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Nov 14, 2026, 4:02 AMI sometimes read about the jokes that people living in the Soviet Union in the 80's used to make about their country and how everything was falling apart and nothing worked anymore.
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Fugue State Machine Motocmdrmoto@hachyderm.ioNov 14, 2026, 4:08 AM@smellsofbikes the “in soviet russia” to “in corporate america” joke translation pipeline
Toast, Anonymous Fedi FungusShiitakeToast@beige.partyNov 14, 2026, 4:35 AM@cmdrmoto @smellsofbikes In corporate America the radio listens to you!
Nov 14, 2026, 4:19 AMThis inspired me to ddg for a list. And I found this joke which I remember from the actual 1980s:
A man walks into a shop. He asks the clerk, “You don’t have any meat?”
The clerk says, “No, here we don’t have any fish. The shop that doesn’t have any meat is across the street.”
Sharp LeavesBoysenberryCider@mastodon.socialNov 14, 2026, 5:27 AM@smellsofbikes Yakov Smirnoff is way ahead of you there.