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Inflatable Religion...

The title of today's post comes from a spam I received this morning. I'm rather proud of it actually. I should use spam subjects more often.
And yet, despite the title, I'm not going to talk about religion today.

I realised this morning that bus drivers and train station managers don't give a damn about whether or not you actually have a concession card. Twice last night I flashed my wallet at them, and they gave me a student-priced ticket. This morning I realised that on sunday I had put my concession card in the pocket of my bag, and I'd been flashing an empty pocket at the ticket peoples.

What does this mean? Can anyone just flash an empty wallet at them and buy a half-price ticket? I know that inspectors on the trains and buses actually check concession cards, but I usually only encounter those roughly once a month.

*sighs*

So now I'm watching cnn's election website, wondering if the Americans care about what the rest of the world thinks of their current president and fears the outcome will be. Actually, thinking about the title of this post, for many people over there seem to regard politics in an almost religious sense. They are brought up believing that it's right to vote for a party, regardless of the candidate and their policies. And of course, both of the big candidates are using religion as a way to capture votes.

I dunno, but I hope that everything will come out all right anyway.

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