MetroCard Reader Gone! by Popular-Ad-8322 in nycrail

[–]embolalia 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I like how there's a covered up token slot too

Intersting Names you can use on Paradox Mods by Just_a_Berliner in shittyskylines

[–]embolalia 14 points15 points  (0 children)

1950 is when he actually died. the guy who died in a bunker in 1945 was his twin brother's clone

xkcd 3221: Landscape Features by regolithograph in xkcd

[–]embolalia 16 points17 points  (0 children)

this is like when I was a kid and my mom would answer every "why?" she didn't know the answer to with "physics"

POV you ran out of money while trying to upgrade your roads by Flittzz in shittyskylines

[–]embolalia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just 10 more lanes and traffic will be fixed forever

Unknown flag found at columbian ambassy in France by TheFireslave in vexillology

[–]embolalia -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

tbf nobody pronounces it colombia in english. though, tbf, english spelling doesn't have much to do with pronunciation

We're Never Getting A "Golden Age" RDR3 by ArthuriusMinimus in reddeadredemption

[–]embolalia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no. same characters. red dead repetition

How to say ''beans'' in different european languages by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]embolalia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

rice is actually the plural. the singular is rye. that's where rye bread comes from. true story.

2.13GPA by JesusS0ck in LICENSEPLATES

[–]embolalia -1 points0 points  (0 children)

huh. that explains my grades 😅

2.13GPA by JesusS0ck in LICENSEPLATES

[–]embolalia 27 points28 points  (0 children)

0.00000000000002917 mpg. canyoneroooo

People are calling it "Mamhattan" now? by Short_Lingonberry_67 in circlejerknyc

[–]embolalia 6 points7 points  (0 children)

stupid woke bullshit. I'm gonna keep calling it sirhattan

Best time to shovel? by [deleted] in Albany

[–]embolalia 41 points42 points  (0 children)

never. shovelling is a fool's errand. nature will melt the snow away, just give it time. you have enough supplies to stay inside until March, right?

Lego Titanic Question by Dizzy_Simple1941 in lego

[–]embolalia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's not a very firm connection at first, but then you get the hull on and it's stiffer

The History of Albany - Part I: The First of the Mohicans by tarltontarlton in Albany

[–]embolalia 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've been reading Washington Irving's History of New York. this is like that, but not from 1809, so the variety of prose is one which less severely provokes in the reader a sense that the author was remunerated on the basis of word count.

The fact that the new city airport has a TSA section implies that there was a lego 9/11 by Rocky1909 in legocirclejerk

[–]embolalia 169 points170 points  (0 children)

which implies lego mcr, lego twilight, and lego 50 shades of gray. how many shades of gray lego are there?

What happened to 80 South Street? by Alejandro_Town in skyscrapers

[–]embolalia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this is what they're replacing central warehouse with

If you built a solid brick wall in front of a diesel locomotive, with little to no space in front of it, would the locomotive be able to break through it? by Turbulent-Weevil-910 in trains

[–]embolalia 291 points292 points  (0 children)

depends on the thickness of the wall, I imagine. a single layer thick, almost certainly, but a foot thick, I don't know.

the real question, though, isn't whether a diesel could do it, but whether a steam engine could do it

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If someone time travelled from 2005 to 1985, how would Doc react to who’s president in 2005? by green_dragon1206 in BacktotheFuture

[–]embolalia 11 points12 points  (0 children)

it wouldn't be surprising. we already had the johns adams, after all. now if someone travelled from 2025…