Dive, Olly, Dive

Dive, Olly, Dive is a show made by the same people who made Chloe's Closet, Mike Young Productions. the show first aired in 2006 in the US from what I've found. This show is pretty obscure and I don't think a lot of people have heard of this before or even know this existed. This usually gets outshined by the more popular Clifford the Big Red Dog. I reckon even more people know Chloe's Closet than this.

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 12 days ago

American Manufacturers should have kept the sedan.

American manufacturers sold sedans for years up until the fuel crisis hit in 1973 and then while they still sold sedans into the 80s and 90s, they started discontinuing them around the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. People could say "Oh sedans weren't profitable and no one wants them" and that is true but yet Japanese car makers can still sedans and make a decent profit, so sedans are still relatively popular just not American sedans. At this point I'm tired of these oversized SUVs and impractical, oversized trucks being sold by American car makers. We need some sedans back, why not bring back the Impala or the Ford Taurus, hell, I'll even take a Cavelier over an SUV any day.

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 1 month ago

PBS sprout

PBS Sprout was launched as a joint venture between PBS, Comcast, Seasame Workshop, and Hit Entertainment on September, 2005. It aired many edutainment shows such as Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob the Builder, Lazy Town, Barney, and even Chloe's Closet and other shows. But unfortunately Comcast renamed it to Universal Kids in 2017 and the channel was dying until it was killed off last year. A rather sad death for a channel that was neglected by its owners and was already dying. With that out of the way, what are some of your Sprout memories.

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 1 month ago

My Greenvile car

I love her so much. Despite not having enough to but the classic car pack, this car for me is the closest thing I'll get to owning a true classic car. I've driven her for 10 miles in game and she's very fun to drive. I don't think I'll ever sell her off to someone else. I'd rate her an 8/10 for how fun she is to drive and play around with.

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 1 month ago

Railway Series Vs Tv Series Faces. Which era faces do y'all like?

The Railway Series and TV Series, despite sharing many of the same lore, are still very different from one another, and one difference is the faces. In the Railway Series we had a variety of face types from gray faces to embeded faces while in the TV Series, the only characters with embeded faces are pretty much Annie and Clarabelle and the season one trucks but the trucks would get gray faces the next season. Both the TV series and model series have pretty expressive faces which is something I like about Thomas. With that said what are your favorite faces.

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 1 month ago

Trump Supporters, What are your thoughts on Nick Shirley?

Nick Shirley is this guy who's been exposing fraud at various locations across the U.S and he's also an independent journalist which makes him better than the establishment media who make content only to support whatever political party they think is the best which is why establishment media is biased. I'm wondering what are your thoughts on Nick Shirley and do any of y'all subscribe to his channel and are a fan of him.

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u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 1 month ago

American Manufacturers should have kept the sedan.

American manufacturers sold sedans for years up until the fuel crisis hit in 1973 and then while they still sold sedans into the 80s and 90s, they started discontinuing them around the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. People could say "Oh sedans weren't profitable and no one wants them" and that is true but yet Japanese car makers can still sedans and make a decent profit, so sedans are still relatively popular just not American sedans. At this point I'm tired of these oversized SUVs and impractical, oversized trucks being sold by American car makers. We need some sedans back, why not bring back the Impala or the Ford Taurus, hell, I'll even take a Cavelier over an SUV any day.

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u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 1 month ago

Alice the Pennsy 0-6-0

She was built sometime between 1916 and 1920 and was withdrawn in 1959 and later scrapped in 1960 after she was replaced by a brand new diesel shunter. She was once arrogant when she was first built but now she's kind and she is a sweet heart. She's also very hard working and sometimes she'll even flirt with the big engines especially the streamliners

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 1 month ago
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General Lee Charger

This might be the most famous Dodge Charger ever. Dukes of Hazzards was a great show but the show did cause a drop in the charger population due to the amount of Chargers destroyed to make the show. Anyways the car is still an icon even with the controversy it gets from people

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago
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What if the Pennsy never scrapped its duplex locos ?

The Pennsylvania Railroad T1, Q2, and S1 duplexes were some of the coolest locos ever built and it was shame they were all scrapped. But what if the Pennsy didn't decide to scrap its duplexes?Would any one of them have became a future excursion star?

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u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago

Dr Richard Beeching in Thomas the Tank Engine AU head cannons

Everyone at this point knows who Dr Beeching is. He was the guy who not only was responsible for putting an end to steam on British Railways but also for tearing down many rail lines in the 1960s. I actually have an AU head cannon were Beeching wanted to tear down a rail line on Sodor but the Fat Controller didn't let him do so. What are some of your head cannons for Dr Beeching.

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago
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What If locomotives were sentient beings with faces

We all now that we first invented a steam powered locomotive in Britain in the early 1800s and then we started building railways powered by steam locomotives and in the 1950s and 1960s we started replacing steam locomotives with diesel locomotives and now we have electric locomotives. But what if, that first locomotive built gained sentience after being built and gained a face and all locomotives after that became sentient and gained faces.

