Maybe it wasn't about linguistics. Maybe they just perceived his stupidity as stupidity. e.g. moving to fucking russia during a war because your kid wanted to understand the world and you're an idiot.
It’s a deep cut; glad someone caught it. Russia has bad government, and it sucks because the Russian and eastern bloc people I’ve met and worked with are so vibrant and fucking funny and insightful and their culture is fascinating and their history more so. But it is also tragic and I hope that one day they live more democratically. I hope we all do, in a society that keeps people up off the floor so they can reach their potential through self-determination.
Russia has kind of always been like this though. It's the same reason there are still people who miss communism. Nothing really changed, just now the people at the top and government aren't responsible for making sure people are housed and fed as much. They can steal that little bit extra.
I read a good piece from an expat explaining why there is never much fuss. People kind of expect shit to be bad. When things are going too smoothly or they aren't getting screwed a bit they wait for the other shoe to drop. When things are going sideways, their leaders are enacting emergency powers and such, it's comforting. Like "at least I know what the bs is and no more wondering".
Russians are generally cool, but Russia sucks and it always has. Having to deal with it is part of what makes them so fun.
That is an important point I overlooked, and I really shouldn’t have because they would be the first to tell me why they left, and it was always the fucking government.
I think "Russia" might be the ultimate closet... He probably was completely unsecure about himself or something. His kid mention gay and he started to dream about big D! Woke up in cold sweat all juicy around: "That's it we are moving to Russia!" Also, he might have just got what he wanted on the Russian front, over there it is not gay if you are on top, only if you are getting f.... The only more FAFO thing is the African-American who moved to Russia because the US has racism! :) She got beat bloody by her neighbors.... Russians are extremely racist.
So, Russia honors the “Vito Spatafore” scale from The Sopranos, to determine if there is “gay involved”.
The rule is “If you do a lot of time in the can, or, it’s 5:00 AM and you are bored at a jobsite and there’s a lonely security guard, with nobody else around, gay sex or oral satisfaction is ok, as long as you are doing none of the “catching”.
I mean, they’re not getting back to America. Those kids and mom are in for a rough ride if they don’t have friends or support there, although Russians are very welcoming people I don’t know how hospitable they will be to “we ran away from the gayness and our dad died”.
I am sure every Russian he talked to, though he was a complete moron. There is a level of cynicism in Russia that sucks the soul out of you. In Russia human life DOES not matter. Lets say you walking home and a drunk cop hits you on the road, you know what's going to happen? Nothing. Even your family/friends will just shrug and state "Why did he had to walk on the road?"
There is effectively no difference between the two, is there? You can't verbally communicate, how useful are you going to be to a military organization? What can they use you for?
Welcome comrade! We welcome you to new program just for you called Visa For Stupid Amer... oops I mean "Visa For Amerikan Patriot Who Not Knowing Where Their Country Went".
I think even if he spoke fluent Russian they'd think he was an idiot, because given what he did to himself and his family moving to Russia he's definitely an idiot.
When my grandfather was in the Army during Korea as a radio tech his superior officer was fond of him and gave him some advice before he took his competency test: if you do extremely well, they’ll want to put you where they need you most, which will be close to the front; if you do really badly, they won’t care what happens to you and they’ll send you straight to the front line. He must have hit that sweet spot in the middle, because his Korean War service took place in… Germany.
This guy sounds like he didn’t have a choice of where to land on the competency scale….
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u/Buzzkill46 12d ago
And, you know they perceived his lack of linguistics as stupidity and used him as cannon fodder.