• IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social
    391·
    2 years ago

    His family got rich of the vodka since they basically had the monopoly on the vodka trade, they earned a shit ton of money of Russian state liquor. And by keeping the populace in a constant drunk state it made sure they stayed in power. Kinda ironic that his alcohol ban probably started political unrest and eventually the fall of the empire.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      28·
      2 years ago

      And by keeping the populace in a constant drunk state it made sure they stayed in power.

      It’s a good thing we don’t do that anymore.

      Sarcasm, I’m being sarcastic everyone

      • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
        44·
        2 years ago

        Ah yes, all Russians are brainwashed

        - a brainwashed subject of Western genocidal dictatorships with a democracy mask

    • Kiosade@lemmy.ca
      16·
      2 years ago

      How… did they even end up anywhere near the laundry machines in the first place?

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      Most plastic doesn’t melt below the boiling point of water. It’s not intuitive that a dryer can get a lot hotter than that.

      Only babies who don’t even know what vodka is would make his mistake.

      • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 years ago

        Why isn’t it intuitive that a device designed to evaporate water quickly gets hotter than the boiling point of water

            • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
              3·
              2 years ago

              Yes, but you seem to be forgetting that we’re talking about the difference between room temperature and melting plastic. That’s hundreds of degrees F. Even twenty degrees makes a substantial difference for drying water.

              It’s fully within reason to expect a dryer to be less hot than melting plastic unless it’s a gas dryer. Even then, many clothes are literally made of plastic. Nylon? Radon? Plastic. It’s totally reasonable to expect a dryer to not melt typical kinds of clothes. (though at least nylon’s melting point is significantly higher than some other kinds of plastic)

              • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
                1·
                2 years ago

                And you’re forgetting that water needs huge amounts of heat to evaporate. The heat capacity of plastic is rather small in comparison, so a machine capable of quickly vaporizing water also has the power to melt crappy thin plastic.

                Modern dryers usually have a safety thermostat, but lint buildup is still a big fire hazard, so there are obviously temperatures in significant excess of boiling here.

            • TALL421@lemmy.oneEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              Wait, I understand cleaning your shower curtains but why would you even bother to dry them?

  • lntl@lemmy.ml
    263·
    2 years ago

    Yeah, vodka has such a long and rich history of good deeds in Russia. What a fool this fella is

      • lntl@lemmy.ml
        11·
        2 years ago

        I disagree. Things should be “banable.”

        for example:

        • Lead in the water supply
        • Burning fossil fuels
        • Pre-rolled cigarettes
        • Vodka
  • unalivejoy@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    Wasn’t it Lenin who banned vodka, then Stalin started a state run vodka company after he took over? Or did Lenin just reinforce the ban?

    • lntl@lemmy.ml
      151·
      2 years ago

      the royal family owned all the vodka companies/manufacturing before the revolution. it’s always been a tool to fill state coffers

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      131·
      2 years ago

      It’s not like Prince Philip tried to ban tea in England. He was probably as inbred as they come and all he did was say a bunch of racist shit and then take a couple steps out of the limelight while gradually becoming half vampire half zombie

      Not exactly a role model, but still…

  • Blackout@kbin.social
    12·
    2 years ago

    Could you imagine the power of a sober Russia? It would be amazing. I once hung out with some Russians on the Chinese border, I had to quit drinking after a third of a fifth. They had 2 each, maybe more, was hard to function on that much vodka.

    • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      I drank with Russians in Korea. The beer bottles and vodka bottles were the same size, say 300 or 350ml.

      I drank beer. They drank vodka.

      For every bottle of beer I drank, they each drank a bottle of vodka.

      They drank me under the table.

      They did have that delightful yellow skin tone.