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!

  • Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]
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    1 month 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 [he/him]
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      1 month ago

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

      • Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]
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        1 month 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
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          1 month ago

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

    • UlyssesT
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      deleted by creator

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    It's UAZ-452, produced since 1965 and still up to this day in crapton of various models which all still retain the characteristical original look. The pictured is probably UAZ-3962, dedicated ambulance model, also still in production, nicknamed "Tabletka" (pill).

  • CarbonScored [any]
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    1 month ago

    Yes yes, that's the boring stuff, where does the profit and forcible extraction of others' money come in?

    • DengistDonnieDarko [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      there's ambulances, they average out to about ~$1500 a ride of you're uninsured, about $500 if you have insurance.

      also, there's a good chance that your insurance isn't contracted with that specific ambulance company, so you also run the risk of having insurance and getting a gigantic non-covered bill anyways.

      most people will call a cab to take them to the hospital these days, or just die, as the system seems designed to encourage.

      • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 month ago

        There's nothing that cures a broken leg faster than a US ambulance. There's a famous film about it called Forrest Gump.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    1 month ago

    Did uwu knoww vat in ve UWUSSR, uwu couwd die-oh ve numbuw ":3" awn ve tewwephown

    I am so sorry

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Is this any different to calling your emergency number and getting an ambulance, or is it for non-emergency transport to hospital?

    • KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      It is mostly for emergencies. Although in the USSR doctors did way more "house calls" than in western nations, due to the lack of available hospital beds.