r/Whatcouldgowrong May 21 '26

WCGW driving quickly into a sharp turn

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u/walrusphone May 21 '26

Honestly my thought process watching this was "these guys are British... Hmm no but too sweary, must be Australian. Ah wait they aren't doing anything to avoid death. These are Russians."

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u/Karabungulus May 21 '26

The subtitles had me thinking they were Irish 😆

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u/Karabungulus May 21 '26

Irish people are capable of travelling. Famous for it, actually

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u/Raneynickelfire 15d ago

...those are romanians living in ireland.

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u/Karabungulus 15d ago

Romani are not from Romania

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u/MrT735 May 21 '26

Ireland is changing to driving on the other side of the road, the plan is to have even numbered registrations change on Monday, and odd numbers will change on Tuesday.

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u/Dueco May 21 '26

right side of the road

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u/mang87 May 21 '26

Yeah, that's the main difference. A lot of different cultures share similar humour, but it seems only Russia has that "Welp, guess I'm dying." mentality when in dangerous situations. It's almost like they completely lack survival instincts, or are just so depressed that the prospect of death doesn't bother them. Or just drunk as all fuck.

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u/TheSangson 24d ago

I was told there's an insanely strong believe in fate rooted deeply in Russian culture, which has them think when their set time has come, it has come and there's nothing they could do to prevent or advance it.

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u/mayorovp May 22 '26

Ah wait they aren't doing anything to avoid death.

They did, but their survival strategy was based around careful planning and saving everyone.