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Нурлан Сабуров ПРИНЦИПЫ 2024 — Transcript

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  1. 0:44Good evening, Astana!
  2. 0:53Friends, they already told you a couple
  3. 0:55of rules, but there are always some
  4. 0:57idiots.
  5. 1:04The first rule: don't record on your
  6. 1:06shitty phones.
  7. 1:10The second rule, for those who don't
  8. 1:11give a damn about the first one: don't
  9. 1:13post it.
  10. 1:16Or do you want to see me in every
  11. 1:17scandal, sitting in the same cell as
  12. 1:19Ivleeva and Grigory Toreali?
  13. 1:22Enough.
  14. 1:25Let me say from the start, I don't
  15. 1:27recommend the States.
  16. 1:40They were so pissed at me, as if
  17. 1:42Shoigu’s stand-up was an anime.
  18. 1:47There must have been a lot of
  19. 1:48misunderstandings since many thought I
  20. 1:49started the "special operation." It
  21. 1:51wasn’t me, for fuck’s sake.
  22. 1:54I wasn't at the meeting.
  23. 1:58In the States, they were shouting at me
  24. 1:59: "Tell them in Russia."
  25. 2:02In Russia, they wouldn't rent me an
  26. 2:03apartment for years, but now I'm
  27. 2:05supposed to give orders.
  28. 2:07When it's convenient, but here I am, the
  29. 2:09[ __ ] "opinion leader."
  30. 2:19So much hate was thrown my way. One
  31. 2:21comment, I saved it. It says: "Burn in
  32. 2:23hell, you [ __ ]."
  33. 2:29I don't know, maybe they confused me
  34. 2:30with Guram.
  35. 2:32Or this, when people write to me: "You
  36. 2:34won't be able to just sit this one out.
  37. 2:35"
  38. 2:36Actually, it’s [ __ ] easy to do.
  39. 2:38Never mind me, look at Djigan, he’s just
  40. 2:41chilling. I honestly think, no joke, he
  41. 2:43still has no idea what’s going on.
  42. 2:48People write to his DMs, he can't read,
  43. 2:49so he’s just like this.
  44. 2:55What is this, Sobchak, the [ __ ] horse
  45. 2:56,
  46. 2:58sticking her nose into everything.
  47. 3:00Not a single Kazakh would have ridden
  48. 3:02that horse, I’m sure.
  49. 3:05Stop recording, I see you crafty
  50. 3:06[ __ ] on the balcony too.
  51. 3:17Don’t you understand, if I slip up and
  52. 3:19say something wrong, they’ll put me in
  53. 3:21jail.
  54. 3:22They’ll definitely [ __ ] me, don’t you
  55. 3:24get it?
  56. 3:27They probably don't respect people like
  57. 3:28me in there.
  58. 3:32I’ll be sitting on the toilet there.
  59. 3:43After what happened, I decided to work
  60. 3:45on myself, so I started drinking.
  61. 3:48It’s a classic trap—a glass of wine.
  62. 3:51And a second later, I'm completely
  63. 3:52wasted.
  64. 3:54I’m sitting in Moscow, wanting to call a
  65. 3:55designated driver. I go to the site, it
  66. 3:57says "we only have Slavic drivers, no
  67. 3:59Ravshans or Jumshuts." I call, and she
  68. 4:01asks: "What’s your name?" I say: "
  69. 4:03Nurlan." She’s like:
  70. 4:06I searched for a long time, and finally
  71. 4:07, Marat arrived.
  72. 4:09Get it? They sent a little Tatar to me.
  73. 4:11They thought, he’ll find common ground
  74. 4:13with us and with them, right? He’ll talk
  75. 4:14in his own language, convert his
  76. 4:16chucheryuks, for fuck’s sake, into
  77. 4:17rubles and settle with us.
  78. 4:19I even heard when she was like: "Who?
  79. 4:21Nurlan, some Nurlan, whose Ali-Baba from
  80. 4:23Chai-Manjara is that?" Lyutka is telling
  81. 4:26the story.
  82. 4:28Oh, that was in Egypt. Alright, pull
  83. 4:30Maratik out from under the cheburek.
  84. 4:33At the same time, I believe there is no
  85. 4:34chauvinism in Russia. In Russia,
  86. 4:35everyone is treated the same. I mean, it
  87. 4:37doesn't matter if you're a redhead,
  88. 4:38you're just a red-headed dick, you know
  89. 4:39?
  90. 4:40Bearded guy, shut your trap, smart guy,
  91. 4:43get lost, right? In that sense, everyone
  92. 4:45is equal.
  93. 4:48The only thing is, I’ve noticed an
  94. 4:49attitude. I live outside of Moscow, in a
  95. 4:51gated community. And those neighborhoods
  96. 4:53are divided into two types. The first
  97. 4:54ones have English names, you know, very
  98. 4:56pretentious.
  99. 5:00That's the full name.
  100. 5:02You need a Schengen visa just to get in
  101. 5:03there.
  102. 5:05And the second type are those very
  103. 5:07Russian ones— "geese and swans,"
  104. 5:09wide-open souls. That’s the kind I live
  105. 5:11in. And in my neighborhood, the snow is
  106. 5:13cleared by guys—well, you know where
  107. 5:15they're from, right?
  108. 5:17Not Romanians.
  109. 5:21Every time I go for a walk with my dog,
  110. 5:23they look at me like,
  111. 5:27"Grab a shovel, have you lost your mind
  112. 5:28?"
  113. 5:34And I'm walking a pug.
  114. 5:38I’m even picking up his poop, and they
  115. 5:39look at me like, "Do you think we’re
  116. 5:41going to steal it?
  117. 5:44Look, Aibek took a dump over there, go
  118. 5:45clean that up too."
  119. 5:48And they see that I live in the
  120. 5:49neighborhood, you know, that I drive a
  121. 5:51car. And every time they look at me as
  122. 5:52if I’ve betrayed them.
  123. 5:55I feel kind of ashamed in front of them
  124. 5:57. I mean, I can’t drive past them in my
  125. 5:59Jeep without them thinking, "That's life
  126. 6:01."
  127. 6:03Happy cleaning.
  128. 6:07I’m actually waiting for one of them to
  129. 6:09walk up to my wife one day and say, "
  130. 6:11The guy who cleans up after your dog,
  131. 6:15he drives your car."
  132. 6:27I’ve noticed that in Moscow, the
  133. 6:29attitude toward Central Asians is, well
  134. 6:30, mediocre.
  135. 6:33In Moscow, they treat Central Asians
  136. 6:35like minions.
  137. 6:37Walking around in crowds in yellow.
  138. 6:41Go on through.
  139. 6:42It just happened that way historically.
  140. 6:44I don’t know if you’ve heard that story
  141. 6:46about when Khrushchev was in power, he
  142. 6:48flies to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, goes out
  143. 6:50to the people, steps out into the square
  144. 6:53and says: "Dear Tajiks, you are great,
  145. 6:55unlike your neighbors the Uzbeks."
  146. 6:59Someone taps him on the shoulder and
  147. 7:00says: "These are Uzbeks."
  148. 7:01He says: "Dear Uzbeks, I couldn't care
  149. 7:03less." If someone had told me like that
  150. 7:05, "These are Uzbeks," I would have
  151. 7:06stayed frozen like that for the rest of
  152. 7:07my life.
  153. 7:08I wouldn't have turned anywhere else.
  154. 7:13By the way, in the fall of '22, I was in
  155. 7:14Kazakhstan on a concert tour. Remember,
  156. 7:16there were so many tourists from Russia
  157. 7:17?
  158. 7:18And, uh, yeah.
  159. 7:21A lot.
