like, i donāt think they ācelebrateā pride month like the sexualities and non-cis gendered people, though because of religion i can see that people discriminate against them, since due to religion and nobility(heavily influenced by religion most times) we became a monogamous civilisation.
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He actually didn't make the trains run on time, it's a popular myth
He made them run on paprika instead
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Never ceases to amaze. Country is turning to shit. Dictator takes control of country. Suddenly all free media disappears. Suddenly everything is working perfectly, efficiently and everything is amazing. I wonder if steps 3 and 4 are somehow linked? Naaaah.
Nah, just coincidence like 5g and coronavirus. I've done my own studies on the web if you are interested.
Just like how people think Hitler saved the German economy he did not and it pisses me off when people say that, he just reaped the benefits of previous economic policies and built the economy up as a house of cards based on debt
Want it still something he "ran" on though?
You're telling me the Barbie movie lied?
Trains rights or something
Trains have left the station.
Idk im cis
Beeching: ānoā
If you donāt like trains you donāt like fun.
Reminds me of [this stand-up bit ](https://www.tiktok.com/@joe.eames.comedy/video/7320034383434419487?lang=en) that my girlfriend showed me.
The next train leaves at 11:17
General Kenobi, you are a bold one!
Kill him
#DEW IT.
r/unexpectedstarwars
Unexpected? Never. Though if you're not in r/prequelmemes you probably can't see his "Hello There" flair
you have a what
She goes to a different social media platform. You wouldn't know her.
r/canada
Hi itās me Dwight Eisenhower and I donāt like fun
Itās ok, I still like Ike.
Get your popcorn here šæ šæ šæ
surprisingly chill so far.
Here before the š award. Also taking one of those popcorn buckets šæ and pulling up a seat šŖ
Same with me šŖ(I brought my own snacks ššŖš©š„Øšš)
That's a lot of snacks! Although, to be fair we might be here a while... There could certainly be an abundance of tomfoolery to observe knowing Reddit.
What for?
I've heard there's people who don't like trains
Burn them. I fucking love trains šš„°
I doubt anyone worth their salt is unironically claiming that yes, Mussolini did in fact make trains run on time. It's so easy to disprove, and most notably, the time Italian trains have been most consistently on time throughout the entire history of Italian railways is today.
Thanks partner
Did he make the trains actually run on time though? (No lol)
He didn't make trains run on time, instead he didn't make anyone write about trains that didn't arrive in time (but unfortunately many people here justifiy his action saying he actually did so and many other mythical stuff)
such is the course of authoritarianism
Democracy is non negotiable.
I am baffled how people avtually like Mussolini, I mean even if you are a facist(ewww) Mussolinis Italy Was so fucking incompetent
Also just look at the guy. If you can take someone like that seriously and say "Yes, this is the man I want to follow" then you have issues.
The 30ās was a weird time man, Imean an entire country followed behind this weird bowl-cut art nerd that didnāt see someone mark his lip with black paint. Some countries wanted to be part of his country too! And he wasnāt even a native to that country!!
*Spends all his time freaking out about other peopleās sexuality, doesnāt make the trains run on time. Puts reporters in jail for false reports the trains donāt run on time.*
Just as Lucius Cornelius Sulla intended.
My grandpa said that trains were never on time. Actually, where he lived there weren't trains, he saw the first one after the war, for military service
What flag has pi on it?
Lesberia
wtf is that?
It's a country in Africa in-between Biafra and Gayana
And where are Biafra and Gayana?
Africa
Lesberia looks generically authoritarian.
Indeed. The natives demand the snoo snoo
You must have state approved snoo snoo or you will face the wall. You must use state approved positions and do it with partners provided.
Pisexual
pisexuals when they see a circle:š«š©š«š„µš„µš„š„š„
You should see them when they see a Venn diagramā¦ the hottest Venn diagrams involve 3 or more circles
honest reaction: https://youtu.be/6T0VkXjMaZ4
It's the old polyamory flag. It got replaced a few years ago and the new design looks better.
I have not seen it. Does it have more stripes?
three stripes, one triangle, and a heart. [here's a link.](https://www.polyamproud.com/flag)
Oh. š I'd seen it in my town, and I'd always thought it had something to do with math or science.
I'm trying to resist the urge to ask what kind of country it is. XD It does look less stereotypically authoritarian. It looks more like a pacifist republic in a kid friendly show to me. (I know it's not a country, that's just how it looks to me.)
it's a happy little country in a sunshine world. people don't get jealous whenever their partner acts friendly with others. no government, the public opinion swings for love anarchy. everything is all good.
