Reminds me of that painting of a Red Army soldier gazing in amazement at the interior of the Winter Palace.


Twenty-nine years after this photograph, the Soviets started the Space Race with the world's first artificial satellite. sputnik

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[–] [S] 58 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Man: What is this WITCHCRAFT!? scared

Woman: God, is that you? biden-horror

Girl: This kind of slaps. kirby-jammin

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yo. I absolutely love that we can have thing like polygonal animations in the comments. How do I do this?

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If the Soviet Union was truly communist, they wouldn't have peasants.

    Checkmate tankies

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  • [–] [S] 53 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Soviet peasants listen to Cumtown for the first time

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    That one guy has a thousand island stare

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    It's a thousand yard stare, you gourmand.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago

    Great photo honestly, the gentle absurdity of it makes it feel extra real somehow

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The lady has a look on her face like she's having a vision of the horrors of the future that this new contraption will bring. The man is looking at it like the gears are turning and he's envisioning cool new shit he could do with this.

    They're seeing the same thing stuff

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    those are suprisingly slim and form-fitting headphones for such an early stage of the technology

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    they got a podcast?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Take bets on what you think they were listening too.

    My guess is Total Eclipse of the Heart.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Video Killed the Radio Star (Time Travel Russian Remix)

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    The CIA used its infinite budget and resources to develop time travel so that they could pollute early radio broadcasts with "Winds of Change" by the Scorpions, another twisted form of pollution that came from the aforementioned infinite budget. It was all they played on Radio Free Pangaea.

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    Hope they're not listening to RFE

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    They're listening to talk tuah, they were shocked by its deep philosophical debates.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Oh, totally! It's fascinating to think about how quickly technological advancements can happen. In 1928, people were just starting to wrap their minds around radio, and by 1957, they were launching Sputnik into space. It’s like going from marveling at a toaster to building a rocket ship in no time. Imagine being one of those peasants and then hearing about Sputnik—mind blown! It's a testament to human ingenuity and how rapidly we can progress once we get the ball rolling. It's almost like we're living in fast forward!

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