I know quite a few Russians because my mom used to live there, they really do have this mentality when it comes to grief it's just like they jump straight to "oh well, it happened." A woman's grandmother died and when I apologized for her loss she told me "she is already dead there is no point in being sad it will not bring her back to life."
There’s a similar quote by Epicurus that has always comforted me- “Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not.”
As a girl living in Siberia, I confirm that if you fall out of a ship into the icy water of one of the Siberian rivers, your ability and desire to swim will tend to zero 🥶
@@ievafaulkner6021 I prefer ice showers, because in winter the temperature outside reaches -30 Celsius, and cold water becomes icy if you don’t add hot water at all. 👍 When I hear about an ice bath, I think about the way to Hell from the movie Constantine. 😂
@@Hellbentdoggo2427 Haha I wear several layers of clothes) I actually feel worse in the summer when the temperature rises to 35+ Celsius.😂 The sharply continental climate sucks.
My favorite Russian saying is "I must go where even the king walks alone." It sounds very ominous, but it actually means "I have to go to the bathroom."
@@lazyButAlive aaaah, classic. Complain about temperature being extremely low in winter and then when summer comes complain about temperature being too high to be comfortable
A russian friend of mine had a visit from her teenage nephew, so we drove him around a bit to show him the sights. It was a 4 hour drive and he showed no interest in anything. Towards the end I pointed to a mountain range and said."These mountains are called "The Sleeping Soldier"" because the silhouette of those mountains looks like a huge sleeping soldier with his helmet pulled over his eyes. My russian friend translated, and finally, after almost 4 hours of driving, this kid said something in russian. My friend fell silent and shook her head. I asked what he said. She said: "How do you know the soldier isn't dead?".
@@Kotyawildтак Муму не сказка. Сказки европы написаны взрослыми для взрослых и позже адаптированы, а Муму именно написана для детского читателя намеренно
@@mousem8621взрослыми для взрослых? мне кажется для взрослых были какие-то песни, частушки, баллады и прочее, а сказки, особенно волшебные, были в первую очередь для детей
"My sister and I were athlete as children. Our favorite sport was running away from angry wolf. I won gold, she won silver God rest her soul." - Olya Povlatsky
I taught literature at a Russian school. I started talking to the girl in the dining room about "Poor Lisa" (Lisa drowned at the end), and the girl just said with a calm face "oh, just like my grandfather" 💀
I reacted the same after readed the "Poor lisa", back in the days my reaction when someone says what do I think about it was just "she drowned, sad. But many people drown, so this story is not unique". Now I'm really thinking that some of stereotypes about my kind, Russians, are having some true😅
English literature: I will die for honour. French literature: I will die for love. American literature: I will die for freedom. Russian literature: I will just die.
Polish literature: I will die in spite. I mean "for freedom", but I won't achieve anything except inconveniencing the opponent, which is just as good of a goal as any other; screw them! Hope more nationalities would write, can be interesting.
My girlfriend is Russian, and I once asked her why Russians often seem to be sort of gloomy and she dead ass told me "because it's better to feel nothing than to let yourself be crushed by the world."
lol, I'm Russian and I had same mentality since childhood. every single time when I was sick I was preparing to die and though "well, I lived 7 years already, it's probably enough".
To an extent, yes. But accepting death when you have the ability to try to survive is silly and goes entirely against human nature. Accept that death is inevitable, yes, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't fight to survive. I would argue that someone who, as soon as they fall in water, just allow themselves to drown, has much less freedom than the one who attempts to cling to something and swim to safety, as the drowning person is now dead lol.
@Penderyn No, that's caused by the fact that a fascist dictator who doesn't care about his own citizens is throwing drafted soldiers into a meat grinder. As if regular Russians want to pointlessly die in Ukraine.
@Penderyn that's literally a made up thing. They don't do that. But yes, Russians do seem to accept death and tragedy like it's a normal thing. Seen video of a Russian soldier being chill seconds after losing a foot. Sheesh.
I had a Russian roommate for a summer abroad and we asked her about Russian stereotypes. She said “yeah the angry russian is not real. What are Russians? We are sad.” It stuck with me.
That doesn't make the stereotype untrue. For centuries, men were not allowed to express sadness, so they defaulted to the only emotion they were allowed to express - anger.
Oh, the parents here have loved this line for a while. Are you struggling? Who doesn't? Pull yourself together and just do what is needed. Now people became more aware and less scared of psychotherapy and psychiatry, and the specialists have no time to rest...
As a Siberian, I dream about gathering all the people who joked about cold Siberia and making them live in my grandma's flat in July, without air conditioner
I've known a great number of Russians... There is an odd level of cynicism or you may call it resignation to the cruelty of life, but you all tend to be very kind people as well I must say.
Fr, my confidence really has been dropped down after these sentences. Cuz I’ve been learning English for 5 years and when I speak I still cannot do sentences like this
@@Asme1111-t8h If you still don't speak Russian well enough, then I do not advise you to read Tolstoy in the original, it's quite difficult even for a Russian speaker. The writer liked to make complex sentences, and old words are also used there
@@MrWhite-vg6oidon't worry about it! Frankly, most of the stuff people say in a stand-up bit is either exaggerated or embellished a bit to make it funnier. Or she might've said it in Russian :)
my best friend is Russian and Armenian and she has this mindset but is also extremely cheerful and friendly. so she’ll say stuff like “if you wake up and are not in pain, you’ll know you’re dead” with the sweetest smile you’ve ever seen. she’s fun at parties 😂
This is me! I am reading all this depressing shit and I am like, huh? Did we grow up in the same country? I think its just we sre seeing results of some depressed parents, but not everyone is like that at all. Like not at all.
Wow, she literally mixed Russian pessimism and Armenian optimism (I studied the history of this people, they literally rose from the ashes, they were helped by faith in a bright future)
"Перед смертью не надышишься" I believe that was the actual proverb which literally says "there's no opportunity to breathe enough air in before your death"
Я всегда трактовала эту пословицу больше как "любого количества воздуха будет недостаточно перед концом всего, всегда хочется ещё хотя бы чуть-чуть и ещё немного,ведь последние мгновения настолько сладки ,что хочется чтобы время застыло в них навечно, а следующий миг никогда не настал"
My mom used to tutor a Russian girl on Zoom. One time my mom couldn't teach because she was sick, and the next class my mom tried to explain to her why she had missed the class. My mom said "I'm sorry I couldn't teach last week, I had food poisoning" and the girl responded with a completely straight face "Oh, I'm so sorry someone poisoned you". Girl didn't even question the idea of someone poisoning her lol edit: a lot of people seem to be misunderstanding me. the point isn't that she didn't understand the meaning of 'poisoning' in the sentence, it's that she didn't question it or seem distressed at the fact that she thought her teacher had been poisoned
@@HermitKing731 Western Euros have no real problems compared to Easterners smh Serious answer is a lot of the 90s malaise hasn't left some peoples' minds, especially in Russia where it still persists to this day. Issues in Western European and American countries have been relatively quite tame compared to not only them, but the rest of the world, and we honestly do take a lot for granted I think. But by and large most people can be relatively satisfied with their lives where we live.
@@personhuman2239 hardly depressed ? Yeah, there's more statistically depressed countries but french people are fucking depressed. Look around in our streets, nobody is happy. You also have to keep in mind that statistics count diagnosed people, meaning that more developed / different cultured countries get diagnosed more or reach out for therapy more. In France for example, mental health is still nowhere near taken seriously and we're only getting diagnosed after trying to unalive ourselves lol.
As a Russian German: that’s 100% true. The Russian mentality is something else. Only in Russia, you will hear a four year old say something like: "Mom, my soul is aching"
@@Mithal16 they do nothing about their problems and live in illusions of greatness. Тhey allowed the authorities to go to war against Georgia and Chechnya, and now they are at war with Ukraine. Тhey treat all nations around them with contempt. Тhey create problems and then blame everyone around them. So yes, they suffer from their own ignorance.
I think what best explains it is the fact that Chekov's "The Seagull" is supposed to be a comedy. Guess how many Western directors interpret it as such.
@@yunakagami4070 Close to root beer, but using rye instead of sassafras. Can be more or less sweet or alcoholic, factory-made one usually also has caramel added.
@@deniskhafizov6827 oooh okay ! Thanks, had to look up the words u were using cuz I had no clue what those were ahah, I understand now so, thanks again!
It's actually true. In climate like this you either live depressed as a Swede or embrace irony like a Russian. The stereotype of Russians being cold is due to people not being into our humor
@@OtiumBorealis a bit on the hotter side near Mongolia I love summer Sitting in the town's outskirts, waiting for mid-day to pass so the temperature will go below 37°C (can't imagine what's it like in the town itself with asphalt and concrete all around) Also love watching somebody make a snowman in April
Stereotypes upon stereotypes pike for the standup comedic effect, what did you expect? Some people never learn anything on their own and their distorted vision of the world is formed off such shows...
@@The-jy3yqI don't kniw how it is in Mongolia, but Siberia is also extremely WET and mosquito-ridden. Not "I slapped ten flying asls in a hour" ridden, "I can't drink my tea without fifth of it being mosquitoes too dumb to live" ridden.
@@georgeofkunstatandpodebrad8147 should have given more context. If you sometimes wake up and think "why the hell am k doing this" it's completely normal
@@maximACMN dude no. I have two friends who have/had suicidal thoughts and I had to tell them that no, having intrusive thoughts about jumping under the train is not normal. It's not. Sorry
Come on, we, Russian kids, are raised on classic Russian literature, which is literally '100 most savage ways to gain depression and die'. I mean, at the age of 10 the center book of school program is about a speechless man, who had to kill his beloved dog on the orders of his cruel mistress and afterwards went to commit a suicide because he loved the dog as his own child.
