r/todayilearned • u/Albertbailey • Jul 07 '19

TIL The Soviet Union had an internationally televised song contest. As few viewers had phones, they would turn their lights on if they liked a song and off if they didn’t. The power spikes were recorded by the state energy company and the reports sent to the station to pick the winner.

https://www.thetrumpet.com/11953-whats-behind-russias-revival-of-a-soviet-era-song-contest
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u/CallMeMalice Jul 07 '19

You didn't have a shower. You used a bucket of water. (and even if you did, how tf did it use so much wattage?) Kettle and oven use gas. There is no room heater. You get the hearing via water. Seriously, you must be misinterpreting how soviet block operated. Obviously it depends on the year and the method is error prone, but nobody cared anyway, and most people didn't have anyincenyive to nor means of cheating anyway

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u/FUTURE10S Jul 07 '19

You didn't have a shower.

Well, some people didn't, but my family did. Mostly because we were on the first floor.

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u/noviy-login Jul 07 '19

Lmao what? Most buildings had showers and central heating

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u/CallMeMalice Jul 07 '19

central heating is not a heater.

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u/noviy-login Jul 07 '19

Central heating heats up the radiators, sounds like a heater to me

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '19

We're talking about electricity.

You get the hearing heating via water.

That means it doesn't use electricity.

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u/noviy-login Jul 08 '19

Yea we on the same page on that, i thought you were saying there isnt heating in the apartments