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Cherub Cow
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Sun Apr 20 00:59:46 2014
Does anyone remember Яolcats? :D
http://rolcats.com/
They were bad translations of Russian-captioned lols, but there were only ever about 15 of them. I've always wanted moars, but they were first made in 2009 and then abandoned.. so!

Let's make some!! :D

Step 1: Make rolcats
Step 2: Get lots of tumblr followers
Step 3: ???
Step 4: World domination!!
Cherub Cow
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Sun Apr 20 00:59:57 2014
It'd be easy for everyone, too. Cheezburger has a lol-builder, http://builder.cheezburger.com/Builder
so all that's necessary is..

- Go to Google translate
- type something ridiculous
- Translate to Russian
- copy and paste russian into the frame
- write nonsense English translation on the subjects of
(a) Soviet-era oppression
(b) Existentialism
(c) Communism/Socialism
(d) Russian history
(e) Matt Damon
(f) etc.
- post image here, then tumblr account holders (anyone who wants the password) can add it to tumblr.

We probably need a new name, though. Яolcats probably isn't trademarked or anything, but because there wouldn't be any affiliation..

Some name ideas:
- NewRussianLolCats
- NewRolCats
- SovietLolCats
- ...

Thoughts?? :D
Cherub Cow
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Sun Apr 20 01:01:51 2014
I'll make the tumblr page, btw — just need a name..
Cherub Cow
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Sun Apr 20 02:18:15 2014
For instance!

Here's this pic (just captioned):
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2vl5sig&s=8#.U1MQoLlOU5s
Каменные стены — не тюрьма,
А железная решетка — не клетка;
Для невинного и спокойного разума
Это жилище отшельника.

With English caption:
The freedom of my body — is not an illusion
It has power — it can escape
But I give my mind to the state Panopticon
Cherub Cow
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Sun Apr 20 02:20:53 2014
or maybe..
This body in space — is not fixed
The door is open — it can escape;
It is my mind that I give to the state Panopticon
pillz
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Sun Apr 20 04:39:10 2014
Uh huh
Palem
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Sun Apr 20 05:22:54 2014
This will happen, for the betterment of our great state.
Cherub Cow
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Sun Apr 20 06:54:18 2014
Yay! :D
Any help naming our tumblr would be appreciated. So far:
- NewRussianLolCats
- NewRolCats
- SovietLolCats
- UGTrolCats
- UtopiaRolCats
- RedCats
- CommieCats
- ProletariatCatalution
- KurganCats
...
Naming will continue until tomorrow, then I'm making the tumblr!!!
Palem
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Sun Apr 20 14:27:48 2014
ROFLMarxists
Uberkoshka
icanhascommunism
repel
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Sun Apr 20 14:57:22 2014
lmeowcats
Palem
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Sun Apr 20 15:03:18 2014
http://cheezburger.com/8156419328

В буржуазном обществе капитал обладает самостоятельностью и индивидуальностью, а живой человек, зависит и не имеет индивидуальность.


In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.
Cherub Cow
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Mon Apr 21 07:13:19 2014
Went with "Dystopia Cats" :p
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/

Our tumblr is live! :D
Cherub Cow
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Mon Apr 21 07:51:01 2014
btw, this theme was thrown together with quick edits of a Russian painting and a cat picture, but tumblr has a bunch of templates:
http://www.tumblr.com/themes
so design ideas welcome at any time

Kay and I have login, and lols will go up when posted here :)
tumbleweed
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Mon Apr 21 08:24:58 2014
i'm not clever enough... Dancing Bear & Twice Again probably could come up with some good ones
Cherub Cow
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Mon Apr 21 08:45:15 2014
Liar! You can make a lol :D

Maybe by scanning recent lolcats and looking for something that can be redone with their 'recaption' button?
http://icanhas.cheezburger.com/lolcats/

You could also just go for depressing or confusing ;D

..
[new pic up]
Печально подносить лекарство,
Вздыхать и думать про себя:
Когда же чорт возьмет тебя

