Difference between revisions of "Talk:337: Post Office Showdown"

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 1: Line 1:
 
One activity not, apparently, improved by "Ride of the Valkyries" is driving; supposedly, listening to it makes people more likely to crash. {{unsigned ip|‎108.162.221.64}}
 
One activity not, apparently, improved by "Ride of the Valkyries" is driving; supposedly, listening to it makes people more likely to crash. {{unsigned ip|‎108.162.221.64}}
 +
 +
I wonder if the post office setting is an allusion to the "going postal" expression?
 +
(After some number of incidents in the 1980s and 90s, where employees started mass shootings at post offices, the expression 'going postal' entered American slang, meaning out of control anger, possibly violent, in a workplace environment.) [[User:Danshoham|Mountain Hikes]] ([[User talk:Danshoham|talk]]) 04:56, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Revision as of 04:56, 7 October 2015

One activity not, apparently, improved by "Ride of the Valkyries" is driving; supposedly, listening to it makes people more likely to crash. ‎108.162.221.64 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

I wonder if the post office setting is an allusion to the "going postal" expression? (After some number of incidents in the 1980s and 90s, where employees started mass shootings at post offices, the expression 'going postal' entered American slang, meaning out of control anger, possibly violent, in a workplace environment.) Mountain Hikes (talk) 04:56, 7 October 2015 (UTC)