watching this laser-eyed i cant help to think the shinkansen gone awry is symbolic to the runaway disaster that is the japanese economy and people continue to act normal in the face of absurd circumstances.

like theres this scene where they're calculating the trajectory of the runaway train and it takes a whole team of people using rulers and papers to get to a conclusion (while going through the whole chain of command). like come on, being thorough is fine but use some software 😅 meanwhile the rescue attempts get boggled down by bureaucracy.

"nothing stops this train" -- perils of central planning

oh well, at least a fax machine didnt show up