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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OTOH, this is Russia, a country whose MiG fleet was once grounded because the ground crew kept drinking the antifreeze

[–] tal 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Huh. Apparently there were a whole variety of ethanol-containing aircraft fluids that were regularly consumed and sold by air crews (though in most cases, before running the fluid through an actual plane), and it was apparently pretty institutionalized.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5xygj1MOIdo

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@tal @AllNewTypeFace Russian people be like:

What does "industrial purposes" mean?

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Worker is part of industry, da?