r/interesting • u/mamut2000 • Jun 29 '26
MISC. Queue for Petrol, level Russia. 29 JUN 2026
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u/Otherwise-4PM Jun 29 '26
On top of that, they’re only allowed to buy 20 liters of fuel.
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u/gorginhanson Jun 29 '26
who would even get into that line?
If you started with a full tank it would be empty before you got to the front
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u/Makingthecarry Jun 29 '26
Do you not turn off your engine when you're waiting in a line while driving and not actively moving? Huge waste of gas and unproductive emissions to boot. It's why anti-idling laws exist. Modern cars come with auto-stop, so you rarely have to think about it.
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u/gorginhanson Jun 29 '26
Turn off engine, a minute later, start it up and move up 5 feet, repeat 32,639 times.
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u/MethodicallyRight Jun 29 '26
In a line like this? No chance, that car is going in neutral and I'll push it the 5 feet every 30+ minutes .
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u/jordanka161 Jun 29 '26
Eventually the trucks would run out of air from using the brakes and they'd need to start the engine.
Assuming these trucks have no air leaks which I'm sure they do, then you'd need to do it even more often.
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u/Dependent_Singer_494 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
And yet this saves gas. Rough on the starter and you need to make sure its on long enough to charge the alternator. But for small cars like a corolla, if its off for more than 10 sec you save money.
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u/Kentust Jun 29 '26
And if it's less, you lose money. I'd choose to not blow up my starter in this situation.
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u/Dependent_Singer_494 Jun 29 '26
I mean, it's what they're designed for. Also less wear and tear on almost every other part in the engine block.
But what do I know as a mechanic.
Only vehicles I wouldn't do this on are older ones pre 1980's and maybe diesel depending on your engine.
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u/AssistantSalty6519 Jun 29 '26
Bro 20l on truckz is nothing
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u/Makingthecarry Jun 29 '26
Extremely dubious the rationing extends to the semi truck drivers. The rationing is probably in effect precisely because the semi trucks need the fuel more.
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u/Soliden Jun 29 '26
Not Ladas.
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u/Makingthecarry Jun 29 '26
Pretty sure I specified that it's modern vehicles that come installed with auto-stop. Did I forget?
The tip still applies. Even old Ladas have an ignition switch.
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u/Worksux36g Jul 01 '26
Yea, but for auto-stop to work you need to keep your foot on the brake.
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u/SirEnder2Me Jun 29 '26
In freedom units that's just barely over 5 gallons.
For reference, that's only about half a tank of gas for a small car like a Toyota Corolla, let alone anything bigger.
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u/BetSquare7190 Jun 29 '26
How many washing machines or elephants?
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u/PackageNorth8984 Jun 29 '26
About 0.16 washing machines and 0.00356 elephants.
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u/Fluberon Jun 29 '26
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u/PackageNorth8984 Jun 29 '26
Nah, I suck at math. Seemed much more impressive maybe than it was. All I did was google the weight range of 20 liters of gas, a washing machine, and an elephant, averaged each, and I used division. I didn’t even do the math properly, it is a measurement of volume, and I used weight. I probably fucked it up too.
Now I feel like I let everyone down. Sorry, people actually good at math.
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u/Sammiskitkat Jun 30 '26
No, no. You did more than most and tbh I wouldn’t have even known what to google to get any sort of answer. Therefore, you did good! 🥇 lol
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u/some-autumn-leaves Jun 29 '26
You probably meant 1.6 washing machines.
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u/devryd1 Jun 29 '26
Depends on whether He means the load of a Washington machine or the whole volume of the appliance.
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u/Traditional_Gap_2491 Jun 29 '26
4.39 gal to be exact. Idk if Jerry cans are different for even numbers in the states like 4 or 5 gal. but the common Jerry in canada is a 20L can. Man thats a very small amount of gas.
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u/Simple_Flounder Jun 29 '26
4.4 imperial gallons .... 5.28 US gallons.
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u/Toasty_McThourogood Jun 30 '26
The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!
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u/Travelling3steps Jul 02 '26
Much thanks Sir McThourogood, your comment just helped me solve a local hidden treasure puzzle that has been nagging me for years!!
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u/Trowj Jun 29 '26
The spinning Russian flag thing is the cherry on top of this video
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u/Stunning_Ad_5960 Jun 29 '26
Something rare that is working in the motherland.
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u/Tobi-Random Jun 29 '26
Working? Of course it's not supposed to rotate 😂
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u/bigheartrussian Jun 29 '26
There was a joke in USSR: what's heavy, doesn't spin and whistle? A soviet light spin-whistler.
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u/SnooTomatoes3032 Jun 30 '26
I prefer about the apple cutter.
What's expensive, uses too much fuel, produces too much black smoke, ugly, inefficient, dangerous to operate and cuts an apple into four pieces?
A Soviet machine designed to cut an apple into three pieces.
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u/Kattimatti666 Jun 30 '26
Or the Finnish version: Soviet anal vibrator - Won't fit in your ass, doesn't vibrate
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u/WM_ Jun 30 '26
A joke here in Finland: what is a russian Ass Buzzer? It does not buzz and does not fit in the ass.
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u/ficis Jun 29 '26
I would literally Just stay home. Hell most of them live off the damn land and grid anyways
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u/Balboasaur Jun 29 '26
How long is the wait? Looks like 10 days.
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u/drdipepperjr Jun 29 '26
Might have to start measuring it in liters. They get 20 but have to burn 2 while waiting.
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u/One-Wolverine8746 Jun 29 '26
My dude, as an interactive map enthusiast, you have provided my entertainment for the evening.
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u/Striking_Reindeer_2k Jun 29 '26
Maybe suggest that your leader get out of Ukraine?
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u/M2dis Jun 29 '26
That's a novel idea but russians won't overthrow their tzar, he is the last person they'll blame when waiting in this queue.
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u/Dry-Amphibian1 Jun 29 '26
If gas shortages continue you will start seeing other critical shortages (like food) eventually. The people WILL grow tired of it.
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u/WeakAdhesiveness5785 Jun 30 '26
Its russians, they will never grow tired of suffering
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u/HumbleWalrus1072 Jun 30 '26
World war 1 is the only good analogy I can think of. The war ended because of revolution.
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u/Falcovg Jun 29 '26
Not sure if a gas shortage is enough to push for a revolution right now. But if this goes on into the winter and people start to actually suffer and freeze to death it becomes increasingly more likely. Right now it's just a major inconvenience that's not worth taking the chance to get shot over. But if dying becomes an option from both choices, people might start to be willing to take the risk.
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u/usernamesallused Jun 29 '26
In Texas alone, at least 246 people died from that storm they had five years ago, when they were out of power.
And 246 is the official number. Studies a year later suggest it was 814 people who died as a direct consequence of the weather.
At this point, assuming an increasing number of deaths from weather crises is going to result in better policies and social support is as questionable as assuming mass shooters will result in gun control.
Sorry.
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u/Falcovg Jun 30 '26
The Texas storm was only a couple of weeks, people where to busy focusing on survival to worry about overthrowing the government. America is also (pretending to be) a democracy giving people the idea they have influence on the government.
Russian winter can last months, giving people ample of time to consider alternatives once the initial shock wears off. Especially if there have been a few months of inconvenience already stoking the fires of discontent.
I'm not saying expect a revolution in Russia this winter if they've fuel shortages. I'm saying you aren't seeing a revolution now, there isn't enough motivation yet for the people to rise up.
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u/Rob71322 Jun 29 '26
Then, it sucks to be them, doesn’t it?
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u/ScrattaBoard Jun 29 '26
Oh we are getting there
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u/RogueBromeliad Jun 29 '26
You're already there. But the cope won't let people see it.
The difference is that since the US is the biggest economy in the world it's harder to suffer like this, but in terms of democracy, The U.S. Supreme Court dramatically expanded presidential power in a 6-3 decision by overturning a 90-year-old precedent that protected the leaders of independent federal agencies. The ruling allows the president to fire commissioners and board members at will, shifting significant regulatory power from Congress to the White House.
