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brostopher1968 t1_je085ta wrote

Reply to comment by michael_scarn_21 in Crisis-Hit MBTA to Be Led by Man Who Turned Around Long Island Railroad by Illustrious-Nose3100

It’s called rhetoric, chill the fuck out. He’s trying to rally the troops with optimism and institutional pride.

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snorkeling_moose t1_je0hzym wrote

Right? Imagine if he opened his first speech like this:

"Look, this thing is a fucking turd, and I'm not gonna pretend polishing it is gonna help. You're gonna have to learn to enjoy shit sandwiches, losers. If anyone here actually cared about mass transit you wouldn't have let it get to this point. I have half a mind to privatize the entire thing and turn the tunnels into lab space."

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warlocc_ t1_je0nir8 wrote

In this state, that probably would have gone over actually quite well.

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AnarchyAntelope112 t1_je0lv8n wrote

>"Look, this thing is a fucking turd, and I'm not gonna pretend polishing it is gonna help. You're gonna have to learn to enjoy shit sandwiches, losers.

- Kenny Powers

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Tempest_1 t1_je09xim wrote

Ya we can get a good chuckle out of it, dude needs to relax

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