Think Different. Very different.
Think Different. Very different.

Rehabilitation Center Opens for Men “Traumatized by Family Life”
A Russian meme advertises a fictional rehabilitation center for men who have “suffered from family life.”
The center promises everything needed for recovery: advice from a veteran neighborhood “psychologist,” floor mattresses, barbecue, a week’s supply of meat and beer, smoked fish, sausages, board games, and even a GAZ-21 model-building kit.
“ Starting today at 12:00
A rehabilitation center will open for men who have suffered from family life.
The center is located at Garage Cooperative “Gornyak,” Block 3, Gate 17.
We provide comfortable temporary accommodation and a full package of services:
This is what gas-station lines have come to… allegedly.
A man rides a unicycle while remotely driving a toy car that tows his dog in a wheeled chair.
The clip is being shared online as a joke about Russia’s fuel shortages and long queues at gas stations.

Selling Homemade Gasoline.
An AI-generated meme poking fun at Russia’s fuel shortages.
Putin recently supported the idea of expanding a network of small local oil refineries, arguing they could supply remote regions and be harder to disrupt than major plants.
The meme takes that idea literally: a villager selling “homemade” AI-92, AI-95, AI-98, and AI-100 gas in glass jars by the roadside.

“Spiral of Gopnik Swagger,” 2022
Art by Daniil Kudryashov

“Look, comrade sweetie — you asked what a calorie deficit was.”
A Soviet-era grocery store meme: grandma shows her granddaughter an empty fish counter and says, “Look, sweetie — you asked what a calorie deficit was.”
The joke is that in Soviet times, “calorie deficit” wasn’t a diet plan — it was just everyday shopping.
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