  160. 7:25A lot of people suddenly had "urgent
  161. 7:26business."
  162. 7:28Yes, some went to Kazakhstan, some to
  163. 7:30Kyrgyzstan. One dumb friend of mine went
  164. 7:32to Tatarstan.
  165. 7:38Says he got away.
  166. 7:43I realized from visitors that many still
  167. 7:44didn't, and didn't even know, what
  168. 7:46Kazakhstan was. Many thought that
  169. 7:48Kazakhstan was a bare steppe and a
  170. 7:49castle made of kryptonite.
  171. 7:53Because when they paid compliments, it
  172. 7:55was confusing, like they insulted you
  173. 7:56and praised you at the same time, it’s
  174. 7:57unclear. "Listen, I was in Almaty, I
  175. 7:59bought ice cream, normal ice cream."
  176. 8:03What did you think, we’d give you a
  177. 8:05horse’s udder?
  178. 8:08Or many understood our traditions that
  179. 8:09way. For example, ah, the kettle in the
  180. 8:12toilet isn’t for coffee.
  181. 8:21Someone just left it there.
  182. 8:27"So you wash your ass with that?"
  183. 8:30What a savage thing.
  184. 8:32But smearing [ __ ] all over your ass with
  185. 8:34paper—that’s not savage?
  186. 8:37We mean we do it at home, I don't mean
  187. 8:38walking into a restaurant in Moscow and
  188. 8:40using a public toilet, right in the sink
  189. 8:41, damn it.
  190. 8:45"Come on in—the sink is free."
  191. 8:47But the mirror thing you guys came up
  192. 8:49with is clever, for sure.
  193. 8:54The whole trip to the States didn't
  194. 8:55start off well at all.
  195. 8:57I approach the plane, and they tell me I
  196. 8:59have to put on a mask. Those Covid
  197. 9:00restrictions were still in place. I
  198. 9:01didn't have a mask, I was flying with a
  199. 9:03friend, and he says, "I'll go to the
  200. 9:04pharmacy and get a new one." And he
  201. 9:06gives me his,
  202. 9:09this filth. You know, it still remembers
  203. 9:12the first wave.
  204. 9:14I look at it—two yellow snot stains.
  205. 9:17You can see the coronavirus on it, damn
  206. 9:19, it looks at me like that guitarist
  207. 9:20from Mad Max, damn it.
  208. 9:23Plus you weren't allowed to take the
  209. 9:24mask off on the plane, so I start acting
  210. 9:26sneaky, pulling it off my nose, and the
  211. 9:27flight attendant immediately comes over
  212. 9:29—she’s annoyed but can't show it, so
  213. 9:30she’s like:
  214. 9:33"Put your mask on." I’d still take it
  215. 9:34off the moment she’d go sit somewhere,
  216. 9:36damn, on a window sill, damn it. There’s
  217. 9:38never a chair there, she just, damn,
  218. 9:39pressed herself against the wall, damn
  219. 9:40it.
  220. 9:41A lot of people are just pumped full of
  221. 9:43stuff and hold it in the whole flight.
  222. 9:47That’s also weird, she’s got one little
  223. 9:48safety strap, and she’s got 1,000.
  224. 9:53Part of the crew, part of the ship.
  225. 9:58She strapped in, and I didn't take my
  226. 9:59mask off at that exact moment, right in
  227. 10:01her eyes, damn it.
  228. 10:09Once, I’m flying in the toilet—oh, I’m
  229. 10:11flying in a plane, and
  230. 10:13I’m walking to the toilet. And a flight
  231. 10:14attendant pops out like: "Can we take a
  232. 10:16picture?" I say: "Maybe I can take a
  233. 10:17[ __ ] first?"
  234. 10:19Otherwise, the photo is going to be
  235. 10:21tense.
  236. 10:26I honestly don't understand why we stand
  237. 10:27in lines at airports.
  238. 10:29You know, when boarding is announced,
  239. 10:30everyone lines up, and there’s that
  240. 10:31first guy with his face pressed against
  241. 10:33the gangway.
  242. 10:36My friend tells me: "Well, the line is
  243. 10:37moving, we have to hurry." I’m thinking
  244. 10:38, it’s not moving that fast.
  245. 10:41Has everyone already flown off or what?
  246. 10:45Or when I was flying here, I swear, the
  247. 10:46plane is just coming in for a landing,
  248. 10:48the landing gear isn’t even down yet,
  249. 10:49and some guy in a fur coat with bags is
  250. 10:51already fully prepped.
  251. 10:53He’d even cracked the doors open.
  252. 10:57Everyone’s rushing to passport control.
  253. 10:59And they pretend they aren't rushing,
  254. 11:00but they’re just, you know, sort of—
  255. 11:04like when a mother abandons her daughter
  256. 11:05and just takes off running.
  257. 11:10I mean, at passport control, I’m always
  258. 11:12nervous, honestly.
  259. 11:13In Russia, for some reason, at customs
  260. 11:15or passport control, I make the most
  261. 11:16Slavic face possible.
  262. 11:19Don’t ask me how.
  263. 11:21I don’t mean I’m walking through holding
  264. 11:23an icon or anything, you know.
  265. 11:27Or in Kazakhstan, it’s weird too, when I
  266. 11:29hand over my passport, they’re so
  267. 11:30serious at first, then they see me and
  268. 11:31they’re like—
  269. 11:41I’m thinking, there’s glass between us,
  270. 11:43how did you even do that?
  271. 11:45But in Dubai, there isn't even an
  272. 11:46officer; it’s just a robot, you slide
  273. 11:48your passport in, and it says, "Look
  274. 11:49into the camera." Once, I’m looking into
  275. 11:50the camera like this, and it says—I
  276. 11:52swear— "Open your eyes."
  277. 11:58Am I that blown away, or what? And who
  278. 11:59am I supposed to complain to? I’m just
  279. 12:00standing there, trying to fix it.
  280. 12:04Am I supposed to wait until the scanner
  281. 12:06sucks the guy in, or what?
  282. 12:11And in the States, my English was at
  283. 12:12zero. I was still, you know, tossing out
  284. 12:14hope in the beginning.
  285. 12:22But you hesitate and you mess up.
  286. 12:25In the end, my wife and I, we were just
  287. 12:27two idiots walking around speaking in
  288. 12:29fake English.
  289. 12:30Everyone around us is chatting, and
  290. 12:31we’re just like, "Yeah, let’s go already
  291. 12:32."
  292. 12:35We were basically meowing at each other
  293. 12:36. One other time, I’m sitting in a
  294. 12:37restaurant in New York. Imagine this,
  295. 12:39and Margot Robbie walks right past me.
  296. 12:42You know that actress?
  297. 12:44Barbie, The Wolf of Wall Street. Once
  298. 12:46Upon a Time in Hollywood—she sits down
  299. 12:48at the next table.
  300. 12:49And I’m sitting there with my wife.
  301. 12:54And she’s there with her boyfriend,
  302. 12:55right, and we were pretending like we
  303. 12:56didn't want each other’s attention.
  304. 13:01I tell her, "Look, it’s Margot Robbie."
  305. 13:02She says, "Oh." I say, "The Wolf of Wall
  306. 13:04Street, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
  307. 13:05She’s like, "Ah."
  308. 13:08I’m thinking, "What the hell is that '
  309. 13:09ah'?"
  310. 13:11That "ah" is what Kairat Nurtas knows.
  311. 13:13That specific "ah."
  312. 13:17She’s so pretentious; five years ago in
  313. 13:19Egypt she was like, "Oh, holy crap!"
  314. 13:22Damn, and now she’s like—
  315. 13:25"Ah."
