LJ Round-Up 02/26/09: Russian Hentai From 1906 And Other Distractions
The Russian blogosphere conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.
• Vigilante blogger ottenki_serogo catches a miscreant stealing a shopping cart from a supermarket. He photographs the filthy getaway car with the cart strapped to the top before confronting the driver and shaming him into giving up the trophy. Readers feign disgust and speculate about the thief's intentions for the cart. Would he have a) converted it into a baby carriage, b) planted pumpkins in it or c) used it to play "supermarket" at home with his wife? Please let it be c. [Только что у Ашана]
• Blogger yosha_orlow says Moscow's Maintenance and Repair Administraton is accusing people of purposely breaking their legs on icy streets and standing under falling icicles to get compensation money. Readers have fun with the notion that this could be true. "Those pathetic people! I bet they invented winter just to spite us, too!" [Членовредители]
• Moscow artist Dmitry Chernyshev unearths some satirical magazine illustrations circa 1906 featuring skeletons, zombies, and reptile creatures molesting maidens. Judging from these images, 1906 was a bad year for Russia, but a great year to be a magazine illustrator. [конструирование будущего телевизором]
• Fed up with Moscow's insane cost of living, one victim of recession says it's time to move to a remote village. He's calculated everything, down to the cost of log fuel (enough to be able to "walk around in underwear"), and determined that this is the only logical way to beat the crisis. The post sparks a heated debate. One reader admits to being terrified by the prospect of no Internet, and is mocked. [Немного цифр для Менеджеров Среднего Звена]
• A sports blogger cites a St. Petersburg news site that says women aren't allowed in a particular fan section of Petrovsky stadium, home of the soccer club Zenit. Apparently, hardcore Zenit fans who shell out for prime seating find the presence of women "distracting." The blogger, who is a woman, laughes it off. Others are not amused. [Мастродоменико & Станкампиано]
• Vigilante blogger ottenki_serogo catches a miscreant stealing a shopping cart from a supermarket. He photographs the filthy getaway car with the cart strapped to the top before confronting the driver and shaming him into giving up the trophy. Readers feign disgust and speculate about the thief's intentions for the cart. Would he have a) converted it into a baby carriage, b) planted pumpkins in it or c) used it to play "supermarket" at home with his wife? Please let it be c. [Только что у Ашана]
• Blogger yosha_orlow says Moscow's Maintenance and Repair Administraton is accusing people of purposely breaking their legs on icy streets and standing under falling icicles to get compensation money. Readers have fun with the notion that this could be true. "Those pathetic people! I bet they invented winter just to spite us, too!" [Членовредители]
• Moscow artist Dmitry Chernyshev unearths some satirical magazine illustrations circa 1906 featuring skeletons, zombies, and reptile creatures molesting maidens. Judging from these images, 1906 was a bad year for Russia, but a great year to be a magazine illustrator. [конструирование будущего телевизором]
• Fed up with Moscow's insane cost of living, one victim of recession says it's time to move to a remote village. He's calculated everything, down to the cost of log fuel (enough to be able to "walk around in underwear"), and determined that this is the only logical way to beat the crisis. The post sparks a heated debate. One reader admits to being terrified by the prospect of no Internet, and is mocked. [Немного цифр для Менеджеров Среднего Звена]
• A sports blogger cites a St. Petersburg news site that says women aren't allowed in a particular fan section of Petrovsky stadium, home of the soccer club Zenit. Apparently, hardcore Zenit fans who shell out for prime seating find the presence of women "distracting." The blogger, who is a woman, laughes it off. Others are not amused. [Мастродоменико & Станкампиано]