@@МарьяСеребрякова He was a slave - in Russian Empire there was slavery until 1861 year (not on all the territory though). Not actually that slavery of USA, milder, f.e. people had to work half time or less on owner and other time for themselves (but really they had also for lending land of owner etc). So just picture Garasim as black person in USA with white landlord, who orders him to kill his dog, that would be nearly same.
As a Russian I can confirm this is true😂 If you read any classical Russian books, you'll see that sadness and wistfulness is kinda normalized within our culture. Doesn't mean we don't feel joy or don't know how to have fun though.
yeah Russian people absolutely know how to have fun, our food is like 90% carbs and for some reason most of us play music in the car at full volume with the windows open and have so much bass in the speakers, and like most good techno is at least eastern european.
@@tudirkulosis now *that's* actually a stereotype. Not that many Russians drink vodka, especially neat vodka. I've met way more Russians who like beer.
@@Quotenwagnerianer woah, that's dark, dude. No, not at all. Yeah, ofc alcohol (unfortunately) is a part of Russian culture, but we can actually experience joy, you know. Sometimes we just drink a bunch of tea and share stories, laughing together through the night. We are prone to sadness at times, in a Lana Del Ray way, one might say. But at the end of the day we're all complex beings with a wide spectrum of emotions.
I'm Russian and at the deepest level understand that girl At the age of 7 or 8, I almost drowned in the river because I was carried away by the current. And I couldn't swim, so I swallowed water almost instantly. A couple of times I waved my hands, trying to float up, but realizing the futility of trying, I stopped and thought "Well, apparently that's how I'm going to die" and stopped even moving. Fortunately, my mom saw that I went under the water, caught up with the current and pulled me out. She yelled at me and punished me by sitting on the beach for the rest of the weekend. I was even a little offended. Like, come on, woman, I almost died because of my own stupidity, you can not scold me at least now ://
I once almost bleeded out because I didn't want to show my wound to my mom as I knew I would be punished. Luckily my sister found me and stopped the bleeding.
@@HrHaakon I wasn’t aware that the universe magically erases all the pain if no one is going to show up to rescue you 😒 Drowning is when liquid fills your lungs. It’s extremely dangerous, but not 100% fatal. You can be saved if you get help very quickly. People who survive drowning report that the process (water filling your lungs + suffocating) is incredibly painful. Like their lungs are on fire. People who die of drowning go through that same process of water filling their lungs and suffocating, but they pass out and die shortly after. Reason dictates that they suffer the same pain, they just don’t live to report it. Compare to hypothermia. Survivors say that you start to feel warm and sleepy. You just need to lie down and take a little nap. Unless you get rescued, you never wake up from that nap. So while the freezing leading up to hypothermia is very painful, the actual process of dying from hypothermia is relatively pleasant.
Basically, as Russian people, we are all in our thoughts and phones when we are on public transport, for example. People are gloomy there, but it’s just because they are in their private bubbles. Russians are actually very friendly and sincere, and open up very fast when you start getting to know them. Many Russian immigrants are baffled that people in Europe may be nice to you because it’s polite, and not because they actually like you. My Russian friend in Germany is shocked that people don’t make real friends at work, because in Russia we often have deep meaningful friendships with coworkers, so we can be sincere with them to relief tensions and stress of hard work. And small talk is often nonexistent in Russia, people like to casually talk about what really bothers them or “meaning of life” stuff.
@@g9nnar Compared to the culture, for example, in Germany, the culture in Russia is very centred around classic literature, people know all the classic authors and are kind of proud of the literature. People read less than 20 years ago though, but it’s not uncommon to read on public transport. Also “book crossing” is a thing, we swap books in public places quite a lot.
@@g9nnarYes. As a Russian (from Moscow &Saint.P) we have a good metro system, so a lot of the people use this time to read something. And I occasionally seeing younger generation with books there, which I really like . And in school we have to read a lot of books for lessons , we even have summer list of literature for every year. (The list of books you have to know before the school starts)
Actually depends on what literature you got into. Overall you can divide Russian literature into three main blocs: philosophical-depressing (like Dostoevskiy, Turgenev, poems of Lermontov (many people jokingly call him first Russian emo), some books of Tolstoy, some books of Strugatskiys Brothers), cynically-humouros/sarcastic (like Zoshchenko, Saltykov-Shchedrin, many creations of Pushkin and Gogol (Gogol also liked to write gothic horrors with touch of black humour), Chekhov (though he quite often mixed humour and depression) ), and revolutionary-determined and poetically-inspiring (Mayakovskiy, Efremov, Belyaev, fairy tales of Pushkin, other books of Strugatskiys Brothers). The first ones are like attempts to find peace with the darkness of the world; second ones are cynical laugh over it; while the third ones are flaming, raging answer with determined action to that darkness, like an attempt to take everything into your hands and change the world no matter the obstacles and losses you meet.
@@antoniohipolito4912 Solzhenitsyn is a crook - not the best example. He literally wrote fakes and massive lie just to create as big anti-soviet propaganda as possible. But yeah, you can count it as "depressing literature"
Oh yeah I can relate like I was crying myself out while reading Turgenev’s “Mumu” (“MooMoo”???wtf idk how to transliterate this) and I was like 9 or 8 and my dad came into my room asking why am I sobbing in the middle of the night and I explained to him that I can’t read about this cruel people who made a handicapped man drown his precious dog and we had a small talk that EVERYONE DIES and death is a part of life and you can’t escape that. Aaaahhhh refreshing existential crisis for 8 yo
We also have a saying "can't breathe enough before death" which basically means that there is no point in trying to save yourself because you're still gonna die. Upd: people in the comments have pointed out that there are other ways of understanding this saying and I recommend everyone to check it out.
Wait what, that's not the meaning I always used to get from it 😂 I interpret it as "there's no point in trying to finish stuff if you're doomed with failure", meaning if it's too late, might as well let it go. Rather nihilistic and freeing if you ask me, but it doesn't say that you shouldn't try to save yourself if you still can! (for a while, anyway)
@@FarhadHakimov common thing, common thing. Many Russian sayings are understood differently within the culture. The explanation of this saying, given by the internet, is "you can't do something you should've done before at the last moment". So I guess your explanation is more accurate. However, in my experience everyone uses it to talk about such things as exams, meaning that there is no point in last-minute revision before the exam because that's not gonna push the exam away. Or some people say it to those who want to wait a few minutes before entering the examination room because they don't feel ready at the moment (or they need to calm down). I personally don't really like this saying, because I see it as a contribution to the learned helplessness. Well, at least in the way it is used by people around me. Why not try to do something to improve the situation even if there's little chance of succeeding, right?
@@dariaadanilova I don't know how people around you use this saying, but from my experience it's about "if you are ready, you are ready, and if you aren't, you aren't, trying to hastily do something at the last moment won't help". And that's all. It's not about not doing a thing to help the situation, it's about how there's a right time to help the situation and sometimes it really is too late.
As a tutor as well, with Russian kids you get two things: either an extremely calm child that have had enough already or a hyperactive monster, who has no trust in humanity and love, has far too many hobbies and is in at least 5 after-school activity groups.
My great grandmother was Russian. Most stoic woman ever to exist in my family. Seriously. Absolutely nothing ruffled her. She lost three kids before she died and was just like “I have others.” 😂
Russians are depressed, Germans are stoicly ok with misfortune, English people are passive aggressive, Americans are nice outwardly and passive aggressive inwardly, Canadians are less apologetic than you think, and Irish people love to drink (at least they are consistent)
I like how a lot of russians in the comments are saying "oh yeah you're right we're depressed as shit" but honestly, as a Russian myself, i wouldn't say that our people are that grim. Despite a lot of depressing stuff happening, i would describe our mindset as rather just realistic and sometimes surprisingly optimistic about some things. We really like dark humour though, so either the guy in the video exagerates everything for comedy or that girl just likes philosophy and suicidal jokes 🗿🖤
Yeah I reallu couldn't read these comments without confusion. We just don't show fake emotions, we are real, and our life vision looks like more realistik and that's all... it seems to me, that even not a stereotypes, it's like artificial creation of a bad image
i have been searching for a comment of this type! As a Russian teenager, who works with kids, I have not seen such kid in a life… at least, yeah, she should be in love with Goethe. I accept that this is possible, but making a conclusion out of one person… is quite not a thing, though it’s a comedy…
“when death is there, dying is over” for some reason reminded me of something my partner said to me once when i was about to be put to sleep for surgery for the first time. i asked him “what if i don’t wake up?” and he thought for a second and then said “well, that won’t really be your problem to deal with, will it?”
Kids in Russia read a book about a deaf old man adopting a dog but then drowning it with a rock on its neck in the nearby river because his dog scared some rich woman, in 5th grade, what do you expect? 💀 Edit May 25th 2:25 pm: Yo, thanks for 10k likes, I haven't gotten this amount in quite a while!
That is so bad... When I read that book as a child I cried so hard and still don't get it how they even allowed that book in primary school program. Hopefully the program was changed.
@@cinemagraphymahivara2000 im Russian, my wife is Ukrainian, my relatives currently living in Odessa with some my friends, and i have educated in Odessa. I know about postsoviet countries enough.
Dostoevsky was steeped in Eastern Orthodox Christianity starting with reading the Philokalia while imprisoned. He became a pious devout and very well-read Orthodox Christian whose insights are derived from the historical church's teaching and Her wisdom. Christ is Risen!
yeeeeees, "в гробу отоспишься" (с) something like "you can sleep in your coffn later", which is just an advice to overcome tiredness of learning for some time. some teens here tend to have lots of jokes about being depressed. and honestly i like these jokes sometimes even though I'm an adult :D When I was a child i also had a joke about my "reserve copy for parents" (twin sister) when i did something risky. Now i realize it sounds creepy :D it sounded like "if i die i can be replaced easily, so don't be serious"
Exactly what my english teacher from Ireland said to our class 😭😭😭 She said that she was confused with us, since all other kids had showed emotions and she usually could tell whether they had been happy/unhappy with the lesson, but we always had a neutral face lmaoo She still said she loves us though and we love her too 🥰
I teach Russian kids, and if you studied as much as they do, with all the pressure from your parents and old school teachers, you would also allow yourself to drown.
