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Two photos of the same train driver, taken 26 years apart (lemmy.ml)
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The two trains pictured:

More info about (and photos of) the driver, Han Junjia:

screenshot of text "Same chinese train driver 26 years apart" above two photos, the first showing a man standing next to a China Railways SY steam locomotive and the second showing him standing next to a Fùxīng Hào high-speed train
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[–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

There's room for critique.

When I was visiting China, I asked what's up with the prevalence of consumer vehicles getting larger like SUVs (similar to US but I didn't mention that).

The common answer I received was, "I feel safer driving in them."

I think they have a long way to go wean off that sentiment.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    oh for sure, the most obvious piece of critique is that cars become exponentially more obviously moronic the more people/density you have, which makes the existence of cars at all in most of asia completely insane.

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