In the late 1980s – early 1990s, post-Soviet people sold burned out lightbulbs in the market because they were in high demand.
Can anybody guess why?
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In the late 1980s – early 1990s, post-Soviet people sold burned out lightbulbs in the market because they were in high demand.
Can anybody guess why?
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Fuck me if I know. Can’t generalize from Romania. Time period is interesting though, late 80s and early 90s were very different times.
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I am dying to know why!
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Hint: it was an era of enormous shortages. A complete economic collapse. People stole everything that wasn’t bolted down.
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Resell tungsten for scrap? Or melt down the glass?
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Nah, that would be boring. Think stealing. Inventive stealing.
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Attach a power cord to it, then plug it into someone else’s porch light and steal electricity?
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You are a true scientist, my friend. 🙂
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They would take the dead bulbs to work and swap them for working bulbs.
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Ah, I see a fellow Soviet person. 🙂
Yes, this is the correct answer, thank you.
If you never lived in the USSR, then you must have an uncommonly developed imagination.
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I am a native of NYC. But I read a lot.
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Truly impressive.
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