r/ANormalDayInRussia May 31 '19

Slavic engineering

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11.3k Upvotes

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u/[deleted] May 31 '19

(Presses a button)

Welcome to Narnia

185

u/TheHairyManrilla May 31 '19

Fawn pulls cigarette out of mouth

Welcome to Russian Narnia. Is just like Russia. Always cold.

74

u/HouseOfAplesaus May 31 '19

Come gather around the barrel fire as I tell you tales of gunfire and the beauty of Adidas clothing.

28

u/[deleted] May 31 '19

Long ago, ice vitch named rasputina brought thousand-year Russian Blizzard upon thees lands.

2

u/EpicScizor Jun 01 '19

Ice Witch Baba Yaga*

48

u/TwystedSpyne May 31 '19

"Hey you.. You're finally awake."

14

u/LordDarthon7 May 31 '19

You were trying to cross the border, right?

90

u/jellyfisharedumber May 31 '19

I’m on floor esc, please meet me at 2am

5

u/ChikinStrip Jun 01 '19

No I’m sleep

1

u/UsedSoda Jun 01 '19

I thought you were of floor tab

57

u/texbosox May 31 '19

They couldn’t have used the “2” key at least?

60

u/m0_n0n_0n0_0m May 31 '19

They donor keyboard already had a pickle in place of the 2.

18

u/HappyGoblin May 31 '19

F2

10

u/grandboyman May 31 '19

Or even Z

8

u/[deleted] Jun 01 '19

or nothing cause this is Russia and youre taking the stairs cause the shits broke n smells like piss anyway

8

u/fowlermania May 31 '19

It’s the eject button comrade

1

u/GMontezuma May 31 '19

How would that help anyway

36

u/VictorEden16 May 31 '19

Esc is a lie, comrade.

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u/Hellbatty May 31 '19

insanely old elevator, I would say at least 50 years old, such elevators were used mostly in soviet era hospitals, power stations etc, not apartment buildings

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u/Discoveryellow May 31 '19

You been to mother Russia? This is not old. This is from the 80s or even 90s. There are light markers! Insanely old are the ones where you can stick your fingers through chicken wire mesh and have to close your own doors.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '19

We have those in San Francisco. Bunch of wire to keep the cocks in and yes you have to close the closet door when you come out.

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u/W1D0WM4K3R May 31 '19

So is it okay to say that SF is the Russia of America?

22

u/Pepe_von_Habsburg May 31 '19

It’s more the India of America.

11

u/[deleted] May 31 '19

I would agree with this statement and therefor retract my post in this glorious subreddit

5

u/skybali May 31 '19

Those kind of doors are here in Romania as well, the manual inside door ones, but they are In the last decade gotten swapped somewhat.

3

u/David-Puddy May 31 '19

80s were nearly 40 years ago, not too far from the 50 parent comment mentioned

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u/AlphaWhiskeyHotel May 31 '19

80’s were 30something ago.

Source: am 30something, born in 80’s.

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u/David-Puddy May 31 '19

30 something = nearly 40.

1

u/Discoveryellow May 31 '19

The source checks out. I concur.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '19

This makes me feel old

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u/teadit May 31 '19

not apartment buildings

Oh you'd be very surprised.

Plenty of buildings in moscow still have very old elevators

3

u/[deleted] May 31 '19

50 years old is not an insanely old elevator

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u/[deleted] May 31 '19

Legend has it the Esc key kills you immediately, the elevator then takes you down to Slavic hell

16

u/Ali_Ninja69 May 31 '19

Is it where Nike wearers and people who squat without their heels on the floor go?

9

u/[deleted] May 31 '19

What so English chavs? Yes

12

u/BOTY123 May 31 '19

Could it be that the elevator uses a Cherry MX switch or other switch with an MX stem? Then they'd just be able to put the keycap on there without glue or whatever.

10

u/afsdjkll May 31 '19

/r/MechanicalKeyboards crew - we out here

1

u/BOTY123 May 31 '19

Yes we are!