  316. 13:28She’s a completely different person when
  317. 13:30we’re abroad. She behaves so unnaturally
  318. 13:32.
  319. 13:33At home, she’s cursing me out, but
  320. 13:34abroad, she’s suddenly all European, you
  321. 13:36know, and she starts doing these weird
  322. 13:38gestures.
  323. 13:39I’m thinking, "Are you having a stroke,
  324. 13:40or what’s wrong with you?" Get it
  325. 13:41together already.
  326. 13:43And she buys everything when we’re
  327. 13:44abroad, she has no concept of numbers at
  328. 13:45all.
  329. 13:47She says, "In Moscow this costs 200,000
  330. 13:48, here it's 150." I say, it's Euros,
  331. 13:49damn it, do you even understand that?
  332. 13:53She says, I’ll just go into the store to
  333. 13:54look around. I keep an eye on her, and
  334. 13:55she’s already heading to the register
  335. 13:56with a bag.
  336. 13:57I feel a bit awkward arguing in front of
  337. 13:59foreigners, so I go up and say, "Put
  338. 14:02that back."
  339. 14:04And then the cashier switched to Russian
  340. 14:05. "If you take two, there’s a discount.
  341. 14:06" I’m thinking, what kind of crap is
  342. 14:08this, damn it?
  343. 14:09And my wife is like, "Oh, really?" Then
  344. 14:11just in Kazakh.
  345. 14:18And the cashier switched to Kazakh, I’m
  346. 14:20thinking, where are you even from, damn
  347. 14:21it, right?
  348. 14:24By the way, I recently had concerts in
  349. 14:26Dubai, Bali, and Thailand. My wife was
  350. 14:28like, "I’ll go with you to support you.
  351. 14:30"
  352. 14:33But for Kyzylorda, I had...
  353. 14:37I went there without any support.
  354. 14:42By the way, I have two kids with my wife
  355. 14:43.
  356. 14:44And, uh, yeah.
  357. 14:50My wife recently tells me, we need a "
  358. 14:52helper" nanny.
  359. 14:53I’m thinking, who the hell is that?
  360. 14:55A helper nanny, she says, you’re in the
  361. 14:57kitchen, grab me a beer.
  362. 15:04And we’re looking for a nanny now, and
  363. 15:06one nanny came to the interview with a
  364. 15:07boob job.
  365. 15:08And I don’t mind.
  366. 15:11My son is for it too.
  367. 15:14Even grandpa woke up.
  368. 15:16She says, if I have to, I can even crap
  369. 15:18myself.
  370. 15:24We’re just looking for a nanny now
  371. 15:26because, in my opinion, modern grandmas
  372. 15:28have lost their damn minds.
  373. 15:31They don't want to watch their grandkids
  374. 15:32.
  375. 15:32We recently wanted to have dinner with
  376. 15:34friends, with my wife. I say to my mom,
  377. 15:35"Can you watch the grandkids?" She says
  378. 15:37, "I have a nail appointment."
  379. 15:39I’m thinking, did they fall off, damn it
  380. 15:41, or what?
  381. 15:45And my wife asks her mom, and she just
  382. 15:46says, "I don't want to, damn it."
  383. 15:48I say, you’re a grandma, [ __ ], sit with
  384. 15:50the grandkids, you old woman.
  385. 15:57By the way, don't film this either.
  386. 16:01I’d rather get screwed in prison than at
  387. 16:03home.
  388. 16:13And when we were planning a family trip
  389. 16:14to Dubai, my mother-in-law was like, "
  390. 16:16I'll go with you and watch the grandkids
  391. 16:18."
  392. 16:21And here's what pisses me off every time
  393. 16:23I'm abroad. Our whole family didn't know
  394. 16:25English. And I’m embarrassed by my
  395. 16:27English every time, but at least I paid
  396. 16:30for all of this.
  397. 16:34We’re checking into a hotel. My wife
  398. 16:36says, "Go to the cafe and tell them we
  399. 16:37want to eat." Come on.
  400. 16:41I’m basically playing charades, like,
  401. 16:44yeah, how to eat.
  402. 16:46Huh? Me. Huh? My wife. Huh?
  403. 16:49My mother-in-law. Huh? I mean, the kids
  404. 16:52want to eat.
  405. 16:54I’m trying to do something like this. I
  406. 16:57turn to my family for a second, they’re
  407. 16:58all just standing there like meerkats.
  408. 17:07So, are we eating today or not?
  409. 17:15My mother-in-law tried to speak English
  410. 17:17there, but it looked terrifying.
  411. 17:23I came here to fight with the English
  412. 17:24language.
  413. 17:27I don’t know, maybe you’ve noticed,
  414. 17:28abroad, when they greet someone, they’re
  415. 17:29all like
  416. 17:33And my mother-in-law is like
  417. 17:36Why the hell are they all singing?
  418. 17:39Because nobody says "hello" like that
  419. 17:41back home.
  420. 17:43They only talk like that if they found
  421. 17:44something out about you.
  422. 17:51Like
  423. 17:54Hello, hello.
  424. 18:00Anyway, we got rid of that nanny with
  425. 18:02the fake boobs.
  426. 18:04And I don't want any others.
  427. 18:07I just put myself in my wife's shoes: if
  428. 18:09, I don't know, we hired a gardener who
  429. 18:11would come flying in like Tarzan,
  430. 18:12shirtless, and mowing the lawn with his
  431. 18:14glowing member.
  432. 18:21Why sit with these Who has kids? Give a
  433. 18:23round of applause if you have kids.
  434. 18:29How do you slack off with them? God damn
  435. 18:30it, it's just impossible.
  436. 18:32I love them, but they tire me—it's just
  437. 18:34You know, you know when you pull up to
  438. 18:35the house after work, you look in the
  439. 18:37window, and they’re like atoms, damn it
  440. 18:38, just bouncing all over the place.
  441. 18:42I’m never going in there.
  442. 18:46Because kids 'energy is just terrifying
  443. 18:48. They’re all like they're on coke or
  444. 18:50something.
  445. 18:57Even the dogs look at them, damn it.
  446. 18:59Relax, you hear me?
  447. 19:01Put your tongue back in.
  448. 19:04I swear, leave a kid at a water park for
  449. 19:07six months.
  450. 19:08You won't come back—wait, we're leaving
  451. 19:10already?
  452. 19:17You’ve got scales already.
  453. 19:20You’ve laid eggs, you idiot.
  454. 19:24Kids have insane energy, so I really
  455. 19:26don't understand why we're all so
  456. 19:29against child labor.
  457. 19:33Did anyone work as a kid? Anyone here?
  458. 19:34Give an applause.
  459. 19:36Yeah. You there, young lady.
  460. 19:38How old were you?
  461. 19:4014.
  462. 19:4014—that's basically childhood.
  463. 19:44I already had 5 years of experience,
  464. 19:45what are we talking about?
  465. 19:47What did you work as? What did you do?
  466. 19:49Sold meat pies and sold
  467. 19:51Sold what?
  468. 19:52Drug stashes.
  469. 19:53Oh, drug stashes. I got it.
  470. 19:56I got it.
  471. 19:58I personally worked on a pie-truck.
  472. 20:00No, I didn't live in a cartoon.
  473. 20:02Like, then I got a promotion, I worked
  474. 20:04on a pastry-plane, damn it. No.
  475. 20:08I delivered pastries, I worked in a
  476. 20:09pizzeria. I lived in Naples.
  477. 20:13And it's correctly pronounced "pizzeria
  478. 20:14," but we all said "pizzeria," because
  479. 20:16in Stepnogorsk, my hometown, if you
  480. 20:18correct someone’s stress, you’ll end up
  481. 20:20in the hospital.
