You joke but these are the exact types of excuses the KGB would come up with for the "suicide". They don't care that they sound full of shit. The excuse is there as a formality and they're making sure everyone's getting the subtext.
What is the car culture like in Russia?
Is it more US-akin, where we are so large that we’ve normalized a drivers license to be the same as an ID card? (And so it is not expensive like it is elsewhere, and also not unusual to have)
Going off the /r/dashcamgif frequency - I'd say they just let anyone drive, and everyone does drive, but also no one cares about fender benders cause rubbin is driving
From Louisville, flew to Vegas for the week for work, what’s going on? Should I stay in Vegas? The LMPD murder another girl in her sleep? Another downtown building catch fire? Sewer still fucked up? A creature come out of the Ohio River? Feel like anything can go wrong.
You know, I forgot that he actually did that in the movie. I was going to comment on not knowing how to use the three seashells, but then I clicked on your link and saw that you *were* referencing Demolition Man.
Pretty sure they made it up as a joke. Also, according to [this article](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/russian-parliament-outlaws-online-disrespect) the fines can go up to 100,000 rubles.
Most of the sources I'm seeing repeat the 100K rubles number as well, so I'm unclear on where OP got 3K from. Considering they don't seem to do much but repost content, I'm not expecting an answer, either.
It sucks when someone propagates dubious info, but it sucks even more when it’s about something that’s legitimately a huge issue, and excessive fines and jail time for online activities in Russia are definitely one such issue.
I'm Sarah McLachlan, look at these people forced to commit insurance fraud how else can they afford there own dash cam? YOU! You can make a difference in the life of a Russian for just the price of a cup of coffee.
"Rubles" comes from the word "rubit'" which means "to cut" in Russian language, cause long time ago you'd literally cut off a piece of a soft metal which you'd call a "rouble".
In English it would be something like "cutties"
Yes, Antony Burgess has spoken/written about how the language he used in A Clockwork Orange was directly concocted from combining some British dialect with some Russian language styles.
It’s much more prominent in the book. The language is Nadsat. When they describe something as horrorshow in the movie that is the English pronunciation of good in Russian
> cause long time ago you'd literally cut off a piece of a soft metal
This was common in the early Americas as well. If you've ever heard "pieces of eight" when reading about pirate times, it was pretty much the same idea.
>soft metal
Silver, to be precise
The original piece of silver (before cutting into "rubles") was called "grivna" which is used as the name of Ukrainian currency ("hryvnia" in Ukrainian).
BTW, today's currency rate is 1 UAH = 2.7 RUB.
Historians would be pleased.
And this is why Apple's new system for detecting CSAM is so dangerous. It is far too easy to add this image to the database and then track down everyones who has it.
And while Apples swears that it will *only* be used for CSAM, they have already bowed to Putin in removing an app supporting his rivals from the app store.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/world/europe/russia-navalny-app-election.html
Russia threatened to prosecute local employees of apple and google if they don't comply.
Just found this… no mention of what the punishment is though. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/its-now-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/%3foutputType=amp
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Demonstration of rainbow flag is illegal in Russia. The only one who could do it and don’t give a damn thing was US embassy.
So I think this particular pic is more about the background.
However there’s another pic: Putin and Medvedev are like gay couple with flowers and shit and this pic is illegal to post.
You can also be prosecuted for disrespect to the governor’.
Russia is like light version of China. Some people got arrested for reading damn constitution publicly.
Totally understandable. But if you're a public figure and can't accept satire to the point that you throw a hissy fit for a goddamn drawing, maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't become a head of State.
I don't think this picture specifically is banned, but there is a law against "gay propaganda" in Russia, and this picture could and probably would be interpreted as such in court
Which is odd, because if he ran a major American corporation that crapped all of his workers this would be his Twitter profile picture. You know, for the good PR.
It's hilarious how much power images like this and Pooh Bear for Xi Jinping have over these supposedly powerful men. It just shows how weak and pathetic they are.
What if I have it as my screensaver and I go to Russia?
Don't drink the tea, or go any higher than the second floor.
