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I'm Russian, and think so too. :-) If you don't know Russian or Hebrew, how did you tell? Just curious.
by cousin_it 18y ago
I'm Russian, and think so too. :-)
If you don't know Russian or Hebrew, how did you tell? Just curious.
- andreyf 18y agoIt's the type of humor (culturally Russian/culturally Jewish), not the actual wording.
- cousin_it 18y agoHey, that's why I asked - to learn how others see Russian culture from the outside. What's the defining quality. ?
- YuriNiyazov 18y agoExplicitness
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- netcan 18y agofatalism
- YuriNiyazov 18y agoDo you mean "fatalism" (a general acceptance of fate) or "defeatism" (a certain pessimistic variant of that acceptance) ?
- netcan 18y agoMore of the first. Some of the second. But the latter with a sort of sly smile.
- andreyf 18y agoThe first joke - thoughtful irony (the plumber prides himself in being covered in shit - but is it worth it?). The second is very uniquely Russian (I only kind of get it) - somehow, vulgarity with a good comeback is funny. The third makes fun of overvaluing superficial social status (being in the aeroplane industry), which I could see as an internal stereotype of Jewish culture.
- netcan 18y agoI speak Hebrew. I don't speak Russian, but I had a lot of Russian friends growing up. So I've heard a lot of jokes fall flat in translation from Russian. I thought I recognised the sound.