  482. 20:25And our Russian teacher used to say: "
  483. 20:27Write it however you feel like, damn it
  484. 20:28."
  485. 20:33Leningraders with kids. The only thing
  486. 20:34is, I play FIFA on PlayStation with my
  487. 20:36son.
  488. 20:37But I give him a controller that’s not
  489. 20:38even plugged in, damn it, and
  490. 20:41he's 3 years old, he doesn't understand
  491. 20:43a damn thing, give him a controller,
  492. 20:44give him an eggplant, he doesn't get it
  493. 20:45at all.
  494. 20:47He's not the only one who doesn't
  495. 20:48understand. My wife thinks we’re
  496. 20:49watching actual football, damn it, so
  497. 20:55How are Leningraders with kids? In this
  498. 20:57regard, I admire kindergarten teachers.
  499. 21:00I honestly don't know what they're on.
  500. 21:04I mean, not a private kindergarten, but
  501. 21:06a public one with 1,000 kids in a group
  502. 21:08.
  503. 21:09Every time I wonder, how the hell does
  504. 21:11she get them to sleep?
  505. 21:13You've seen them, right? Lying there in
  506. 21:15rows. How does she do it?
  507. 21:17In the middle of the day, how the hell
  508. 21:18are they all sleeping?
  509. 21:21I feel like she lines them all up, grabs
  510. 21:23the wildest one, and just—
  511. 21:36"Well, we’re going to sleep now."
  512. 21:42Anyway, the kindergarten is cool. The
  513. 21:43only thing I remember is, there was this
  514. 21:45Maslenitsa event, and they invited
  515. 21:46parents.
  516. 21:47What did I think? I thought I’d come
  517. 21:49with my kids, we’d sit in the corner and
  518. 21:51watch the Slavic brethren having fun.
  519. 21:55I walk in, and my son is some sort of
  520. 21:57jester, my daughter bursts in like, "
  521. 21:59What the hell are you doing?"
  522. 22:02"Lyuli-lyuli," or whatever the hell
  523. 22:03you're supposed to say.
  524. 22:10Or in the yard, it’s weird with the
  525. 22:12Leningrad locals, this kind of situation
  526. 22:13. With my daughter, everything is fine,
  527. 22:15because she’s mixed, I’m mixed, everyone
  528. 22:17knows I’m her father.
  529. 22:18But when I’m with my son, he’s a redhead
  530. 22:21.
  531. 22:22He’s got big green eyes. He’s just some
  532. 22:24kid named Vitaly running around the yard
  533. 22:25.
  534. 22:26And when I yell at him, all the
  535. 22:27neighbors think, "Who is this guy?"
  536. 22:30"Why is he yelling at that Russian kid?
  537. 22:32"
  538. 22:34"He probably brought pizza, let him get
  539. 22:35lost." Right?
  540. 22:37He really is a redhead. I look at my
  541. 22:38wife, and she’s just like—
  542. 22:42And he still doesn't call me "Dad." He
  543. 22:43calls me "Uncle." Damn it, "Uncle."
  544. 22:46My wife says he’s saying it in English,
  545. 22:48like "Daddy."
  546. 22:51Soon he’ll walk up and say—
  547. 23:02"Get the hell out of here."
  548. 23:06And her parents tell me, "Over time,
  549. 23:07he'll start to look like you."
  550. 23:11Actually, it’s my parents asking me, "
  551. 23:12What’s going on, Nurlan?"
  552. 23:16"Over time, he’ll look like you." What
  553. 23:17are the odds that his eyes will narrow?
  554. 23:21Should I hit him every day or get him
  555. 23:22hammered?
  556. 23:24Or maybe put him on the sunniest,
  557. 23:26windiest side of the house so he turns
  558. 23:28into a [ __ ] by school?
  559. 23:33My wife also says, "Don't hit the kids
  560. 23:35every time." And she says, "You have to
  561. 23:37explain everything to kids." I agree,
  562. 23:39but the boy is three, he doesn't
  563. 23:40understand anything at all.
  564. 23:41He always walks around the house without
  565. 23:43underwear, always. He rejects underwear
  566. 23:45entirely.
  567. 23:46And not long ago, I was lying on the
  568. 23:48couch, he took a dump in the living room
  569. 23:51,
  570. 23:52grabbed the poop, and threw it at me.
  571. 23:59How do I explain to him
  572. 24:04that there are a ton of mistakes?
  573. 24:12I threw it back.
  574. 24:21And my own, mind you.
  575. 24:24It was like three kilos, I think.
  576. 24:27Gave the kid a concussion.
  577. 24:33The Leningrad local. Alright, with my
  578. 24:35own is one thing, but with others—I mean
  579. 24:38, my daughter’s friend comes over to
  580. 24:40visit. Such an unpleasant kid he’s
  581. 24:41growing up to be.
  582. 24:44Every single time he asks where we’re
  583. 24:45from.
  584. 24:49I think, should I get you high, damn it
  585. 24:50, or...And he constantly picks on my
  586. 24:51daughter, constantly pushing, pinching,
  587. 24:53hitting.
  588. 24:54And you can’t hit him, right? That’s why
  589. 24:55I’m teaching my daughter to hit back. I
  590. 24:57tell her, hit him right in the nose,
  591. 24:58until it bleeds.
  592. 25:01So, a couple of days pass, I’m watching
  593. 25:02them play. He starts pinching, pushing,
  594. 25:04and hitting again. She hits him right
  595. 25:06back in the nose, just like I taught her
  596. 25:07, but hits his Adam's apple instead.
  597. 25:11It was so [ __ ] awesome, to be honest
  598. 25:12.
  599. 25:16The best emotions.
  600. 25:18The funny thing is, the boy’s parents
  601. 25:19are amazing people. Both are kind,
  602. 25:21pleasant folks. And yet, such a little
  603. 25:23[ __ ] is growing up.
  604. 25:24Then his grandfather arrived, and I was
  605. 25:26like, oh, that explains everything.
  606. 25:28The grandpa turned out to be a racist.
  607. 25:29The grandpa points at me and talks to
  608. 25:31the parents like that. I can’t hear them
  609. 25:32, he’s like...
  610. 25:36Of course, they’re just...
  611. 25:54And I was standing right there, he’s
  612. 25:55pointing right at me, damn it.
  613. 25:58How hard it is to be a father, honestly
  614. 25:59.
  615. 26:00What is this, my son loves listening to
  616. 26:02kids' radio all the time.
  617. 26:03They have this segment where kids call
  618. 26:05in and, get this, show off their talents
  619. 26:07.
  620. 26:10On the radio.
  621. 26:12I can tap dance.
  622. 26:13And, goddamn it, I mean...and some girl
  623. 26:15calls in, and she has absolutely no
  624. 26:16talent. One girl calls.
  625. 26:18And the host says, "Hi, what’s your name
  626. 26:20?"
  627. 26:24"What’s your name?"
  628. 26:27"Katenka."
  629. 26:30"Hi, Katenka.""What can you do?""I can
  630. 26:33speak..."
  631. 26:36"Tongue twisters?""Yeah, yeah, yeah."
  632. 26:39No vowels, no consonants, damn it, you
  633. 26:41couldn’t understand a word.
  634. 26:43She was set on doing tongue twisters.
  635. 26:45And instead of the host hanging up, he’s
  636. 26:47like, "No, Katya, let’s hear your tongue
  637. 26:49twisters."
  638. 26:52And she starts...
  639. 26:58[ __ ] off, Katya, damn it, don’t ever
  640. 27:00call here again.
  641. 27:05If there are people here who want to
  642. 27:07become parents in the future, know this
  643. 27:09: you have to repeat everything to kids
  644. 27:11100 times.
