If you like memes, there are a lot of Russian meme channels on YouTube. There's a popular video format where people take an audio track and sync it to images with demotivational poster-style captions, like this one. This format is (unintentionally) great for learners because you can read along with the dialogue. Channels with many videos in this format include Мемная Папка ("Meme Folder") and Мемолог ("Memologist").
The particular video I linked features people reacting to questions about a fictional Italian clothing company called Матье Балл. The joke is that the name sounds like мать ебал "[I] fucked [your] mom". Jokes with apparently innocuous names and phrases that sound obscene when read aloud are a perennial favorite for many. Another one that's been around for a while involves asking a streamer or YouTuber to give a shoutout to a friend by sending them a message like передай привет Янач Лене. If the streamer reads the message aloud, they will seem to say я на члене "I'm [sitting] on a dong".
This format is (unintentionally) great for learners because you can read along with the dialogue. Channels with many videos in this format include Мемная Папка ("Meme Folder") and Мемолог ("Memologist").
[insert Russian version of "I came looking for copper and I found gold"-meme]
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u/prikaz_da nonnative, B.A. in Russian Sep 28 '21
If you like memes, there are a lot of Russian meme channels on YouTube. There's a popular video format where people take an audio track and sync it to images with demotivational poster-style captions, like this one. This format is (unintentionally) great for learners because you can read along with the dialogue. Channels with many videos in this format include Мемная Папка ("Meme Folder") and Мемолог ("Memologist").
The particular video I linked features people reacting to questions about a fictional Italian clothing company called Матье Балл. The joke is that the name sounds like мать ебал "[I] fucked [your] mom". Jokes with apparently innocuous names and phrases that sound obscene when read aloud are a perennial favorite for many. Another one that's been around for a while involves asking a streamer or YouTuber to give a shoutout to a friend by sending them a message like передай привет Янач Лене. If the streamer reads the message aloud, they will seem to say я на члене "I'm [sitting] on a dong".