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  3. I imagine 99+% of your readers can’t read Russian and don’t get it.

    You should give clues when you throw your Russian one liners, maybe something like (sputnik).

    The clue + picture might be all it takes to clue people in.

    Either way, I thought it was funny.

  5. Ah, but we thrive on irony as a breed, no? 😎

    Now that you mention it… I have noticed this trait… 😉

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