After ten hours with the reactor cores,
I dare make only one request:
When my body has ceased, cast it over the rails!
Cherub Cow
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Mon Apr 21 09:08:39 2014
[new pic on the site]
Уинстон подумал, что впервые в жизни видит перед собой с полной определенностью сотрудника полиции мыслей

In an instant, Winston realized that personal freedom was an illusion perpetrated by the state.
Palem
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Mon Apr 21 14:07:48 2014
Я недоволен всеми этими нераспределенной товаров

I am displeased with all these undistributed goods

http://cheezburger.com/8157839104
Cherub Cow
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Mon Apr 21 23:47:48 2014
that pic is up!
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/
Palem
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Tue Apr 22 05:21:37 2014
forums.utopia-game.com/showthread.php?628574-Dystopia-Cats

Word has been sent.


Are there any extremely anti-socialism boards we could post these on to piss people off? lol
Cherub Cow
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Tue Apr 22 11:08:04 2014
Now we will have up to 5 contributors! ;D

Someone think of something funny for this one!!
http://cheezburger.com/8157348608
:D
Cherub Cow
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Tue Apr 22 11:21:52 2014
Can't get a different pic to go up (cat in a table). Getting this error: "There was a problem saving your post. Please try again later." .. so I'll check back later. Tumblr is died sometimes

Да, Саша! Мы слышали ваш инакомыслие!
Hush, Sasha! The Kremlin has ears everywhere!
repel
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Tue Apr 22 13:03:00 2014
CC something like this maybe?

"Hide! the KGB is everywhere. Even in holes you didn't know they excists."
Palem
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Tue Apr 22 15:45:06 2014
"The Vanguard does not care about your pleas for mercy."
Cherub Cow
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Thu Apr 24 05:44:22 2014
[new lol up!]
Я пролетариат Кларка Кента, но мои героические силы не существует.
I am Western proletariat who believes that unrealized "Myth of Superman" powers will save me from capitalist mediocrity.
-=-

*And is preparing to post above lol too*
Cherub Cow
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Thu Apr 24 06:41:52 2014
We now have one tumblr follower! (me, via my other tumblr) ;D

btw, can't find the "Recaption" button on that cat with its hands/paws up.. I was sure it was there before? hmm
Cherub Cow
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Thu Apr 24 07:11:35 2014
..apparently cheezburger scripts fail a lot with problems like that, so captioning suggestions on that pic will be open until its recaption button is back :p

regular caption still works though! so another lol for tonight!:
Путин-кошка является образцом российской патриархии.
Putin-Cat dominates horse and Judo opponents with social compliance.
Cherub Cow
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Thu Apr 24 21:12:52 2014
btw, looks like recaption button wasn't broken, it's just not available for pics from other sites (which it was) :/
if anyone can find that pic..
http://cheezburger.com/8157348608
..without caption, we can change it.. otherwise sads :(
tumbleweed
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Thu Apr 24 21:20:01 2014
http://animals.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/797775/
Cherub Cow
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Thu Apr 24 21:47:20 2014
awesome sauce!
tumbleweed
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Fri Apr 25 00:34:11 2014
http://cheezburger.com/8162199040

'Liquor is the opiate of the bourgeoisie'

...was said by the robot greeting card on Futurama
feel free to change or not use :p
Cherub Cow
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Fri Apr 25 08:01:15 2014
sry! was slacking
-=-

[[This is the paws up on-pic translation]]:
«Авангард открыл свой ​​обман! Архипелаг ГУЛАГ знает ваш вид»!
"The Vanguard has discovered your deceit! The Gulag Archipelago knows your kind!"
«Увы! Мой накопления капитала не может спасти меня»!
"Alas! My capitalist hoarding cannot save me!"

[[But this is the English caption]]:
"Too late! The KGB is everywhere. Take our milk rations and spare us the Gulag!"
"Materialist swine! The Vanguard does not care about your pleas for mercy."
Cherub Cow
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Fri Apr 25 08:06:03 2014
And meow the Futurama one too :)
Cherub Cow
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Fri Apr 25 23:04:12 2014
I know there wants to be a lol here, but I can't think of it right meow:
http://cheezburger.com/8161015808
Cherub Cow
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Sun May 04 08:30:09 2014
New lol up!
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/

Ты убил сердце Боровиковского.
"You broke the heart of Borovikovsky.*
[Caption]: You shame the legacy of Borovikovsky.