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u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago

My idea to the psychology behind why some choose to bully even when raised by kind people

Its pretty much a well known fact that some people choose to bully and this can come even with no abuse at home. I think this can be example of just straight up sadism. Sadism is the enjoyment of others pain and suffering and its on a spectrum with and we even have a type of sadism called everyday sadism. We don't know what causes sadism although it could be a combination of genetics and and life experiences. Even if parents are moral people and try to teach their kid in the best direction those with moderate to severe sadism might still choose to act cruel simply because their brains see cruelness as rewarding. This could also be Antisocial Personality Disorder were these people's empathy center is naturally turned off leading to a brain that's only stimulated by reward. Even if someone was raised right you still can't change these people because their brain wasn't designed for empathy only reward and once these people's brains find being an asshole rewarding its pretty much hard to stop that association with reward. For these people being an asshole isn't seen as wrong, its seen as just a reward. what are y'all thoughts on this take.

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u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago
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What If the Island of Sodor was a real place

We all know the Island of Sodor doesn't exist even though it dose feel like a real place especially in the earlier seasons of Thomas the Tank Engine but what if the Island of Sodor did exist. How would if affect the railways of Britain and steam preservation in general

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u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago
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Check out this old footage I found from Getty Images

Apparently this was made by HBO but I don't know when HBO was founded so I can't be sure and apparently it was mad in 1965 and uploaded in 2015 to Getty images. Based on the way the narrator sounds this was probably an American or Canadian who went to the scrapyard in the U.K to film this.

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago
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What if Chrysler didn't decide to scrap the turbine cars?

We all know what happened to Chrysler's Turbine Cars. the footage of the scrapping was one of the most heartbreaking things I''ve ever seen. I can't even go through the whole video without just clicking off to something happier. But what if, Chrysler decided not to scrap the turbine cars and instead paid for the turbine cars to stay in the U.S. so that they wouldn't have to either be crushed or sent back to Italy?

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u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago

A comparison betwenn Christian Nationalism and Islamic Extremist

Christian Nationalism and Islamic Extremism are two very dangerous ideologies that call for nothing more than to have as much Earthly power as possible because as humans, when we think of having a kingdom and power we tend to think of an Earthly Kingdom were we can immediately get power to fuel our egos rather than a heavenly kingdom. Here is a comparison between the two.

Similarities:

Both Christian Nationalist and Islamic Extremist believe it is their duty to create an Earthly Kingdom where their values are imposed onto everyone which dose not lead to a happy populus.

Both Christian Nationalist and Islamic Extremist think they're better than everyone else because they're narcissist who have inflated senses of self worth and egos often trying to mask their feelings of inadaquacy called insecurities.

Both want nothing more than power often times because they think having power can heal their pain but their false belief actual can cause harm to others.

Differences:

Christian Nationalism pushed the idea of forcing Christianity onto everyone through power because of a power hunger driven by deep seated insecurity and also Christian Nationalism is mostly a far right movement.

Islamic Extremism pushes the Idea that Muslims should fight the non believers in order to achive the goal of making Islam global. Many parts of the Quran depict prophet Muhammad telling followers to kill those who resist Islam and those who refuse to pay tax to continue their faith if they refuse Islam and prophet Muhammad did conquer many people and Although he did allow protections for Jews and Christians, that was only if they paid the tax to continue their faith.

Many Islamic Extremist also lack education and pain driven by a lack of education can make for a deadly poison that can lead to severe consequences for both the extremist and the people they hurt.

This is my Comparison between Islamic Extremism and Christian Nationalism. what are y'all thoughts on it.

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u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago

Some ideas for an AU OC class 08 shunters

I already have some OC ideas for my AU based on the Railway Series for a pair of twin class 08 shunters which I don't have names for so I call them D4199 and D5000 with D4199 being the neutral one and wasn't really welcomed by James when he came to Sodor while D5000 is cruel to steam engines and couldn't wait to see their demise before ending up scrapped by BR in 1988. What are some of your ideas for a class 08 diesel shunter OC for any of your AUs.

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago

How Percy got Stepney to Sodor by me

In my Railway Series based AU, this is how the Fat Controller got the idea to allow Stepney to visit Sodor.

When Percy found out that one of his buddies was sent for scrap, He became so sad he couldn’t do his work causing Thomas to have to do all of Percy’s work as well as his own. This is why Thomas is cross in the picture.

Thomas: Percy isn’t sad He’s just lazy

and Toby snapped “Don’t be so insensitive Thomas”

Soon the Fat Controller arrived and shouted “SILENCE!”. Then he went to Percy and Percy told him he was sad because an engine that looked kinda like Douglas told him his Friend was sent for scrap. The Fat Controller said “If I bring in one of those Bluebells will that cheer you up” and Percy said “Oh, Yes, Sir” And that’s how Stepney came to Sodor.

u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 — 2 months ago