  645. 27:12Especially the phrase "Go get dressed."
  646. 27:17Even though I wake up in the morning
  647. 27:18thinking—I am a father.
  648. 27:20I love them, I am calm.
  649. 27:24We’ll head to preschool now and
  650. 27:25everything will be fine.
  651. 27:27"Son, go get dressed."
  652. 27:31He went to the kitchen, damn it, just
  653. 27:32sitting there eating, and I’m thinking
  654. 27:33...
  655. 27:35I walk over, I say, "Go get dressed."
  656. 27:37It’s time, go get dressed.
  657. 27:3910 minutes pass, I can’t find him.
  658. 27:42What did he hide for? I say, "What are
  659. 27:43you doing?" He says, "We’re playing
  660. 27:44hide-and-seek." Nobody is playing
  661. 27:46hide-and-seek here right now, for [ __ ]
  662. 27:48sake.
  663. 27:49Go get dressed. He goes, damn it, and
  664. 27:51puts on his sister's tights. In the end
  665. 27:52, you dress him yourself, you know, when
  666. 27:54you dress them and give them a little
  667. 27:56smack.
  668. 27:57You know, when you've barely, goddamn it
  669. 27:58, pulled the pants up, like, put the hat
  670. 28:00on like
  671. 28:03And in the end you're driving in the car
  672. 28:04stressed, he's crying in the back, and
  673. 28:05that's for the sake of childhood, for
  674. 28:06childhood, dammit.
  675. 28:13And here's what strikes me—how hard it
  676. 28:15is to be a father and how easy it is to
  677. 28:17become one.
  678. 28:20You don't need anything at all.
  679. 28:22You just got a hard-on on a Tuesday,
  680. 28:23goddamn it, and that's it, you've got a
  681. 28:25son running around.
  682. 28:28I just noticed that people who struggle
  683. 28:30to conceive for a long time end up being
  684. 28:32the most responsible parents. I mean, "
  685. 28:3416 and Pregnant" has eight seasons, for
  686. 28:36god's sake, just imagine that.
  687. 28:37Has anyone here had sex in school?
  688. 28:39Anyone like that? Give it up for them.
  689. 28:44Absolutely.
  690. 28:46Okay, one person clapped. Yeah?
  691. 28:49Really? What grade were you in?
  692. 28:51Seventh grade.
  693. 28:52Seventh grade? Don't give me that
  694. 28:53[ __ ], man.
  695. 28:56Seventh grade?
  696. 28:58First grade, goddamn it.
  697. 29:01Right on September first, you get it?
  698. 29:07That's how it really went, right?
  699. 29:09An eleventh grader put a first grader on
  700. 29:11his shoulder, and put the principal on
  701. 29:12his face.
  702. 29:16In the seventh grade. With whom? With a
  703. 29:18boy, with a girl?
  704. 29:21Yeah? Or are you—judging by you, you
  705. 29:23look like a gym teacher, goddamn it.
  706. 29:26And the girls applauded?
  707. 29:28Of course.
  708. 29:30Although there was always that one
  709. 29:32little [ __ ] in every class.
  710. 29:36You know, when some guy shows up to see
  711. 29:37your classmate, and everyone's like, who
  712. 29:38? Dad's friend, goddamn it? What the
  713. 29:39hell is going on?
  714. 29:41It's just weird that she's getting laid
  715. 29:42at 16, and you're just standing there
  716. 29:43kicking your buddy's backpack, dammit.
  717. 29:47She's already there, dammit, "choke me
  718. 29:49with his towel," getting a sick thrill
  719. 29:50out of it, goddamn it.
  720. 29:56And you both finish.
  721. 29:59Now, why did I start talking about this
  722. 30:00? Some kid at kindergarten recently
  723. 30:02showed my daughter his wiener.
  724. 30:05My wife tells me: "Teach him a lesson."
  725. 30:08How? Show him mine?
  726. 30:13"Hey, come here and take a look.""Here.
  727. 30:15""And here's mine, goddamn it."
  728. 30:19And he's like, "Whoa," and you're like
  729. 30:24After that incident, I realized that we
  730. 30:26never talk to our parents about sex at
  731. 30:28all. Did anyone try talking to their
  732. 30:30parents about sex when they were kids?
  733. 30:32Any of those? Give it up.
  734. 30:33Yeah?
  735. 30:35Okay, this lady here. How old were you?
  736. 30:37I was
  737. 30:37I was 5 years old.
  738. 30:395 years old? And what the hell happened
  739. 30:41?
  740. 30:44At 5 years old, did you just walk into
  741. 30:45your parents 'room at night like, "Hey
  742. 30:47mom, dad, looks like we're gonna have a
  743. 30:48little chat, damn it?"
  744. 30:55"I'll be waiting in the hallway."
  745. 31:02I don't understand how you can discuss
  746. 31:04that with your parents. That's a family
  747. 31:05taboo, right? There's a huge fear of
  748. 31:07your parents, because everyone remembers
  749. 31:09that moment when the whole family is
  750. 31:10watching TV.
  751. 31:15As soon as the kissing scenes start,
  752. 31:16goddamn it, the tension in the room is
  753. 31:18so high.
  754. 31:22Grandma's practically ready to reach for
  755. 31:24the shotgun. Alright, [ __ ], nobody look
  756. 31:26.
  757. 31:28Face to the floor.
  758. 31:33I remember our remote didn't work, so my
  759. 31:34grandpa just, [ __ ], threw the TV out.
  760. 31:38Jumped out the window with it, too.
  761. 31:44Also, here's what I don't get about
  762. 31:45modern parenting.
  763. 31:47Why did we only just realize that
  764. 31:50hitting kids is bad?
  765. 31:55Why the [ __ ] does it end with my
  766. 31:57generation?
  767. 32:01It’s just...
  768. 32:06It’s just that when my mom plays with my
  769. 32:08kids, she’s so sweet.
  770. 32:12I look at her like, "Hey."
  771. 32:18"I know who you are."
  772. 32:24Though she even has a different voice.
  773. 32:25Turns out she knows how to talk like
  774. 32:27this.
  775. 32:28"Sit, little cutie, goo-goo, little
  776. 32:30cutie." I just get a flashback: "I’ll
  777. 32:32kill you, damn it!"
  778. 32:35But now she can do this.
  779. 32:39I’m curious, who here had strict parents
  780. 32:41? Any of you? Give me a clap.
  781. 32:43Yeah?
  782. 32:45How about you, miss?
  783. 32:46How did strictness show up in your
  784. 32:47family?
  785. 32:55Purely my kind of audience, [ __ ].
  786. 33:01And that’s just the front row, damn.
  787. 33:03Up on the balcony too?
  788. 33:11Did you have strict parents?
  789. 33:13No, not anymore.
  790. 33:16Okay, here's a question. Did you get
  791. 33:18beaten as a kid?
  792. 33:19No? No? Goodbye then. I said strict—who
  793. 33:21had parents that shot at them? Anyone?
  794. 33:26Okay. Did anyone get hit with a belt?
  795. 33:28Any of you? Yeah?
  796. 33:30Did your mom ever say, "Go get the belt
  797. 33:32"? Like, [ __ ], go get it yourself.
  798. 33:37Why do I have to be humiliated too?
  799. 33:43Alright, the belt. My mom once hit me
  800. 33:45with a spirit level.
  801. 33:50She wasn't even a construction worker. I
  802. 33:51have no idea where she even got that
  803. 33:52thing.
  804. 33:54But she hit me perfectly perpendicular.
  805. 33:57Because Grandpa was standing right there
  806. 33:58, goddammit. "A little more to the left
  807. 33:59."