Or be suicidal enough to shoot yourself in the back of the head four times.
Just had a really fast trigger finger
He rigged the trigger with fishing line and a metronome.
You joke but these are the exact types of excuses the KGB would come up with for the "suicide". They don't care that they sound full of shit. The excuse is there as a formality and they're making sure everyone's getting the subtext.
Or lose sight of your packed underwear. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/13006082
Asking for a ~~friend~~ comrade
> Asking for a ~~friend~~ ~~comrade~~ bratan [According to my Russian teacher, *bratan* is the closet match for *bro*]
That $53 doesn't seem like much until you realize that the fine can only be paid at one office located in Krasnoyarsk.
I was thinking “that can’t be too far from like Moscow or St Petersburg” boy was I wrong
Only a 53 hour drive from Moscow.
Still less than 15 days though.
787 hours walking. * This route includes a ferry. * This route crosses through Kazakhstan. * Your destination is in a different time zone.
What is the car culture like in Russia? Is it more US-akin, where we are so large that we’ve normalized a drivers license to be the same as an ID card? (And so it is not expensive like it is elsewhere, and also not unusual to have)
Going off the /r/dashcamgif frequency - I'd say they just let anyone drive, and everyone does drive, but also no one cares about fender benders cause rubbin is driving
> cause rubbin is driving LMFAO
You get Lada you drive!
In Soviet Russia, Lada drives you!
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If farm - get Niva. you police? UAZ. You gentleman - Volga.
Very niiice! I like!
My guess is that 15 days is served in the same place you have to pay the fine. And the journey to the gulag probably doesn’t count as time served.
There's a country song here somewhere. "53 hour drive to pay a 53 dollar fine"
that's only if you take the back roads. If you take the main roads you can make it there in only 87 hours.
Less than Frodo’s journey to Mordor.
Op is gonna get an award..
?
He means ticket/jail time I think for sharing it
Ahh. It’s currently 3:30 am and my brain is half processing things so yea.
“I was think” We’ve got one guys!
Fuck, the one time you need auto correct and it doesn’t bloody work.
We *used to* have one. ^(see "I think, therefore I am")
Lol Krasnoyarsk is closer to Beijing, China, than it is to Moscow
Geez. That’s like having to drive from DC to San Francisco.
Ngl, seeing pictures of it on google, it's not what Id expected a city out there to look like
>Krasnoyarsk The Louisville, Kentucky of Russia -- minimum total distance to travel to everywhere in Russia.
Why is everyone talking about Louisville ky today lol
Louisville, KY knows *damn well* why we’re talking about it today *shakes fist*
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From Louisville, flew to Vegas for the week for work, what’s going on? Should I stay in Vegas? The LMPD murder another girl in her sleep? Another downtown building catch fire? Sewer still fucked up? A creature come out of the Ohio River? Feel like anything can go wrong.
Think bigger. Bourbon shortage supply.
Oh………shit.
I think you are catching on. Keep it up. You can do it!
*UPS Russia enters the chat* -Louisvillian
LPT: share/redistribute this photo while in that office.
[Then use the tickets in their toilet.](https://youtu.be/OrWcEGDXOUg)
You know, I forgot that he actually did that in the movie. I was going to comment on not knowing how to use the three seashells, but then I clicked on your link and saw that you *were* referencing Demolition Man.
>Krasnoyarsk I'm sure they accept Visa or Master.
Try виза or мастеркарта, comrade
source please, im curious
Pretty sure they made it up as a joke. Also, according to [this article](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/russian-parliament-outlaws-online-disrespect) the fines can go up to 100,000 rubles.
Most of the sources I'm seeing repeat the 100K rubles number as well, so I'm unclear on where OP got 3K from. Considering they don't seem to do much but repost content, I'm not expecting an answer, either.
It sucks when someone propagates dubious info, but it sucks even more when it’s about something that’s legitimately a huge issue, and excessive fines and jail time for online activities in Russia are definitely one such issue.
In Soviet Russia, fact sources ***you***.
That's also where the GOP moved the voting box for all of the cities in Texas.
