Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Locked thread
Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
Sorry about the hair cut machine

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

NEED TOILET PAPER posted:

Poor Liza is a story by Russian writer Nikolai Karamzin in which a young peasant lady living alone taking care of her aging mother meets a flighty young aristocrat. The two are very much in love, but then the aristocrat is called away to military service. Although he doesn't see any combat, he does manage to piss away all his money gambling, and so must marry an older, richer woman. The peasant girl, believing her beloved was away/dead all along, commits suicide when she finds out. Plagued with guilt, he kills himself soon after. The narrator closes wondering if they've reconciled in the afterlife. Such is life and death.

i'm surprised US country music never got popular in Russia.

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Is that Russia? I thought all Russian gyms looked like this and were full of dianabol-fueled hulks.

Present
Oct 28, 2011

by Shine

Say Nothing posted:

Is that Russia? I thought all Russian gyms looked like this and were full of dianabol-fueled hulks.



If were talking outdoor gyms in Russia heres one from Ukraine, which may become part of Russia later this year:

Street Workout Motivation / Спортивный Киев: http://youtu.be/bvLQZVnz5WM

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

etalian posted:

i'm surprised US country music never got popular in Russia.

Country music's been moderately popular throughout the Eastern block because it was the easiest form of Western music to get past censors / perform illegally, also the home-grown bard / author-music genre is even more depressing.

raingwc
Feb 28, 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8qYo4G6fak

fatherboxx
Mar 25, 2013

Say Nothing posted:

Is that Russia? I thought all Russian gyms looked like this and were full of dianabol-fueled hulks.



There is a feud between the guys who go to a legit gym and the ones exercising outdoor ("tourniqmen"). The latter are mocked for being piss-poor straight-edgers, who only do pull-ups and post Misha Mavashi videos.

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

NEED TOILET PAPER posted:

Poor Liza is a story by Russian writer Nikolai Karamzin in which a young peasant lady living alone taking care of her aging mother meets a flighty young aristocrat. The two are very much in love, but then the aristocrat is called away to military service. Although he doesn't see any combat, he does manage to piss away all his money gambling, and so must marry an older, richer woman. The peasant girl, believing her beloved was away/dead all along, commits suicide when she finds out. Plagued with guilt, he kills himself soon after. The narrator closes wondering if they've reconciled in the afterlife. Such is life and death.

this is kind of like a russian version of romeo and juliet minus the dumb family quarrel.

Kirs
Dec 5, 2014

Apart from drinking, there is absolutely nothing to do here.

Say Nothing posted:

Is that Russia? I thought all Russian gyms looked like this and were full of dianabol-fueled hulks.



Chains are in case someone will try to steal it?

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Say Nothing posted:

Is that Russia? I thought all Russian gyms looked like this and were full of dianabol-fueled hulks.


could be anywhere in former union. given the condition and the outlook, it should be colonial russia or ukraine/belarus

Kirs posted:

Chains are in case someone will try to steal it?
yes

"stealing a barbell" might sound stupid, but in my hometown dude tried to steal pig by attempting to push a whole pig, dead and in large bag, over the fence of local meat factory

beato
Nov 26, 2004

CHILLL OUT, DICK WAD.

Present posted:

If were talking outdoor gyms in Russia heres one from Ukraine, which may become part of Russia later this year:

Street Workout Motivation / Спортивный Киев: http://youtu.be/bvLQZVnz5WM

You linked the wrong one, bro :heysexy:

:nws: just in case you're wasting time while you should be working.

http://youtu.be/HQptVYuUDbo

Simstim
Mar 16, 2005

You just gave me a great idea buddy.

looks like a heavy metal t-shirt

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
fighting, is make you feel alive and not sad all the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbRjsCiWyws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCqZ-2kd6oc

you lose a few teeth, no matter, can still drink vodka

Zzulu fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Feb 18, 2015

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001

Jonad posted:

93 out of 220 got cancer (like half of those died from it) but it was shot during the height of America's chain-smoking golden age and 2/5 people get cancer even now so it's hard to tell if it was nuclear testing upwind that did it or just good old Philip Morris.

Never let statistics get in the way of a good story :colbert:

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
Zzzzzzzap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TrnlcStma4

:stare:

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_zC7QK64Ks

:staredog:

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



Zzulu posted:

fighting, is make you feel alive and not sad all the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbRjsCiWyws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCqZ-2kd6oc

you lose a few teeth, no matter, can still drink vodka

are these like the russian equivalent of ultras or what

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
says its soccer fans yeah, rivaling cities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VjRpEYACqg

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

Lol look how the woman at 0:45 struggles to stay on her feet. How many people end up on the tracks when the train leaves?

Kirs
Dec 5, 2014

Apart from drinking, there is absolutely nothing to do here.

kalstrams posted:

could be anywhere in former union. given the condition and the outlook, it should be colonial russia or ukraine/belarus

yes

"stealing a barbell" might sound stupid, but in my hometown dude tried to steal pig by attempting to push a whole pig, dead and in large bag, over the fence of local meat factory

I bet he wanted to harvest SALO from that pig.