  808. 34:04Did you ever get hit in your sleep?
  809. 34:06You know, waking up to a beating, when
  810. 34:07you’re...
  811. 34:09And Mom’s just like, "Fine, go back to
  812. 34:11sleep."
  813. 34:17In my family, it wasn't just my mom who
  814. 34:18hit me. Honestly, everyone in my family
  815. 34:20beat the [ __ ] out of me. I don’t get it
  816. 34:21. Even my aunt beat me up. I’m like, "
  817. 34:22Auntie, seriously, stay away from me."
  818. 34:25What kind of character is an aunt in a
  819. 34:27family, anyway?
  820. 34:28She only showed up when we were at the
  821. 34:29table and I was getting hit, [ __ ].
  822. 34:30That’s it.
  823. 34:32Or maybe they called her: "Hey, we're
  824. 34:33beating our kid today, come on over."
  825. 34:37The only one who didn't hit me was my
  826. 34:39grandpa. But Grandpa would stand up from
  827. 34:40his chair really fast.
  828. 34:41That was even scarier.
  829. 34:43"Go do something.""I don't want to, [ __ ]
  830. 34:45." No, that's it, I’m already gone,
  831. 34:46goddammit.
  832. 34:47I’m already on the other side of town, I
  833. 34:49already did everything.
  834. 34:52It’s scary.
  835. 34:53But the scariest part is when your mom
  836. 34:56runs at you.
  837. 35:03And you're just like...
  838. 35:13Where was I running to? To a one-room
  839. 35:14apartment, [ __ ]. Where am I even running
  840. 35:15?
  841. 35:22The funniest moment, you know, is when
  842. 35:24you’re growing up and slowly realize
  843. 35:26you’re already stronger than your mom.
  844. 35:30And she catches onto that vibe.
  845. 35:35Like she’s walking confidently, but in
  846. 35:36her eyes, there’s that look of:
  847. 35:41"Well, I'll give it a shot."
  848. 35:44And you just sit there calmly, just
  849. 35:46accepting it, damn it.
  850. 35:49Still doing the same old stuff, damn it
  851. 35:50.
  852. 35:57Yeah, it's weird that your mom hit you
  853. 35:59as a kid.
  854. 36:01Now, when I remind her of it, she’s like
  855. 36:03, "That never happened."
  856. 36:07"Who hit you?" You say, "Look, there's
  857. 36:09the scar all over my body."
  858. 36:12Then comes stage two: she says, "Do you
  859. 36:14know how they hit me when I was a kid?"
  860. 36:16What kind of stories are those? It turns
  861. 36:18out she died twice, apparently.
  862. 36:24And stage three is my favorite—it’s the
  863. 36:26guilt trip, where she’s like, "Yeah,
  864. 36:28yeah, you have a bad mother, go ahead,
  865. 36:29blame me, uh-huh."
  866. 36:31"I raised you poorly."
  867. 36:35And in the end: "I didn't beat you
  868. 36:36enough, you hear me?"
  869. 36:42My whole childhood was spent on edge.
  870. 36:44And those nerves got even worse when we
  871. 36:46were all getting ready for New Year's.
  872. 36:49You’d think it’s a holiday, but damn,
  873. 36:51everyone is just so tense.
  874. 36:53First of all, no matter what time you
  875. 36:54woke up on December 31st, you’d already
  876. 36:56missed everything.
  877. 36:58I remember getting beaten because I
  878. 36:59didn't cut an egg the right way. I’m
  879. 37:00thinking, should I give you mine or what
  880. 37:02? And my mother would be screaming all
  881. 37:04day, all day long.
  882. 37:07And then at 12:00, the chimes ring, and
  883. 37:08she’s like, "Oh, damn, family, family,
  884. 37:10damn.""Happy New Year."
  885. 37:12"Happy new happiness."
  886. 37:20My whole childhood was on edge, so I
  887. 37:22remember the first time I got into a
  888. 37:24calm family as a kid,
  889. 37:27I actually felt sick.
  890. 37:30Because we went to visit a classmate at
  891. 37:32his place, and his dad meets us and says
  892. 37:33, "Hi, son," and kisses him on the
  893. 37:35forehead. I’m like, "This is some
  894. 37:36unhealthy crap."
  895. 37:40"Is he screwing you? Tell the truth."
  896. 37:48Also, I’m too lazy to play with my kids
  897. 37:51, since I don’t recall my parents ever
  898. 37:53playing with me.
  899. 37:54The most I got was my grandpa playing
  900. 37:56chess with me.
  901. 37:57I never won a single time; he didn't go
  902. 37:59easy on me at all.
  903. 38:01After every game, I’d sit there crying
  904. 38:04because he’d get up and do this to me.
  905. 38:11Or we’d play cards, and there was zero
  906. 38:12chance there. That’s when the "shoulder
  907. 38:14straps" at the end start.
  908. 38:16He stuck one card up my ass,
  909. 38:20And I’m sitting there with this fan of
  910. 38:22cards.
  911. 38:28I’m thinking, "Grandpa, maybe you could
  912. 38:29finally tell me the damn rules?"
  913. 38:37I don’t even know if I want my kids to
  914. 38:39be happy or successful. Because those
  915. 38:42are two completely different upbringings
  916. 38:43. The happiest people are the stupid
  917. 38:45ones, right?
  918. 38:46Just look at Jagan, the happiest person
  919. 38:48alive.
  920. 38:50I realized that because I grew up in
  921. 38:52poverty, and also because I'm dim, on
  922. 38:54one hand, I'm glad my kids live in
  923. 38:56plenty.
  924. 38:57But on the other hand, I really don't
  925. 38:58understand why they aren't grateful to
  926. 39:00me for it.
  927. 39:01I don't just want to hear "dad," I want
  928. 39:03to hear "thank you so much, father,"
  929. 39:05every single morning.
  930. 39:07I actually want every meal to start with
  931. 39:09a toast in my honor.
  932. 39:13I want my son to stand up and say, "I
  933. 39:14want to drink to the head of the family
  934. 39:15."
  935. 39:18"Dad, thanks for the shelter, for the
  936. 39:20food, and for the fact that we go to
  937. 39:22kindergarten in a car and not on a sled
  938. 39:23in summer."
  939. 39:26"I swear, that was the last time I threw
  940. 39:28poop at you, it won't happen again."
  941. 39:31Of course, I'd want to say something
  942. 39:32about their mother too. "Try harder.""
  943. 39:34Pop, this is for you."
  944. 39:44Though, honestly, I don't fully feel
  945. 39:45like a father yet.
  946. 39:46I say these parent phrases, but I don't
  947. 39:48even believe in them myself.
  948. 39:49When they’re acting up before bed, I
  949. 39:51shout into their room, "Hey now!"
  950. 39:54They calm down. But I realized, if they
  951. 39:56don't stop, I honestly don't even know
  952. 39:58what else to say.
  953. 39:59Like, "hey now, come on now."
  954. 40:04I even seriously told them recently, "
  955. 40:06this is your final warning."
  956. 40:08"Are you a [ __ ] idiot or what?"
  957. 40:10You know, I don't believe I'm a father.
  958. 40:11I lecture them like, "you can't do that
  959. 40:13." Then I walk into the room and think,
  960. 40:14"damn, you really can't."
  961. 40:19They'll figure out soon enough that I'm
  962. 40:20dumber than they are.
  963. 40:23That my daughter is definitely smarter
  964. 40:24than me.
  965. 40:26We were playing with LEGO recently, and
  966. 40:28in the middle of it, she says, "focus."
  967. 40:36I think she wasn't even talking about
  968. 40:38the game, she was saying that to me
  969. 40:39about life.
