Mostly Trains

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Not directly about trains (unless you’re playing a train simulator or other train game such as Railroad Tycoon), but fun AND useful nonetheless!

Um dia, enquanto uma cobra rastejava dentro de uma cabana de ferramentas, ela encostou em um serrote que estava no chão, e se machucou. Pensando ser perigo, ela rapidamente atacou e mordeu o serrote, machucando fortemente a sua boca. Cega pela raiva de ter sido ferida. Ela decidiu se vingar do serrote, sufocando ele. Então, ela se enrolou em volta do serrote, apertando ele com toda a sua força. E a pobre cobra continuo se cortando no serrote. Quando agimos com raiva e condenamos aqueles que agiram mal com a gente acabamos apenas nos machucando. A raiva e como um veneno que nos engolimos esperando machucar os outros.

Translation from Google: "One day, while a snake was crawling inside a tool shed, it touched a saw that was on the floor and injured itself. Thinking it was danger, she quickly attacked and bit the saw, heavily injuring her mouth. Blinded by the rage of being hurt. She decided to take revenge on the saw by choking him. Then, she wrapped herself around the saw, squeezing it with all her strength. And the poor snake keeps cutting itself on the saw. When we act angry and condemn those who have acted badly towards us, we only end up hurting ourselves. Anger is like a poison that we swallow hoping to hurt others."

This is a legitimate issue.

Okay, I laughed at that.