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

beato
Nov 26, 2004

CHILLL OUT, DICK WAD.
What's causing that? There are trains in Latvia that are pretty much that exact same make and model but they sure as hell don't light up like the 4th of July when they're moving.

VV Yeah, after thinking about it, I think they are diesel here.

beato fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Feb 18, 2015

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




beato posted:

What's causing that? There are trains in Latvia that are pretty much that exact same make and model but they sure as hell don't light up like the 4th of July when they're moving.
This happens when electric trains have poorly maintained connection to their power line. While the hull is the same, I don't think we have electrical versions of those in Latvia, though again I have taken Latvian trains maybe thrice in my life in total.

the fart question
Mar 21, 2007

College Slice

are they trying to run a diesel train on coal dust or is that just the accumulated soot in the exhaust igniting?

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
pretty sure it's demons having an orgy inside

Lazer Monkey
Jan 15, 2005

How the hell do u find these?

beato
Nov 26, 2004

CHILLL OUT, DICK WAD.

Lazer Monkey posted:

How the hell do u find these?

In Soviet Russia, video finds you!

Lazer Monkey
Jan 15, 2005

I was about to write about how it was hilarious but that's actually really loving scary..

Blistex
Oct 30, 2003

Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler
There has been a lot of talk in the news about giving Ukraine legit military aid, and I'm wondering if that is going to make much of a difference. I was under the impression that their issues with the rebels isn't a lack of tanks or guns, or ammo, but more of a morale issue, logistics, and the fact that Russia keeps replacing whatever troops of theirs get killed or captured. So every time the government forces take out a rebel, another one or two takes his place. Also, giving them a bunch of F-16s or Abram's tanks isn't an instant +50 advantage, as the training and support is what makes them much more effective than your average Soviet-era weapon's system. Also add the "Putin factor" to this mess and the possibility that he doubles his support for the rebels should NATO get involved.

Anyone else think that Putin would drop the charade and for-reals invade the Ukraine at the first sign of an Abram's or an abandoned Javelin, using the rationale that he has to offset this "blatant NATO invasion to suppress the ethnic Russian citizens of Ukraine" even if no NATO troops were in the country?

Big Willy Style
Feb 11, 2007

How many Astartes do you know that roll like this?
You want this thread

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3662635&pagenumber=328&perpage=40

Blistex
Oct 30, 2003

Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

No loving way am I venturing into D&D.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Blistex posted:

No loving way am I venturing into D&D.
lol if you want dnd discussion not in dnd. regarding your first paragraph, ukrainian army is literally poorer than what separastists represent, and indeed has poo poo logistiscs as you note. morale is fairly fine for what it is, and russia compensating for everything is why this didnt end last august or so, exactly. they have airplanes and some armor too, there is no point in flying stuff whatsoever b/c shits full of sams etc. they need anti-armor weapons, something safer than bread trucks for troops and decent leadership, maybe some food too.

Big Willy Style
Feb 11, 2007

How many Astartes do you know that roll like this?

Blistex posted:

No loving way am I venturing into D&D.

There is a person who posts that provides analysis to governments and who gets asked for information by media organizations like the guardian and he is getting big coverage in Germany atm but ok

Bhodi
Dec 9, 2007

Oh, it's just a cat.
Pillbug
Brown Moses? Or someone else?

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Bhodi posted:

Brown Moses? Or someone else?
yes him, his last report got on major news of lots of countries

hailthefish
Oct 24, 2010

Big Willy Style posted:

There is a person who posts that provides analysis to governments and who gets asked for information by media organizations like the guardian and he is getting big coverage in Germany atm but ok

Because for every Brown Moses or w/e there's like 5 hippie burnouts circlejerking about the irrelevancy of human struggle in the light of the impending worldwide socialist revolution and also let's forcibly relocate the rurals and deliberately exterminate minority cultures so as to hasten the formation of a glorious one-world government and put an end to all this war and strife forever.

Have some russa.jpg to compensate for the d&d.txt:

staberind
Feb 20, 2008

but i dont wanna be a spaceship
Fun Shoe

hailthefish posted:

Because for every Brown Moses or w/e there's like 5 hippie burnouts circlejerking about the irrelevancy of human struggle in the light of the impending worldwide socialist revolution and also let's forcibly relocate the rurals and deliberately exterminate minority cultures so as to hasten the formation of a glorious one-world government and put an end to all this war and strife forever.

Have some russa.jpg to compensate for the d&d.txt:


Brighton beach has the same goddamn pebbles.
Also, Brown Moses Knows wtf is up usually, I'd trust his information over a lot of "news sources"

hailthefish
Oct 24, 2010

Brown Moses is a chill and knowledgeable dude and if d&d were just A/T Brown Moses Edition it would be the best forum instead of the worst forum.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

The Wurst Poster
Apr 8, 2005

Literally the Wurst...

Seriously...

For REALSIES.

beato posted:

What's causing that? There are trains in Latvia that are pretty much that exact same make and model but they sure as hell don't light up like the 4th of July when they're moving.



It's ice on the wire from freezing rain that is causing the circuit to open and close quickly making the arcs as the train moves along. You can see people slip around on the platform in the video.

  • Locked thread