Got Yer' Gory Soviet Work Safety Posters, Here

Radley Balko | 1.19.2011 1:23 AM

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anarch 14 years ago

Alt text caption contest:

But Comrade Jefferson say Tree of Liberty must be... Oh, wait.
1. anarch 14 years ago
  
  And for the third one:
  
  Buffering...
2. Cunctator 14 years ago
  
  I'm guessing most of you have never worked in an industrial environment. Years ago, these same types of posters were common in American workplaces. I've attended "Safety Meetings" where films were shown using cadaver parts to simulate injuries, i.e. crushed body parts, severed limbs, burns etc.
  
  Nothing too special here.
Menthols Washington 14 years ago

So, the Soviet Union was filled with extreme Three Stooges enthusiasts?
damaged justice 14 years ago

"No, comrade! Deeper! How do you expect me to receive my disability payments with such trifling wounds?
? 14 years ago

It's the mark of the Kochtpo?o.
? 14 years ago

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SugarFree 14 years ago

"Comrade! You have stabbed me!"

"Why are we using pitchforks in a mine? It's dark as fuck in here, dude."
1. The Sheep 14 years ago
  
  D-
  1. SugarFree 14 years ago
    
    Fuck off, you bipolar attention whore.
    1. Ron 14 years ago
      
      Say that to his face once your blog gets OVER ONE THOUSAND VIEWS!!!11!!!
      
      I live in NYC and a thousand people saw my face just this morning. Does that make me a successful model?
      1. SugarFree 14 years ago
        
        A+, Ron.
        
        Rather 14 years ago
        
        Are you in some fucking diabetic-induced imbecility?
        Ron, you're just stupid
    2. The Sheep 14 years ago
      
      You take criticism very well.
      1. SugarFree 14 years ago
        
        I'm not feeding you anymore, trolly.
        
        The Sheep 14 years ago
        
        But you will again, eventually. It's inevitable. I'm in your head now.
        
        Tick...tick...tick...
        
        Rather 14 years ago
        
        I love you sheep and bonus: I'm the only one here NOT thinking of fucking you in the ass!
        
        The Sheep 14 years ago
        
        How do I tell SugarFree that fat, short and pimply is not my type? Dear SugarFree, if you're reading this, baaa-aa-ack off.
        
        Rather 14 years ago
        
        fat, short and pimply is not your type? Now you made the rest of these little boys cry! Sheep, why do you hate fat, short and pimply Reasonoids?
        
        Reasonoid 14 years ago
        
        Sheep love me! My pimples are only on my ass.
    3. joshua corning 14 years ago
      
      someone someday needs to explain to me the Rather hate.
      
      Is it real?
      
      Are you guys kidding around?
      
      If not what did rather do to cause such hatred?
      1. Rather 14 years ago
        
        Vagina and tits scare these boys every time
        
        Kant feel Pietzsche 14 years ago
        
        Just chlamydia-infested vaginas, and hairy mole-encrusted tits.
Fist of Etiquette 14 years ago

That's what they get for using pitchforks to plumb a column.
Rather 14 years ago

Holy shit I was looking at vintage posters last night in bed and I was writing about them today. Was that you next to me Radley? oh ya THANKS for the wake up 😉
1. Warty 14 years ago
  
  Jesus, shut the fuck up, whore.
  1. Rather 14 years ago
    
    not a dirty whore? Lol
2. Rather 14 years ago
  
  No wait, that's not Radley next to me, it's the rancid bum I picked up off the streets last night to smoke crack with.
  
  He just took a shit on me lol.
  1. The Sheep 14 years ago
    
    My blog is on fire!
    1. Rather 14 years ago
      
      Lol, you pissed off sugarfree-he didn't like his grade
      1. The Sheep 14 years ago
        
        He can fuck me. Again.
        
        Rather 14 years ago
        
        Do sheeps get freaked out when Reasonoids use sheep skinned condoms?
        
        Rather 14 years ago
        
        [sheep]
        
        The Sheep 14 years ago
        
        I hear most of them have to use strap-ons.
        
        How Sweet! 14 years ago
        
        Just like their mommies!
Ice Nine 14 years ago

There are more than few Darwin Award slam dunks in there.
Jesus 14 years ago

Warty, I like whores.
1. Mary Magdalene 14 years ago
  
  Come here Jesus; get your sweet ass over here
Bee Tagger 14 years ago

That's the Russian stigmata
1. SugarFree 14 years ago
  
  Stigmata
Rich 14 years ago

I like the one with the wheelbarrow dropping fish. The Michelangeloesque hand eliminates possible confusion concerning the message.
SugarFree 14 years ago

I like the one with the guy being attacked by remorseless, cybernetic monochrome Pac-men. "Wakka-wakka-wakka," indeed.
Name Nomad 14 years ago

Remember, comrade: any injury you do to yourself that makes you less able to work is damaging state property. All violators will be prosecuted.
Hibbert 14 years ago

Karl Malone doesn't like the look of Louis Gosset Jr's puncture wound.
1. Jill 14 years ago
  
  Nice Malone 3rd person FTW.
Death Panelist 14 years ago

Vampire leprechauns. They're everywhere.
Spoonman. 14 years ago

"Shit, maybe if we worked for the capitalist I wouldn't have to carry man-size containers of dangerous chemicals on my back in a wicker basket."
Yakov 14 years ago

In Soviet Russia, fork pitches you!
West Texas 14 years ago

It literally says, "take care with pitchforks!"
petronius 14 years ago

When I was a kid living near the railroad yards, they wouold distribute little comic books about how dangerous the trains were. they had pictures of kids being run down by loose flatcars, losing and eye when they set off a railroad torpedo (essentially a big percussion cap used as a warning signal) and other gory scenes. It was fun!
1. cmace 14 years ago
  
  Railroad torpedoes were fun. I still have all my fingers and eyes.
P Brooks 14 years ago

Vampire leprechauns. They're everywhere.

This (for whatever reason) is one of the funniest comments ever.

Thank you.
JD the elder 14 years ago

Of course, they missed one of the big ones, namely, "Do not use Soviet equipment." (Not 100% joking there. A friend of mine, who emigrated from the USSR, has burn scars on one arm because his father was boiling water in a kettle, and when he lifted it, the handle broke off.)
Yakov Smirnoff 14 years ago

In soviet union we use pitchforks to shovel snow.
????? ?????? 13 years ago

Thanks

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