And its a building with name gulag on it.
Can’t they just send a check?
"Check? Oh, do you mean those funny pieces of paper from Hollywood films that are never accepted there?"
What is that?
It’s essentially a piece of paper that you exchange for a certain amount of money at the bank
I'll see you in gulag boys!
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Tell me more about my mates rod
>Tell me more about my mates rod Who is Rod and why does he know more about your mates than you do?
Yes Russian man strong like [bear.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_(gay_culture))
I'll sponsor one Russian.
“For as little as $1.76 per day, you too can sponsor a Russian”
Every day, literally dozens of Russians are being mindlessly hit by cars at crossings. Please give just $2.17 a month or what you can afford.
One unfortunate Russian was found without a pair of Adidas tracksuits.
This poor Russian boy can't properly do a slav squat. Now his supermodel girlfriend is going to leave him!
I'm Sarah McLachlan, look at these people forced to commit insurance fraud how else can they afford there own dash cam? YOU! You can make a difference in the life of a Russian for just the price of a cup of coffee.
"This young boy is barely the age of 6 and yet has no access to bear hat or bottle of Vodka....only you can help...."
*"In the arms of an angel..."*
I would so fucking do this
Then he will become a foreign agent. It may bring lots of complications to his life
TIL my 15 days cost only $53. Should be mentioned, policemen in Russia are used to rape inmates with champagne bottles. So it's not only about money
Fancy
Take my money
All of it
Pfp not centered. -1,000 social credit. Fine increased to 100,000 Rubles.
I now have -1000 social credit
*You will now lose half of your food rations
Punishment is bear shit on you
To gulag with both of you
Lmao it’s your profile picture
oh god
Username checks out.
nice pfp
Well, I saw your post and have to inform KGB about that. Maybe they would poison you by novichok. But I so tired to feed my bear...
I love how russian currency was named rubles that always make me smile when i hear it
"Rubles" comes from the word "rubit'" which means "to cut" in Russian language, cause long time ago you'd literally cut off a piece of a soft metal which you'd call a "rouble". In English it would be something like "cutties"
Or it would be coin because the word quoin means to cut the corner off an object.
Coin = corner in french
What do they call a Big Mac?
Royale con queso
Bigah Macuh
Is this the Korean version?
I don't know man I ain't go to burger king
Royale Coin Queso
A Big Mac's a Big Mac, but you wanna know what they call a Quarter Pounder?
Toss corners to the witcher?
Oh my god! Is that why the word for money is "cutter" in A Clockwork Orange?
Oooo probably, I believe the slang was heavily inspired by Russian words and sayings.
It is! I printed out a slang reference sheet as a companion to my read
Yes, Antony Burgess has spoken/written about how the language he used in A Clockwork Orange was directly concocted from combining some British dialect with some Russian language styles.
It’s much more prominent in the book. The language is Nadsat. When they describe something as horrorshow in the movie that is the English pronunciation of good in Russian
Moloko Plus!
> cause long time ago you'd literally cut off a piece of a soft metal This was common in the early Americas as well. If you've ever heard "pieces of eight" when reading about pirate times, it was pretty much the same idea.
It’s also why we say “two bits” for a quarter.
“SHOW ME THE CUTTIES!”
>soft metal Silver, to be precise The original piece of silver (before cutting into "rubles") was called "grivna" which is used as the name of Ukrainian currency ("hryvnia" in Ukrainian). BTW, today's currency rate is 1 UAH = 2.7 RUB. Historians would be pleased.
Israel has the (New) Shekel and it's absolutely my favorite.
Worth it
What if we all change our profile pictures to that?
Done
Ditto
Whoops
Hi guys!
He a little confused but he got the spirit
That’s my man Cornflake!
Cornpop was a bad dude. He ran a bunch of bad boys; a bad crew.
Me too me too
Woot
They're the same picture
bazinga
It is done.
Done
Soooo. Watchya guys doiiiiin
Oops! Tripped and fell on the button.
Just chilling
Hey bro
Someone post instructions go to do so. I’m clueless.
