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Poka Lena Problem
“Poka Lena Problem” is a pun from a Mirby animation in which laziness is turned into a separate acquaintance named Lena. A song, distinctive drawings, and the resemblance of a fare
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While You Were Talking Shit
The phrase “While you [profanity]” arose from a mishearing of the line “while you're idle” (“пока ты без дел”) in Olga Buzova's song “Bez del” (“Idle”). The track came out in 2021,
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Poklonskaya with Microphones and a Sad Guy
A photo from a press conference in the Crimean prosecutor's office building: a dense row of microphones stands in front of a woman seated at a table, while the man sitting to the l
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The Floor Is Lava
A viral flash mob in which people recall the childhood game and avoid touching the imaginary lava on the floor. Its best-known shot, a person leaping with legs spread wide, is used
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Political Compass
The Political Compass has become a meme template in which four colored fields help compare views, characters, and even everyday habits. Its recognizability rests on two independent
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Police Officer Sprays Himself in the Face
The photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko was taken in Kyiv on September 17, 2018, during clashes outside the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine. Among the police and protesters, it shows
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Fully Acquitted
A comic strip built from frames of the Russian courtroom show Court of Jurors, in which a judge with a gavel announces an acquittal for a laughably trivial reason. Dating to 2017,
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Striped Cat Smiling
A close-up of a striped cat squinting and seemingly smiling slyly. This single frame is used as a reaction to smugness, quiet gloating, and situations where a person pretends to be
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Shirtless Kylo Ren
A still of Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) in which the character stands without a shirt. The joke mocks the character's deliberately buff look and the clichés about
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If It Fits, I Sits
A white fluffy cat has settled into a transparent glass bowl, from which only her long tail sticks out, and she looks into the camera with complete calm. The frame belongs to the “
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Help, Fuck
A screenshot of a dialogue interface from Cyberpunk 2077 with two reply options: a polite “Help…” and a crude interjection. It is used when a situation is hopeless and only despair
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Ponasenkov Walking in the Park (Ponasenkov gulyaet po parku)
A four-frame collage of historian Yevgeny Ponasenkov strolling through a green park, used as a TikTok joke about walking away from one's duties.
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Ponasenkov Krutitsya (Ponasenkov Dancing)
A still of historian Evgeny Ponasenkov, standing calmly with his arms crossed, is set to upbeat music in short videos, turning a serious frame into a comic dance number.
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Ponasenkov Dancing
Historian and media personality Evgeny Ponasenkov sits at a restaurant table, gesturing and singing along to Pupo's "Gelato al cioccolato." It became a summer 2021 TikTok trend as
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Pop It and Simple Dimple (Fidget Toys)
Silicone bubble fidget toys that went viral on TikTok in spring 2021, along with the craze around them that became a source of jokes.
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Amendments to the Constitution
A photo of a red book, “The Constitution of the Russian Federation,” on a podium. Jokes about the 2020 amendments grew out of the words discussed at that time: “state-forming peopl
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Did You Wash Your Butt?
A crude, absurd meme in which male figures such as Putin ask the short question "Did you wash your butt?" with a faintly threatening undertone. The caption is invented and not a re
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Enslaved Moisture
The picture shows a 3D-rendered head known as Meme Man looking at a plastic water bottle, while the caption declares the water “enslaved.” The joke turns an ordinary object into th
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Porridge (Poridzh)
A crying, bespectacled wojak-style character with reddish bangs, labeled a "zoomer," mocks people who reject familiar Russian words yet rave about the same thing once it has an Eng
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Peter the Piglet on a Red Tractor
A children's book drawing of a piglet driving a small red tractor, made into a meme after a song and cartoon about the piglet fleeing Russia. It expresses an overwhelming urge to l
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Poroshenko Receives the Tomos
A photograph in which Petro Poroshenko, then President of Ukraine, looks into the camera with a slight smile against a church interior. The frame is linked to ceremonies in Istanbu
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Portals from Avengers: Endgame
A frame from the final battle of the film Avengers: Endgame (2019): huge round portals glow in the sky above the battlefield, reinforcements emerge from them, and an army runs belo
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Avengers: Endgame Posters
Two posters for Avengers: Endgame stand side by side: the character on the left is shown in color, the character on the right in a black-and-white version. Color signifies the hero
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Ready Player One Posters
Posters for Ready Player One became material for jokes even before the film came out: viewers found the hero’s leg on the staircase unusually long. Memes exaggerated this detail an
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