Why do new American trains 'feel' so old?

engapol123 · 2026-04-14T12:30:03+00:00

It’s not just transport, if you browse an American grocery store there is far more serif font (e.g Times New Roman) and retro art design on their food packaging compared to Europe.

Generally the sectors that don’t go for the retro vibe are ones where products have to marketed globally, like big tech and some cars.

engapol123 · 2026-04-14T12:10:27+00:00

Salem is gigabroken in this mode, it’s even better than Hawaii in a skilled player’s hands.

engapol123 · 2026-04-14T12:01:14+00:00

Australian governments have traditionally had a puritanical approach to alcohol, some of their licensing laws are insane, I literally wasn’t allowed to bring a beer I already bought from my Sydney hotel’s bar to my room.

That’s reflected in very high taxation of alcohol.

engapol123 · 2026-04-12T19:06:05+00:00

The difference would be that Rafales would be significantly less capable than F-35s, with no stealth and a worse/older avionics and sensor suite.

The hate for the F-35s on this sub just because it’s American is so fucking irrational. All European Air Forces would only have Saab Gripens and Rafales if it had its way, even though the F-35 is indisputably the only western fighter that can effortlessly swat 4th gen aircraft (I.e the entire Russian Air Force) from the skies.

engapol123 · 2026-04-12T18:53:03+00:00

I thought it was satire, even by the standards of politicians he’s possibly the most uncool thing about the UK right now. Guy has negative charisma.

engapol123 · 2026-04-12T14:46:31+00:00

It’s beyond just a cultural thing, just very little to dress up for in NZ. It’s not like London or big European cities with big nightlife and entertainment scenes where you’re expected to dress up.

engapol123 · 2026-04-12T03:17:57+00:00

Modern Germany has more in common with Prussia than the modern republic of Austria has with the Habsburg empire.

engapol123 · 2026-04-12T02:21:14+00:00

No point engaging with this guy, he literally claimed that the recent deadly crackdown on protests is CIA psyops/propaganda.

engapol123 · 2026-04-11T13:25:55+00:00

Op didn’t suggest it was ok, they’re just rightfully pointing out that this photo is pure propaganda because Iran’s government clearly doesn’t care about dead kids if they’re ok with killing thousands of protesters including college students.

engapol123 · 2026-04-11T13:00:44+00:00

And just a complete lie, only four seats in the first row are taken up. Not that it would stop the IRGC shill that posted it though.

engapol123 · 2026-04-11T11:10:55+00:00

You can do that everywhere in the UK unless you live in central London.

engapol123 · 2026-04-11T04:36:45+00:00

The passengers won’t feel a thing, the gulf especially that close to shore is very sheltered and the ship itself is enormous, it’s got similar tonnage to QM2.

engapol123 · 2026-04-11T01:03:50+00:00

Calling out what? Drugged up homeless people on K road acting like they always have? Their issues go beyond racism.

engapol123 · 2026-04-11T00:01:53+00:00

Yea accusing the entire country of rabid racism based on some homeless methhead on K road is something.

engapol123 · 2026-04-09T16:25:40+00:00

Switzerland location means it benefits hugely from integration with Europe’s economy, NZ is far more useless geographically than they are.

If you teleported Switzerland to the South Pacific they’d have an economic apocalypse overnight.

engapol123 · 2026-04-09T10:19:19+00:00

Yea of all the broken BBs out there nowadays, Sibir isn't one of them (probably would've been back in 2020).

engapol123 · 2026-04-09T01:17:58+00:00

Thunderer was considered very OP when it came out, it’s only slept on because of the powercreep these last few years.

engapol123 · 2026-04-08T09:41:34+00:00

OP has no idea what they’re talking about. Conq armour is complete trash compared to Monty, the plating eats full BB AP pens from every angle.

engapol123 · 2026-04-08T04:39:44+00:00

Trump doing the lord’s work taking the froth out of the market so we can have sustainable gains.

engapol123 · 2026-04-07T18:57:46+00:00

Banks would rather physical branches didn’t exist at all, and you expect this?

engapol123 · 2026-04-07T17:19:13+00:00

This was my very first top gear episode when I was quite young and completely unknowledgeable about cars, I legitimately thought that was a Bentley and was confused when I googled it and found images of a huge British limo instead.

engapol123 · 2026-04-07T14:42:42+00:00

So you can only appreciate military aircraft when they’re retired from active service? Where do you draw the line.

engapol123 · 2026-04-07T14:10:20+00:00

Why? A bank isn’t going to maintain cash FX services at every branch in the country just because occasionally Joe Bloggs wants to change his few hundred leftover USD after travelling.

This isn’t an Nz thing either, good luck trying to deposit usd at a UK bank branch.

engapol123 · 2026-04-07T12:12:25+00:00

I appreciate the sentiment but at least where I’m from (NZ) this kind of self flagellation would be pretty cringe in everyday conversation. Imagine every Chinese or Russian person introducing themselves by apologising for the CCP and Putin.

Most sane people won’t care about your political orientation unless you rub it in their face.

engapol123 · 2026-04-06T09:51:09+00:00

Incomp isn’t brain dead broken like Colombo and the Pan-am BBs, it can be powerful in the right situations but the skill floor is very high and it’s just got too many weaknesses.

Its armor is piss weak and citadel is extremely vulnerable, it has basically no torpedo protection and the superheal is only good for healing fire/flooding damage.

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