depressing russian kids #standupcomedy

[aster]

Ah yes, acceptance, the first and only stage of grief.

[rufhlmj]

"Russian literature is 90% of suffering and 10% of Russian nature".
- My teacher.

[MiracleWinchester]

There’s something sobering yet comforting in the quote, “When death is there, dying is over.”

[CBoboDy_MneniRm]

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 🥶

[CarbonatedCondensation]

“I live in Siberia”
Fair enough, she’s got a point

[RedusDeadus]

"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

[georgewilliamson]

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."

[Sarahlikestohike]

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."

[vlklk]

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" 💀

[ArtemisMoon]

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.

[gashugikku]

We need to read "Mumu" when we are 11 years old, so idk what you expected

[vuvuvu]

"If he dies, he dies" -Russian Proverb

[harrychittenden]

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.

[martyr]

tbh the acceptance of death is such an interesting trait to have and overall i think it may allow one to live freely

[xxxThats_weirdxxx]

"Death is but a moment. When death is there, dying is over"
Beautiful

[ana-nim]

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".

[irbis]

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

[LoneHermit]

Teens: I am depressed...

Russian kids: Are you sure?

[СергейИльченко-пщ]

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

[afiugs]

As a russian student I often calm myself with thoughts like "if things go to shit I could at least kill myself".