The screeching steel, roaring loudly as the large metal contraption charges onward, propelling its large body upon the ground, burning a liquid explosive compound as it’s power source. Inside the massive machina, I command it’s every move, turning at my whim and halting it, sending it howling to a stop. Within it’s curved and hammered steel belly lie smaller spawns, all different shapes and sizes, many whom cry out, some in lament and others, horrid excitement. (I used to be one as well)
My shoulders have grown calloused and stiff from the weight of the innocent lives I guide to their myriad destinations. Day in, day out, I command this dragon of steel in their service. My feet and hands puppeteer this ferrous beast in arcane rhythms, a symphony of gears and fire known by few and heard by none. For this deed, I take no reward, no reimbursement, save for the standard remuneration of a monthly salary, which, quite ironically, is nothing to ride home about.
Reminds me of an ad from over a decade ago. (For those who speak German: youtube, sorry, I want able to get an invidious Link working )
A woman is sitting at a bar, and a man in a suit comes up and sits right next to her, taps his car keys on the table, and then lays them on the table and moves them towards her.
“400 horsepower, 12 cylinders, top speed 296…” He nods proudly. “Tomorrow evening 7 o’clock?”
She grabs a large key on her keychain and shows it to him: “10,877 horsepower, top speed 330, tomorrow morning, 8:43…” She puts the key on the table and pushes it next to his key. “…track 7”.
The ad was from the German railroad attempting to recruit drivers.
It’s hot 🥵
Why does a railroad need drivers? I’d think it would be more about keeping an eye on the machines, especially at 330MPH
As @myotheraccount mentioned, this is 330km/h, but yes, they still need drivers. On the high speed lines, the train can do quite a bit on its own, but you still need a driver to take care of the stops at stations, for non-high speed sections which generally don’t have the automation infrastructure, and for the case the something doesn’t work or go as intended.
There’s not much of a need to “keep an eye on the machines”, they’re pretty sturdy, made to go at that speed and have gone through a number of tests to ensure everything works the way it should. Unless we’re doing a test run, but that’s another story.
330kph, given this is Europe
The one thing I do not like about Lemmy: the insane amount of boomer humour here.
Just something to think about!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
sorry, I threw up in my mouth a bit
Time to pop an antacid
Chuckled
Public Transportation is no joke!
This is on a shit post comm. Different strokes and all but looks pretty shit post to me.
Lately, feeling like these meme communities are slowing turning into Facebook mem e dumpsters.
Isn’t that just the evolution of all meme communities?
If you block the OP you’ll get rid of 90% of these drunk uncle on Facebook level ‘memes.’
Good advice, thanks
I guess I’m turning in to a boomer then
OP is doing his best
I think the age demographic for Lemmy skews significantly higher than most other social platforms, which may be why you’re seeing that. Gen-Xers have quite a bit of visibility here compared to somewhere like Reddit, which is mostly millennials and zoomers.
Mine is the users that always share two types of content: “I am mentally ill!” And also “isn’t this super cute?”
We get it, you’re super quirky.
Agreed, this is disrespectful and reeks of Facebookboomerism-post.
What’s wrong with a bus driver?
so he has a stable job that helps children (and by proxy their families) with daily life. that sounds pretty hot to me?
Man school bus driver is not stable work lol. That shit is fucked.
Interestingly as an European I didn’t even thought about school buses when I read the shitpost and instead a regular public transport bus was what popped into my mind, which in my mind is actually a pretty essential job.
School bus driver here. Depending on the district you drive for, it can be stable. At mine, we make over $30/hr and get benefits like health insurance and a small pension (after ten years on the job). However, you don’t get a lot of hours (typically 4-5 a day, although the most senior drivers can get 8+ hours a day) and generally no (or very little) work in the summers - for me, this is part of the job’s appeal. We are a union shop, which is pretty important to the situation.
The lack of stability comes from the fact that there’s a strong tendency for school districts to privatize and hand over transportation responsibilities to private bus companies, which generally use older poorly-maintained buses, and hire any creatures that seem to be alive and have CDLs to drive while not doing criminal background checks on them or testing for drugs and alcohol and paying them a lot less with no benefits. The advantage of privatization is that it ends up costing school districts more because of the much higher accident rates.
However, I don’t think the meme here is referring to a school bus driver. School buses are expensive, but nowhere near $400K.
Thanks. Agreed on the last point.
Only children take the bus?
good point; i was thinking school bus. he could also have a stable job ensuring everyone has transportation in his community. still kinda hot
But even you admit he went from pretty hot to kinda hot…
“You have one minute and forty-five seconds to ask questions, go.”
Can I drive the bus?
Absolutely fucking not.
Brand new school busses are like $160k when fully loaded. He must also be a really bad negotiator.
Bad negotiator, implying that he got a bad deal on the bus? Implying that he owns the bus that he drives? Is this another US thing where employers require you to purchase the vehicle before you can work for them?
Is this another US thing where employers require you to purchase the vehicle before you can work for them?
Not bus drivers, but some truckers are owner/operators.
Pretty sure that’s not a thing anywhere
maybe this is how uber or space karen or whoever expects their “totally not a bus” bus service to work
Tell me you live in an area without public transportation without telling me that you live in an area without public transportation.
America moment? The only busses which exist are school busses.
Stupid bus driver got taken for a ride at the bus dealership.
I bet he even paid for the extended warranty.
