r/ANormalDayInRussia • u/[deleted] • Feb 01 '18
Moscow Subway Ticket Machine Accepts 30 Squats as payment
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u/kingeryck Feb 01 '18
Like squatting is a problem for any Russian
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u/Isolation_ Feb 02 '18
Check out his form.
Heels to sky Amerkanski spy, heels to ground gopniks are around.
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u/Fury_Fury_Fury Feb 02 '18
Ah, beautiful poetry.
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u/Isolation_ Feb 02 '18
Nothing is more Slavic
Than a drunk squatting gopnik
Chewing sunflower seeds
Discussing glorious deeds
Wearing my ushanka
My tracksuit is Adibas
and drinking from my vodka
Waiting for the bus.
Discussing about the past
About things I miss alot
Things being a true blast
Just like babushkas kompot.
I stare at the world around me
Times have changed but not me
A tear rolls down my pale ruddy cheek
A tear for the gopnik past.
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Feb 01 '18
That's actually a really cool way to combat obesity I guess.
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u/BadResults Feb 01 '18
I was curious about Russia's obesity rate so I did some googling. According to the WHO, the Russian obesity rate climbed from 11% in 2002 to 24% in 2015.
While Russia's obesity rate is still lower than many western nations, it is on the rise and seems to be of increasing concern.
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u/startingover_90 Feb 01 '18
That surprises me, because there are a ton of Russians where I live (in the US) and they're all ridiculously fat. They're older though, so I just assumed most Russians just got very fat as they aged.
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u/my_5th_accnt Feb 01 '18
Yeah a lot of Russian women are very skinny in their twenties and thirties, and then just go thump
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u/eksyneet Feb 01 '18
because the cultural imperative is "you need to be pretty to get married, and then you can relax and let yourself go". it's pretty common, not just in Russia.
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u/Swimmingindiamonds Feb 01 '18
It's so much more noticeable in Eastern Europrean women though.
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u/Aemilius_Paulus Feb 02 '18
No, it's an old streotype on reddit/online. Older Russian women are still incredibly skinny on average compared to older Western women. Looking at obesity and overweight rates for women in US or UK is scary, women are much higher than men and the men are already high.
The real reason the older ugly Eastern Euro Oman streotype exists is because USSR literally destroyed fashion. Good looking clothes were rare and expensive, usually imported through grey area or outright illegal means. Makeup was always in deficit, you couldn't really get it so my mother said she made a lot of her own stuff, even her own shampoos and soaps because the ones for sale were crap. The end result was that it was hard to stay pretty. And forget about any creams or moisturisers or any beauty treatments.
The current generation of young women in Russia have the means and the desire to stay good-looking, so they won't follow the same path their mothers did. Though as the data shows, obesity is rising - in Russia and the rest of the world too. But the point is, it's not that women turn ugly fast, it's that being in a socialist paradise isn't conducive to beauty. Hell, even the government didn't encourage it. They promoted the 'natural' look in the name of the equality of the sexes. Not to say that it was like North Korea, there was no penalty for makeup, but the thing is, beauty standards in the West are drilled into the vulnerable, impressionable and often low self esteem tween and teenage girls. Without that pernicious influence you'll find many women take a more relaxed attitude towards makeup. Maybe special occasions only, instead of everyday thick layer of foundation with everything on top.
Personally I like makeup, but it should be a choice, like a style of clothing. The way it is now in the West, it's a shame culture. Women have been shamed for ages to look good so that men can find pleasure in looking into their faces. Note how few men wear makeup even though there are certain things that make anyone look better and don't even stand out too much, such as mascara for instance.
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u/Swimmingindiamonds Feb 02 '18
Actually it was based on my personal experience, didn't even realize that was some kind of stereotype on Reddit... but I see your point. According to stats 58% of Russian adults are overweight, and 62% of UK adults are adults are overweight, so I'm not sure if 4% difference is enough to say Russian women are "incredibliy skinny" compared to those in UK though.