@@ДанисГильфанов-о8оi came frown asian part of russia and we have many similar problems even suicide rate because of bad grades. Was in many asian countries and so many things like in russia…
@@ДанисГильфанов-о8оstudying us actually difficult everywhere. It's just that some cultures prefer to show it off. I remember how I was preparing for uni entrance exams in Russia. It was so f difficult both mentally and physically. But more mentally. The thing is, no one talks about it here. No one goes around flaunting their success. People just feel proud of themselves on the inside and move on, because there are way more problems in the world than our good marks
American kids: "I believe in freedom." UK kids: "I believe in carrying on." Norweigen kids: "I believe in society." Russian kids: "Death is inevitable, embrace it."
I’m Russian and we were talking about the Heimlich maneuver in 3rd grade and I raised my hand and I said “ what’s the point of wasting your time on someone you know is already gonna die “ and she sent me to the guidance counselor for saying that 💀 Edit : to everyone who is saying that’s a horrible thing to say , I was 8 I did not have any concept of a human life and how important it is
Hey, i'm from Siberia, and you know it's some sort of russian humour. Death jokes are helping us survive😅 Аpart from jokes, depression is very young in Russia nowadays. I'm adult. When i had it psychiatrist told me that i would to take pills, i answered her, that it means now i'm a finished. To which she told me that it is now the norm for teenagers to go to a psychiatrist and drink antidepressants, and not something shameful.
I have the same exact experience. I used to help this Russian guy with English on the internet. he was 15 and the most mature, depressed, and apathetic 15 year old I’ve ever met. he was also unhinged but in a more intense way than other western teenagers. weird guy, but interesting and smart as fuck. I really hope he’s doing well right now.
Bro you've just described literally half of Russian teenage boys, I'm not even joking. Nobody diagnose autism on adhd on shit here, everybody is unhinged and I know exactly what you mean
I remember my first year at the university. Our English teacher asked us to make shirt pieces of poetry starting with "hello, hello, hello, hey!" The thing I made up made her laugh: "Hello, hello, hello, hey! You will die anyway!" Over 15 years passed, but she still remembers my piece 😂
As a Russian, I can confirm 😂 when my brother was 6 and I was 12, we had a hamster. I think, the whole purpose of these little rodents is nothing but teaching kids about death. Their lives are so short and they can literally die if they get frightened. So, one evening I was going to vacuum my room, the hamster probably died of a heart attack after hearing loud noise. When I turned off the vacuum, we found our hamster cold and unresponsive in his cage. I was calm and said : "mom, Pasha ( that's my brother's name) I think our hamster just died". My brother came in, calmly signed and said " well, we need to bury him right away before we all catch a plague. I will bring the shoe box and you ( looked at me) will get a shovel ". No tears, no crying. Calm and cold course of action 😂
In my experience, Russian and American cultures actually mix very well, largely because of the humor. Americans know everything is shit, but they sarcastically try to hype themselves up about how great everything is so they find the strength to get through the day. Russians know everything is shit, and they cynically approach the reality of the situation and talk about all the ways it could get worse or revert to gallows humor. The two have different approaches to life, but both stem from the same core ideas and same perception of the state of things. Americans can appreciate how brutally, refreshingly honest Russians approach bad situations with and Russians can appreciate how Americans find a way to keep their spirits up despite it all while still acknowledging the problem. It's very ironic, but I think these embittered "enemies" (in quotes since I'd say they're more enemies on a state level and the average citizens of course have no beef with each other) would actually love drinking with each other if they could just find the opportunity to put the guns down and give it a shot. (not like that; the other "shot")
I'm russian and we are not depressing we are just accepting. We don't smile much because if we smile we mean it. People usually mistake us for a depressed nation and that's not it. We just have different values...But yes our literature is depressing as fuck for no apparent reason. Most of us don't even know why and just ignore it.
@@Valysion hahaha russia invades Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk. russia sent mercs, and regular army without flags to couple of local marginals so called "LDNR" hirkin strelkov and his riens - they are probably locals?
I used to tutor Russian university students in English and I'll never forget when one of them told me his favorite activity after getting high is going to the symphony. A surprising number of them remember to send me little e-cards for my birthday and for women's day.
Good for you lady to be surrounded by such kind kids, you've done a good job tutoring them...your husband and potential kids should consider themselves lucky to have you 👍
Lol I never saw this had so many likes and replies! I really liked tutoring, Russian people are incredibly kind and I learned a lot from them too. Someday I'd like to teach them again.
I've read almost all of Michael Morpugo's books, and there was one that I found particularly depressing, the one where all the cattle and goats on the farm had to be put down due to a disease, and the girl was just trying to keep her lamb from being killed. I forgot the name tho
Many Russians are depressed, but many of us are not. We all sometimes sigh and do a blank stare, but overall we value life and joy very much. I know it personally because I was diagnosed with anxiety-depressive disorder and I really was too gloomy even for Russia lol. So we are quite positive nation at the heart! And we love having a good time.
I'm russian. In my university we had english speakers to master our ability to speak with foreigners. Fist class with him, we should have created a story with word chein. First tell the sentence and say one key word for the second student. It was a horror story about a vampire with digestive system problems. 10 relatively young girls shocked guy so much that he finished his fist lesson earlier.
Unrelated but this reminded me of a play about two vampire brothers. If I remember correctly, one of them was allergic to red meat. In one segment his brother insisted that he should try different kinds of meat and the vegan one said he should try vegetables. At the end both of them got sick and spent hours on the restroom. Ahhhh, good memories
As an a russian guy, I can say that we are not kinda depressed, we are just realistic and not trying to find happiness in sadness. We are just accepting things. Most humanity thinks about Russia as a depressed country, because unlike America, people are not smiling at street, not saying hello to everyone, just walking to needed place
I think the reason for the difference in attitudes toward smiling in our cultures is a little deeper than it seems. While in America magazine ads were showing the whitewashed grins of another housewife, a hard-working husband (unaware that sometime there is to much of hair vox), and their children, advertising another very useful for the household way to waste your money, there was no advertising in the Soviet Union. No competition, no advertising. But there was propaganda. From mosaics, posters, facades of houses, sculptures, and newspapers, Soviet citizens were looked at sternly and importantly, with their noses turned up, by state farm workers who had exceeded the plan for wheat (and did not care if it rotted), miners, welders, astronauts, the constructor who had coped with the next challenge of our party.
@Арсений Корчевский thanks for your insight, yeah my family are cossack, so the culture is a bit off like I stick out at my ROCOR church, we're in England tho so luckily not so American 🤣
🤦🏼♀️ omg its not to smile! this is not true, why people are so ignorant, jesus! Its laughter without a reason is a sign of a fool( but a specific word, not a fool exactly, doesnt exist in english, meaning one the people that go crazy (Aka mentally challenged) and just laugh at nothing and talk to air)
as someone who talks to Russians on a regular basis, the proverb thing is . very accurate lol update: sent this to a russian friend and he responded with a proverb Okay, a lot of people are asking for the proverb. It was "Дело помощи утопающим - дело рук самих утопающих"- essentially, "the work of helping a drowning person is drowning in itself," and honestly, I can sometimes get behind that; it's important to have your own mental health needs met before attempting to help others, or else the situation is just worse for both parties involved. Edit: Mistranslated the proverb; sorry! See the replies for a better translation.
Never thought of us being depressing. We just realistic. Never got the illusion of life full of rainbows and fairies as a kid. It’s all „be grateful for what you have. And beware of Babayka“ 😂
My best friend is Russian, and I can confirm. They are seemingly very stoic people, with a wicked sense of humor. I very much enjoy my Russian friends.
My uncle is Russian, and I remember when his son was young and cried because he was hurt, he always told him "Does crying change anything? No? Then stop crying, there's no point", and when he cried because he was just sad he told him "Why are you crying? Are you hurt somewhere? No? Then stop crying, there's no point"
As yet another Russian kid (there's too much of us here lol) can confirm, the ritual for kids turning 15 is embracing Depression for the rest of their life. It's like a preparation for the coming of age ritual, when shit gets so much worse
ive heard, as a joke, that russian slapstick comedy and american slapstick comedy are exactly the same, but when the russian guy gets hit in the face with a frying pan, he dies
On that note, in Western countries, when you get hurt - like you stub your toe - you say "ouch" which is short and sharp pain but it ends quickly and you move on. In Russia you say "бля" - the closest translation to which is "fuck" - it's sharp and quick "бл" at the beginning but then it turns into an infinite existential "яяяяяяя" (the "FUUUUU!!!" meme comes to mind)
“Good” fucking Got me💀
im not gonna allow any annoying fellow to comment “3.4k likes comment and no replies??? let me fix that” so im replying now
3.5k likes comment and only one reply???
With a death state from a 10 year old.
@@ammef8443
3,500 people liking the comment and not feeling the need the need to leave a comment of their own - 🗿
"Maybe I'd finally be warm _for once."_
Ah yes, acceptance, the first and only stage of grief.
This line slaps
Made me laugh way harder than it should've. 🤣
No, dude.
You can't just get away with eliciting a laugh like that from me with that BS.
Whatever, have a like, you magnificent son of a b%tch
Acceptance=grief.
I know quite a few Russians because my mom used to live there, they really do have this mentality when it comes to grief it's just like they jump straight to "oh well, it happened." A woman's grandmother died and when I apologized for her loss she told me "she is already dead there is no point in being sad it will not bring her back to life."
