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Ukrainian Memes, poorly translated
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What's in Elon Musk's head.
The most mysterious show.
The words "what's in the head of Elon" photoshopped into a poster for the TV show "Mask. The most mysterious show", a Ukrainian version of the show "The Masked Singer". The big bright pink and glittery word 'Mask' in the middle of the picture sounds in Ukrainian the same way as 'Musk', hence the pun.
January 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack
A human-sized bohemian waxwing bird voraciously eats a berry. A woman in a winter coat stands next to the bird, unbothered. She wears a severe expression and a luxurious fur hat. The Ukrainian text above their heads reads: "Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack."
January 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Happy new yea bitch ✨
A Christmas tree that is also a cat (it has a cat's face in the middle of its crown). The tree also has small hands and feet, but it's unclear, whether they belong to a cat or some other type of creature. The transliterated to Ukrainian text reads: "Happy new yea bitch".
December 31, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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✨GO✨
✨fuck yourself✨
The main Christmas tree of Kyiv city shines brightly with blue Christmas lights. The blue tree on the photo is tastefully edited to show a classic Ukrainian meme "ІДІ нахуй", which translates as "Go fuck yourself". The meme is depicted as yellow text on a blue background, with the "ІДІ" (Go) part of the phrase resembling the Ukrainian national emblem.
December 30, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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for what all this

there, there, sweetie. you're so beautiful, so smart, all you have to do today is go to the grocery store and buy some food. you can do this, my little birdie
A yellow parrot in a beautiful yellow-pink-white-blue knitted sweater looks in the mirror and sees a silent question in her reflection's eyes: "For what all this?". "There, there, sweetie. You're so beautiful, so smart, all you have to do today is go to the grocery store and buy some food. You can do this, my little birdie", wisely answers the parrot to the reflection. She can do this.
December 18, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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I'm gonna start climbing walls
A pencil illustration for the novel "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka. Gregor Samsa lies in his bed, anxiously scrambling his newly acquired insect legs against the wall with a tiny portrait of Kafka on it. The Ukrainian text at the bottom reads: "I'm gonna start climbing walls."
December 16, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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meat marmalade
A small cube of kholodets. It's an edible substance resembling meat broth in a solidified form. And a jelly (made of meat broth). There is an ongoing debate on whether this substance should be produced and consumed at all. The text on the picture written in the Ukrainian Galician dialect reads: "meat marmalade".
December 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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That maccohfee was mine!
Two dinosaurs in a heated argument. The green one, Iguanodon, stuck his clawed thumbs into the neck of Baryonix, the bigger orange dinosaur, yelling "That maccoffee was mine!". Baryonix regrets everything. (Maccoffee is a popular brand of instant coffee sticks in Ukraine, and it has become a generic name for all similar types of bad instant coffee here.)
November 26, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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Ladies and gentlemen

I'm going fucking nuts
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, wearing a wide smile and a fine suit, announces for us an important statement that reads: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going fucking nuts."
November 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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being gay is not your choice, it's mine

you're gay now
The Ukrainian text "Being gay is not your choice, it's mine. You're gay now", is placed on top of the photo of the fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko. Poroshenko examines you with a smug and knowing expression. He just decided your fate.
November 20, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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but how much can you munch, Maryna?

much
A fluffy brown lynx chidingly looks at an even fluffier white one and says, "But how much can you munch, Maryna?". "Much", answers the white lynx. She sits on her paws unbothered, eyes closed.
November 18, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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A beautiful story, sad there was no place in it for Jesus Christ..
A facebook comment, immortalized for its philosophical nature in a screenshot that reads: "A beautiful story, sad there was no place in it for Jesus Christ..."
November 11, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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Mom calls me sunny cause I'm painful to look at
A smol disheveled kitten can barely sit upright on its scrawny paws. It looks up at you with big round eyes and says: "Mom calls me sunny cause I'm painful to look at."
November 8, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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i want cherry pies, not new problems
A sad baboon is sitting on a balcony railing. She's contemplating the city landscape beneath her feet and the numerous life burdens that weigh heavily on her shoulders. The text showing us her thoughts reads: "I want cherry pies, not new problems".
November 4, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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WE ARE christians
WE ARE ukrainians
therefore NO HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION
Two specters in the form of kids dressed in carnival costumes resembling traditional Ukrainian folk attire. The creatures look at you with empty undead eyes, while mocking a carved pumpkin in a witch's hat closed behind a prohibition sign. Their side-eye looks menacing. Maybe it's you who will be prohibited next. The text at the bottom reads: "We are Christians. We are Ukrainians. Therefore, no Halloween celebration."
October 31, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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One day you will answer for your sins before God
A creature depicted. The creature has the head of a cat, smiling malevolently, and the body of a plush stuffed bee, equipped with a pair of fairy wings. In its small, cone-shaped hands the creature holds a wooden spoon and a green plastic bucket. The text on the picture reads: "One day, you will answer for your sins before God."
October 28, 2024 at 10:44 AM
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pussy hold on
The cat with its eyes full of tears tries to give a smile, but only manages a painful grimace. The text on the picture reads: "pussy hold on". It's not clear, whether the message is directed at the cat or at some other kind of pussy.
October 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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Chornovil all by himself
Black and white photo depicting Ukrainian politician and activist Viacheslav Chornovil sitting alone in the dark of the parliament hall with a mournful facepalm. Text under the photo reads: “Chornovil all by himself”
October 15, 2024 at 10:35 AM
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eat me dronk me go wild
A tiny kitten in a soup bowl looking lost and resigned to its fate. Text in the bottom reads: "eat me, drink me, go wild"
October 11, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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Father, can I move to post-fasting already?

Why would you do post fasting? No one reads your posts anyway.
Two-panel comics. On the first panel a blurry distorted cat with a hesitant expression on his face says: "Father, can I move to post-fasting already?". On the second panel there is another cat wearing a priest outfit and holding a giant crucifix. He says: "Why would you do post fasting? No one reads your posts anyway."
October 10, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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you have 10 days left
A black and white photo of giant Patron The Dog giving an empty stare into your soul. Or maybe it's just an inflatable costume of Patron The Dog someone is hiding inside of. Who knows, if Patron exists anymore. Who knows, if he's ever existed. The text in the center of the picture reads: "you have 10 days left".
October 9, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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"Cover your mouth when you cough."

"I fucking can't!"
The old book cover depicts two dinosaurs. The first one, Diplodocus, is looking back at the T. rex with a snobbish expression in his face and says: "Cover your mouth when you cough". The only thing left for poor T. rex to do here is to throw up his miniature hands helplessly and yell: "I fucking can't!"
October 7, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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do not start your day. fuck all of this.
A picture of a cartoon smiling blob with a cup of coffee in its hand. The picture has a grayscale filter on it, and in the eyes of the depicted creature only existential emptiness can be seen. The Ukrainian text says: "Do not start your day. Fuck all of this" (не починай свій день. пішло воно все нахуй)
September 26, 2024 at 3:37 AM
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the story with no downsides
The logo of a popular Ukrainian YouTube channel "History without myths" (Історія Без Міфів) altered to show text "the story with no downsides" (Історія Без Мінусів). In the bottom right corner of the picture is a tiny photo of historian Vladlen Marayev, peeking out to watch how the story unfolds.
March 12, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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Flowers for gardens. Rights for women. Donations for UAF.
A cute sparkly card that depicts a flower garden, a hand that holds a flower, and a cat that shows a 500 UAH banknote. A Ukrainian text on a card says: 'Flowers for gardens. Rights for women. Donations for UAF.' (Квіти клумбам. Права жінкам. Донат на ЗСУ.)
March 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM