In most countries where people speak Russian, citizens do not trust the police. The police are unable to prevent theft or murder. They do not pursue thieves but are involved in politics instead. The police do not maintain law and order. At the same time, we are constantly being told Continue Reading
Ethics Commission
Do you know why three hundred years ago one scientist could manage to discover a dozen laws of physics and simultaneously push mathematics forward by centuries? In fact, even at the beginning of the 20th century, it was quite possible to create a new theory almost single-handedly. Because back then, Continue Reading
Real combat faggots
A lecture is taking place at a university. The professor is talking about the Spartans and mentions that their troops spent years on campaigns, which bonded the warriors so closely that they often fell in love with each other. This was encouraged, as a Spartan who lost a friend and Continue Reading
Women’s Rights in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996-2001)
This text is a translated quote from an article in Wikipedia Текст для перевода: .. During these years, the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, but since 2001, they were pushed back by the Northern Alliance—a coalition of Afghan field commanders supported by the Americans. During this period, Afghan women faced many harsh Continue Reading
Zoo
When we were told that the refrigerator at the zoo had broken down, and not just any refrigerator but a freezer, the first thing that came to my mind was the display with the penguins. However, the reality turned out to be much more mundane and dramatic. The mundanity was Continue Reading
Nursing home
The director in a hairnet, the nurses, and the sweet old lady. A certain “cooler” broke down. The local engineer, looking all businesslike, says, “Oil has leaked.” Sure… if half a liter of oil is spilled around the compressor pipes, then that’s what it is. Not oil, but refrigerant. Anyway, Continue Reading
There’s a pool, but no happiness.
The heat pump that heats the water for the pool broke down. Well, it didn’t just break down—it started not only cooling the surrounding air to heat the pool water but also freezing up. Clearly, there was not enough refrigerant. We arrived. An expensive suburb. Beautiful houses. The house that Continue Reading
Hair spray
A heat pump that heats water in a boiler. It was installed in the “boiler room.” The boiler room is a passageway between the living and business parts of the house. In other words, it is heated. What’s the point of cooling the house to heat water? Ideally, this unit Continue Reading
Toaster
At McDonald’s, the toasters are half a square meter in size. Adult toasters. They break down. Yes. They are fixed with WD-40 and some other stuff. A couple of times, we searched the kitchen floor for a small spring that unexpectedly fell out. Before starting work at McDonald’s, we had Continue Reading
Registration journal
The air conditioner in the office broke down. The compressor won’t start. It turned out that the capacitor failed, and it took something else with it to the grave. We noted down the spare parts — we’ll be back. In the registration log at the office center’s entrance, there’s a Continue Reading