There’s something sobering yet comforting in the quote, “When death is there, dying is over.”
There’s a similar quote by Epicurus that has always comforted me- “Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not.”
I also love another one, tho not sure about translation: "two deaths cannot be, one cannot be avoided"
We’re all essentially dying from the moment we are born, that’s why with every birthday we are one year closer to death
Agree. It's dark but hopeful in a way. You can only suffer for so long and then it's done.
@@udontevenwannaknowbruv with every second
As a girl living in Siberia, I confirm that if you fall out of a ship into the icy water of one of the Siberian rivers, your ability and desire to swim will tend to zero 🥶
That's cold, both literally and figuratively
How about the trendy ice baths? Supposed to make you feel real good! 😅
@@ievafaulkner6021 I prefer ice showers, because in winter the temperature outside reaches -30 Celsius, and cold water becomes icy if you don’t add hot water at all. 👍 When I hear about an ice bath, I think about the way to Hell from the movie Constantine. 😂
@@CBoboDy_MneniRmas an Aussie, -30 CELCIUS!?!? BRO ID ASCEND TO HEAVEN IF I WAS IN THAT COLD HOW DO U SURVIVE
@@Hellbentdoggo2427 Haha I wear several layers of clothes) I actually feel worse in the summer when the temperature rises to 35+ Celsius.😂
The sharply continental climate sucks.
"Russian literature is 90% of suffering and 10% of Russian nature".
- My teacher.
и все эти 10% описание дуба толстого
Long descriptions of what colonized people i.e. Chechens, Circassians and Ukrainians, wanted to do with russians, are which part?
I strongly agree. Hell
@@KasumiRINA How dare you call them colonized!?
10% это Паустовский, Бианки и Пришвин
My favorite Russian saying is "I must go where even the king walks alone."
It sounds very ominous, but it actually means "I have to go to the bathroom."
...damn it, that actually got me.
Hahaha! We have a very similar one in Polish: "I must go where even the king goes by foot"
Damn...I thought it was gonna be something very deep😂
@@kasiamleczarska9078 we have one that sounds the same in romanian
Actually French kings would even go to the toilet while being wtached. But I guess that’s French not russiat
“I live in Siberia”
Fair enough, she’s got a point
Fevers are probably a superpower there
siberia gets really really hot in summer actually.
@@lazyButAlive aaaah, classic. Complain about temperature being extremely low in winter and then when summer comes complain about temperature being too high to be comfortable
@@snowysnow5584average winter in Siberia is a -30 or even -40 celsius. Average summer in Siberia is the same numbers, but there is a nuance.
@@snowysnow5584 classic
A russian friend of mine had a visit from her teenage nephew, so we drove him around a bit to show him the sights. It was a 4 hour drive and he showed no interest in anything. Towards the end I pointed to a mountain range and said."These mountains are called "The Sleeping Soldier"" because the silhouette of those mountains looks like a huge sleeping soldier with his helmet pulled over his eyes. My russian friend translated, and finally, after almost 4 hours of driving, this kid said something in russian. My friend fell silent and shook her head. I asked what he said. She said: "How do you know the soldier isn't dead?".
Hahaha, I like this kid, truly our way of thinking.
I always remember that line from Talking Heads' song: "When I have nothing to say my lips are sealed"
in ru. army we told so: soldiers don't die, we shift duty with closed eyelids.
that's how
We need to read "Mumu" when we are 11 years old, so idk what you expected
It's the russian book that teaches how bad slavery and accepting your bitter fate is.
Not a tutorial.
dead dog. the goddamn dog died. do you have a heart????
Oh, come on, read fairy tales of the brothers Grimm
Вообще сказки народов мира всегда жуткие . Детей любят травмировать повсеместно
@@Kotyawildтак Муму не сказка. Сказки европы написаны взрослыми для взрослых и позже адаптированы, а Муму именно написана для детского читателя намеренно
@@mousem8621взрослыми для взрослых? мне кажется для взрослых были какие-то песни, частушки, баллады и прочее, а сказки, особенно волшебные, были в первую очередь для детей
"My sister and I were athlete as children. Our favorite sport was running away from angry wolf. I won gold, she won silver God rest her soul." - Olya Povlatsky
You made that up didnt you 😂😂
@@xvois88 SNL
It's from that TV show
real or not this is funny
@@-thanawat-8296it's not
I taught literature at a Russian school. I started talking to the girl in the dining room about "Poor Lisa" (Lisa drowned at the end), and the girl just said with a calm face "oh, just like my grandfather" 💀
bro
What a relatable book, right?
I reacted the same after readed the "Poor lisa", back in the days my reaction when someone says what do I think about it was just "she drowned, sad. But many people drown, so this story is not unique". Now I'm really thinking that some of stereotypes about my kind, Russians, are having some true😅
@@ProfessionalEpic1488 well, she didn't JUST drown, I mean, suicide isn't really more original but I guess it WAS something more back in XVIII century
ХАХААХАХАХ ГОСПОДИ
In Russia, Death doesn't invite you, you invite Death.
да, я пригласил смерть к себе домой
English literature: I will die for honour.
French literature: I will die for love.
American literature: I will die for freedom.
Russian literature: I will just die.
Polish literature: I will die in spite. I mean "for freedom", but I won't achieve anything except inconveniencing the opponent, which is just as good of a goal as any other; screw them!
Hope more nationalities would write, can be interesting.
Swiss literature: we die for cash :D
Germany would say progress probably though what that means is subject to interpretation as we know from history.
I should honestly be "I will live a miserable life and die in suffering" for Russian literature
Dutch literature: You will die for my spice trade
My girlfriend is Russian, and I once asked her why Russians often seem to be sort of gloomy and she dead ass told me "because it's better to feel nothing than to let yourself be crushed by the world."
Nice
That’s lame as hell. Being numb is boring and unproductive.
Jesus. Lol
@@MasalaMan I love that girl to death, but I swear Russians are a different breed.
@@zeltzamer4010 Eh, you get used to it after a while.
"If he dies, he dies" -Russian Proverb
There is no such proverb. If the horse is dead, get off it.
Если лошадь сдохла - слезь.
No. That's a meme quote attributed to Mario Yamazaki, an infamous UFC referee.
No, no, it's a Russian proverb
ну сдох и сдох чё бубнить то
@@yaqubebased1961famous Japanese proverb.
When she’s late to class, the teacher apologizes for starting early.
She isn’t late
lol, I'm Russian and I had same mentality since childhood. every single time when I was sick I was preparing to die and though "well, I lived 7 years already, it's probably enough".
that is crazy, thanks for sharing that tidbit :)
Hey, I'm just vibing. if death wants me it can take me I won't resist, but until then I'm just gonna keep drinking, keep vibing and keep playing.
Damn, I feel like I should adopt this mindset
Same here. I am Indian though. 😅
@@LoreCatan that sounds like giving up
tbh the acceptance of death is such an interesting trait to have and overall i think it may allow one to live freely
agreex
To an extent, yes. But accepting death when you have the ability to try to survive is silly and goes entirely against human nature. Accept that death is inevitable, yes, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't fight to survive. I would argue that someone who, as soon as they fall in water, just allow themselves to drown, has much less freedom than the one who attempts to cling to something and swim to safety, as the drowning person is now dead lol.
@Penderyn No, that's caused by the fact that a fascist dictator who doesn't care about his own citizens is throwing drafted soldiers into a meat grinder. As if regular Russians want to pointlessly die in Ukraine.
@Penderyn that's literally a made up thing. They don't do that. But yes, Russians do seem to accept death and tragedy like it's a normal thing. Seen video of a Russian soldier being chill seconds after losing a foot. Sheesh.
@@emstink that's drawing a false comparison but sure believe what you feel like
I had a Russian roommate for a summer abroad and we asked her about Russian stereotypes. She said “yeah the angry russian is not real. What are Russians? We are sad.”
It stuck with me.
100% true. Generally. That's why they drink Vodka like water.
That doesn't make the stereotype untrue. For centuries, men were not allowed to express sadness, so they defaulted to the only emotion they were allowed to express - anger.
We put on many masks, when you see our true selves, you will know
*Takes a sip of vodka*
We have a modern saying, "Russia is for the sad", so yeah, that's basically it🥲
In slavic cultures melancholy is a thing. Russians have very twisted and black humour.
Teens: I am depressed...
Russian kids: Are you sure?
Russian kids: youre not that guy
Oh, the parents here have loved this line for a while. Are you struggling? Who doesn't? Pull yourself together and just do what is needed.
Now people became more aware and less scared of psychotherapy and psychiatry, and the specialists have no time to rest...
As a Siberian, I dream about gathering all the people who joked about cold Siberia and making them live in my grandma's flat in July, without air conditioner
то, что у нас летом жарко, не отменяет того, что зимой у нас бывает -40°C
I see you definitely aren't from the northern side of Siberia. Enjoy your summer.
I grew up in Arizona. I feel the same about all of the people who say, "It's a dry heat!"
С первым мая сибиряки, как вам снегопад? 😂
@@oknk2971юг Красноярского края, у нас жара. Апрель неадекватный был, но май исправился.
As a russian student I often calm myself with thoughts like "if things go to shit I could at least kill myself".
Ah, yes, Russian students. Today you're friends and having fun, tomorrow they're locked in mental hospital for failed suicide attempt
Бро💪🗿👍
The most reliable plan B.
Well, that’s not ok, you know...(
Очень жизненно, честно говоря.
Happiest Novosibirsk resident
Could be Krasnoyarsk too, especially with its black sky
Northern Russia motherfuckers be like:
@@lemongreed7916hi from Krasnoyarsk
She'll grow up and become the best employee of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur psychological support service
Voronezh 💀
they aren't depressed, they're realist
Nah they're depressed, Russia is a shit hole
Yes
I'm a Russian and yeah, we're like this. Life is a waste and stoicism is funny.
Russian here, confirming this
Least cynical Eastern European
This is what happens when bad shit happens to a depression cold shithole for 200 years,
I've known a great number of Russians... There is an odd level of cynicism or you may call it resignation to the cruelty of life, but you all tend to be very kind people as well I must say.
It’s not a waste and was created as a test
As an English teacher in Russia, I can say if a 10-year girl makes a sentence like this, she's the one doing the tutoring, not the one being tutored
Fr, my confidence really has been dropped down after these sentences. Cuz I’ve been learning English for 5 years and when I speak I still cannot do sentences like this
@@Asme1111-t8h moreover I watch Netflix shows in English…
@@Asme1111-t8h If you still don't speak Russian well enough, then I do not advise you to read Tolstoy in the original, it's quite difficult even for a Russian speaker. The writer liked to make complex sentences, and old words are also used there
Точно, я даже полностью не поняла, что она сказала
@@MrWhite-vg6oidon't worry about it! Frankly, most of the stuff people say in a stand-up bit is either exaggerated or embellished a bit to make it funnier. Or she might've said it in Russian :)
my best friend is Russian and Armenian and she has this mindset but is also extremely cheerful and friendly. so she’ll say stuff like “if you wake up and are not in pain, you’ll know you’re dead” with the sweetest smile you’ve ever seen. she’s fun at parties 😂
That's a better attitude to have than mourning for your death in advance. The universe has spared you this moment, enjoy it.
This is me! I am reading all this depressing shit and I am like, huh? Did we grow up in the same country? I think its just we sre seeing results of some depressed parents, but not everyone is like that at all. Like not at all.
Wow, she literally mixed Russian pessimism and Armenian optimism (I studied the history of this people, they literally rose from the ashes, they were helped by faith in a bright future)
Wait Armenians r like rey of sunshine how tf she doesnt have personality clashes lmao
She sounds great to me.
"Перед смертью не надышишься" I believe that was the actual proverb which literally says "there's no opportunity to breathe enough air in before your death"
Я всегда трактовала эту пословицу больше как "любого количества воздуха будет недостаточно перед концом всего, всегда хочется ещё хотя бы чуть-чуть и ещё немного,ведь последние мгновения настолько сладки ,что хочется чтобы время застыло в них навечно, а следующий миг никогда не настал"
"You can't get enough until it is not there." Пословицу можно перевести и так.
Спасибо! Ничего лучше "двум смертям не бывать, а одной - не миновать" не вспомнила
My mom used to tutor a Russian girl on Zoom. One time my mom couldn't teach because she was sick, and the next class my mom tried to explain to her why she had missed the class. My mom said "I'm sorry I couldn't teach last week, I had food poisoning" and the girl responded with a completely straight face "Oh, I'm so sorry someone poisoned you". Girl didn't even question the idea of someone poisoning her lol
edit: a lot of people seem to be misunderstanding me. the point isn't that she didn't understand the meaning of 'poisoning' in the sentence, it's that she didn't question it or seem distressed at the fact that she thought her teacher had been poisoned
Yeah, it sounds like a joke that didn't land well
Honestly my kind of humor
"You had dinner with President Putin? What an honor!"
This is Wednesday Addams vibes
@@windws7137 thats what I was thinking 🤣
Russia has France’s depression but with steroids.
France is hardly depressed, they're just occasionally angry
@@personhuman2239 why?
@@HermitKing731 Western Euros have no real problems compared to Easterners smh
Serious answer is a lot of the 90s malaise hasn't left some peoples' minds, especially in Russia where it still persists to this day. Issues in Western European and American countries have been relatively quite tame compared to not only them, but the rest of the world, and we honestly do take a lot for granted I think. But by and large most people can be relatively satisfied with their lives where we live.
France's depression is an affectation in an attempt to make themselves seem more interesting. Russia's depression is the real deal.
@@personhuman2239 hardly depressed ? Yeah, there's more statistically depressed countries but french people are fucking depressed. Look around in our streets, nobody is happy.
You also have to keep in mind that statistics count diagnosed people, meaning that more developed / different cultured countries get diagnosed more or reach out for therapy more.
In France for example, mental health is still nowhere near taken seriously and we're only getting diagnosed after trying to unalive ourselves lol.
As a Russian German: that’s 100% true. The Russian mentality is something else. Only in Russia, you will hear a four year old say something like: "Mom, my soul is aching"
Because abuse it's the part of russian mentality
@@lusiennn I think suffering would be more fitting
@@BlitzWalkthrough suffering from one's own ignorance
@@lusiennn what an ignorant thing to say
@@Mithal16 they do nothing about their problems and live in illusions of greatness. Тhey allowed the authorities to go to war against Georgia and Chechnya, and now they are at war with Ukraine. Тhey treat all nations around them with contempt. Тhey create problems and then blame everyone around them. So yes, they suffer from their own ignorance.
I live in Russia. Yes, we have an unofficial culture of black humor. I can't explain it so you get it right
The fact that every Witch House music playlist i find has half the songs in russian says a lot. That and the fact that Russian Doomer is a genre.
I think what best explains it is the fact that Chekov's "The Seagull" is supposed to be a comedy. Guess how many Western directors interpret it as such.
Если что, чёрный юмор на английском это dark humor.
Вероятно он именно про black humor 💀
@@pixelchrome2юмор был настолько dark, что автоматический перевод сделал его black
an English guy: We are consummate masters of dark humour and emotion control
10yr Russian girl: Hold my kvas.
May I ask what a kvas is ?
@@yunakagami4070 Close to root beer, but using rye instead of sassafras. Can be more or less sweet or alcoholic, factory-made one usually also has caramel added.
@@deniskhafizov6827 oooh okay ! Thanks, had to look up the words u were using cuz I had no clue what those were ahah, I understand now so, thanks again!
It's actually true. In climate like this you either live depressed as a Swede or embrace irony like a Russian.
The stereotype of Russians being cold is due to people not being into our humor
@@yunakagami4070 Literally the bread soda
Fun fact: siberia actually gets quite hot in summer. It's called continental climate.
-50C in the winter and +30C in the summer
Same in romania
@@OtiumBorealis a bit on the hotter side near Mongolia
I love summer
Sitting in the town's outskirts, waiting for mid-day to pass so the temperature will go below 37°C (can't imagine what's it like in the town itself with asphalt and concrete all around)
Also love watching somebody make a snowman in April
Stereotypes upon stereotypes pike for the standup comedic effect, what did you expect? Some people never learn anything on their own and their distorted vision of the world is formed off such shows...
@@The-jy3yqI don't kniw how it is in Mongolia, but Siberia is also extremely WET and mosquito-ridden. Not "I slapped ten flying asls in a hour" ridden, "I can't drink my tea without fifth of it being mosquitoes too dumb to live" ridden.
As a Russian, I wouldn’t be surprised if the girl was just trolling him x) Kids like to do that a lot
but some people (I wasn't an exception) really have suicidal thoughts at that age
@@София-ф4с6ьdude ALL people have those thoughts
@@maximACMN I thought the same then psychotherapists told me otherwise.
@@georgeofkunstatandpodebrad8147 should have given more context. If you sometimes wake up and think "why the hell am k doing this" it's completely normal
@@maximACMN dude no. I have two friends who have/had suicidal thoughts and I had to tell them that no, having intrusive thoughts about jumping under the train is not normal. It's not. Sorry
"When death is there, dying is over"
This do be a great line
What is 'do be'? Is it a Scooby-Doo language?
Man's underrated as hell
Ikr
No shit
He's actually a pretty good stand up. Prefer this to his other skit content tbh
Yeah, this guy is *good*
Russians don't feel sadness, they feel toska.
Stradania
nadryv
Grust'
What does that mean?
@@AlchemistOfNirnrooti think it's a depressing russian author
Come on, we, Russian kids, are raised on classic Russian literature, which is literally '100 most savage ways to gain depression and die'. I mean, at the age of 10 the center book of school program is about a speechless man, who had to kill his beloved dog on the orders of his cruel mistress and afterwards went to commit a suicide because he loved the dog as his own child.
bc the system of education dunno how to give us this material more correctly for our understanding, thats a really big problem...
*Wait what*
He committed suicide?? I always thought he just left his mistress and went somewhere else
Jesus that's even more depressing
in the end, Gerasim went to live in the village, he did not kill himself ...
Какое самоубийство?! Герасим остался жить.
@@МарьяСеребрякова He was a slave - in Russian Empire there was slavery until 1861 year (not on all the territory though). Not actually that slavery of USA, milder, f.e. people had to work half time or less on owner and other time for themselves (but really they had also for lending land of owner etc). So just picture Garasim as black person in USA with white landlord, who orders him to kill his dog, that would be nearly same.
That's a lesson Napoleon and Hitler learned the hard way, Russians are not afraid of dying.
"Two deaths cannot be found, and one cannot be avoided" - General Field Marshall Alexander Suvorov
Damn
Can you kindly explain
@@nilucifar "everybody somehow dies eventually" basically, why?
@Nilofar Azhar funnily enough, this proverb actually means "you should know how to risk, without risk you'll achieve nothing" 💀
@@nilucifar since death is worst that can happen to you and you will eventually die anyway, you should not be afraid of anything.
As a Russian I can confirm this is true😂 If you read any classical Russian books, you'll see that sadness and wistfulness is kinda normalized within our culture. Doesn't mean we don't feel joy or don't know how to have fun though.
yeah Russian people absolutely know how to have fun, our food is like 90% carbs and for some reason most of us play music in the car at full volume with the windows open and have so much bass in the speakers, and like most good techno is at least eastern european.
i mean with all the vodka y'all have i don't doubt your abilities to have fun lol
@@tudirkulosis now *that's* actually a stereotype. Not that many Russians drink vodka, especially neat vodka. I've met way more Russians who like beer.