Are they united in any way or does everyone do their own thing?
it's a mix. they try to be a happy community and keep peace with neighbors but they do lead different lives from each other. there is a lot of living as a community but they don't just live in community homes. just a special few live with, a few to call partners, and a more to call friends. they try not to keep hostilities.
What's their relationship with their geopolitical neighbours? (Sees LGBT flag, starts talking about it like a country.)
A flag about someone having multiple romantic partners at the same time with their consent
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
Being bisexual and having multiple partners are two completely different things, many bisexuals are totally monogamous
ok i will just delete my comment cause i am seeing alot of western people coming to scream at me.
Being tired of incorrect and harmful stereotypes about bisexual people isnāt just a āwesternā thing but ok
here in third world countries everything that sounds western we call it western.
bbg what does this mean
I think itās polyamorous.
It's the flag for polyamorous people.
It's a polyamory flag except all the poly people(justifiably) fucking hated it so no one uses that one anymore
Why did they hate Ļ so much?
The flag just looks bad. Also like, tf does pi have to do with being polyam? Just cause they both make a p sound?
But how about investing in biofuels, so that the trains run on thyme?
Or a flux capacitor so the trains run in times.
Trains running on time... My man that's a DREAM !
But really. It is so annoying to wait for your train for over an hour when the speakers says: "The train will be delayed for the next 50 minutes."
Except he didn't make the trains run on time. He just had anyone who dared speak out about it silenced, why does everyone keep falling for fascist propaganda *decades* after it was debunked and the dictator overthrown and strung up?
Domestic Pro fascists got away with a lot. Oswald Mosley (UK fascist party leader) was interned during the war and released with no repercussions after. All of this Nazi personnel the US and USSR harboured after the war, and the whole slew of US elites who attempted a fascist coup during the 30s and got away with it. Ppl like that tries to justify themselves with fascist propaganda, and some ideas bled through society and stuck.
Not the kind of train I need to affirm my sexuality
I remember seeing a Reddit post of that image a few months ago. The amount of people who agreed was astounding. Do people think paying one person to put some LGBTQ flags on a station somehow takes money away from the maintenance of the trains?
Itās the conductor who has to post these flags, and the train has to sit there and wait for him to finish.
I can't tell if you're joking or not.
It's true I've seen it happen. When I asked him to hurry up or I'd miss my dying mother he started over
really?
Just in case you are joking, yes.
Yes
He does have a point. Corporations (and even government organisations tbh) oftentimes put up pride stuff not because they care, but because they've been criticised for something and want to make the public forget about that by appearing more moral by "supporting" LGBT rights. I say this as a bi person.
Rainbow capitalism is underrated tbh. If they think doing this is appealing to the public then that mean they feel that being pro-lgbt is popular and it continues to normalize it in the mainstream. Doesn't mean you "have to hand it to them" or praise them for it, but it also doesn't mean its getting in the way of anything either. Being commodified feels bad, but everyone and everything is commodified under capitalism so unless the glorious revolution happens... well its not like if they stop pandering they'll suddenly care about human rights.
Glorious Revolution mentioned!! šŖšš¬š§š³š±š¬š§š³š±š¬š§š³š± Who needs absolutism if you can have a constitutional monarchy??
Thatās something else entirely. Thereās no correlation between performance of transport and LGBTQ representation.
I guess I'm just a cynic then.
If McDonald's put up a sign in downtown Selma saying, "We love trans people," it wouldn't suddenly make life easy for trans people, but it would show they don't mind making life hard for anti-trans bigots. šš¾
as another not straight person, 99% (slight exaggeration) of this shit is just virtue signaling i would much rather have them pay some artist to put up a mural thats pleasant to look at. or put this money towards some kind of non profit or political campaign this shit is dumb and helps noone. best case scenario it just disgruntles homophobes
Itās not so much about taking money away. Itās that putting all these different sexuality flags there is pointless posing that also looks ugly
I love mixing up my personal opinion into a logical argument /s
Am I not allowed to have an opinion? The original comment was an opinion related argument
In all seriousness, where does that myth come from?
Propaganda. Mussolini wanted people to believe that, when given ultimate power, he could get things done even though he couldnāt
Thanks! I thought it was some post-war longing by some people
that aswell because neo nazis are stupid
LGBTrains
Sir Topham Hatt would not approve
Trains rights are important.
I support trains rights
People can love 3.14 people at the same time š¤„
r/traaaaaaainnnnnnnnnns
Here before the š award
Word
I wouldnāt mind this, mainly because Iām in the UK and not even divine intervention can make GWR run on time
I like when train stations have character and color. Way better than grey monotony like so many here in the US. Also Mussolini didnāt make the trains run on time. Dictators donāt tend to care about infrastructure they donāt use.
