This makes me laugh...
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UPDATED: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 00:02
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"Russia classifies beer as alcoholic"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232970
Quote:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcoholic.
Until now anything containing less than 10% alcohol in Russia has been considered a foodstuff.
Crazy Russians - anything less than 10% doesn't count, lol.
It's not personal. It's just war.
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Anything containing less than 10% alcohol is mouthwash. Or breakfast. 
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That makes me laugh too. :) seems culturally apropriate though that they put off such a classification. :)
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Why is this funny? Laughing at this demonstrates your racism.
Why is it appropriate to laugh at Russian for their Russian-anity? That's racist. And culturally insensitive.
Ya'll ought to be ashamed. And beaten.
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that's just awesome.
That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.
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Originally posted by mincingbeast:
Why is this funny? Laughing at this demonstrates your racism.
Why is it appropriate to laugh at Russian for their Russian-anity? That's racist. And culturally insensitive.
Ya'll ought to be ashamed. And beaten.
I'm not laughing at them; I'm in awe of them. There's something old-worldian I admire about the idea that they've never considered beer "alcohol" before.
And is "Russian" a race now? I get that "Caucasian" is...
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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Even if you're not laughing at them, you're probably being racist. Your admiration is tinged with racism.
Russians are a race, just as the Spanish are a race, and Californians are a race, too. Californians are, in fact, the master race.
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Aw-right Mincing! We are, indeed, the master race, and the world would do well to follow our example. We are the next step in man's evolution; if everyone thought and behaved like Californians, the world would be Shangri-La, unquestonably! People are just too ignorant to see the wonderfulness of us, that's all. Or they're jealous. Or both.
I find no humor in Russia only now acknowledging beer as alcohol. After all, when you live on vodka, beer hardly IS "alcohol". The surprised to me is hearing they even drink beer at all.
Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off 
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