Your idea of fun is just numbing all of your senses to that constant feeling of dread and pain you seem to be convinced you need to have.
@@Quotenwagnerianer woah, that's dark, dude. No, not at all. Yeah, ofc alcohol (unfortunately) is a part of Russian culture, but we can actually experience joy, you know. Sometimes we just drink a bunch of tea and share stories, laughing together through the night. We are prone to sadness at times, in a Lana Del Ray way, one might say. But at the end of the day we're all complex beings with a wide spectrum of emotions.
I'm Russian and at the deepest level understand that girl
At the age of 7 or 8, I almost drowned in the river because I was carried away by the current. And I couldn't swim, so I swallowed water almost instantly. A couple of times I waved my hands, trying to float up, but realizing the futility of trying, I stopped and thought "Well, apparently that's how I'm going to die" and stopped even moving.
Fortunately, my mom saw that I went under the water, caught up with the current and pulled me out. She yelled at me and punished me by sitting on the beach for the rest of the weekend. I was even a little offended. Like, come on, woman, I almost died because of my own stupidity, you can not scold me at least now ://
я смотрю, пиздюли за то, что ты упал/поранился/ударился/чуть не умер это классика у нас😂
у укров тож самое
@@finest19sky хах, и вправду! Х)
@@finest19sky Это многое объясняет
I once almost bleeded out because I didn't want to show my wound to my mom as I knew I would be punished. Luckily my sister found me and stopped the bleeding.
"Hey friend, listen. I know wotld seems scary now but...
*It's going to get way worse."*
Pretty much part of our mindset.
"Death is but a moment" is incredibly wise ngl
Not in drowning apparently. Survivors say drowning is incredibly painful
@@52flyingbicycles
So drowning hurts if you do it wrong then.
@@52flyingbicycles that's because they survived
@@HrHaakon I wasn’t aware that the universe magically erases all the pain if no one is going to show up to rescue you 😒
Drowning is when liquid fills your lungs. It’s extremely dangerous, but not 100% fatal. You can be saved if you get help very quickly. People who survive drowning report that the process (water filling your lungs + suffocating) is incredibly painful. Like their lungs are on fire. People who die of drowning go through that same process of water filling their lungs and suffocating, but they pass out and die shortly after. Reason dictates that they suffer the same pain, they just don’t live to report it.
Compare to hypothermia. Survivors say that you start to feel warm and sleepy. You just need to lie down and take a little nap. Unless you get rescued, you never wake up from that nap. So while the freezing leading up to hypothermia is very painful, the actual process of dying from hypothermia is relatively pleasant.
@@52flyingbicyclesstruggling in a cold water is terrible, so getting over it fast would be preferable for many
Basically, as Russian people, we are all in our thoughts and phones when we are on public transport, for example. People are gloomy there, but it’s just because they are in their private bubbles.
Russians are actually very friendly and sincere, and open up very fast when you start getting to know them. Many Russian immigrants are baffled that people in Europe may be nice to you because it’s polite, and not because they actually like you.
My Russian friend in Germany is shocked that people don’t make real friends at work, because in Russia we often have deep meaningful friendships with coworkers, so we can be sincere with them to relief tensions and stress of hard work.
And small talk is often nonexistent in Russia, people like to casually talk about what really bothers them or “meaning of life” stuff.
Russia sounds like a nice place to make true friends.
I heard somewhere that russian people read a lot , even on public transport.
Is that also true?
@@g9nnar Compared to the culture, for example, in Germany, the culture in Russia is very centred around classic literature, people know all the classic authors and are kind of proud of the literature. People read less than 20 years ago though, but it’s not uncommon to read on public transport. Also “book crossing” is a thing, we swap books in public places quite a lot.
@@g9nnarYes. As a Russian (from Moscow &Saint.P) we have a good metro system, so a lot of the people use this time to read something. And I occasionally seeing younger generation with books there, which I really like . And in school we have to read a lot of books for lessons , we even have summer list of literature for every year. (The list of books you have to know before the school starts)
Very interesting thanks. And Merry xmas to us all in january.
From orthodox christian Eritrean.
after getting into Russian literature I'm not even surprised 💀
Actually depends on what literature you got into. Overall you can divide Russian literature into three main blocs: philosophical-depressing (like Dostoevskiy, Turgenev, poems of Lermontov (many people jokingly call him first Russian emo), some books of Tolstoy, some books of Strugatskiys Brothers), cynically-humouros/sarcastic (like Zoshchenko, Saltykov-Shchedrin, many creations of Pushkin and Gogol (Gogol also liked to write gothic horrors with touch of black humour), Chekhov (though he quite often mixed humour and depression) ), and revolutionary-determined and poetically-inspiring (Mayakovskiy, Efremov, Belyaev, fairy tales of Pushkin, other books of Strugatskiys Brothers). The first ones are like attempts to find peace with the darkness of the world; second ones are cynical laugh over it; while the third ones are flaming, raging answer with determined action to that darkness, like an attempt to take everything into your hands and change the world no matter the obstacles and losses you meet.
Alexander Soljenitstin 💀💀 I don't even know how you did not mention that guy.
@@thedreamscripter4002 russian literature is crap
@@antoniohipolito4912 Solzhenitsyn is a crook - not the best example. He literally wrote fakes and massive lie just to create as big anti-soviet propaganda as possible. But yeah, you can count it as "depressing literature"
@@kk7420 You are as well. So what?
She is not depressed, she is a philosopher
To be fair, those tend to go hand in hand.
Oh yeah I can relate like I was crying myself out while reading Turgenev’s “Mumu” (“MooMoo”???wtf idk how to transliterate this) and I was like 9 or 8 and my dad came into my room asking why am I sobbing in the middle of the night and I explained to him that I can’t read about this cruel people who made a handicapped man drown his precious dog and we had a small talk that EVERYONE DIES and death is a part of life and you can’t escape that. Aaaahhhh refreshing existential crisis for 8 yo
Mumu is slang for p***y in German.
@@vaxrvaxr oh thank you I didn’t know
@@vaxrvaxr oh thank ya
And Turgenev was probably aware of that. And I'm thinking, "Who let an 8 y/o read that? Oh right. Russians." 😅
@@Cel3ere5 they included this piece in school program for 11 year olds
We also have a saying "can't breathe enough before death" which basically means that there is no point in trying to save yourself because you're still gonna die.
Upd: people in the comments have pointed out that there are other ways of understanding this saying and I recommend everyone to check it out.
Nice one lol
(btw I believe you meant "breathe")
@@tacitozetticci9308 yeah, right, I misspelled it. Thanks for noticing!
Wait what, that's not the meaning I always used to get from it 😂
I interpret it as "there's no point in trying to finish stuff if you're doomed with failure", meaning if it's too late, might as well let it go. Rather nihilistic and freeing if you ask me, but it doesn't say that you shouldn't try to save yourself if you still can!
(for a while, anyway)
@@FarhadHakimov common thing, common thing. Many Russian sayings are understood differently within the culture.
The explanation of this saying, given by the internet, is "you can't do something you should've done before at the last moment". So I guess your explanation is more accurate.
However, in my experience everyone uses it to talk about such things as exams, meaning that there is no point in last-minute revision before the exam because that's not gonna push the exam away. Or some people say it to those who want to wait a few minutes before entering the examination room because they don't feel ready at the moment (or they need to calm down).
I personally don't really like this saying, because I see it as a contribution to the learned helplessness. Well, at least in the way it is used by people around me. Why not try to do something to improve the situation even if there's little chance of succeeding, right?
@@dariaadanilova I don't know how people around you use this saying, but from my experience it's about "if you are ready, you are ready, and if you aren't, you aren't, trying to hastily do something at the last moment won't help". And that's all. It's not about not doing a thing to help the situation, it's about how there's a right time to help the situation and sometimes it really is too late.
As a tutor as well, with Russian kids you get two things: either an extremely calm child that have had enough already or a hyperactive monster, who has no trust in humanity and love, has far too many hobbies and is in at least 5 after-school activity groups.
I'm a russian tutor (Russian myself, teach russian kids). And this 2nd type of kids still scare the sh*t outta me 😂 Hang in there!
Omg i am both💀
Every Russian I ever met is either an ENTP or INTJ 😀 (MBTI personality)
@@kora4185 I'm a Russian INFP)
@@alexmarvin infp here too 🥰
My great grandmother was Russian. Most stoic woman ever to exist in my family. Seriously. Absolutely nothing ruffled her. She lost three kids before she died and was just like “I have others.” 😂
I just love the non-existent "old Russian proverbs" that English speakers make up.
разве что "двум смертям не бывать, одной не миновать", но это о другом)
@@yossarian_had_a_sister пришла беда раскрывай ворота
@@yossarian_had_a_sister кто старое помянет тому глаз вон, кто забудет тому два
Перед смертью не надышишься 👍🏼
@@joinnightflight9 не жили богато и нечего начинать =))
"One death is inevitable, two deaths are impossible.
"One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is statistics" - some Russian man
@@constantinegeist1854 He was georgian, not russian
wdym
@@tonitski russian saying about death
Russians are depressed, Germans are stoicly ok with misfortune, English people are passive aggressive, Americans are nice outwardly and passive aggressive inwardly, Canadians are less apologetic than you think, and Irish people love to drink (at least they are consistent)
Yeah for some reason i hear people saying americans are so nice but everyone i know isnt that nice
Im both a russian and german, who lives in america. That's triple homicide there 💀
Aussies are outrageously calm and cool, even when the world's on fire
My country used to be a really happy place until well 1970s now we are rated 3rd for the most angry people
I like the German way. Like it is not pretending, but at least you can have some fun while being miserable.
