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feels like a fake album cover.

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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry OP I've been informed posting attractive people in the USSR is the equivalent to posting Iranian girls in Bikinis from before the revolution

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Eh.

A lot of racial and cultural stereotypes revolve around displaying other peoples as ugly and behaving in gross ways. Showing that all cultures have attractive people who do normal shit like hangout and play sports and whatnot can help break cultural boundaries. It's weaponized in situations like the whole "women before the revolution", but you can also show pictures of people in Iran doing normal ass shit today.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] BuhbyeLittleGumshoe@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Soda fountains could be found practically everywhere, from parks to community centers. They sold either plain soda or soda with syrup. The syrup was usually pear or orange. Soda was poured into an ordinary glass, which came together with the machine, so once a customer had their drink, they were expected to place the glass upside down into the washing fountain next to the dispenser to have it cleaned before the next customer.

i can't handle how much aura the woman on the right has, i'm going to die from how cool she is

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Me rolling up on Dnepr in a leather jacket and Ushanka: "Prevet ladies!"