The aesthetic roots of Elmo's latest lie (thanks streamliner meme). The train is called Mercury and was operated by New York Central. Early in its service it was rammed by a similar streamliner named Commodore Vanderbilt at one occasion which was also operated by New York Central […]
Having completed a lap rubber-side-down, we then discovered that the lid was stuck... Took about 10 minutes to escape.
good: streamliner! bad: it's fucking cosplaying Iron Man Mk. LXXXVI ("Eggnog Variant") worse: it's intractably contaminated with unspeakable asshole
We think the future should look like the future. This is why we designed the dumbest bus ever to look like a mid century streamliner
That looks like the future as envisioned 100 years ago. Might as well call it the tesla Cymaxion Streamliner.
we think the future should look like the future which is why we designed our Worse Bus to look like the mercury streamliner which was in service from 1936-1959
BAD: it's Elon, it's vaporware GOOD: it is (thanks, @ceruleancynic.bsky.social) reminiscent in design to a Mercury Streamliner, which is a beautiful train! BAD: yellow? why? it also looks like a mobile pillbox? GOOD: he invented the bus! BAD: ... he invented the bus.
Why does the new Tesla Robovan make me think of one of those streamliner locomotives from the 1930s?
