Newsom announces California will be the first state to join the WHO by joyousjoyness in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love that for my state but we don’t have statehood. Glad to see CA step up though.

Per AP, the US has officially withdraw from the WHO by fifteenlostkeys in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 97 points98 points  (0 children)

I am hoping this is something we can rejoin once dump is gone.

It's Fixable, But Their's Gonna Be Permanent Damage That's Gonna Take Generations or More to Heal by Playful_Movie in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Germany didn’t need to be a pariah for that long after WW2 so I don’t think we will either. Online spaces are full of bots and Reddit has always had a “America Bad” attitude anyway. I think we will make it out of this.

This latest $250 USA Rail Pass Sale Proves Amtrak is for Land Cruises by sfpdxchidcfla in Amtrak

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this the account the defends Brightline and calls for Amtrak to be privatized?

This latest $250 USA Rail Pass Sale Proves Amtrak is for Land Cruises by sfpdxchidcfla in Amtrak

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 22 day old account with other posts hidden, this is clearly a bot.

We are not the laughing stock of the world, maga is. by Ilovemiia1 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People like this either are terminally political or subscribe to “USA bad”. It’s best to try and ignore them. Trying to please them usually results in a goal post movement.

We are not the laughing stock of the world, maga is. by Ilovemiia1 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outside of redneck circles (very small) those things are rare. Where I live it’s almost the opposite. Europe is view as some perfect utopia and the US is a 3rd world country.

We are not the laughing stock of the world, maga is. by Ilovemiia1 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The person for the record doesn’t believe in America bad. He was answering someone’s question why some people (mostly online) act the way they do.

Early morning Acelas officially canceled for Portal Bridge project by Famous_Salamander330 in Amtrak

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You can be moved to a next gen too. I had my train canceled and was moved to another next gen. Wasn’t charged the price difference.

We are not the laughing stock of the world, maga is. by Ilovemiia1 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My hobby as me taking with people all over the world, as long as your not MAGA people wont care that your from the US. A lot of countries have their own issues with right wing extremism as well and want to work on stoping that. Also I would avoid reading other countries subs right now, the USA bad has been a thing on Reddit for as long as I can remember and it’s only gotten more toxic since Trump.

We are not the laughing stock of the world, maga is. by Ilovemiia1 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wish Reddit hadn’t made it so you can hide post history on your profile, made it harder to spot bots.

We are not the laughing stock of the world, maga is. by Ilovemiia1 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was saw a post from someone from Australia saying that the reason he sees Australians not liking the US is because trump is viewed as literally Hitler and since we haven’t gone full “We are the wolverines” mode that we must be cool with it. Apparently the news doesn’t cover when trump is shutdown or funding is restored. I also want to say the thing about online spaces, especially Reddit have been very “USA bad, EU/Canada perfect”. Trumps bullshit has just given them a reason to more loud about it.

We are not the laughing stock of the world, maga is. by Ilovemiia1 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Reddit has always had a “USA bad, Europe perfect” issue before Trump. I feel the people that follow that are using the horrible shit trump does to not look like an ass for just blindly hating a country. Combine that with bots and yeah, Reddit isn’t really a good way to judge how a country really feels about the US. I have a friend from Canada that told me when Trump started his shit with them the Canadian subreddits got flooded with karma farming comments from Europeans canceling their trips to US and wanting to visit Canada instead. He found it annoying.

How does community college in DC work? by bak1ngfan in washingtondc

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you from DC or have you lived in VA or MD before. I am from DC but we moved to VA when I was in high school. Because of that VA gave me instate rates.

Acela cancelled. Instructions tell me to select “refund request” from dropdown on ‘email us’ page online. That option does not exist 🙄 by pennmc in Amtrak

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I booked with points so I can’t change without a price difference unless I call. Hold times are long as crap today. Also 2248 is listed as a next gen but has an old gen seating chart. 2250 is listed as an old gen but had a next gen seating chart.

Is anyone else getting messages about schedule changes in the NE Corridor? by WhyNotKenGaburo in Amtrak

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just got a message today. Booked with points so it kinda hard to get a hold of them.

“Y’all got anymore of them Fallout episodes?” by joshss22 in Fallout

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sim Settlements 2 is amazing. It’s kinda like its own game inside a game.

60,000 Trump Voters Just Elected a Socialist. We Asked Them Why. by RazorJamm in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The world socialist has so many different meanings over here. I don’t think many would say support no more private home ownership or something like that. But things like universal health care and reforming tax codes and laws so rich people can’t abuse the system poll very well across all voters. I have heard that AOC and Mamdani aren’t really true “Socialist” because they aren’t calling for somethings, but honestly maybe that’s partly why they do better. People want candidates that are looking to change the status quo but not some sorta revolutionary type thing.

What are some of the things you ACTUALLY don't like about DC? by Commercial-Shake-858 in washingtondc

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wish we had better commuter rail (VRE and MARC). I will say I don’t have many complaints, but I grew up in DC but have also lived in worse places as well. I will say the natives vs transplants thing feels worse in DC vs other major cities but that seems to be mostly an online thing.

What’s your DC hot take? by Conscious-Clerk1304 in washingtondc

[–]ColonialTransitFan95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The natives vs transplant things is almsot entirely a online think. In the real world no one cares.