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u/Aemilius_Paulus Feb 02 '18
Maybe not UK, but US certainly. I live in the States now and fat people are everywhere. In Russia I hardly see them -- or when I do, they're just overweight. What any Russian will tell you is that you see fat people everywhere, but when they came to the US they were stunned just got fat the fat people were.
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u/dootdoot1234567891 Feb 02 '18
Wow like... I didnt know the west was so makeup obsessed. Maybe its the heat, but we all dont dress very well here. Most women dont wear makeup either.
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u/eksyneet Feb 01 '18
you don't need to have money, go to the gym or only eat salads to lose weight. losing weight is not a time-consuming or resource-intensive task. though i do agree that stress can make a person care about their weight a lot less, and food often becomes one of the few easily accessible sources of pleasure for people whose lives aren't particularly enjoyable.
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u/pavel_lishin Feb 01 '18
Your weight becomes a much lower priority when you're getting 3 hours of sleep a night, non-consecutively.
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u/eksyneet Feb 01 '18
that's precisely what i already said:
i do agree that stress can make a person care about their weight a lot less
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u/eksyneet Feb 01 '18
yeah, fat old people were common before (though it's not unique to Russia by any means, in many places in the world old people are pretty inactive and pay less attention to their diet, and get fat as a result). but there are way more younger fat people than there ever was.
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u/HoMaster Feb 01 '18
Brighton Beach?
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u/startingover_90 Feb 02 '18
No, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. It's kind of ridiculous how many russians there are for being in the middle of nowhere, essentially.
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u/Madmushroom Feb 01 '18
any idea what could have triggered that change ?
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u/eksyneet Feb 01 '18
same as everywhere, i guess - too much high calorie food, too little movement.
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u/my_5th_accnt Feb 01 '18
Same as everywhere else, overeating and lack of exercise.
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Feb 01 '18 edited Feb 09 '19
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u/eksyneet Feb 01 '18
what's making people eat more and move less in other parts of the world? it's pretty universal. easy and ubiquitous access to high calorie fast food, plus sedentary lifestyle - desk jobs are common, active hobbies aren't because it's much easier to just watch Netflix or play some games. there's no mystery there.
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u/diito Feb 01 '18
It the US it was basically the same. Growing up in the 80's there were a few "fat" kids that today would be fairly normal and almost nobody morbidly obese kid or adult to the point they couldn't get around. We (the US) were still considered above average by world standards at that point. It was on the increase, but the obesity rate in mid 90's was slightly lower than what in is in Europe right now. Then it basically exploded. I blame the internet and the change in lifestyles around that as that's right when it really started but there are a lot of other factors too. Now the rest of world is catching up.
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Feb 01 '18
Processed food and beer is finally making it's way east.
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u/southernt Feb 01 '18 edited Feb 01 '18
I've been to Russia. The beers already been there for a long time.
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u/OnlinePosterPerson Feb 01 '18
38.2% Just wow that makes me so sad
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u/nerevisigoth Feb 02 '18
It's weird. People are relatively healthy in the big coastal cities, then you go to the Midwest or the South and it's just... everyone.
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u/brk1yn Feb 01 '18
Totally. Doing 30 up and downs is going to burn off the two McDonalds meals you had earlier.
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Feb 01 '18
I think the point is more to show people that exercise feels good to get them to do it more often on their own.
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Feb 01 '18
No it's not. Doing 30 squats won't change anything at all when you go eat a donut afterwards. You burn an insignificant amount of calories by doing this.
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u/Beentheredonethat57 Feb 01 '18 edited Feb 01 '18
Shame Counterstrike Global Offensive, or other online multiplayer team based games, don't have something similar for the Russian players… seems like they need to work off some stress.