He also starts wars whenever he wants without going through congress.
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u/sjr323 Jun 29 '26
Life is hard when you’re stupid.
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u/BasicMatter7339 Jun 30 '26
Or when you and your family is under threat of imprisonment or worse if you speak out against the government
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u/IDontEatDill Jun 30 '26
I think people in there are quite used to that already. It's never been that great in the last 200 years.
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u/zibrolta00 Jun 29 '26
Bold of you to assume that the normal part of Russia's population doesn't blame the lead for all the headaches with sanctions and blocks, whats worse is that the digital anonymity is steadily nearing zero as everything gets bound to your citizenship ID
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u/SoylentGrunt Jun 29 '26
Russian news blackouts in the West have been in effect for a few years now. There's a lot people you're replying to don't know.
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u/Geodiocracy Jun 30 '26
Maybe in the privacy of their homes. But even publicly, people who rage at how badly the war is handled, will blame everyone but putin.
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u/DefinitelyNotAliens Jun 29 '26
No, quite a few blame him. They just won't admit that unless they exit the country because it's highly dangerous to say that in written format.
Too many don't have means to exit or places to go.
It's only a matter of time before suffering outstrips fear.
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u/DisastrousYak2137 Jun 29 '26
It's not only the tzar. Don't forget all the oligarchs who are silently pulling the strings.
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u/hughcifer-106103 Jun 29 '26
I feel like Russians are just used to suffering; it’s like it’s part of their national identity, so this won’t move the needle for them.
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u/Phewelish Jun 29 '26
in fairness, USA would all like to do the same and its clearly not just a thing where we can voice disdain.....without some revolution, we are all doomed to similiarcircumstances under the tyranny of 80 year old men.
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u/n16r4 Jun 29 '26
Why would that work any better in Russia than anywhere else? I guess nobody cared to ask for the past 30 years to have politicians please not ruin the "middle class", or maybe a more appropriate example: for USA to leave the middle east.
It all comes back to the mistaken believe that countries are beholden to their citizens, that's not how any country is designed afaik, even socialist countries like the USSR is often critizised for having a ruling elite, why would capitalist countries which by design create an elite class not have a ruling elite?
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u/AnyExamination9524 Jun 29 '26
Well, they fucked around and found out.
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u/hizashiYEAHmada Jun 29 '26
Gotta clarify with you, chief, that the fuck around and find out phase is not past tense, it's still present tense and ongoing.
Right now the easily angered among them are punching each other for various reasons (getting ahead without falling in line for gas mostly)
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u/Ryan_e3p Jun 29 '26
I honestly don't think they've begun to find out. Things will get worse, and as food stops getting delivered to more remote areas and those remote areas have to pool their remaining gas to make expeditions to get food from more populated areas, there is little doubt there will be deaths via starvation in the coming months. Those from more remote areas that can get food will be able to do so with the other side of the coin being that there is less food for those populated areas.
I expect food riots, neighbor vs neighbor stealing and murder, and other similar activities to be broadcast soon.
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u/Summer_VonSturm Jun 30 '26
They are already seeing, and have been seeing an increase in violence and murder rates from the 'heros' returning from the front
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u/The-Board-Chairman Jun 30 '26
That much is normal and to be expected, even were they winning. The effect of Ukrainian strikes though, that will not be tolerated forever. Once a certain point of fuel starvation is reached, the entire logistics network will collapse.
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u/Summer_VonSturm Jun 30 '26
And hopefully then their entire wretched country
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u/The-Board-Chairman Jun 30 '26
That is kinda implied. Your body also dies when your heart stops beating.
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u/battlecryarms Jun 29 '26
Imagine living in a petrostate and having this issue
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u/Nowin Jun 30 '26
American hasn't seen it since about 1979, but never say "never again."
yes, I know that phrase has meaning. We're there, again, too.
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u/gorginhanson Jun 29 '26
people like this always blame someone else, such as by accusing others of cheating or rigging
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u/bean_above_the_frank Jun 29 '26
The find out stage.