*Borovikovsky died of heart failure
chuck
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Sun May 04 14:42:14 2014
When I go to the first tinypic link I'm getting a "Careers at NSA - Learn More" advertisement. O.o

Is this just my own particular browser history that has brought me to this point or is it you guys too?

/does this mean I've won the internet?
Cherub Cow
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Sun May 04 22:52:20 2014
I just see Amazon's cookies following me, so I think the NSA is stalking you ;p
Cherub Cow
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Mon May 05 06:32:43 2014
speaking of stalker ads.. pretty much everywhere I go I'm seeing an ad for Tori Amos' new CD..
http://cdn...picture/data/2088/RELEVANT.jpg
tumbleweed
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Mon May 05 18:03:13 2014
all my ads are for koala escorts... guess all that data mining and ad targeting is working

actually, 'AdBlock Plus' works very well though so haven't seen many ads lately
chuck
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Mon May 05 19:47:34 2014
Downsides of working at the NSA:
- Morally objectionable
- Can't talk about work
- Below average compensation

Upsides:
- Once and for all figure out which multi belong to which posters on UP.

Tough decisions...
Cherub Cow
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Thu May 08 09:06:46 2014
Update!! Still no followers, but a few people have started liking and reblogging. Almost to Step 4!! :D

-=-=-
Russian and Translation:
Когда иллюзия рассеется, все мы кровь
Голодали зверь с разумом дурак
When illusion clears, all we are is blood
A starved beast with the mind of a fool.

English Caption:
"In the only truthful moment of his life
Pablo Ibbieta stood mortal before his executioners."
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/
Cherub Cow
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Thu May 08 09:38:22 2014
And another :p
-==-
Russian and Translation:
Наталья открыл футляр, чтобы найти, что она прибыла
увы, не в загнивающего Запада, но обратно в течение сербского секс-торговли
Natalya opened the case to find that she had arrived
alas, not in the decadent West
but back within the Serbian sex trade

English Caption:
Natalya soon discovered that her exit fee was wasted
Again she was out of pocket on the Serbian circuit, facing another round of seasoning.
tumbleweed
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Thu May 08 19:48:45 2014
is that sex trade lingo?
Cherub Cow
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Thu May 08 22:14:46 2014
Yeah :D
Cherub Cow
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Thu May 08 22:16:59 2014
http://sharedhope.org/learn/traffickingterms/

Exit Fee — The money a pimp will demand from a victim who is thinking about trying to leave. It will be an exorbitant sum, to discourage her from leaving. Most pimps never let their victims leave freely.

Out of Pocket — The phrase describing when a victim is not under control of a pimp but working on a pimp-controlled track, leaving her vulnerable to threats, harassment, and violence in order to make her “choose” a pimp.

Circuit — A series of cities among which prostituted people are moved.

Seasoning — A combination of psychological manipulation, intimidation, gang rape, sodomy, beatings, deprivation of food or sleep, isolation from friends or family and other sources of support, and threatening or holding hostage of a victim’s children. Seasoning is designed to break down a victim’s resistance and ensure compliance.
tumbleweed
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Fri May 09 01:38:47 2014
wow... that's one dark lolcat :p
Cherub Cow
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Fri May 09 02:35:26 2014
The more terrible the better! ;D
Palem
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Fri May 09 21:24:16 2014
someone take this, quick