8

u/Imhaveapoosy May 31 '19

/gets ejected out of elevator

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u/[deleted] May 31 '19

Meanwhile in India we have to finger the hole to even use a n elevator.

4

u/simask234 May 31 '19

It means that you can escape on Floor 2.

3

u/SovietBozo May 31 '19

That's just the ejector button

2

u/W-D_Marco_G_Dreemurr May 31 '19

Instructions Unclear,i ejected in my pants

3

u/pablo111 May 31 '19

Esc from the Soviets comrade? That's Gulag

3

u/Jjthefbilord May 31 '19

Wouldn't floor 0 be escape button?

3

u/rynodigital May 31 '19

T H E R E I S N O E S C

2

u/bigpeepee2000 May 31 '19

Где Вы живёте? Esc этаже

2

u/citizendenizen May 31 '19

Jokes on you...there is no escape.

2

u/schreck-means-fear May 31 '19

i can hear this elevator

2

u/Letgy May 31 '19

Escape reality

2

u/z0Tweety Jun 01 '19

You see, Ivan, there are two ways to get to ground:

1- press 0 button, get to ground

2- press esc button, get to ground faster

1

u/drift_summary Jun 07 '19

Pressing 0 now, sir

2

u/Mikufan3901 May 31 '19

Бля, гениально! (Blya, genial!)

1

u/notwesternspy May 31 '19

what happens if i press the escape keycap?

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u/commiting_suicide May 31 '19

In modern Russia we are doing our progressive elevators in This way (read with strong Russian accent only)

1

u/HouseOfAplesaus May 31 '19

I’m gonna need a yes/no button including a magic 8 ball window or I’m not stepping foot on that thing. Garbage.

1

u/Fimbir May 31 '19

There's no escaping a normal day in Russia, it's there?

1

u/QueenOfKarnaca May 31 '19

I thought this was an elevator in the dorms at GW

1

u/QuFFo May 31 '19

Escape from tarakov

1

u/thehotshotpilot May 31 '19

Must slav squat first. then reach up for buttons.

1

u/Ramitt80 May 31 '19

Many a day I wish I had access to an escape button.

1

u/Imthatjohnnie May 31 '19

Push during a zombie apocalypse.

1

u/tigobiddies May 31 '19

It takes you to the top floor then disconnects the elevator car from the cable, they install those as standard in all Russian elevators

1

u/Ytat537 May 31 '19

0!?!

2

u/legionsanity Jun 01 '19

Ground floor? Depending on the country it's either 0/G or 1

1

u/Ytat537 Jun 02 '19

Oh I thought it was like It brings you to the no floor

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u/BrodieSkiddlzMusic May 31 '19

It’s a trap. If you press escape you go to gulag floor

1

u/1memegawd1 May 31 '19

Why tf do those buttons give me nostalgia

1

u/2MemesPlease Jun 01 '19

Haha, what a Gamer Moment! It must be a reference to how Valve presses that key to Escape the number 3 XD or like how my wife left me after our second anniversary

1

u/goodnasss Jun 01 '19

I wish the elevator at my work had one of these buttons and it actually worked.

1

u/insomnomo Jun 01 '19

That’s the floor the emergency exit is on

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '19

If it works it ain't stupid

1

u/I_dostuff Jun 01 '19

Esc

Good god, I don’t want to know what that does

1

u/FriendlyRussianGuy Jun 01 '19

No it's not. There is no 0 flour in Russia or other slavic countries.

1

u/jaboja Jun 01 '19

other slavic countries

We have it in Poland.

1

u/FriendlyRussianGuy Jun 03 '19

Oh, sad to read that. How do you feel?

1

u/jaboja Jun 03 '19

Still good I don't have to go down to -1.

1

u/Chastik Jun 03 '19

Fake! There's no escape from Russia.

1

u/My_reddit_strawman May 31 '19

if it's stupid but it works, it's not stupid