Russian censor warns against meme 'misuse'

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If a god existed, then you could blame Russia's problems on it. Africa has a vibrant future ahead of it, Russia is a new hell. At least global warming will help Russia.

Yeah, like it worked before

One of the most beautiful (and difficult for non native speakers) parts of the Russian language is the 3-5 meanings of anything and the subtle change of meaning depending on word order. A good example is Chekov - all of his works are consider "tragic" by foreigners while the Russian roll on the floor laughing. As a result while Western (and especially Anglo-Saxon) humour is situation based, Russian humour centers around double meaning and context.

So going back to the subject at hand. Even Stalin and Brezhnev failed in their attempts of subdue the power of Russian Humour. Harnessing the power of memes? Yeah, right, just watch Common Miracle (Объкновенное Чудо) which was made during the darkest days of the "communist" (quotes intended) gerontocracy. You can see the exact chances of "meme control" happening in Russia. The film is one non-stop 4h memefest (used till this day) taking the piss with rulers of the day to a "Spitting Image" level. Despite that, it still saw the light of day (first as a play, then as a film) because there is nothing on the surface to give a reason for the censor to stop it - it is all in the second, third, ... meaning of the dialogue.

Remember comrades, in Soviet Russia, the internet trolls you!

translation

"Note: translation is tricky, so Vulture South is going to skip trying to say exactly what that lyric means."

Google Translate didn't work too well for you either, eh?

Whne you're in charge of something called "Roskomnadzor"...

... you can'r really cultivate any humor. I believe it was the name of an assault tank with rotating blades to kill people around...

Translate?

I'm pretty sure there must be some Russian, somewhere, who also knows English? Perhaps you can ask that person to help?