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[lordcooper]

Chelyabinsk meteorite caught on camera.
Military units around the city are on full alert. Reportedly, a surface-to-air missile unit opened fire on the meteor as it descended.

Only in Russia do the citizens fire missiles at meteorites.

Typically, "unit" implies military, not civilian.

Since when did citizen imply civilian?

[Sirus]

See: edit made less than a second after your post

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Does everyone in Russia drive around with a video camera recording? It seems like half the crazy clips on YT come from stoic Russians in their cars.

After 70 years of the Soviet Union, I think Russians feel uncomfortable unless they're under surveillance. 

"Sergei....I feel like no one is watching me. Here, tape me."

Don't be silly. Putin is always watching.

[RedKing]

Does everyone in Russia drive around with a video camera recording? It seems like half the crazy clips on YT come from stoic Russians in their cars.

After 70 years of the Soviet Union, I think Russians feel uncomfortable unless they're under surveillance. 

"Sergei....I feel like no one is watching me. Here, tape me."

Don't be silly. Putin is always watching.

But that's the problem...he watches everybody. So nobody feels special. Back in the good old days, the KGB had enough people that your secret police spy only watched maybe you and ten, twenty other people. You felt like you had a relationship -- one built on paranoia and crippling fear. Putin's like Santa Claus....if Santa Claus had a private paramilitary army of Cossacks.

[Karnewarrior]

Does everyone in Russia drive around with a video camera recording? It seems like half the crazy clips on YT come from stoic Russians in their cars.

After 70 years of the Soviet Union, I think Russians feel uncomfortable unless they're under surveillance. 

"Sergei....I feel like no one is watching me. Here, tape me."

Don't be silly. Putin is always watching.

But that's the problem...he watches everybody. So nobody feels special. Back in the good old days, the KGB had enough people that your secret police spy only watched maybe you and ten, twenty other people. You felt like you had a relationship -- one built on paranoia and crippling fear. Putin's like Santa Claus....if Santa Claus had a private paramilitary army of Cossacks.

I see nobody told you about the Secret Elf Service.

[Loud Whispers]

It's obvious Santa Claus invaded Scotland to steal their coal.

[Akura]

The hell? Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is not only something that exists, but it's awesome. Terrible*, but awesome.


*Maybe not that terrible, seems most of the original story was left intact. Sadly, I haven't read the original Pride and Prejudice, so I can't confirm that.

[Digital Hellhound]

There's also Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. It's a whole new genre these days.

[Lagslayer]

Anyone else ever forget to breathe?

[Akura]

Anyone else ever forget to breathe?

After reading that, yes.

[RedKing]

The hell? Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is not only something that exists, but it's awesome. Terrible*, but awesome.

Largely speaking, mashups of late Victorian classics is a thing now. First it was mashups with monster stories, now it's become a thing to mash them up with bad erotica, thanks to Fifty Shades of Grey. Examples include Fifty Shades of Dorian Gray, Pride and Promiscuity, and Jane Eyre Laid Bare.

Honestly, the idea of Victorian erotica is pretty damn funny in and of itself, considering the mores of the era.

[Flying Dice]

The hell? Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is not only something that exists, but it's awesome. Terrible*, but awesome.

Largely speaking, mashups of late Victorian classics is a thing now. First it was mashups with monster stories, now it's become a thing to mash them up with bad erotica, thanks to Fifty Shades of Grey. Examples include Fifty Shades of Dorian Gray, Pride and Promiscuity, and Jane Eyre Laid Bare.

Honestly, the idea of Victorian erotica is pretty damn funny in and of itself, considering the mores of the era.

I... did not know of the latter category. Now that I do, I am unsure if I should be laughing or cringing.

[RedKing]

I discovered it to my not-really-that-shocked shock the other day, when the title idea "Fifty Shades of Dorian Gray" popped into my head. Googled it, found it on Amazon, found a whole slew of similar books on Amazon. Lost a little bit more of my humanity.

[Frumple]

Honestly, the idea of Victorian erotica is pretty damn funny in and of itself, considering the mores of the era.

Confusion check: You are aware that actual victorian erotica is both a thing and... frankly, a fair bit of it is on par with the debauchery modern internet gets about with? Yes, they were largely prim and proper in public, but that didn't exactly extend on a 1:1 ratio into anywhere else. A good chunk of the victorian era folks were freaks, man, by today's general mores.

[Flying Dice]

Weren't the Victorians the ones who came up with the "party game" that involved unwrapping a stolen Egyptian mummy?