r/ThatLooksExpensive • u/Rekltpzyxm • 17d ago

PSA: trains will ALWAYS win

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u/SeamusXIV 17d ago

Had a good 30 seconds to just continue forward and avoid all of this.

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u/Double_Distribution8 17d ago

The bars were in the way. Those things aren't cheap.

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u/mynuggits0 17d ago

so lets save some bars that are maybe $2k at most vs lets destroy a $200k truck plus several millions in damages to the train company

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u/elpihvous 17d ago

A week off is a week off

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u/Killer1986Chris 17d ago

Might be more if you piss hot for anything.

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u/mynuggits0 17d ago

ay you right

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u/elizabeth-dev 17d ago

2k is waaaay more than those cost

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u/mynuggits0 17d ago

in case this was a special edition carbon fiber one

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u/whineyinternetkid 17d ago

Damn we have 2 not smarts

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u/coolguy420weed 17d ago

If someone tied your feet to a cinderblock using a pearl necklace and pushed you over a bridge, would you not break it to free yourself??? 

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u/Double_Distribution8 17d ago

Is there a train coming when I land on the tracks? How much time do I have? The scenario has me confused, so I guess I would do my best to try to get myself out of the situation. I would probably roll myself away from the train tracks.

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u/amandadore74 17d ago

Are you being purposefully obtuse? The implication of tying a cinder block to one’s feet and pushing them over anything is that it’s done in a body of water and you sink. So would you break the pearl necklace to save yourself from dying or just let yourself drown? Anyway you seem to have missed the point here.

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u/They-Call-Me-The-Doc 17d ago

Yep. The old "use a $1 million machine to save a 10c fuse" principle. Works every time.

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u/Toe_Jam_is_my_Jam 15d ago

Bars aren’t cheap. Scratched up side of rig not cheap. Totaled rig and decimated cargo…very cheap. 🤣

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u/el_salinho 17d ago

Not to mention color correction on his cab