We call them otmorozki
June 22, 2018 1:53 PM Subscribe
No alcohol, weekly training sessions, and an unwavering dedication to fighting football fans: the life of a Russian hooligan, as told to an unsuspecting English fan (reporter) in Moscow
And here I thought getting my rocks off from cheap beer and vintage paperbacks was antisocial.
There is no end to my continual surprise at people's resounding determination that banal street violence is virtuous. It makes me appreciate the thugs in my neighborhood more; at least they aren't pulled straight from a Palahniuk book.
posted by Westinghouse at 2:21 PM on June 22, 2018 [4 favorites]
There is no end to my continual surprise at people's resounding determination that banal street violence is virtuous. It makes me appreciate the thugs in my neighborhood more; at least they aren't pulled straight from a Palahniuk book.
posted by Westinghouse at 2:21 PM on June 22, 2018 [4 favorites]
"no pain" indeed.
posted by Typhoon Jim at 2:57 PM on June 22, 2018
posted by Typhoon Jim at 2:57 PM on June 22, 2018
"hooligan" is such a silly term for these thugs. It brings to mind some kids throwing toilet paper over someone's lawn, not grown men who routinely seek out street brawls.
posted by Sangermaine at 3:05 PM on June 22, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Sangermaine at 3:05 PM on June 22, 2018 [3 favorites]
Russian thugs? Just call 'em Putin's Kids.
posted by oneswellfoop at 3:11 PM on June 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop at 3:11 PM on June 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
I can't decide whether to go with "Christ, what and asshole" or "I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn".
posted by howfar at 3:19 PM on June 22, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by howfar at 3:19 PM on June 22, 2018 [4 favorites]
I often wonder how much these people actually care about the performance of their teams on the field. I suspect not very much.
posted by wolpfack at 4:20 PM on June 22, 2018
posted by wolpfack at 4:20 PM on June 22, 2018
Toxic.
posted by AlSweigart at 5:01 PM on June 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by AlSweigart at 5:01 PM on June 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
Bill Buford's Among the Thugs looked at this phenomenon too.
posted by kokaku at 7:30 PM on June 22, 2018
posted by kokaku at 7:30 PM on June 22, 2018
Yeah, there are so many firms. When I lived near Ibrox, you just knew that you didn't go out around the time of the game.
posted by scruss at 8:36 PM on June 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by scruss at 8:36 PM on June 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
There's also this recently released film about the same topic. Well worth the watch if you can bear the terrible cringey parts. It would seem though, surprise surprise, propaganda about Russian "hooligans" is ever-so-slightly in vogue these days.
posted by Juso No Thankyou at 1:56 AM on June 23, 2018
posted by Juso No Thankyou at 1:56 AM on June 23, 2018
I really wonder who this is:
"the tattoo on his forearm of a famous Russian poet, whom he described as a “true patriot”"
posted by doctornemo at 5:59 AM on June 23, 2018
"the tattoo on his forearm of a famous Russian poet, whom he described as a “true patriot”"
posted by doctornemo at 5:59 AM on June 23, 2018
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