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Q.U.I.N.N.@icedquinn@blob.cat (2026-10-18 05:50:44)
@wolf480pl @cjd afaik their culture already acknowledges everyone's a scam artist. i'm told the higher brow chinese hate it too and don't even buy domestic because so much of its crap
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Q.U.I.N.N.@icedquinn@blob.cat (2026-10-18 05:51:21)
@wolf480pl @cjd amazing we reinvented the soviets ability to manufacture garbage nobody wants but without any of the positives.

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Wolf480pl@wolf480pl@mstdn.io (2026-10-18 05:57:45)
@icedquinn @cjd 
I'm not sure about soviets, but based on what I know about stuff (washing machines, cars, tractors, etc) that was produced in Poland during commie times:
- it was highly durable, because you could buy zero or one within your lifetime, and it had to survive for the rest of your life
- everybody wanted it, but you had to wait in a queue
- the people who were making it didn't particularly care about being efficient "whether you stand or lay down, you're owed 1000 PLN"
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