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[spatch]

There was a Green Line accident this morning at Boylston Street, two trains collided and folks went to the hospital and all. The Glob online is running a story complete with a humonjus picture of an injured rider being taken out on a backboard right past a station decoration of the MBTA's cartoon Charlie mascot grinning and giving the thumbs-up.

On the one hand the irony of this picture is morbidly amusing, but on the other hand my god, my object empathy (which I described a few years ago) is flaring up something fierce.

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[prog.livejournal.com]

Looking at it as a photograph, that Charlie portrait is so so lame. First of all, with his elbow resting on his palm like that, it looks vaguely like a rude gesture. Secondly, someone who was not the designer said "This isn't T-ish enough" and rammed a big T signpost through his hands, even though they aren't posed to look like they could hold anything. So now it also looks vaguely like Charlie is halfway through a kung-fu pole-arm maneuver which will end with someone getting smacked upside the head with the giant T.