  970. 40:41That I'm just incredibly dim. I realized
  971. 40:43that recently.
  972. 40:45I don't understand a single thing.
  973. 40:47For me, this Apple Pay thing is a total
  974. 40:49mystery.
  975. 40:50When they told me the phone pays for
  976. 40:52things, I handed over my phone twice.
  977. 40:56I don't understand a single thing. Take
  978. 40:58a phone, for example.
  979. 41:00Hello?
  980. 41:01How do they hear me?
  981. 41:03When there were wires, I thought, what?
  982. 41:04I speak, and my little voice travels
  983. 41:06down the wire.
  984. 41:10How does it work now?
  985. 41:13And yet, many of us have higher
  986. 41:15education.
  987. 41:16Perhaps our universities allow us to be
  988. 41:18dim. I doubt there’s some guy at Oxford
  989. 41:20walking to all his lectures with just a
  990. 41:21plastic bag, like.
  991. 41:24His "svaya" is always with him. I’m
  992. 41:26standing there by the schedule like this
  993. 41:27. "Where's the schedule?"
  994. 41:32Just because I'm dim, all these adult
  995. 41:34things stress me out. People keep
  996. 41:36telling me, "Nurlan, you need to
  997. 41:37register a legal entity." I think I
  998. 41:39should get this face registered,
  999. 41:40honestly.
  1000. 41:41Or when I'm at the bank. I always feel
  1001. 41:43uncomfortable when they print out a
  1002. 41:44million papers, you know, and are like,
  1003. 41:45"Check your details." And you're like, "
  1004. 41:47Sure."
  1005. 41:50You're thinking to yourself, how many
  1006. 41:51minutes would it take me to actually
  1007. 41:52read this?
  1008. 41:54I see my last name and go, "Oh, that's
  1009. 41:56me."
  1010. 42:00Then there's the signature. People with
  1011. 42:01overly fancy signatures annoy me. You
  1012. 42:03know, when they get going and it's, damn
  1013. 42:05it, a whole sentence, damn it.
  1014. 42:06Then there’s some roof drawn on there.
  1015. 42:09Parked some cars here, damn it.
  1016. 42:12They pull out markers and start coloring
  1017. 42:14the whole thing in.
  1018. 42:15I just have the letter N, and the rest
  1019. 42:17is just, damn it, a jazz improvisation.
  1020. 42:25Then they also write "printed name." I
  1021. 42:26think, "Printed name?"
  1022. 42:31Are they going to decipher the signature
  1023. 42:32here, damn it, or what?
  1024. 42:36I try to improve myself, I really do. I
  1025. 42:39go to museums.
  1026. 42:40I don't understand a damn thing, I just
  1027. 42:42stand there with a smart look on my face
  1028. 42:43, like, "This is very profound."
  1029. 42:45And it turns out to be the fire escape
  1030. 42:46plan.
  1031. 42:49I don't feel comfortable anywhere, even
  1032. 42:51in hookah lounges.
  1033. 42:54And even then, sometimes it feels like
  1034. 42:55the hookah guy wants to hit on me,
  1035. 42:56because he appears out of nowhere in the
  1036. 42:57smoke: "What would you like?"
  1037. 43:03"Do you want grapefruit or mint?"
  1038. 43:06Just slow down, man.
  1039. 43:08You know when they push everything: "
  1040. 43:09Let me get it started for you." You say
  1041. 43:10: "No, I can handle it.""Let me get it
  1042. 43:12started."
  1043. 43:13And he looks you right in the eyes.
  1044. 43:18"We're brothers, man, here's the hose,
  1045. 43:19come on."
  1046. 43:26I don't even feel like a full-fledged
  1047. 43:28man because I can't do anything around
  1048. 43:30the house.
  1049. 43:31You know when the flush button on the
  1050. 43:33toilet just quits? You know when that
  1051. 43:34happens?
  1052. 43:36"Just go outside, yeah, what are you
  1053. 43:37doing?"
  1054. 43:39My wife and I just stand there waiting
  1055. 43:40in line, damn it, for this thing.
  1056. 43:42She says: "What are we going to do?" I
  1057. 43:43say: "Well, we’re screwed, damn it, I
  1058. 43:44don't know what we're going to do."
  1059. 43:49I called a plumber to fix the problem,
  1060. 43:51and a [ __ ] just like me showed up. Now
  1061. 43:53the three of us are just waiting in line
  1062. 43:55.
  1063. 43:56He says: "Have you guys [ __ ] in the
  1064. 43:57bathtub?" I say: "Has it come to that
  1065. 43:58already?"
  1066. 44:01By the way, I knew right away that this
  1067. 44:03plumber didn't know his stuff because he
  1068. 44:04used formal speech with me.
  1069. 44:06A real plumber who knows his stuff just
  1070. 44:08barges in with confidence, saying: "Hey
  1071. 44:10lady, throw on a robe and seduce me,
  1072. 44:12come on, damn it."
  1073. 44:16He says that to me.
  1074. 44:23A plumber who knows his stuff always has
  1075. 44:24his butt crack showing, damn it, always
  1076. 44:26showing.
  1077. 44:29Any day, from any angle.
  1078. 44:33Even if he’s wearing a jacket, damn it,
  1079. 44:34his crack is still right there.
  1080. 44:40He’s working on repairs, and for some
  1081. 44:41reason, I’m just standing there next to
  1082. 44:42him, damn it, watching this.
  1083. 44:47I find myself glancing at his ass for
  1084. 44:48some reason.
  1085. 44:55My wife just says: maybe they'll steal
  1086. 44:56something? I say: "What?""Your hair from
  1087. 44:58the bathroom?"
  1088. 45:02Or I walk in there, and he’s taking a
  1089. 45:03bath or something.
  1090. 45:11I can't even talk to plumbers because
  1091. 45:13they throw around terms like, "Well,
  1092. 45:14Nurlan, how's your riser doing?"
  1093. 45:18It's fine.
  1094. 45:23How's yours?
  1095. 45:30I’m just not cut out for handyman stuff
  1096. 45:31at all. So, guys, who here likes a steam
  1097. 45:32bath? Are there any of you who like the
  1098. 45:33sauna? Yeah?
  1099. 45:37Listen, I like the sauna, but I have a
  1100. 45:38friend who is a total sauna fanatic. You
  1101. 45:40know, when you're in the steam room, on
  1102. 45:41the verge of a stroke or heart attack,
  1103. 45:42skin burning like hell, and he sits
  1104. 45:43there opposite you: "This is great,
  1105. 45:44dammit!"
  1106. 45:46He pours water on that thing a million
  1107. 45:47times.
  1108. 45:50You're not supposed to pour it directly
  1109. 45:51on the thermometer.
  1110. 45:53He beats me with that whisk from every
  1111. 45:55side, damn it. I’m thinking, maybe we
  1112. 45:56should just go into the steam room, for
  1113. 45:57God's sake? How much more of this can I
  1114. 45:58take?
  1115. 46:00I hate that steam room. I like a Finnish
  1116. 46:02sauna, you know? It’s like a room that
  1117. 46:03hasn't been aired out, you’re just
  1118. 46:04sitting there, it’s fine.
  1119. 46:07Or a hammam, but in the hammam, this
  1120. 46:08boiling water drips from the ceiling.
  1121. 46:10You know, when you sat down, relaxed,
  1122. 46:12and then you're like:
  1123. 46:18Did anyone just [ __ ] themselves?
  1124. 46:20Then there’s the regular sauna, but that
  1125. 46:22place has become a hellhole. There’s
  1126. 46:24that couch covered in jizz, which...
  1127. 46:29You sit on it and you’re already
  1128. 46:30pregnant.
