The inner fruit of any random watermelon is highly likely to be more nourishing and satisfying than the inner (rotten) fruits of any random politician.
Watermelons (as well as tangerines and some other fruits) were mostly sold on farmers' markets; it was one of the few industries where Soviets allowed limited private initiative, as state enterprises were mostly unable to handle storage of anything more fragile than a steel nut.
Russian and Eastern Bloc Europeans have some of the best (and darkest) humor. You made me laugh with that crack about 'steel nuts'. Is it likely you could merge more of that hilarity into this strip? When you have, sometimes it goes sailing right over the heads of many, but it is always the funniest when you do.
Speaking of Soviet humor, have you ever watched this ad from Wendy's that was made in 1985? It was removed soon after it was aired due to commie (dimocrat) pressure. I think it is some of the most creative TV that was ever made.
One big step towards my own realization of just how deep the well of dark/dry-humor-as-cope runs, was when I learned about the origins of the "In Soviet Russia..." joke template: "In America you VERB the NOUN; in Soviet Russia the NOUN VERBs ••you••!"
Long story made short: I had alws just assumed that was originally (1) an American comic trope, and (2) from the cold war era. I was actually stunned to find out that those jokes date all the way back to the 1920s—i.e. the founding decade of the USSR and therefore of real-world communism itself—and that they actually came over to America with the early generation of émigrés who were fleeing the Leninists and then Stalinists.
Maybe i'm overthinking this but the "surgeon/anesthesiologist" one is extra interesting because of the additional layer of irony introduced by having both Female and male doctors. (The Woman on the original statue is a peasant kolkhoz farmer.)
A good task for "genetic engineers" would be to modify the genes of a watermelon so that it tastes like coffee ice cream. Then people would start eating healthy watermelons.
The inner fruit of any random watermelon is highly likely to be more nourishing and satisfying than the inner (rotten) fruits of any random politician.
Are watermelons sold year-'round where you live? Were they available in Soviet-era stores?
yes and "yes, sort of"
Watermelons (as well as tangerines and some other fruits) were mostly sold on farmers' markets; it was one of the few industries where Soviets allowed limited private initiative, as state enterprises were mostly unable to handle storage of anything more fragile than a steel nut.
Russian and Eastern Bloc Europeans have some of the best (and darkest) humor. You made me laugh with that crack about 'steel nuts'. Is it likely you could merge more of that hilarity into this strip? When you have, sometimes it goes sailing right over the heads of many, but it is always the funniest when you do.
I post collections of translated Russian memes from time to time, you’ll find lots of dark humor there: https://conspirat.substack.com/p/random-russian-memes-15
Speaking of Soviet humor, have you ever watched this ad from Wendy's that was made in 1985? It was removed soon after it was aired due to commie (dimocrat) pressure. I think it is some of the most creative TV that was ever made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCbiwpH96_A
Good idea, but the execution is heavy on stereotypes
(no, one would not wear medals to a fashion show)
One big step towards my own realization of just how deep the well of dark/dry-humor-as-cope runs, was when I learned about the origins of the "In Soviet Russia..." joke template: "In America you VERB the NOUN; in Soviet Russia the NOUN VERBs ••you••!"
Long story made short: I had alws just assumed that was originally (1) an American comic trope, and (2) from the cold war era. I was actually stunned to find out that those jokes date all the way back to the 1920s—i.e. the founding decade of the USSR and therefore of real-world communism itself—and that they actually came over to America with the early generation of émigrés who were fleeing the Leninists and then Stalinists.
Ahh very nice.
Maybe i'm overthinking this but the "surgeon/anesthesiologist" one is extra interesting because of the additional layer of irony introduced by having both Female and male doctors. (The Woman on the original statue is a peasant kolkhoz farmer.)
I know, that's where I've seen a lot of them, great work!
Green on the outside and red in the center describes a lot of pols, such as AOC.
A good task for "genetic engineers" would be to modify the genes of a watermelon so that it tastes like coffee ice cream. Then people would start eating healthy watermelons.