SEP 30, 2024

Observations

<aside> 📒 A list of disjointed observations

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After two years of war, I’m unironically swearing with the enemy’s name.

“Йобана русня!” (kinda “fucking Russians” in Ukrainian) crept into my lexicon after I was fuming on a subject only to realize that it would never be a problem if not for the Russian invasion.

It might have been an annoyance about the absence of electricity due to the bombing. Or irritation that I cannot accompany my girlfriend to her best friend's wedding because borders are closed for draft-eligible. In both cases, it's not really the energy companies or the state who deserve my anger, but the “fucking russians”.

Interestingly, there’s a saying “Йосип драний!” (“fucking Joseph”) – probably about Joseph Stalin. Prior, I thought it was a purely literary euphemism, something invented to be “old-timey” and funny to emphasize the grumpy unacceptable of the communist regime in the older generation.

Now, I think that in the times of my great-grandparents, someone might be processing their anger and tracing it back to the common denominator. And starting unironically swearing with that actor.

Our cat taught itself to meow as a response to us sneezing.

We automatically say “bless you” after every sneeze, even if it means shouting across the house.