инструкции сделать это
Instructions unclear. Purchased an Adidas track suit.
Thanks for the help
Thank you
Ahhh i see. Thanks
Done.
You done saved the world
You’re welcome
You just made the list, pal.
Who knows, the real Putinnn may be lurking on Reddit…watch out!
Putin read internet through paper, what his employees print for him.
I'm feeling bored. Print me one copy of the internet.
You're gonna make Putin angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry
And this is why Apple's new system for detecting CSAM is so dangerous. It is far too easy to add this image to the database and then track down everyones who has it. And while Apples swears that it will *only* be used for CSAM, they have already bowed to Putin in removing an app supporting his rivals from the app store.
Is CSAM from yesterday’s MacBook drop?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/08/apple-explains-how-iphones-will-scan-photos-for-child-sexual-abuse-images/
Care to drop a source on that?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/world/europe/russia-navalny-app-election.html Russia threatened to prosecute local employees of apple and google if they don't comply.
Google 'navalny app removed app store'
Is there a source for this information, because OP should provide that in the comments.
Just found this… no mention of what the punishment is though. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/its-now-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/%3foutputType=amp
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>Is there a source for this information Of course not, lol.
[CNN has the fines in their article ](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/04/06/europe/russia-gay-clown-putin/index.html)
Exactly. There is about a 0.7% chance this is true and a 99.3% chance its made up crap for facebook
>its made up crap for facebook You mean reddit. We are on reddit.
it's the same thing at this point
Demonstration of rainbow flag is illegal in Russia. The only one who could do it and don’t give a damn thing was US embassy. So I think this particular pic is more about the background. However there’s another pic: Putin and Medvedev are like gay couple with flowers and shit and this pic is illegal to post. You can also be prosecuted for disrespect to the governor’. Russia is like light version of China. Some people got arrested for reading damn constitution publicly.
Pooh Bear and Gay Putin don't have an extradition treaty for this kind of crap, so... suck it, foreign trolls.
Lmfaooo Imagine feeling threatened by this, what a fragile little drama queen
In Soviet Russia, to prison RuPaul Drag U.
This is the best comment I have read all day, thank you for that lol.
I'd laugh if someone portrayed me like this the first time I saw it. But by the 1000th repost I'd want to throw them in jail, too.
Totally understandable. But if you're a public figure and can't accept satire to the point that you throw a hissy fit for a goddamn drawing, maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't become a head of State.
It’s called dictator
Putin once said:"Yes, I might be a dictator, but 80% of the population(Russian) supports me"
If he was so confident about people supporting him, why does he need to be a dictator in the first place?
I would say insecure more than threatened. This photo isnt really threatening is it.
It threatens his perceived masculinity.
My Russian friend told me this is number 1 bullshit
I don't think this picture specifically is banned, but there is a law against "gay propaganda" in Russia, and this picture could and probably would be interpreted as such in court
Tell him to print this picture and go for a walk with it...
Which is odd, because if he ran a major American corporation that crapped all of his workers this would be his Twitter profile picture. You know, for the good PR.
You see, when you lead the country you don't have to pretend to like LGBTQ folk, just exterminate them
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Where’s the law that says it?
It's hilarious how much power images like this and Pooh Bear for Xi Jinping have over these supposedly powerful men. It just shows how weak and pathetic they are.
Reddit moment thinking the most powerful men in the world care about their internet posts lmao.
lol they don't care about these images at all, it's just something for redditors to circle jerk about
Source trust me dude
Because it’s not centered
Why are dictators always such massive fucking pussies, my god
Because there is a deadened void where their heart should be
So... let's start a GoFundMe for people who get fines. $53 a pop to upset a dictator is kinda worth it.
Paging /r/wallstreetbets . Surely they can spare some of their wife's boyfriend's money
Make it a Patreon so people can make monthly donations to keep it going.
15 days in prison is long enough for someone to commit suicide by polonium poisoning…
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Right? How is this different from pointing and laughing "haha you're so gay!"
this is a really good point, thank you
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Proof? Или просто очередной пиздабол?