https://fb...4057_8661729982435310716_n.jpg
tumbleweed
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Fri May 09 22:07:08 2014
is it going to go away?
Palem
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Fri May 09 22:40:15 2014
yes!
Cherub Cow
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Fri May 09 23:32:55 2014
Got it! So many caption options!! :D
Cherub Cow
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Tue May 13 00:12:06 2014
Some thoughts on a caption for that one:
- Prepare a tub of lye, comrade. 10 Kilos should suffice.
- Move along, comrade, lest you desire his fate.
- Sympathy from you, means more work for me.
- State affairs in progress. Move along.
tumbleweed
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Tue May 13 00:31:56 2014
i like the lye one best... i'll take your word for it on the amount
Cherub Cow
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Tue May 13 00:49:04 2014
lol. just a guess ;D
HH Psycho Guy
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Tue May 13 10:09:19 2014
That's what happens when you're found humping a same sex leg. *nod*
Cherub Cow
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Wed May 14 09:09:09 2014
PG!! That doesn't caption any of the pics at all! I don't know if you realize what an opportunity this is for UGT. This has been a dream of Palem's.. and, and all of ours for a long time! I made Palem lead dancer!! Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Dystopia Cats :/

..
Captioned that pic!
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/
Russian and Translation:
Это государственные дела, товарищ.
Будем надеяться, ваши привязанности не требуют осуждения.
This are state affairs, comrade.
Let us hope your loyalties require no censure.

English Caption:
Prepare a bath of lye, comrade.
10 kilos should suffice.
Cherub Cow
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Wed May 14 09:10:50 2014
*[These] are...
Cherub Cow
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Tue May 20 11:06:03 2014
[new one]

Russian and Translation:
Пусть наши органы масла машина,
Для процветания мы никогда не будем знать.
Let our bodies oil the machine,
For a prosperity we will never know.

English Caption:
Our eyes have opened,
Let us labour until death.
Palem
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Tue May 20 15:14:39 2014
we can has followerz?
Cherub Cow
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Wed May 21 02:16:13 2014
I'm trying to think of how to get moar.. like maybe putting the finished captions on cheezburger with the link to the tumblr..
Cherub Cow
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Sun Jan 05 13:17:34 2020
Thread resurrection!! :D
(Now 2020 — last update was May 2014)

I'll try to submit these more frequently ;p

..
http://dys...ying-observation-has-molded-my
Russian and Translation:
« Этот орган научился быть всегда в плену у государства.
Обе стороны стекла равны.
Это тело будет трудиться, пока не умрет. »
"This mind has learned to be forever captive to the state.
Both sides of the glass are equal.
This body will toil until it dies."

English caption
"Your pitying observation has molded my compliance.
I am a subject of the state.
My bond with a false liberator is the success of state violence."
repel
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Sun Jan 05 13:59:31 2020
...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRCeKyVs9xQ
Cherub Cow
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Sun Jan 12 13:35:47 2020
2020-01-12
http://dys...gratiate-me-kills-your-freedom
Russian:
« Ваш выбор привить меня убивает вашу свободу.
Ваша награда: 100 мг инсулина, испорченные желания и шрамы, которые удобство жгут вам на ум.
У тебя нет желания уничтожить меня; Я стал твоим богом. »

English caption:
"Your choice to ingratiate me kills your freedom.
Your rewards: 100 mg insulin, corrupt desires, and the scars that convenience burns upon your mind.
As your god, I am satiated by your unwillingness to destroy me."
Cherub Cow
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Tue Jan 21 11:58:26 2020
2020-01-21
http://dys...ern-luxury-unconscious-my-debt
Russian:
« Отдых - это западная роскошь.
В бессознательном состоянии мой долг растет.
Я должен работать без конца. »

English caption:
"Sleep is Western luxury.
Unconscious, my debt grows.
I must labor without end."
Cherub Cow
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Mon Jan 27 12:23:40 2020
2020-01-27
http://dys...ng-his-reflection-ivan-at-last
Russian:
« Воспринимая свое отражение, Иван понимает.
Его сознание было внутри раздробленного тела.
Обнадеживающее будущее стало невозможным идеалом.
„Что такое тело по сравнению со всемогущей Родиной?“ »

English Caption:
"Perceiving his reflection, Ivan at last understood.
His consciousness was embedded in a fragmented body.
Hopeful futures he had once anticipated became impossible ideals.
'What are these parts compared to omnipotent Motherland?'"
Cherub Cow
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Tue Feb 04 15:34:09 2020
2020-02-04
http://dys...ht-he-knows-nothing-and-he-has
Russian:
« Валентин пойман.
Он ничего не знает, и у него нет цианида.
Пытка будет бесконечной. »