I like how a lot of russians in the comments are saying "oh yeah you're right we're depressed as shit" but honestly, as a Russian myself, i wouldn't say that our people are that grim. Despite a lot of depressing stuff happening, i would describe our mindset as rather just realistic and sometimes surprisingly optimistic about some things. We really like dark humour though, so either the guy in the video exagerates everything for comedy or that girl just likes philosophy and suicidal jokes 🗿🖤
Realistic? Hows that invasion of Ukraine? 3 day op? 😂
Im sorry (not) but you apes are FAR from realistic
Yeah I reallu couldn't read these comments without confusion. We just don't show fake emotions, we are real, and our life vision looks like more realistik and that's all... it seems to me, that even not a stereotypes, it's like artificial creation of a bad image
You both are russian, yet you talk to eachother in english. 300 IQ moment
i have been searching for a comment of this type! As a Russian teenager, who works with kids, I have not seen such kid in a life… at least, yeah, she should be in love with Goethe. I accept that this is possible, but making a conclusion out of one person… is quite not a thing, though it’s a comedy…
Same 😂😂
“when death is there, dying is over” for some reason reminded me of something my partner said to me once when i was about to be put to sleep for surgery for the first time. i asked him “what if i don’t wake up?” and he thought for a second and then said “well, that won’t really be your problem to deal with, will it?”
Kids in Russia read a book about a deaf old man adopting a dog but then drowning it with a rock on its neck in the nearby river because his dog scared some rich woman, in 5th grade, what do you expect? 💀
Edit May 25th 2:25 pm: Yo, thanks for 10k likes, I haven't gotten this amount in quite a while!
"Mumu" by Ivan Turgenev, for anyone intrested
That is so bad... When I read that book as a child I cried so hard and still don't get it how they even allowed that book in primary school program. Hopefully the program was changed.
@@Наталья-б8ц No, it's still the same
I am russian, and despite all that I really realized that I will really die at age of 19. After that I became an antinatalist.
Hey, atleast that book had a 10 page essay-worth of hidden meanings
Read Gogol's "Shinel" and you will understand the russian literature depression 😅
Russians have a dark, but brilliant, sense of humor
не сказал бы
Depressing country forces people to go hard on humour. Otherwise we are losing willing to live.
@@Jack0f4lltrades 🥴 depreessing? Im Russian and have girlfriend in Kyiv, you know about postsoviet countries nothing
@@cinemagraphymahivara2000 im Russian, my wife is Ukrainian, my relatives currently living in Odessa with some my friends, and i have educated in Odessa. I know about postsoviet countries enough.
@@Jack0f4lltrades вово блэть
This is all because of Dostoevsky and his emo obsession.
One of the greatest expressers of philosophy and life of all time
It’s actually the climate of Russia and their history - the land of philosophers
Have you ever thought that Dostoevsky was expressing common Russian sentiment lmao
We've beemn like that long before Dostoevsky and will be long after him...
Dostoevsky was steeped in Eastern Orthodox Christianity starting with reading the Philokalia while imprisoned. He became a pious devout and very well-read Orthodox Christian whose insights are derived from the historical church's teaching and Her wisdom.
Christ is Risen!
I’m Russian and went to a Russian school.
One of our teachers told us when we were tired: “You will rest in the another world after death”.
yeeeeees, "в гробу отоспишься" (с)
something like "you can sleep in your coffn later", which is just an advice to overcome tiredness of learning for some time.
some teens here tend to have lots of jokes about being depressed. and honestly i like these jokes sometimes even though I'm an adult :D
When I was a child i also had a joke about my "reserve copy for parents" (twin sister) when i did something risky. Now i realize it sounds creepy :D it sounded like "if i die i can be replaced easily, so don't be serious"
На том свете отдохнёшь 😂
@@origanami1834 youll sleep off on the other side
Russians REALLY like dark humor.
Exactly what my english teacher from Ireland said to our class 😭😭😭
She said that she was confused with us, since all other kids had showed emotions and she usually could tell whether they had been happy/unhappy with the lesson, but we always had a neutral face lmaoo
She still said she loves us though and we love her too 🥰
I teach Russian kids, and if you studied as much as they do, with all the pressure from your parents and old school teachers, you would also allow yourself to drown.
Asian kids be like: “hold my soju”
Teach me
@@ДанисГильфанов-о8оi came frown asian part of russia and we have many similar problems even suicide rate because of bad grades. Was in many asian countries and so many things like in russia…
@@ДанисГильфанов-о8оyeah, Russian education is like Japan's but only in negative aspects
@@ДанисГильфанов-о8оstudying us actually difficult everywhere. It's just that some cultures prefer to show it off. I remember how I was preparing for uni entrance exams in Russia. It was so f difficult both mentally and physically. But more mentally. The thing is, no one talks about it here. No one goes around flaunting their success. People just feel proud of themselves on the inside and move on, because there are way more problems in the world than our good marks
American kids: "I believe in freedom."
UK kids: "I believe in carrying on."
Norweigen kids: "I believe in society."
Russian kids: "Death is inevitable, embrace it."
Read Russian classic literature.
@@dmitriyborisov7591 для чего ему это читать? Я не говорю, что русская классика плохая, но не думаю, что она может быть полезна кому-то.
@@rozenaleks1152 она давольно депрессивная.
@@dmitriyborisov7591 По-разному. Вон, Гоголь и Салтыков-Щедрин - довольно весёлые.
As a russian myself, "If nothing matters, why not have fun?"
"Dead" - Russian Proverb
"D'ed" - Russian proverb
Зайдя в раздел комментариев я понял одно, русские общаются с русскими по-английски
😂🤣👍
What air defense doin'?
@@KasumiRINA chilling, why?
@@KasumiRINA >
@@KasumiRINA xD
I’m Russian and we were talking about the Heimlich maneuver in 3rd grade and I raised my hand and I said “ what’s the point of wasting your time on someone you know is already gonna die “ and she sent me to the guidance counselor for saying that 💀
Edit : to everyone who is saying that’s a horrible thing to say , I was 8 I did not have any concept of a human life and how important it is
😂
By that logic, there is no need for doctors or medicine.
But it's not waisting time. Wtf. It works.
Of course you have to!
How else can you ask them if it felt like anything at all😀!
@@Wenixi that's not what he meant, your 'patient' going to die anyway. From asphyxia or old age or any other reason. That's russian humour.
At first it just sounded like normal 10 year old girl responses tbf
Hey, i'm from Siberia, and you know it's some sort of russian humour. Death jokes are helping us survive😅
Аpart from jokes, depression is very young in Russia nowadays. I'm adult. When i had it psychiatrist told me that i would to take pills, i answered her, that it means now i'm a finished.
To which she told me that it is now the norm for teenagers to go to a psychiatrist and drink antidepressants, and not something shameful.
It got super normalized in recent years actually. Ads for Mental Health services are in every rutuber's video.
@@dumdum8538 Noone teen really use rutube
Low vitamin D is a helluva drug
this comment right here. needs some attention.
Helluva?
@@vladimirthegreen6097 “hell of a”
damn… this just put everything into perspective
Please explain I'm dumb :")
as a fellow English teacher (of Russian students, among others), these moments do come more frequently than one might expect
I have the same exact experience. I used to help this Russian guy with English on the internet. he was 15 and the most mature, depressed, and apathetic 15 year old I’ve ever met. he was also unhinged but in a more intense way than other western teenagers. weird guy, but interesting and smart as fuck. I really hope he’s doing well right now.
Reach out for him, have a chat
Unhinged in what way?
thank you
Bro you've just described literally half of Russian teenage boys, I'm not even joking. Nobody diagnose autism on adhd on shit here, everybody is unhinged and I know exactly what you mean
probably on the frontline killing ukrainians
We are not depressed (usually), we just don't tend to avoid sadness
I remember my first year at the university. Our English teacher asked us to make shirt pieces of poetry starting with "hello, hello, hello, hey!" The thing I made up made her laugh: "Hello, hello, hello, hey! You will die anyway!" Over 15 years passed, but she still remembers my piece 😂
LMAO
Hahah
It is pretty good though! 😂
The classic Russian phrase
"And then, somehow, it got worse"
И откуда же эта классическая фраза, а? Она случайно не как та известная цитата из Ленина про интернет?
@@PeterOfTheNorth я автор этой фразы и потверждаю, что она является классической русской фразой.
@@PeterOfTheNorth это фраза: со дна постучали
The iconic Lenin quote
"Don't believe anything you see on the Internet"
И тут БАЦ БАЦ БАЦ-БАЦ БАЦ БАЦ БАЦ
As a Russian, I can confirm 😂 when my brother was 6 and I was 12, we had a hamster. I think, the whole purpose of these little rodents is nothing but teaching kids about death. Their lives are so short and they can literally die if they get frightened. So, one evening I was going to vacuum my room, the hamster probably died of a heart attack after hearing loud noise. When I turned off the vacuum, we found our hamster cold and unresponsive in his cage. I was calm and said : "mom, Pasha ( that's my brother's name) I think our hamster just died". My brother came in, calmly signed and said " well, we need to bury him right away before we all catch a plague. I will bring the shoe box and you ( looked at me) will get a shovel ". No tears, no crying. Calm and cold course of action 😂
damn
my sister didn't handle her bluefish dying under his own aquarium rocks, imagine a fragile rodent like that though
Боже, это так смешно😂😂 я чуть не задохнулась от смеха
Мой брат точно так же отреагировал, спокойно . А я плакала. Мы пошли в 5 утра его хоронить в лес (хомяк умер где то в 3 ночи)
Reading all the Russian responses here, I'm more convinced than ever I would have gotten along great with Russian teenagers when I was in school.
@@eljefeamericano4308 exactly what I was thinking...
"death is but a moment" is a hard ass line
Tweet from my friend (at 2012, when we’re was like 12-14): “good mood isn’t a reason to stop hating people”
In my experience, Russian and American cultures actually mix very well, largely because of the humor.
