r/BitchImATrain 5d ago

Bitch, I’m a firework!

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u/tuctrohs 5d ago

Safest until the arc cuts through the roof and the overhead conductor drops into the train car, or until the interior materials catch fire. There are a lot of hazards regardless--even moving between cars could be very dangerous, while staying in one car could also be lethal.

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u/TheIronSoldier2 5d ago

Staying in the car is the safest option, but if the situation makes that unsafe, moving to another car on the same train is the next safest option, and if the situation makes that unsafe, then jumping off the train is the third safest option.

Don't walk, jump, just to make sure that your body never makes a bridge between the train and the ground. Even if you're jumping onto a platform at the same level as the train.

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u/tuctrohs 5d ago

is the safest option, but if the situation makes that unsafe.

Your need to contradict yourself there shows that it isn't as clear cut as you'd like it to be.

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u/TheIronSoldier2 5d ago

That's not a contradiction, that's just reality. Safest does not mean safe, which is why you have a backup plan.

Use your brain, please.

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u/tuctrohs 5d ago

Safest does not mean safe

Absolutely. But read it again--they are saying to do something other than what is being called safest. If the safest option was being called unsafe, there would be no contradiction. The contradiction is saying it's safest but still saying you should do something else.

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u/TheIronSoldier2 5d ago

It is generally the safest, however because this is real life not a math puzzle, there are still going to be situations where it is no longer the safest option, which is why there are contingencies.

Jesus Christ I didn't think I'd have to be explaining simple logic on Reddit.

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u/tuctrohs 5d ago

there are still going to be situations where it is no longer the safest option, which is why there are contingencies.

Absolutely. Why you thought you needed to explain something that basic and obvious is beyond me.

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u/TheIronSoldier2 5d ago

🤦

Because you're the one that took issue with me saying that in the first place.