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Comment by immibis

2 days ago

> Having worked at a railroad, I will say it’s comically easy to steal a train, for instance. They all have the same key, which is basically just a plastic rod.

> The argument of the railroads is... okay, you have our train. Now what? You either go forward or you go backward, and we know where both those directions go.

[credit: thanatos_dem]

Well if you're Tintin you'll use it to catch up with the train in front and when that doesn't work, accidentally blow it up... Tintin in america is a great parody of 1930's Midwestern united states and the gangster culture of Chicago.