It's an alien ship, we took it apart for scrap.

November 29, 2020 7:42 AM

RUSSIAN CYBERPUNK FARM // РУССКАЯ КИБЕРДЕРЕВНЯ They say that Russia is a technically backward country, there are no roads, robotics do not develop, rockets do not fly, and mail goes too long. It’s a bullshit. (SLYT satire from birchpunk)
posted by storybored (13 comments total)

Oh, forgot to add the Russian Cyberpunk Folksong. From Ensemble Vanya, Liliana Bush & Daria Scherbak!
posted by storybored at 7:47 AM on November 29, 2020 [4 favorites]

Hello, future? You have made a thing specifically for me - thank you.
posted by abulafa at 8:12 AM on November 29, 2020 [2 favorites]

fractal cucumber!
posted by and they trembled before her fury at 8:14 AM on November 29, 2020 [2 favorites]

By Neill Blomkampov
posted by Nelson at 8:48 AM on November 29, 2020 [10 favorites]

I realize it's Russia and not Poland, but feeling Big Jakub Rozalski / 1920+ Energy here.
posted by bl1nk at 8:51 AM on November 29, 2020 [2 favorites]

From the captions: (Untranslatable Russian Idioms)
posted by fiercekitten at 9:00 AM on November 29, 2020 [6 favorites]

[Russian cyberfolk song]
posted by Kadin2048 at 9:30 AM on November 29, 2020 [3 favorites]

And that’s how I came to spend my whole day in bed listening to a Russian cyberfolk song on repeat....
posted by interogative mood at 10:16 AM on November 29, 2020

This evokes strong feelings of the first time I learned how a nuclear power plant actually works. We break down atoms and create an endless source of energy to ... boil water?
posted by heyitsgogi at 11:02 AM on November 29, 2020 [9 favorites]

Lyrics and translation of the song from the YouTube comments

Posted by: Егор Ковалев

Полетели коптеры, полетели сизые
По полю, по полюшку, ой да по небу сызнова

Here copters on the flight,
On the flight they are blue-gray
Cross the field, along the field
Oh, in the sky anew, again

Ой, железная ты птица, не понять тебе меня
Все летает над Землицей, коптер - птица без гнезда

Oh, you there, a bird of iron
Comprehend me not, me not
'Bove the Earth it's keepin' flying
Copter, copter, no-nest bird

На земле сидел андроид, опустивши голову
От чего тоскует робот да от апгрейда нового

On the ground, there was android
Keeping head down on his chest
What's the cause of robot's sadness?
Last upgrade was not the best

Ой да ты кака система, как с тобою cправиться
О тебе ничо не знаем, только нам все нравится

Oh, you there, suTch a system
How do we deal with you?
We dunno about you any
But like everything you do

И взлетела робот-птица, лопасти не крутятся
Разрядилась батарея, GPS не грузится

Here it took off, birdy-robot
Blades do not spinning round
Battery is running low
GPS's not safe and sound

Он летит на высоте да на особой частоте
Коптер крыльями шуршит да и по небу летит

Here it flies high altitude
And at the special tune and mood
Copter rustles with its wings
And fly high or so it seems

Будто шмель летит жужжащий, слышу радиошумы
Знаю, роботы всесильны. Жаль, что роботы (не)мы.

Just like bumblebee flies whirring
I can hear radiobuzz
I know robots are almighty
Sadly, robots are all mute
(The last words can be perceived in different ways: "we are not robots" and "robots do not speak")

posted by interogative mood at 8:04 PM on November 29, 2020 [12 favorites]

Thanks, it's a nice song.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 10:13 PM on November 29, 2020

Damn you all, my first question was gonna be about the song, the second about the lyrics, solved.
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 8:39 PM on November 30, 2020

There's another song, guys, another song!
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 5:05 PM on December 2, 2020 [2 favorites]