English Caption:
"Valentin is caught.
He knows nothing, and he has no cyanide.
The torture will be endless."
Cherub Cow
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Mon Feb 10 11:36:25 2020
2020-02-10
http://dys...f-tatyana-sober-onegin-his-old
Russian:
« Упрек Татьяны Трезвой Онегин:
Его старая жестокость теперь ее.
Ее старое сострадание принадлежит ему.
Весной живой Онегин обрел силу.
В суровую зиму теплый Онегин имеет изоляцию.
Это распространяется на всю его жизнь. »

English Caption:
"The rebukes of Tatyana sober Onegin:
His old cruelty is hers now.
Her old compassion is his.
In the lively spring, cold Onegin had strength.
In the harsh winter, warm Onegin has isolation.
It spreads over the whole of his life."
Cherub Cow
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Mon Feb 17 11:15:40 2020
2020-02-17
http://dys...ches-falling-ashes-he-hopes-to
Russian:
« Наивный Михаил ловит падающий пепел.
Он надеется собрать свою семью.
Увы, семья была близка к взрыву. »

English Caption:
"Naïve Michail catches falling ashes.
He hopes to reassemble his family.
Alas, they were too close to the blast."
Cherub Cow
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Mon Feb 24 09:29:19 2020
2020-02-24
http://dys...chess-grand-master-the-rewards
Russian and Translation:
« Борис был шахматным гроссмейстером.
Он был котом отличной стратегии.
Теперь он хочет холодные лапы.
Ему больно, и спать некуда бежать. »
"Boris was chess grand-master.
He was cat of great strategy.
Now, he wants cold paws.
He hurts, and sleep is no escape."

English Caption:
"Boris was once a chess grand-master.
The rewards of great strategy beckoned him.
Now, he only wishes for a place to cool his paws.
And he aches for a rest that no sleep can give him."
Cherub Cow
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Mon Mar 02 16:04:42 2020
2020-03-02
http://dys...-protocols-for-alexei-his-bone
Russian:
« Протоколы дезактивации для Алексея.
Его костный мозг мертв, а его органы жидкие.
Давление в реакторе стабильное.
Хороший сервис Родины. »

English Caption:
"Decontamination protocols for Alexei.
His bone marrow is dead, and his organs decompose.
Reactor 1 has been vented.
He served the Motherland well."
Cherub Cow
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Mon Mar 09 15:06:02 2020
2020-03-09
http://dystopiacats-blog.tumblr.com/post/612115704013029376
Russian:
«Ирина завоевала серебро - олимпиаду по фигурному катанию.
В цепи Беларуси, ее слава дает ей, обширный список клиентов.»

English Caption:
"Irina won silver for Olympics figure-skating.
On the Belarus circuit, her lasting fame gives her a long client list."

..
I'd forgotten how annoying it can be to cut the quality, size, and length of gifs for Tumblr :p
They've increased their size limit to 10MB (uncompressed), but that still shreds gifs
tumbleweed
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Tue Mar 10 07:09:52 2020
it's ok, it's the horrible thought that counts
Cherub Cow
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Sat Mar 28 15:14:44 2020
A lot of the above links died — sorry! I found out that DystopiaCats had been inactive for so long that Tumblr made it "dystopiacats-blog" instead of "dystopiacats" (something Tumblr does to free up screen names), so I switched it back to "dystopiacats". Removing "-blog" from those links makes them work again.

..
2020-03-28
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/613837675132256256
Russian:
« Тела растут Берме.
Снег маскирует гротескные лица,
Но навсегда я вижу агонию моих товарищей. »

English Caption:
"The berme piles higher still.
Fresh snow disguises their grotesque faces,
But forever I see the agony of my comrades."
Cherub Cow
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Sat Mar 28 15:42:11 2020
I've added a watermark and have made the English caption part of the picture... that might get the likes from 0 to ... 0 still ;p

2020-03-28
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/613839389775265792
Russian:
«У вас больше книг, чем у Александра Николаевича,
А ты не можешь процитировать стихи Тургенева?!»

English Caption:
"No tsar had a library as great as yours,
And you cannot quote a single line of Turgenev?!"
Cherub Cow
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Sat Mar 28 16:35:49 2020
This catches me up for the last two weeks of skipping updates :p

2020-03-28
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/613842695688962048
Russian:
«Тело Любы болит, но у ее разума есть причина:
„Смерть всегда в коже.
Сознание не препятствует уничтожению.“»

English Caption:
“Ljuba’s body cried out in pain, but her mind was unmoved:
‘Always, Death is in the skin.
Consciousness does not obstruct obliteration.’”
Repel
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Sat Mar 28 16:37:00 2020
Don't get yourself overworked CC!
Cherub Cow
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Sat Mar 28 16:47:08 2020
Good thinking! Don't want to over-saturate the Russian lolcat market ;D
Cherub Cow
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Wed Apr 08 14:40:48 2020
This one was done in the old (original) way that Яolcats were done — a found Russian meme that was intentionally mistranslated :D

2020-04-08
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/614831564707233792
Russian:
«Мiсяць тому пропав мiй кiт. Тиждень тому я його знайшла i принесла додому. А сьогоднi мiй кiт повернувся додому.
Тепер у мене два однакових кота.»
English translation:
"A month ago my cat was missing. A week ago, I found him and brought him home. And now my cat has returned home.
Now I have two identical cats."

English Caption:
"In youth’s narcissism, I was immortal. Today, I have
met my doppelgänger. His uncanny aspect threatens
me with a mutable existence. I must kill him to relieve
myself of the terror of conscious mortality,
but I do not know which of me is the stranger."

Cherub Cow
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Tue Apr 28 12:51:29 2020
A few new ones to catch up to weekly quantities:

..
2020-04-27
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/616547534869004288

Russian:
«Борьба исключительно за Родину.
Государство командует вашей целью.»
English Caption:
"Struggle exclusively for Motherland.
State commands your purpose."

..
2020-04-27
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/616549941245001728

Russian caption:
«Да, Великая Родина предоставляет ГУЛАГ, потому что выбор проклинает молодежь.»
English translation:
"Yes, Great Motherland provides gulags because choice curses youth."

English caption:
"Yes, the Gulag Archipelago was most uplifting.
My beastly youth was replaced with national pride."

..
2020-04-28 ("Wayne's World 2" reference)
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/616636700475736064

Russian caption:
«Почему я несу смерть исключительно?»
English translation:
"Why do I bring death exclusively?"

English caption:
"Why do they come to me to die?"
Cherub Cow
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Mon May 11 11:59:11 2020
The second one was an animated gif. Tumblr crushed its quality again, but this was the original with audio:
http://i.imgur.com/Ghs8LZl.mp4

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2020-05-10
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/617787192515903488

Russian (Ukrainian) Caption (a found caption):
«ЙОГО КРАЩЕ НЕ ТУРБУВАТИ
ЦЕ КАПУЧИIНО»
English Translation:
"Better not disturb me/it!
This is cappuccino!"

English caption:
"Let me help Motherland!
Grind up this body to replenish our glue reserves!"

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2020-05-11
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/617811389243965440

Russian Caption:
« Истина ужасна и обязательна.
Он противостоит лжи тысячелетий.
Судьба - уничтожение.»

English Caption:
"My truth is terrible and imperative.
It opposes the falsehoods of millennia.
My destiny is obliteration."
Cherub Cow
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Tue May 12 10:01:53 2020
I cleaned the Nietzsche cat (2020-05-11) a little:
(Eyes cleaner and audio loops better)
http://i.imgur.com/x1CFG8C.mp4
In the software the audio loops perfectly (which took a lot of time), but I guess Imgur's mp4 audio looping can't quite shake that little pause before the video starts over. Not sure I have any options for fixing that on my side..
Cherub Cow
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Tue May 19 12:11:22 2020
2020-05-19
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/618536677511741440

Russian Caption:
Вы кот?
Да.
Вы кот?
Да!
Вы кот?
Да!
Нет. Ты лжец.

English Caption:
Are you a cat!?
Yes.
Are you a cat!?
Yes!
Are you a cat!?
Yes!
No — you are a liar.
Cherub Cow
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Mon May 25 14:52:18 2020
That Nietzsche cat got a bunch of likes and re-shares on Tumblr (139 notes at the moment), but on Imgur it only got one upvote.. even though the Imgur version was higher resolution and had audio. And DystopiaCats now has 9 followers! It's basically famous ;p
My semi-abandoned movie review blog only has 17 followers, so DystopiaCats may surpass it in a few weeks ;)

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2020-05-25
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/619090175833866240

Russian Caption:
« Безразличие Родины сохраняется.
Она дисциплинирует неэффективность и ничтожную волю.»

English Translation:
"The indifference of Motherland endures.
She disciplines inefficacy and a paltry will."

English Caption:
"The enduring indifference of Motherland teaches me the inefficacy of my paltry will."
Repel
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Mon May 25 14:55:42 2020
keep up the good work I guess, who knows maybe you'll be famous and become a trendsetter and start licking toilet seats as well... :D
Cherub Cow
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Mon May 25 14:58:05 2020
The cool kids lick *donuts* and then say they hate America ;D
Repel
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Mon May 25 15:10:12 2020
a donut and licking brings something completely different in my mind... probably my perverted mind..
Cherub Cow
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Mon May 25 15:25:14 2020
It made you think of this Ariana Grande video?? Sicko D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oja97POVbM8
;p
Repel
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Mon May 25 17:02:00 2020
what the heck did I just watched...

and my mind is even more perverted than I thought

*hides in a dark corner*
McKobb
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Mon May 25 22:15:02 2020
Wtf, she gross af
Cherub Cow
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Mon Jun 29 11:17:53 2020
I'm not sure if I'll rush to get three more posts finished for June before the month ends.. but here's one anyways :p

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2020-06-29
http://i.imgur.com/eqvAIJh.mp4

Russian Caption:
«Неисправности шлюзов,
Космическая программа переименовывает Союз-2
«Испытательный полет без экипажа»».

English Translation:
"Airlock malfunctions,
Space program re-names
Soyuz-2 ‘uncrewed test flight’."

English Caption:
"Due to an airlock malfunction,
Soyuz 2 was listed as an uncrewed test flight."
Cherub Cow
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Tue Jun 30 13:02:11 2020
2020-06-30
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/622344735970983936

Russian Caption:
« Наши работы украшают малахитовые залы дворца,
- и одежда царя и царицы.
Роял никогда не знал иго;
Они крадут уральское искусство.
Они заслуживают руин. »

English Translation:
"Our works decorate the malachite halls of the Palace,
— and the clothes of the tsar and tsarina.
Royalty never knew the yoke;
They steal the art of the Urals.
They deserve ruins."

English caption:
"Mine and my father’s works decorate the malachite halls of the Palace,
and the very clothes of the tsar and tsarina.
Royalty never knew the yoke;
They steal the art of the Urals.
I do not bow to them."

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This one was based on Pavel Bazhov's "Malachite Casket". Green-eyed Tanyushka of the Urals inherits from her miner father jewelry that only fits her — symbolic, I think, of how workers themselves should own and inherit the fruits of their labors. When Tanyushka meets the tsarina, she does not bow, instead expecting that the she would get to see the tsarina — get to see her artworks on display. That not being the case, she leaves the Urals to fend for themselves, until, presumably, they learn to own their own works [and overthrow the monarchy].
Cherub Cow
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Mon Jul 06 14:35:27 2020
2020-07-06 Adorno Cat
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/622894841732431873

Russian Caption:
«Утомленный работник пассивен.
Он не может сделать Изя́щные иску́сства.
Он управляется деньгами.
Его дух рушится с однородностью и неуместностью.»