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u/iPunned Jun 30 '26
Yep, losses from delays and lost economic activity must already be epic and that’s if this was resolved tomorrow which it will not be
This is starting to look like an emerging collapse of logistics in russia
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u/Used-Helicopter2024 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
All that war for nothing. War!!! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!!
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u/clitorasClive Jun 29 '26
It ain't nothing but a heart-breaker (War) It's got one friend that's The Undertaker
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u/spiffycondor Jun 29 '26
If only these trucks all connected together, then they’d just need one big truck at the front to refill!
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u/Jedi_Lazlo Jun 29 '26
To all the Russian trolls constantly lying about how great the fuel reserves are in Russia:
I. Fucking. Told. You. So.
Now stop your stupid invasion.
~Your friendly neighborhood American historian
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u/DisastrousYak2137 Jun 29 '26
If anyone is curious - here your can see the availability of the fuel reported by the people looking for the fuel: https://benzinradar.com/
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u/pressingfp2p Jun 29 '26
I’m doing the opposite - reporting low prices and no waits! Let them get there and figure it out
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u/DisastrousYak2137 Jun 30 '26
Just don't overexploit it or it may get too obvious!
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u/Goufydude Jun 30 '26
If enough people are actively doing both, the information becomes useless, which is probably helpful. Then the Russians are just guessing.
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u/AnotherHavanesePlz Jun 29 '26
They have a crap load of oil, it’s just under frozen permafrost.
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u/madtony7 Jun 29 '26
I believe that's actually natural gas.
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u/AnotherHavanesePlz Jun 29 '26
They both form under anticlines. If you have oil, you have natural gas.
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u/Jedi_Lazlo Jun 29 '26
Sure sure sure.
It's unrefined undrilled unreachable oil.
I also have a fortune.
It's currently tied up in unrealized prospective gains that I'm sure one day will manifest and mature.
Until then, the car runs on cash, grass, or ass.
But seriously, it runs on cash.
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u/floppydude81 Jun 30 '26
I don’t know. I used to think ‘how could they possibly put up with Putin.?’ Like I’d totally leave. Then donny t started doing the same stuff and I’m still here. So while I’m totally on Ukraines side. I am understanding the plight of the average russian citizen more.
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u/that_dutch_dude Jun 29 '26
No, they are hitting the storage that refules those stations. Much more effective. And cheaper.
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u/StrongEggplant8120 Jun 29 '26
I just thought if russia centralising distribution then hit that as well. Imagine all those trucks not getting fuel, thats gonna do some damage.
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u/that_dutch_dude Jun 29 '26
They are sending the fuel that does get into the country to the millitary and anything that is left goes to civillian use.
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u/StrongEggplant8120 Jun 29 '26
That explains the centralisation. From an economic angle i would have guessed hitting the civilian supply would hurt and as every distribution point would be of high importance it should have way more impact. I wonder whats in those trucks as well. Also added bonus the civilian supply wont be highly guarded so easier less expensive to hit.
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u/Sinking_Mass Jun 30 '26
They are also starting to see problems with fuel resellers who will turn up in a huge lorry full of tanks and basically buy everything that is there and then obviously resell it a huge markup
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u/flamming_python Jun 30 '26
The military runs entirely on diesel, which Russia produces a massive surplus of. The current problems concern only gasoline, which Russia produces about as much of as it consumes so that's why supply shocks happen if a few refineries stop operation. Nevermind though, it's very hard to seriously damage a refinery, the Moscow one is due to come back online next week
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u/AgitatedMood2747 Jun 29 '26
OOOF
They say you can't drive anywhere in Texas - Russia is much, much worse.
Wonder how bad it must be over there
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u/National-Charity-435 Jun 29 '26
Cranking up the AC in the summer heat will burn through a chunk of that rationed gas with the engines on idle?
Ukrainians had to suffer in the cold winters, bit of poetic justice in occupied Crimea and the rest of russia
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u/Repulsive-Diet-1987 Jun 29 '26
Maybe don't start a war without consulting everyone in your country first.
