Soviet dishes and glass

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Neat! They do kinda look like bedpans or dog dishes, but whatever, obviously the stuff is durable as fuck to have lasted so long. What about the silverware? I'd be really interested to see that as well.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

No proper soviet glass unless it glows in the dark

[–]IMissPorn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They look like dog bowls.

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As appealing as a hospital bedpan

[–]Bridgeheadprod 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have a coat hangar that says “made in east Berlin”

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I have some things that were made in the USSR, and some from the GDR. They all seem pretty tough. The design philosophy is something like "this absolutely has to do this one thing pretty well, for a long time." In a capitalist society, the philosophy is more like, "ZOMG this is the best plate ever and it's also responsibly sourced, biodegradable, and can be used as 9 other things!"

In fairness to capitalism, the Soviet design philosophy works better for simple things like watches and coffee cups than it does for more complex things.