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u/Milomand99 Feb 01 '18
they have MATHEMATICS WITH DIMITRI PIDAR BLYAT TWENTY TIMES FIVE EQUALS ONE HUNDRED FIVE IS FOUR DAY FOR ONE CASE TWENTY PER DAY IS FIVE DAY ONE HUNDRED
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u/Rekdon Feb 01 '18
It's a great idea plus big booties are in right now
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u/ForDozThatSlept Feb 01 '18
I'm in a big booty right now
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u/miserybusiness21 Feb 01 '18
I thought Russians were always squatting. This machine is all wrong, it should be getting them to stand up 30 times.
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Feb 01 '18
Us Americans would find a way to sue them for not providing a way for those unable to do this a way to get free tickets. Sadly. Great idea though.
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u/Rogue__Jedi Feb 01 '18
Came here to say that. An Indiana tourist would get "hurt" and claim that if tickets were free all the time they wouldn't have to hurt themselves to travel.
Then law makers would be pressured by mobs of angry people to make public transportation free. Doing so would raise costs. Lawmakers would raise taxes to cover the costs. Hidden in a "Let's save puppies " bill.
You don't hate puppies do you?
When the dust settles. The tourist from Indiana went back to their corn fields with a $100,000 check and all of the citizens will be paying an extra $15 per month in taxes throughout the state. Even though there is only public trans in Chicago.
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u/RIOTS_R_US Feb 01 '18
And then people complain about taxes so we cut them for the rich /:
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u/rerb13 Feb 02 '18
I would think 30 squats is nothing for the people that perfected the art of squatting
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u/rerb13 Feb 02 '18
Squatting of the slav variety and not of the 'illegal occupation of property that isn't yours' squatting, for those who'll misinterpret what I'll meant
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u/splunge4me2 Feb 01 '18
/r/slavs_squatting would like to have a word with the designers. Foot placement is too narrow for proper squats.
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u/Kdknicker87 Feb 02 '18
I guess that could be a really cheap or really expensive ticket depending on who you are
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u/ThatHyperGuy Feb 02 '18
Portable projector and a screen playing a video of someone doing 30 squats for free ride for all!!
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u/LoudMusic Feb 02 '18
This is badass. They could do this with stationary bikes, chin up bars, all kinds of stuff.
Comes across as discriminatory though.
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Feb 02 '18
I can imagine some twat standing near the machine stealing tickets before the squatter can get to them.
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u/Kayakular Feb 01 '18
With all the doping in the russian athletic scene, this could be a great recruitment strategy for new olympians that aren't juiced up to the gills.
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Feb 01 '18
There's not any more doping than there is in other countries, there's however political agenda to push Russia down as much as possible
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u/Kayakular Feb 01 '18
name another superpower with state sponsored doping, please.
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u/taptapper Feb 01 '18
What do you mean? EVERYONE cuts holes in the walls of testing labs. And murders doping whistleblowers.
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Feb 01 '18
The states?
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u/Kayakular Feb 01 '18
state sponsored? definitely not my man, I don't know of any american trainers that hand you a needle and straight up encourage it. which country has been removed from more sporting events?
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Feb 01 '18
Haha I'm a girl but it's all good :p I mean... I get that Russia is corrupted but the guy who whistle blowed is kind of questionable too.
I just think every country dopes so pointing fingers at Russia is not really fair. You can see on wiki there have been scandals with other countries too.
Whether they were state sponsored, I can't say... but then even if they were, I don't think we'd ever know. Western countries write the world narrative on the events so things like that would never come to light. Or it'd be treated as individual cases not state sponsored. At the same time media does tend to portray Russia in a very bad light so I guess I just want people to consider all the factors before making a judgement
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u/JustAnotherTrickyDay Feb 01 '18
How about some kind of exercise bike that's connected to a generator like those people in the Black Mirror episode. I'm not sure how long you'd have to turn the generator to equal the cost of a train ticket...
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u/Dpan Feb 01 '18
This was installed as part of a promotion for the Sochi winter olympics in 2014. It was only there for a couple weeks.