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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
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алсааас [she/her] lemmy.dbzer0.com alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Incidentally, it was TIL (before this post), that Yeltsin lost his left thumb and index finger in his youth because he was stupid enough to play around with live grenades.

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-01-18
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Incidentally, it was TIL (before this post), that Yeltsin lost his left thumb and index finger in his youth because he was stupid enough to play around with live grenades.

he was not the sharpest tool in the shed

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алсааас [she/her] lemmy.dbzer0.com alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#4 · Quote Reply

he was not the sharpest tool in the shed

Though apparently he was quite competent in managing construction in his oblast before being invited to manage that in Moscow by Gorbachev

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
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#5 · Quote Reply

Though apparently he was quite competent in managing construction in his oblast before being invited to manage that in Moscow by Gorbachev

Peter principle in action I guess :)

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locahosr443 lemmy.world locahosr443@lemmy.world
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Looks like he's trying to shake a shit out of his trousers

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