• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
    92·
    6 days ago

    Lot of pure white fabric there. Would be a shame if it got brown…

    Oh god. There’s already a drink called “green russian”. Theres going to be a “brown russian” now too, isn’t there?

    I am NOT drinking that!

    • Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      34·
      6 days ago

      You didn’t understand. They are performing a dance from The Nutcracker. In Russia they always show The Nutcracker in state tv when they prepare the announcement of something major - like the death of the current president.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        16·
        6 days ago

        In Russia they always show The Nutcracker in state tv when they prepare the announcement of something major - like the death of the current president.

        You’re right. I didn’t understand that part when I commented. What an odd tradition.

        “Hey, the dictator just died. Better show some ballet to soften the blow.”

        • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          18·
          6 days ago

          If you’re as concerned with information control as the Soviets were/are, it makes a lot of sense.

          Comrade leader just shat himself to death, or most of the Navy top leadership just died in a single plane crash, or we just blew a nuclear reactor wide open, and it’s time to tell the entire country the bad news.

          • We need some time to come up with and distribute whatever we’re going to tell people
          • We can’t have some peon at some TV station mention a simple fact that will contradict the official truth
          • We can’t allow rumors to spread
          • We can’t just shut down the transmitters because people will assume the worst.
          • We probably shouldn’t broadcast light entertainment or comedy, that feels tasteless.
          • Propaganda reels often have imagery of armies and violence in them, probably don’t want those ideas in people’s heads right now.
          • In fact, let’s make sure whatever we broadcast is extremely obviously not news. Something like a symphony or opera.
          • We do want to play up the nationalist angle, so let’s go with something domestic in origin. So no Mozart or Bach or anything from Western Europe.
          • How about Tchaikovsky? The Nutcracker suite. Runs for about two hours.

          Makes perfect sense the first time. Peak Russia is doing that exact same thing often enough for the people to catch on. “Oh shit the Nutcracker’s on every station, something terrible happened somewhere.”

        • phx@lemmy.ca
          14·
          6 days ago

          If I read that this particular dickhead shit himself and died, I’d be dancing too!

    • Klear@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 days ago

      Brown Russian is just White Russian without the cream, so kahlua with vodka. Both are great.