undefined | Better HN

0 pointspandaman10y ago0 comments

I rephrased the one I've heard due to obscure cultural references which even Russians might not understand if they are not old enough. The original is "Кооператив "СВОБОДА" возьмет в аренду 1м государственной границы"

0 comments

3 comments · 1 top-level

ktRolster10y ago· 2 in thread

That must have been a Brezhnev era joke because I can't imagine people getting away with it under Stalin

a3n10y ago

Some would have been punished, and some would have gotten away with it. We use humor to cope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes

There was an article awhile back, can't recall in detail, about how humor circulated in the Soviet Union.

pandamanOP10y ago

Gorbachev's. I am not that old to remember Stalin.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse