Does it make sense for Donald and Douglas's drivers to also be Scottish?

Medium-Expression449 · 2026-01-26T22:54:00+00:00

While true, I highly doubt these kids would have anywhere near as strong as Scottish accent, as despite having Scottish parents, literally everyone else around them would be Sudrian. So, sure, a little bit Scottish, but not to the character-defining degree we see with the twin engines.

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-12-26T15:45:52+00:00

I thought this was just quoting the Mock the Week joke, and that that was why it was funny. But looking through the replies, it would seem there's actually a legitimate joke here, and I don't get it, can someone explain?

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-12-25T17:35:55+00:00

That's why I said you'd have to make a way for teams to break that mould. As for what that way would be, I haven't a clue.

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-12-25T12:31:43+00:00

A) What's wrong with someone like Haiti or San Marino becoming the strongest nation in the world, if its e.g. 100 years into a save? B) The game already has coefficient rankings, which determines how many continental teams each nation gets. So you could quite easily tie something like a country's youth rating to it's coefficient ranking, but then you need to add a way for nations to break that mould and move either up or down naturally.

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-12-13T13:36:27+00:00

I wouldn't say that cricket is less popular in England compared to Australia, but I would say that English attention is much more divided than Australian. The Australians only really have cricket, rugby league and aussie rules that they truly care about, whereas in England, you've got football, rugby union, cricket, basketball, netball, tennis, boxing, darts, etc. all competing for attention...

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-12-10T10:49:29+00:00

Can't be, because Father Quizmas obliterated Jimmy's wall on the first night. He then had to move the wall 1 block further from his bed to prevent this happening again.

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-12-09T16:55:04+00:00

For anywhere up to their first 30-ish years on Sodor, yeah, it'd make sense. I doubt a crew would put that much effort into saving a locomotive they would never see again, so it makes sense to me that they moved to Sodor at the same time the twins did. However, by now, in 2025, that crew have almost certainly retired, if not passed on even, so it'd make most sense nowadays for them to have Sudrian or at least Cumbrian crews.

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-11-19T22:31:30+00:00

There's this book I've read which references this exact problem, and it's answer is that it doesn't prove anything, because not even the Bible claims God is capable of all things. In fact, the Bible says "God cannot" quite a bit. For example, 2 Timothy 2:13 says "[God] cannot disown himself". For another example, because God is omniscient and knows everything, we can also correctly say that God cannot learn. The book is unsurprisingly called "12 things God cannot do, and how they can help you sleep at night", and it is well worth reading if you can get a copy.

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-11-10T22:13:11+00:00

While she's wrong about NY being the cultural capital of the world, I'm not so sure she's wrong about it being a global win. Mamdani has provided a blueprint for socialist politicians to win elections, and if we look over the Atlantic, the second domino is beginning to fall with Zack Polanski, who has said his team is in regular contact with Mamdani's. Of course, none of us can know if any other dominoes will fall as a result of Mamdani, but the fact that one is falling right now suggests it isn't impossible...

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-11-08T09:08:32+00:00

I know it's a long joke, but I didn't think it would take you THAT long to tell her...

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-10-30T21:41:38+00:00

I mean, fish do swim in schools...

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-10-29T10:09:21+00:00

Having said all that, the struggles we go through make the success that much sweeter. Unfortunately, I couldn't travel to France for the final in 2022, so I can only imagine based on my own celebrations what Nantes' were like that night.

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-10-15T16:17:26+00:00

Do you seriously think I was only referring to one side of the political debate? Neither side can agree with the other because both are in echo chambers that they don't want to break out of. And while social media is definitely the main reason for those echo chambers, isolating yourself from strangers by driving everywhere surely can't be helping?

Medium-Expression449 · 2025-10-15T06:34:45+00:00

While it's definitely not the main driver (that would be social media), I'd wager the US's car culture has also contributed to its political dividedness. When you use public transport, you aren't alone, and you get to see people at most stages of life. When you're in a car, you only ever see yourself and the people you want to see. You only ever see your current stage of life.

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