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1. KFist (kfist@pl.smuglo.li)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 05:07:34 JST KFist

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   @nepfag One of my favorite things about you is that you can shitpost in English with the best of them but your German shitposts are top-tier. :cirnoHeh:
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   • nepfag (nepfag@pl.smuglo.li)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 05:14:17 JST nepfag

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     @kfist Lets drink to that! :prost:
   • nepfag (nepfag@pl.smuglo.li)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 05:17:13 JST nepfag

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     @kfist Honestly though, being able to finish the new Gotthard tunnel (a $10bn project) ahead of time and under budget will let us meme on the rest of Europe for decades to come. It's as beautiful as a feat of engineering as a meme symbol.
   • KFist (kfist@pl.smuglo.li)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 05:18:18 JST KFist

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     @nepfag :kanpai:
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   • KFist (kfist@pl.smuglo.li)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 05:21:40 JST KFist

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     @nepfag My favorite part about big engineering projects is that they clearly demonstrate the ambient corruption of the local areas. The local international airport recently (in the past decade) had a big expansion with a new runway and everything but it was over budget and currently under-utilized. Using the new facilities is really bizarre and it feels sterile, and aircraft using the new runway are super inconvenienced since it takes an extra 15-20 minutes to taxi to the terminal because this runway is so YUGE AND SUPER MODERN. It's a hassle.
     
     But that's nothing compared to a local transit project which is already 2 billion dollars over budget before it even started and it's being pushed through during a recession while city revenues are at a record low for the past 30 years because of a combination of overtaxing business and funding underutilized or unnecessary projects.
     
     The usual suspects are to blame. Through their acts you shall know them.
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   • nepfag (nepfag@pl.smuglo.li)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 05:24:58 JST nepfag

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     @kfist I attribute a lot of this to something unique in Swiss government projects. We don't have to pick the lowest bidder. It's perfectly fine to choose a more expensive one if their bid seems more realistic or if they seem to have more experience in that area.