The ETR 600 is a class of trains built by Alstom, and are used on the routes between Roma-Bolzano and Roma-Trieste. The train tilts, using Pendolino technology, allowing higher speeds to be maintained through corners without causing discomfort to passengers. The trains are operated by Trenitalia, originally under the Frecciargento (Silver Arrow) branding used for trains capable of travelling between 250 km/h and 285 km/h, In 2022 they were rebranded under Frecciarossa (Red Arrow) after the Frecciargento branding was retired.

The ETR 600 has also been adapted for use in China as the China Railway CRH5 Hexie. Initially 60 sets were ordered, of which nine were manufactured by Alstom and 51 by CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles. Since, another 80 sets have been created for a total of 140, operating across China's north from Beijing to Ürümqi.

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  • gaystyleJoker [she/her]M
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    2 months ago

    reading homestuck as an entire adult feels way different than reading it when it was coming out. i love actually understanding nuance and foreshadowing

    • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      My confession is I've never got past the first half dozen ms paint adventure thingies. I've read wikis, I know people like their trolls, but I'm missing the part of my brain that is receptive to homestuck

      • gaystyleJoker [she/her]M
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        2 months ago

        it takes a certain type of person to enjoy this bullshit. honestly it's just comforting and nostalgic more than anything

    • rtstragedy [fae/faer, she/her]
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      2 months ago

      i have a confession to make as someone entirely ignorant - i was on the tertiary attraction section of the LGBTQIA+ wiki and they mentioned this quadrant system thing and i was trying to find sources and well ... https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Category:Quadrant_System it mentioned Homestuck?

      So, is Homestuck ... theory? What even is it? I tried to read/play? it when I was younger and didn't get it... please help me understand

      • gaystyleJoker [she/her]M
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        2 months ago

        homestuck is a story presented through chat logs, flash animations and sometimes games. it's this huge narrative that took 7 years to wrap up, not including spinoffs and epilogues. if you'd really like, i can boil the quadrant system down to 4 basic categories:

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        on the left, we have romance/passion. full-hearted feelings, on the right we have more mild emotions, hence why they are more pale. i'll list the gist of them below

        heart: basic romantic attraction
spade: hating someone so much you message them just to be mean and possibly try to kill them from time to time
diamond: basic friendship
clubs: hating someone but not enough to go one-on-one hatred. you basically get a third person to temper the hatred so you don't spill over into a more passionate rivalry

        i am so sorry

        • rtstragedy [fae/faer, she/her]
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          2 months ago

          Ok so I went back in since my post, there was quite a bit about fake arms, and an intricate inventory system, which is neat. I do like the adventure-gamey-ness of it, that's kinda unique.

          I found a link to the explanation in-media for the system, I saw the pic you posted there. This system has been living rent-free in my head since I first heard about it, tbh, lol, so nice to hear it's not just me... thanks for typing it out. Is it ... relevant to us? What are trolls?

          Incredible that I'm like 74 pages in and the bit I just read from is like page 2700 or something? wowee it's long

          • gaystyleJoker [she/her]M
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            2 months ago

            i would recommend you download the unofficial homestuck collection if you wanna keep reading. the sound and most of the games are busted since flash player support was suspended. it also has every MSPA series as well as every soundtrack and supplementary creator journals and stuff

            you'll learn about trolls later, i don't want to spoil it

    • yewler [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      Well it's official. You've pulled me back in. Maybe I'll actually finish the thing this time.

      • gaystyleJoker [she/her]M
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        2 months ago

        feel free to discuss it with me! i'm genuinely so excited that you're interested again. see my comment below for the unofficial homestuck collection

        • yewler [she/her]
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          2 months ago

          Yes! I did see your link and I have it on my computer now. I didn't know that existed.

          I got up to page 6000 or so when I first read, but then life got a bit crazy and I stopped. By the time things wound back down again, I'd forgotten enough to be super confused, but remembered enough to not want to start over, so I just kinda forgot about it. Now I'm at the point where the only things I actually remember are the existence of the trolls, some of their names, the Midnight Crew, and "I warned you about the stairs, bro," so I think it's safe to try another crack at it haha

          • gaystyleJoker [she/her]M
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            2 months ago

            wonderful! i'm at like 5400 so almost there.

            i was recently sitting around just reading sweet bro and hella jeff and it's still so funny. i routinely think about the phrase "SHIT. lets be santa"

            • yewler [she/her]
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              2 months ago

              I remember loving sweet bro and hella jeff so much. I'm genuinely so excited to open it back up

              • gaystyleJoker [she/her]M
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                2 months ago

                it just feels right, honestly. i can't speak for everyone but it took me right back to the same way i felt reading it for the first time

                • yewler [she/her]
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                  2 months ago

                  That's amazing. I hope that happens when I read it. As we speak, I'm on page 91, working my way through John retrieving Sburb