Russians certainly have a funny and direct way to answer questions!
My grandma (came to the US from the USSR during WW2) would always answer a little too honestly when we asked "how are you doing?" Sometimes she would say "Still walking" and sometimes she would talk about how the neighborhood is going downhill. I would laugh and say "you know in America we just say 'good'!"
> came to the US from the USSR during WW2
Must be some interesting story there...
The flip side is when Lisa Simpson asks a Russian man for directions to the bus and he politely answers her but she mistakes his gruff Slavic manner for hostility.
Re:The Disneyfication of a University
by thaumasiotes on Monday February 10, 2020 @04:43PM
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There are two Russian men playing chess. After frightening Lisa away ("My pleasure! It's six blocks that way!"), one checkmates the other, to which the response is upending the chessboard accompanied by the subtitle "Good game! How about another?".
The joke isn't really Lisa mistaking a "gruff Slavic manner" for hostility, it's more the Slavic manner being actually hostile.
As an American, I find that quite amusing. I'd say it brings a smile to my face, but there's likely one there already.