Americans know everything is shit, but they sarcastically try to hype themselves up about how great everything is so they find the strength to get through the day.
Russians know everything is shit, and they cynically approach the reality of the situation and talk about all the ways it could get worse or revert to gallows humor.
The two have different approaches to life, but both stem from the same core ideas and same perception of the state of things. Americans can appreciate how brutally, refreshingly honest Russians approach bad situations with and Russians can appreciate how Americans find a way to keep their spirits up despite it all while still acknowledging the problem.
It's very ironic, but I think these embittered "enemies" (in quotes since I'd say they're more enemies on a state level and the average citizens of course have no beef with each other) would actually love drinking with each other if they could just find the opportunity to put the guns down and give it a shot. (not like that; the other "shot")
I noticed that too, I wonder where specifically it came from
Interesting
@@Invizive Probably because both nations tried to build Utopias, failed with it, but continue to try
What a good thing for Americans to "know everything is shit" when you literally have real palm trees in the streets. Real ones, not plastic ones.
@Ajoura yeah, so what? It's just a palm tree, probably with a bunch of hobos living under it.
I'm russian and we are not depressing we are just accepting. We don't smile much because if we smile we mean it. People usually mistake us for a depressed nation and that's not it. We just have different values...But yes our literature is depressing as fuck for no apparent reason. Most of us don't even know why and just ignore it.
Hello, fellow russian) most of us are really depressed, let's just face the fact. So many things about Russia are contributing to it.
@@Kotychka_Nyashnaya nah you are overdramatising it. It's not that bad. I still stand with what i said.
@@thejsffenix6365 firstly this is not a political video. Secondly Ukraine's military is at fault there.
@@thejsffenix6365 who was shelling Donbass people who identify as russians and didn't want to comply with the fascist coup in 2014?
@@Valysion hahaha russia invades Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk. russia sent mercs, and regular army without flags to couple of local marginals so called "LDNR"
hirkin strelkov and his riens - they are probably locals?
As a russian person, i can say, this is russian humor))
I used to tutor Russian university students in English and I'll never forget when one of them told me his favorite activity after getting high is going to the symphony. A surprising number of them remember to send me little e-cards for my birthday and for women's day.
That means you did a great job teaching them and took an important place in their hearts)
Good for you lady to be surrounded by such kind kids, you've done a good job tutoring them...your husband and potential kids should consider themselves lucky to have you 👍
Lol I never saw this had so many likes and replies! I really liked tutoring, Russian people are incredibly kind and I learned a lot from them too. Someday I'd like to teach them again.
Strong St Petersburg vibes
Kensukes Kingdom is a great book
I know right? Its one of the best books i read in school
I've read almost all of Michael Morpugo's books, and there was one that I found particularly depressing, the one where all the cattle and goats on the farm had to be put down due to a disease, and the girl was just trying to keep her lamb from being killed. I forgot the name tho
@@nightwolf1416 same I read it in school as well
I only remember someone calling it “Kensuke’s condom” in primary school. Still makes me laugh.
I’m 24 and I honestly go back and read it from time to time and it’s always just as great and still makes me cry in the end
Many Russians are depressed, but many of us are not. We all sometimes sigh and do a blank stare, but overall we value life and joy very much. I know it personally because I was diagnosed with anxiety-depressive disorder and I really was too gloomy even for Russia lol. So we are quite positive nation at the heart! And we love having a good time.
@@cfl_finn4831 please remove Rozitas from your profile picture
you make bad jokes
No, that's not going to help this cheesy comic sell his performances)))
say you're just rich and not a simple worker without saying you're just rich and not a simple worker.
"Stay away from the windows."
-Old russian proverb.
И не ложися на краю
Придет серенький волчок
И укусит за бочок
I'm russian. In my university we had english speakers to master our ability to speak with foreigners. Fist class with him, we should have created a story with word chein. First tell the sentence and say one key word for the second student. It was a horror story about a vampire with digestive system problems. 10 relatively young girls shocked guy so much that he finished his fist lesson earlier.
Хах, эта пара наверняка всплывает в его снах😂 Не поделитесь более подробным рассказом?
Ooh the poor vampire😪
I just know, I would have enjoyed every single second of this class😂🙌
Aren't we fun?😂☝🙌
Unrelated but this reminded me of a play about two vampire brothers. If I remember correctly, one of them was allergic to red meat. In one segment his brother insisted that he should try different kinds of meat and the vegan one said he should try vegetables. At the end both of them got sick and spent hours on the restroom.
Ahhhh, good memories
"Fist Class" actually sounds awesome.
😅😅😅
As an a russian guy, I can say that we are not kinda depressed, we are just realistic and not trying to find happiness in sadness. We are just accepting things. Most humanity thinks about Russia as a depressed country, because unlike America, people are not smiling at street, not saying hello to everyone, just walking to needed place
Мы фаталисты по большей части, хотя бы "Двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать" чего только стоит
What a boring life! So you just mind your business and not even communicate if not necessary?
@@JasonDelri yea
@@JasonDelri why communicate with someone if it is not necessary?
@@ProfessionalEpic1488 damn
My russian mother, to smile without reason is a sure sign of a fool 😂😂
I think the reason for the difference in attitudes toward smiling in our cultures is a little deeper than it seems. While in America magazine ads were showing the whitewashed grins of another housewife, a hard-working husband (unaware that sometime there is to much of hair vox), and their children, advertising another very useful for the household way to waste your money, there was no advertising in the Soviet Union. No competition, no advertising.
But there was propaganda. From mosaics, posters, facades of houses, sculptures, and newspapers, Soviet citizens were looked at sternly and importantly, with their noses turned up, by state farm workers who had exceeded the plan for wheat (and did not care if it rotted), miners, welders, astronauts, the constructor who had coped with the next challenge of our party.
@Арсений Корчевский thanks for your insight, yeah my family are cossack, so the culture is a bit off like I stick out at my ROCOR church, we're in England tho so luckily not so American 🤣
@@dimitriofthedon3917 The British don't have any lips to smile, so... I don't think any of them can be quickly identified as a fool
@@supramur hahaha 🤣
🤦🏼♀️ omg its not to smile! this is not true, why people are so ignorant, jesus! Its laughter without a reason is a sign of a fool( but a specific word, not a fool exactly, doesnt exist in english, meaning one the people that go crazy (Aka mentally challenged) and just laugh at nothing and talk to air)
To be fair, that’s all kids now a days 💀 I dont think any of us got the will to live anymore
as someone who talks to Russians on a regular basis, the proverb thing is . very accurate lol
update: sent this to a russian friend and he responded with a proverb
Okay, a lot of people are asking for the proverb. It was "Дело помощи утопающим - дело рук самих утопающих"- essentially, "the work of helping a drowning person is drowning in itself," and honestly, I can sometimes get behind that; it's important to have your own mental health needs met before attempting to help others, or else the situation is just worse for both parties involved.
Edit: Mistranslated the proverb; sorry! See the replies for a better translation.
what was his response
что он сказал?)
Hahaha
@@windws7137 вы из России?
We love our proverbs
It's not depression, it's understanding the struggle and being grateful for what we have.
Never thought of us being depressing. We just realistic. Never got the illusion of life full of rainbows and fairies as a kid. It’s all „be grateful for what you have. And beware of Babayka“ 😂
Russians smile quite rarely, but if they smile, it is very sincere))
Oh yeah and you made me want kolbasa
Oh fuck
@@muradunknown6954 😨
Totally agree. It is quite sencere. 😂😂😂😂
They smile all the f time dude. There are many reasons to give a sincere smile lol
My best friend is Russian, and I can confirm. They are seemingly very stoic people, with a wicked sense of humor. I very much enjoy my Russian friends.
My uncle is Russian, and I remember when his son was young and cried because he was hurt, he always told him "Does crying change anything? No? Then stop crying, there's no point", and when he cried because he was just sad he told him "Why are you crying? Are you hurt somewhere? No? Then stop crying, there's no point"
Слезами делу не поможешь.
Tears of sorrow will not help
Tears don't help. It's only a problem
@@irinapro2868 есть и обратное
let him cry more - pee less
I hate tears
That’s sad af
As yet another Russian kid (there's too much of us here lol) can confirm, the ritual for kids turning 15 is embracing Depression for the rest of their life. It's like a preparation for the coming of age ritual, when shit gets so much worse
Oh my god am i russian?
@@Deadflower019 да
I'm currently 22, and ye.. it haven't got better yet. I'm still believing that it will tho
Coming of age ritual?
Congratulations, when are you getting deployed to Ukraine?
ive heard, as a joke, that russian slapstick comedy and american slapstick comedy are exactly the same, but when the russian guy gets hit in the face with a frying pan, he dies
On that note, in Western countries, when you get hurt - like you stub your toe - you say "ouch" which is short and sharp pain but it ends quickly and you move on.
In Russia you say "бля" - the closest translation to which is "fuck" - it's sharp and quick "бл" at the beginning but then it turns into an infinite existential "яяяяяяя" (the "FUUUUU!!!" meme comes to mind)
I mean you can also just say "ай" or "ааааа" which is basically "ow" or "oooooowwwww", depends on how prone you are to saying swear words
@@chayleaf Yeaaaaah.... You could..... But nobody actually does
@@ДмитрийМаринин-ф3ь well, I guess I live in a very cultured environment
@@ДмитрийМаринин-ф3ь lol you think westerners don't say 'fuck' when they stub their toes? maybe only on TV where they have to be 'family friendly'...
Looks like that teacher just didn't get Russian jokes 😂😂😂
If someone asked me that question i'd probably answer with "shit does not sink it floats"
LMFAO THAT'S WHAT I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT
UNDERRATED
У тебя такая красивая фамилия 😍
@@EughhBrothereughh ой, спасибо :) очень приятно такое услышать