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I would kill for decent public transportation in this fucking country (hope Canada is doing better)

Boomers in my city voted against taking a lane from a busy road and building a light rail line, and instead decided to spend 4+ years taking a lane from the same road to build an express bus lane. Which is better than nothing, I guess, except way less capacity than a couple train cars, and the original proposal was for a protected transit corridor so the light rail could just blast through. Estimates for the bus lane are like another 2 years for completion and it's already over budget. A bunch of businesses in the area closed down because work has taken so long.

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Is there anything like a comic book scientist? I remember a while back someone calculated how much food the flash would have to eat to maintain speed. More questions inside. Thank you.

You can't really apply that kind of hard science to a fantasy medium. Superman is an alien powered by the sun, that's the entire explanation for his power set. The Flash doesn't burn calories to run fast, his abilities come from The Speed Force, basically an extra-dimensional energy field. Mutants literally have mutations that give them their abilities.

A lot of this sort of thing is just hand waved. Even Batman who is completely human and relies on physical training and technology, would dislocate his arms swinging around on grappling hooks.

I think for most people the interesting parts of comics are the character interactions and stories, not rigorous scientific explanation of how heat vision works.

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Tokyo activity suggestions?

Sunshine City in Ikebukuro has one of the largest gashapon arcades in existence.

There's a free projection show at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku. It was a lot of fun. When I was there last they were doing Godzilla, Gundam , and Blue Lock. They project the video right onto the government building. There's also a free viewing platform.

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Gen Z is trying to log their way out of doomscrolling

Good for them. It sounds like the same principle as calorie tracking; logging what you consume as a way to hold yourself accountable. I certainly don't remember how many YouTube shorts I watch in a day. If writing down what they watch encourages people to try other hobbies or forms of media, then I'm all for it. I think I'll try it myself.

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