English Caption:
"Labor exhausts the worker into passivity;
He is now incapable of high art.
Ruled by money,
His spirit collapses with homogeneity and irrelevance."
Cherub Cow
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Tue Jul 14 02:24:41 2020
2020-07-13 Cyanide Kittens
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/623534551053058048

Russian Caption:
«Ты чувствуешь цианид?
Да, все муки жизни усугубились в этот момент.»

English Caption:
“Do you feel the cyanide?
Yes, all the agonies of life have compounded into this moment.”
Cherub Cow
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Mon Jul 20 18:21:57 2020
2020-07-20 Mussolini Cat
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/624177513394028545

Russian Caption:
«Побалуй меня!
Нейтралы никогда не двигают колеса истории!»

English Caption:
"Pet me! Neutrals have never moved the wheels of history!"
Cherub Cow
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Mon Jul 27 17:52:21 2020
2020-07-27 Charles Dickens Village Cat
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/624809610256187392

Russian Caption:
«Тысячи поколений распадаются.
Остается отойти от мастерства археологии
- жизнь непостижима для меня,
несмотря на проблеск тщетных надежд.
Точно так же я похоронен переменами.»

English Translation:
"A thousand generations disintegrate.
Remains depart the skill of archaeology
— lives inscrutable to me,
despite glimpsing the flickering of vain hopes.
Likewise, I am buried by change."

English Caption:
"In these ruins fade a thousand generations.
Once spirited moments now depart the skill of archaeology
— lives inscrutable to me,
even as I lived to glimpse the flickering of their vain hopes.
And I too am buried by change."

This one was partially paraphrased from the below Dickens excerpt:
"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there, is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it! Something of the awfulness, even of Death itself, is referable to this. No more can I turn the leaves of this dear book that I loved, and vainly hope in time to read it all. No more can I look into the depths of this unfathomable water, wherein, as momentary lights glanced into it, I have had glimpses of buried treasure and other things submerged. It was appointed that the book should shut with a a spring, for ever and for ever, when I had read but a page. It was appointed that the water should be locked in an eternal frost, when the light was playing on its surface, and I stood in ignorance on the shore. My friend is dead, my neighbour is dead, my love, the darling of my soul, is dead; it is the inexorable consolidation and perpetuation of the secret that was always in that individuality, and which I shall carry in mine to my life's end. In any of the burial-places of this city through which I pass, is there a sleeper more inscrutable than its busy inhabitants are, in their innermost personality, to me, or than I am to them?"
Repel
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Mon Aug 31 17:05:04 2020
Oi! slacker! ;)
Cherub Cow
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Tue Sep 01 06:34:57 2020
Yeah :p
I was working on a gif update (Sleep Paralysis Cat) a few weeks ago, but then I got side-tracked. Then the 35th anniversary of American Flyers happened so I was working on a movie review for that (still in progress). I'm hoping to wrap up the gif tonight, but the minutes have been ticking away D:
Cherub Cow
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Tue Oct 20 14:05:39 2020
Still dragging my feet on Sleep Paralysis Cat, though I finished the Blender portions of it.. just need to do the final work in After Effects. Here's a normal DystopiaCat to get things flowing again :)

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2020-10-20 Pushkin Cat
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/632496295044579328

Russian Caption:
«Как персонаж Пушкина,
я сконструировал свои развалины.»

English Caption:
"Like a character of Pushkin,
I have designed my own ruin."
Cherub Cow
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Mon Nov 23 14:40:35 2020
2020-11-23 Zeitgeist (Hegel) Cat
http://dystopiacats.tumblr.com/post/635578660665114624

Russian Caption:
«Бремя бессмертия неведомо даже Духу Времени.
Наигранная преемственность требует плодов нашего живого отчаяния.
Сознание требует ужасных грузов нашей бесконечной истории.»

English Caption:
"Burdens of immortality are unknown even to the Zeitgeist,
whose feigned continuity demands the fruits of our living despair
and the terrible cargoes of our unending histories."
Repel
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Mon Nov 23 16:39:45 2020
Your gif went kinda viral on tumblr I saw
Korp
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Mon Nov 23 17:57:08 2020
100!
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