Guess who just celebrated the October Revolution in Russia?

[RedStarOverChina]

Long time no see, comrades. Some of you (or most of you) wouldn't even know me because you're friggin toddlers in internet years.

I hold the distinguished title of Moderator in the Chinese language forum though I've been neglecting my duties for the past 2 months because I've been traveling in China, a country in which frivolous Bourgeois pastimes such as the Internet is banned.

Just by reading the title of this thread, the more discerned of you will have guessed that it is I who just celebrated the October Revolution in Russia. Vladivostok, Russia, to be more specific. (And hopefully, even the least discerned audience will have realized by now that I was in Russia for the October Revolution celebrations, just wanted to emphasize.)

I'll be leaving Russia to go to the fabled lands of DPRK (which is the acronym of North Korea, some how), where I do not at all expect to have any meaningful interactions with the local populace. Exciting prospects.

Anyhoo, just wanted you to know I haven't abandoned you poor suckers to hang out with the folks from capitalism.org. Revleft will always remain a special place for me, you really helped out a depressed, confused and isolated teenage private-school student some 7 years ago (holy shit!).


In related news, ALL Chinese tourists are douchebags.

[RedStarOverChina]

Here's a little something about Vladivostok, it's a Russian city in the Far East that is situation very close to the Chinese and North Korean border. Used to be Chinese territory, but the Russians really teared us a new asshole back then.

Vladivostok is such a dry and uncharismatic place that the city earns its fortunes solely by charging people 15 rubles for using the public washrooms, and our tour guide took us straight to the strip club right after arrival---along with all the women, including a nice but naive elderly lady who was clearly deceived by the euphemism and believed she was going to "see theatre".

The show started out so innocently that it could pass as a children's program, with two women dressed in cute little Ukrainian dresses pretending to know Ukrainian folk dance. It soon became apparent that neither women were wearing any underwear, and not by mistake either. Moreover, they proved much more adapt at dancing around a pole than faking Ukrainian dance.

Things soon turned much wilder and weirder than one would expect from any standard, run-of-the-mill Western strip club, as performers made full use of electric vibrators as well as a chubby Russian dude.

Yes, let's just leave it at that.

PS. That elderly lady? She stayed for the entire duration of the show, presumably out of respect for "Russian culture"

[Revolutionair]

My face: :) :laugh: :confused::blink:

[Sasha]

cool, have fun and please report back about you experiences in north korea....

[Rafiq]

Awesome! Best of luck comrade!

[Iraultzaile Ezkerreko]

My face: :) :laugh: :confused::blink:

My thoughts exactly!

[Susurrus]

Isn't the October Revolution actually Nov 8th, due to the different calender Russia used at the time?

[Rafiq]

Well I'd hate to have to celebrate the October revolution in November.

[Susurrus]

Well I'd hate to have to celebrate the October revolution in November.

Well, they used the Julian calender until Feb 1 1918, whereas we use the Gregorian calender today. So yeah.


It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd traditionally dated to 25 October 1917 Old Style Julian Calendar (O.S.), which corresponds with 7 November 1917 New Style (N.S.). Gregorian Calendar.

[RedStarOverChina]

Isn't the October Revolution actually Nov 8th, due to the different calender Russia used at the time?

I've been DUPED!! As it turned out, our tour guide isnt very fluent in Mandarin so he had to improvise...by lying. Instead of telling me that the holiday on November 4th, called "Unity Day" is a bullshit holiday invented to REPLACE the October Revolution celebration which occurs on November 8th, he just told me it was the October Revolution celebration. It did strike me as odd that I didn't see the Russian word for "October" or "Revolution" in the rally, but I saw no reason to doubt my tour guide's words. Plus, it sounded like a good reason to get drunk on Beluga served with caviar at the time. This is a bit embarrassing, and I'll keep this little incidence in mind when I go to North Korea tomorrow. I'll make sure my tour guide isn't full of shit by doing some more fact-checking. Oh yeah, I'm going to the DPRK and I've just been informed no electronic equipments (excluding cameras) or foreign publications can enter it's borders. So, apparently no more internet for a while. Annyeong gaseyo. Wait, I'm just being informed that Redstar2000 had died. Is it true? When? Did he have any last wishes? If it's true, then this is most sad. :'(

[Sasha]

Yup there is a special trad in the members forum

[Red Commissar]

November 7th is usually marked as revolution day in the former USSR. In ye olde USSR, it was marked on both November 7th and 8th as national holidays, ie no work.

I enjoyed reading your bit about Vladivostok though, quite lulzy.

[Susurrus]

Bwahahaha, Vladivostok is where my grandmother grew up.