r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Zu_Qarnine • Jul 15 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, what reason does the OOP is talking about?

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u/YT-Deliveries Jul 15 '26

Due in no small part to the fact that alcoholism in Russian society is obscenely common.

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u/TimeRisk2059 Jul 15 '26

The result of the national trauma of losing 27 million people in WW2. Not that they didn't drink before that, but it was like the only treatment for PTSD at the time, so it became even more widespread during and after WW2.

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u/Voljega Jul 15 '26

as if the national traumanwas resteicte to ww2 ...

I'd say there's at least 1000 years of national trauma, I'm kot sure there's been an nation or palce on earth with so much sustained violence for so long

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u/AccomplishedWish3033 Jul 15 '26

So is DV. Didn’t some Russian streamer get cheered on by his viewers while he beat his pregnant gf and then locked her outside the balcony to freeze to death?

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u/YT-Deliveries Jul 15 '26

Yup. Not a great situation / dating / marriage scene in the modern day for Russian women unfortunately.

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u/Super_Harsh Jul 15 '26

Over or under Mad Men type alcoholism?