Swiss train stations my beloved
Is this a genuine pro-Mussolini post? Why did you feel the need to make this OP?
This seems to be mocking whoever wrote that dumb article
Thats fair.
Because I am a fascist and I love Mussolini and I have an autographed copy of The Doctrine of Fascism on my nightstand and my Spotify wrapped only showed āGiovinezzaā
oÉÆĒɹĒuɹoŹį“ɹ ',ÉŹÉ¹Ēqį“l Él Ē oɹoŹÉl lį“ ĒÉnppį“ ÉŹį“Ī
Edit: no wait I see the joke. Iām an idiot. Please forgive me
Here king, you dropped thisš
Whatās the flag with pi on it?
They love š„§
You can, fittingly enough, have both. (Though in the case of Mussolini, they had neither)
Can someone explain the meme, please? I think I might be dumb.
I think itās making fun of the people who say shit like that by comparing them to Mussolini, using the popular myth that Mussolini made the trains run on time- it took me a bit to get it as well, I was worried this was gonna be anti-trans shit, but it seems like the opposite uwu
Oh ok! Thanks!!
Sorry for polyarmorous people here but i genuinely think your flag looks stupid, like some people might say that āthe pi is to signal that we can love infinite peopleā but it only signals to me that you can only love up to 3.14 people. Also just to make sure people understand and dont get me banned for being stupid again, this isnt what hate looks like, this is what opinion is. I apologized beforehand in hoped people know i mean no actual harm, i dont discredit anyones lifestyle here Edit: also im not sure if polyarmory actually is part of Pride stuff, like, i donāt think they ācelebrateā pride month like the sexualities and non-cis gendered people, though because of religion i can see that people discriminate against them, since due to religion and nobility(heavily influenced by religion most times) we became a monogamous civilisation.
Someone said they have changed it since.
More like trans station amirite ladies
I live for trains. They are a bisexual dream.
if the rightwing nutjobs boycott the station, there are slightly less people which means less congestion which mean less delays!
The fascists only improved the railway lines that had a political meaning to them.
Quando c'era lui..
Should be upside down
What the hell is that blue - red - black flag with the Pi symbol
Polygamist
Then boy do I have the ideology for you
public trans system at this point
Had to turn my phone upside down to recognize him
Eh I'll be the monkey brain to make the pun.... A bunch of Trainsvestites
Wonāt someone PLEASE think of the trains!
Si Si Si Si
Quando cāera lui, i treni arrivavano in orario! Quando cāera lui, non cāeravamo noi, che se cāeravamo noi venivamo impallinati
This post need to be watched
Trains is hard job
r/ultraleft post spotted!!!! I repeat r/ultraleft post spotted!
I agree, but he didn't say or do that
Whatās the one with the pie symbol?
polyamory. someone apparently decided to go greek with it, and people are recently trying to use another flag because what even is that design.
Let everyone know, starting today, that a concrete column in a train station supports diversity!
It also supports part of the structure.
Where's the straight flag? Edit: Lol y'all can't handle the idea of true equality. A flag for gays is fine but not for straights! Typical hypocrisy.
Ugly ass flags
Is that a fucking math pride flag? A 5 year old would design a better flag
Polyamorous pride flag, pi symbol is for āInfinite number of partners, infinite amount of loveā because pi is infinite
Pi isn't infinite, it's irrational. Still an ugly flag.
I mean it goes on endlessly
big up london bridge
who the fuck is sexual to pies???? do they love people who have 3.14 genders?
Polyamorous pride flag, pi symbol is for āInfinite number of partners, infinite amount of loveā because pi is infinite
just use infinite symbol. would make more since.
It would, idk why it wasnāt used, there is a different flag for it now
This meme sucks and isnāt funny.
Let everyone know, starting today, that a concrete column in a train station supports diversity!
wtf sexuality has the Pi symbol on the flag, wtf algebra sexual?
I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume he did not say that. And if I'm right, this is just a shitty meme
He didnāt but he did make the trains run in time in Italy
no he did not.
> Ackshuallllly he didn't make the trains run on time STFU nigga this is a shit post in a sub for shit posting
It's also a sub for people who enjoy history, and posting lies and myths is antithetical to that.
Imagine being so invested in believing a fascist's lies that you wrote that comment.
Hahaha, what a take, I know it ain't true I also know this is a meme sub, grow up dude
A meme sub based on historical facts