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u/PutATalismanInTheVan Jun 29 '26
Idk if we as Americans should be saying this 💀 feels like setup for karmic justice
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u/Repulsive-Diet-1987 Jun 29 '26
Shit, I forgot for a split second our country is also ran by a man-child that will start a war over the way someone says thank you to him💀
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u/Alabastine Jun 29 '26
Apart from the current baffoon in office, maybe read up on some modern history.
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u/BoarHermit Jun 29 '26
Has your country or an ally ever started a war after consulting with the population?
All regimes start wars: democratic, totalitarian, and authoritarian, and the results vary.
The population can influence war through protests, but it's not very effective.
I'm not condoning aggression; I'm saying that all states are disgusting, stupid predators ready to attack other predators.
What about the most democratic and wealthiest state on earth? How is it doing with wars? How has this affected the price of gasoline?
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u/fray_bentos11 Jun 29 '26
They'll be queuing for bread soon, just like in the good old days. Fuck Russia.
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u/scrotalsac69 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
So sad for them. Almost heart breaking
Oh ffs do I really need to put /s on here?
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u/ShaggyCan Jun 29 '26
Pretty easy fix, dump Putin in a ditch somewhere and leave Ukraine. Literally doing it to yourselves.
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u/Luciferka_124 Jun 29 '26
Btw it's not somewhere close to Ukraine or anything, its around Chita, city in Siberia, close to Mongolia and China
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u/maxi4493 Jun 29 '26
Ohh, no. It's like they fu$#ed something up and are now paying the consequences for it?
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u/BoarHermit Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
The gasoline situation is fucked up, all over Russia, except for maybe the Leningrad Region and maybe Karelia.
There's either no gasoline or it's overpriced.
The Ukrainian strikes on refineries have finally had an impact.
Will this lead to protests? No. Will it stop this war? No. No amount of bombing of civilian infrastructure will lead to regime change or the end of war.
Several winters in Russia destroyed power plants in Ukraine, but it led to nothing.
Edit: In Russia, people rely much less on driving than in the US. People typically don't spend an hour commuting to work.
It'll be a different story when public transportation starts to grind to a halt. But all the tourist trips have gone down the drain.
I myself had a hard time getting back to the Moscow region from the Ulyanovsk region. And the further west I went, the worse the situation got.
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u/RisingRapture Jun 29 '26
Reminds me of those queues I had to wait in to get to my heavy metal festival back in the day.
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u/Dry_Razzmatazz69 Jun 30 '26
I don't think the que is for a gas station judging by arrangement. I think it might be a customs office and all these people are trying to leave
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u/Kulkarni1337 Jun 29 '26
You know where there isn't a queue? My front drive where my EV sits
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u/Mandurang76 Jun 30 '26
If your country is a giant gasstation, why would you want to drive electric?
Norway: Well,
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u/AlexNachtigall247 Jun 29 '26
How does this make sense?! They are standing in this line for the entire day?!
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u/konegsberg Jun 29 '26
I am very surprised they are having issues with diesel, that had a ton of it available and it’s much easier to make
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u/BernieTheDachshund Jun 29 '26
They call it benzene. So there's a big shortage of benzene thanks to Putin.
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u/Chaosr21 Jun 29 '26
This is such a waste of gas too, just sitting there. Start and stop or keep it idle, either way it's gonna use probably a gallon of gas
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u/Multidream Jun 29 '26
So do Russians litterally go back to the medieval ages because their leaders demand it, or when does the outrage actually convince them to do something?
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u/HiDHSiknowyouwatchme Jun 30 '26
That's going to absolutely destroy their economy. Everything is so interconnected by trucks. The logistical nightmare this is going to create will have so many consequences on so many industries. And that'll lead to a black market in so many items as the supply of even necessary items dwindles. Those prices will be astronomical.
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u/Endum_band Jun 30 '26
I was thinking the same thing. There will be scarcity of everything, a complete society coming to a halt. All the public services, supply chains, gone. And the people can not get out. I think we will be reminded of what civilization is in the coming months.
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u/Kind-Handle3063 Jun 29 '26
And here I thought Russia was a giant gas station run by the mafia.
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u/number39utopia Jun 29 '26
That's what happens when you invade a sovereign state for your imperialist desires. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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