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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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[-] 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.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago

i mean, without modern planned obsolescence plastic wifi bullshit i can see things lasting much longer

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