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Did you know that in the USSR, you could dial the number "03" on the telephone, and a free ambulance would come to help you? Here is a picture of one of the ambulances (nicknamed a "loaf"): (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 7 months ago by KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Yeah it does kind of look like a loaf of bread.

Anyway, this is just a reminder that free healthcare is IMPOSSIBLE, we just do not have the technology!

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[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 27 points 7 months ago

Looks fun to drive. Probably no power steering, no power brakes. Probably leafs from and rear, bouncy as shit. Manual windows and locks. Could likely even do a decent bit of four wheelin. Since it’s a Soviet vehicle it’s either dependable as fuck or it breaks down if you look at it wrong, no in between.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago

The reputation for soviet tech is it will run fine for 100 years as long as you meticulously maintain it

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago

I mean I was mostly making a joke but that’s not really true. Bearings still get spun, lifters still stick, electric motors still burn windings, regardless of where they’re made. A Lada burns oil just like an Opal will.