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etalian posted:models and top notch prostitutes. but you repeat yourself
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Vladimir Poutine posted:also Tetris, phenibut and vodka as little as i've tried of them, most of them are mild garbage russian pills (aspirin  ) - like, take two and you can drive nails with your heade: yeah i realize it's sold everywhere and isn't a russian invention, latvia just happened to have lots of russian/soviet aspirin around when i grew up cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 03:40 on May 31, 2015 |
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May 31, 2015 03:35
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Russia is truly a magical place.
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May 31, 2015 03:45
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Vladimir Poutine posted:also Tetris, phenibut and vodka You be sorting years potato for winter. Wow! Ten potato in row! Then party chairman come and take potato and give points. What points is good for? Nothing. Such is life.
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May 31, 2015 03:49
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BBJoey posted:why go for stalin when you can go for the source Ya but that one kinda makes sense as a local historical nod since Chemnitz was called Karl-Marx-Stadt in commie times, and their bigass monument to him which is now a tourist attraction didn't get torn down because the Boches are kinda careful with remembering their history. Stalin on a cc though...
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May 31, 2015 04:06
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Shadeoses posted:Russia is truly a magical place. 
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May 31, 2015 04:09
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etalian posted:russia's main exports are depressing literature, models and top notch prostitutes. Vladimir Poutine posted:also Tetris, phenibut and vodka kalstrams posted:also headache pills Dunno why russia is such a depressing place, all this sounds like the recipe for an awesome weekend
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May 31, 2015 05:34
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Did he rip off assassin's creed for the title of his book?
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May 31, 2015 05:45
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drilldo squirt posted:Did he rip off assassin's creed for the title of his book? Assassin's Creed cribbed that from Dostoevsky.
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May 31, 2015 05:48
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NEED TOILET PAPER posted:Dunno why russia is such a depressing place, all this sounds like the recipe for an awesome weekend must they be mutually exclusive? Why is it fair to hate on Russia's shorter life expectancy when people run with the bulls in Spain? (yes yes Spain has better food but cmon)
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May 31, 2015 05:57
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syscall girl posted:Oh hey it's most of the plot to Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. except the dude dies at the end cause russia
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May 31, 2015 07:23
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How's Vladislav Surkov doin
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May 31, 2015 07:28
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Vladimir Poutine posted:also Tetris, phenibut and vodka Don't forget Phenazepam. It is easy to forget powdered amnesia I suppose
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May 31, 2015 08:02
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Alan Smithee posted:must they be mutually exclusive? Why is it fair to hate on Russia's shorter life expectancy when people run with the bulls in Spain? (yes yes Spain has better food but cmon) We don't cover walls with rugs
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StashAugustine posted:except the dude dies at the end cause russia Yeah, but he dies in peace 'cause that's a happy Russian story.
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May 31, 2015 08:12
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sent to gulag for 26 years but is okay died with potato in hand
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May 31, 2015 08:51
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Ive never read a russian novel that ended happily. I've only read one (Crime and Punishment) though I guess Punishment is kind of a happy ending and also I guess Nocnoy Dozor where everything is bad but they go back in time and undo it so it's all good?
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May 31, 2015 08:56
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Moridin920 posted:sent to gulag for 26 years but is okay the potato is how you can tell is fiction story.
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DoctorStrangelove posted:Assassin's Creed cribbed that from Dostoevsky. Thank you.
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May 31, 2015 09:00
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Alan Smithee posted:Ive never read a russian novel that ended happily. I've only read one (Crime and Punishment) though I guess Punishment is kind of a happy ending and also I guess Nocnoy Dozor where everything is bad but they go back in time and undo it so it's all good? "sasha im just from reactor, so how abo~" *snaps arounds, hip-firing vintorez sniper rifle into an invisible blooodsucker* "so, bayb, u wun sum fuk" but yeah, they had good ends there russian classics - not so much, in my experience funnily enough, that's also how most of latvian classical novels pan out - it's literally "sky is bruise, my waif is ded, let me choke on potato"
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Alan Smithee posted:Ive never read a russian novel that ended happily. I've only read one (Crime and Punishment) though I guess Punishment is kind of a happy ending and also I guess Nocnoy Dozor where everything is bad but they go back in time and undo it so it's all good? at the end of war and peace they kick napoleon out of russia and then everybody high fives and lives happily ever after except the ones who died and the other ones who tolstoy was foreshadowing would become failed revolutionaries in war and peace 2: decembrist boogaloo
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May 31, 2015 17:41
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I me a guy who grew up in germany but moved to russia two years ago, very interesting talking about the differences in culture. The funniest thing was that he told me that smiling and laughing in russia is a sign of weakness or dishonesty when done in public, he was completely blown away at everyone laughing and having a good time while in Berlin. Laughing is a sign of weakness haha what a hosed up country.
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May 31, 2015 18:40
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Son of Rodney posted:I me a guy who grew up in germany but moved to russia two years ago, very interesting talking about the differences in culture. i had a russian teacher once who was a really happy guy and when he was in russia he would go around smiling at everybody and if someone asked him how he was doing he would be like "I'm good", like you would here in Canada everyone thought he was loving crazy cause no one smiles at strangers there and if someone asks how you are it's just an opportunity for you to tell them about how lovely your life is, or at most say "not bad" or "im normal"
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May 31, 2015 18:46
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Son of Rodney posted:I me a guy who grew up in germany but moved to russia two years ago, very interesting talking about the differences in culture. so the totem pole for humourlessness is something like Normal Human = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = German = = = = = Russian
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May 31, 2015 19:04
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Son of Rodney posted:Laughing is a sign of weakness haha what a hosed up country. This is kind of blowing my mind. Are there figures for international depression/misery rates because something tells me the ruskies are top 5 Imagine living in a place where enjoying life makes you a freak
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May 31, 2015 19:37
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Kasonic posted:This is kind of blowing my mind. Are there figures for international depression/misery rates because something tells me the ruskies are top 5 This is a good article: http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/sep/02/dying-russians/ Basically russia has much higher rates of depression, suicide and also death by accidents compared to western european countries. Was a combination of any sort of safety net getting yanked out in post-soviet russia and also how russian culture tends to have fatalistic attitude don't/can't change anything.
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May 31, 2015 19:47
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All the russian lit talk reminded me of one of my favorites: Ward number 6 by Chekhov. ..... which also ends depressingly.
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May 31, 2015 20:07
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Moridin920 posted:Russians are depressing as gently caress look at the summary of this story "God Sees the Truth, But Waits" by Tolstoy what a loving wank im glad they remade that and cleaned off all the gross russia dah such is life bullshit
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Russia: the state where happiness is impossible.
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Son of Rodney posted:Laughing is a sign of weakness haha what a hosed up country. im serious, it's saying in russian vyelkin posted:everyone thought he was loving crazy cause no one smiles at strangers there and if someone asks how you are it's just an opportunity for you to tell them about how lovely your life is, or at most say "not bad" or "im normal" cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 21:33 on May 31, 2015 |
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May 31, 2015 21:31
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etalian posted:Was a combination of any sort of safety net getting yanked out in post-soviet russia and also how russian culture tends to have fatalistic attitude don't/can't change anything. In some regions it may in part stem from the extremely high latitude. High northern winters gently caress with your brain chemistry because you don't get enough sunlight. Nordic countries have markably higher suicide rates than would be expected given their high standard of living and strong social safety nets.
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May 31, 2015 21:42
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syscall girl posted:Oh hey it's most of the plot to Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. tolstoy should get his own material what a loving plagiarist does he write for DC or marvel
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May 31, 2015 21:45
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master and margarita ends with the heroes living together happily in the afterlife so I guess that counts for a good ending oh and Pontius Pilate(and his dog) gets an amnesty from god
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kalstrams posted:i want to go to some western non-scandinavian country, i'd probably feel weird as gently caress if strangers would smile to me and "how are you" questions would have answers different from "not bad" or worse does this even exist, everyone in western europe is miserable as well
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Jonad posted:In some regions it may in part stem from the extremely high latitude. High northern winters gently caress with your brain chemistry because you don't get enough sunlight. Nordic countries have markably higher suicide rates than would be expected given their high standard of living and strong social safety nets. Russians are somewhat unique since it took tyrants like Peter the Great to make even consider or least force them to change their ways. Lots of other foreign visitors like Custine or de Tocqueville observed a fatalism in the russian mindset, "it can't be helped"
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Phlegmish posted:does this even exist, everyone in western europe is miserable as well Lichy posted:master and margarita ends with the heroes living together happily in the afterlife so I guess that counts for a good ending 
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drilldo squirt posted:Thank you. It was actually ripped off of the story Alamut by Vladimir Bartol, a Slovenian, who in turn was influenced by Dostoevsky's line "If God doesn't exist, everything is permitted." Bartol's line is "Nothing is an absolute reality, all is permitted." Rodnik fucked around with this message at 23:01 on May 31, 2015 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIvtuLOJTtY
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JaucheCharly posted:Can't be russia. Too colorful. Probably correct, looks like it is road line paint and I don't think they use that in Russia.
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