  1129. 46:35That’s why you have to bring your own
  1130. 46:37flip-flops, because the sauna provides
  1131. 46:39two types. The first is this piece of
  1132. 46:41old tire.
  1133. 46:44Women's size 45,
  1134. 46:47and men's, damn it, size 93.
  1135. 46:52You look closely at them, and there’s a
  1136. 46:54little fungus going: "Hi!"
  1137. 47:00And the second ones are those covers,
  1138. 47:01those paper-thin napkins that are
  1139. 47:02basically nothing. You know, the ones
  1140. 47:03where you put them on, immediately slip
  1141. 47:04, and bash your head on the floor.
  1142. 47:08You try to throw them away like this,
  1143. 47:10and they scatter like autumn leaves.
  1144. 47:17You go for a massage, and they give you
  1145. 47:18these tiny panties.
  1146. 47:21What is this, an earring, damn it? What
  1147. 47:22is this thing?
  1148. 47:25You barely managed to stretch this shoe
  1149. 47:27cover over your balls.
  1150. 47:33You lay down, and he says, "Lower them a
  1151. 47:34bit." There’s nothing to lower there.
  1152. 47:37Or you lowered yours too, you bastard.
  1153. 47:39What is happening?
  1154. 47:47Also, guys, if you go to the sauna,
  1155. 47:48please, stop flying into the steam room
  1156. 47:50naked.
  1157. 47:52You know, when you got into the steam
  1158. 47:55room, sat down lower,
  1159. 48:03closed your eyes.
  1160. 48:06You open them, and there’s a clown nose
  1161. 48:08shaking right there.
  1162. 48:11What’s wrong with you, Niko? Oh, that
  1163. 48:13feels good!
  1164. 48:21I also noticed, if you’re the first to
  1165. 48:23leave the steam room, what do they say?
  1166. 48:25We’ve got a weakling here.
  1167. 48:28If you're with a group like that, I
  1168. 48:29suggest a solution: while you’re in the
  1169. 48:31steam room, you need to let out a good
  1170. 48:32fart.
  1171. 48:38Preferably onto the rocks.
  1172. 48:45Run out and lock the door behind you.
  1173. 48:48We’ll see who the weakling is then.
  1174. 48:53I recently took my son to a bathhouse;
  1175. 48:55it was his first time.
  1176. 48:56We left the steam room and headed for
  1177. 48:57the locker room. The path to the locker
  1178. 48:59room goes through the shower area.
  1179. 49:01There were naked men washing there, and
  1180. 49:03in a row, they look exactly like
  1181. 49:04elephants at a watering hole.
  1182. 49:07And my son was seeing this for the first
  1183. 49:08time, and he’s like,
  1184. 49:11"Dad."
  1185. 49:13I mean, you know, so much shitty stuff
  1186. 49:14in one day, well...
  1187. 49:17It was a shitty day for him, basically.
  1188. 49:21I said, "That’s it, son, let’s go." He’s
  1189. 49:23like, "Dad."
  1190. 49:34I just remembered my own childhood.
  1191. 49:37You know, when you go to the bathhouse
  1192. 49:38when you're little with relatives, with
  1193. 49:40uncles, and some of them are naked too.
  1194. 49:42You walk into the steam room, and even
  1195. 49:44as a little kid, you realize you're
  1196. 49:46unlikely to become gay.
  1197. 49:51Because you look with your child's eyes
  1198. 49:53at these monsters between their legs and
  1199. 49:55think,
  1200. 50:01"I definitely don't want to kiss that."
  1201. 50:10That penises in the bathhouse are
  1202. 50:11disgusting.
  1203. 50:13Well, not all of them, yeah, I mean...
  1204. 50:15no, there are some beautiful ones, yeah
  1205. 50:17.
  1206. 50:18No. Listen, I don't mean that you look
  1207. 50:20and go, "Holy [ __ ]."
  1208. 50:22I mean, like, they're so confident, you
  1209. 50:25know, like, "Salam Alaikum." You get it
  1210. 50:27, right?
  1211. 50:28Because a classic, classic penis looks
  1212. 50:31pathetic. It looks like the "Zhdun" meme
  1213. 50:32.
  1214. 50:41With that hood on it too.
  1215. 50:47Ladies, what are you laughing at?
  1216. 50:50It's no picnic down there for you either
  1217. 50:51, let me tell you.
  1218. 50:57Maybe from your angle you think, "What
  1219. 50:58kind of little flower do I have?"
  1220. 51:03Then you open it and you're like, "Ah!"
  1221. 51:06An open wound.
  1222. 51:13Did someone tear a shawarma on you, or
  1223. 51:14what is that?
  1224. 51:21I’m sure...get ready.
  1225. 51:24I’m sure when a woman sits with her legs
  1226. 51:26crossed, her vagina looks like Sylvester
  1227. 51:29Stallone’s mouth.
  1228. 51:43Anyway, I’m trying to better myself.
  1229. 51:57Since I have kids, goddamn it.
  1230. 52:00When they ask me how the world works, I
  1231. 52:02break into a sweat every time.
  1232. 52:04"Dad, why is the sky blue?" I sit there
  1233. 52:06and think, "Indeed."
  1234. 52:09That’s why in our family, everything is
  1235. 52:11a miracle.
  1236. 52:15"Everything is a wonderful marvel, son.
  1237. 52:16"
  1238. 52:17"Dad, why is everything God’s will?""
  1239. 52:19[ __ ] off."
  1240. 52:24And honestly, I’m not very spiritually
  1241. 52:26developed, because in my hometown,
  1242. 52:28Stepnogorsk, after the Soviet period,
  1243. 52:30when God officially returned in the
  1244. 52:31nineties,
  1245. 52:37we had this, you know, a mix of Islam
  1246. 52:39and Christianity, because people just
  1247. 52:40remembered whatever they could.
  1248. 52:46They’d be dunking rams into ice holes
  1249. 52:47for some reason.
  1250. 52:52At Easter, everyone was dyeing eggs like
  1251. 52:54crazy.
  1252. 52:56Then these Jehovah’s Witnesses showed up
  1253. 52:58.
  1254. 52:59They were pushed out by another sect—
  1255. 53:00Avon.
  1256. 53:04Yes, there was a lot of ignorance in my
  1257. 53:06hometown. Actually, that ignorance
  1258. 53:07brought everyone together. I remember we
  1259. 53:09celebrated all the holidays regardless
  1260. 53:11of nationality.
  1261. 53:12I remember we even went out sometimes as
  1262. 53:14Kazakhs to celebrate Kolyadki, Kolyadki
  1263. 53:15.
  1264. 53:16Even Chechens used to go caroling with
  1265. 53:17us, saying "Caroling, caroling." Yeah?
  1266. 53:19So yeah, we were pretty close.
  1267. 53:21The only ones who looked at us sideways
  1268. 53:22were the Gypsies, well, they're heathens
  1269. 53:23.
  1270. 53:28I've noticed we believe in absolutely
  1271. 53:30everything. Who here believes in
  1272. 53:31horoscopes? Anyone? Raise your hands.
  1273. 53:33Yeah?
  1274. 53:34This young lady here. What's your sign?
  1275. 53:37Capricorn.
  1276. 53:38Why the hell did I ask? Damn, I don't
  1277. 53:39understand a thing.
  1278. 53:41You know when a horoscope comes on in a
  1279. 53:42taxi and you say, who even listens to
  1280. 53:44this crap? Then it says Taurus, and
  1281. 53:45you're like, oh.
  1282. 53:50And who believes in omens? Any of you?
  1283. 53:52Raise your hands, omens. Yeah? What's
  1284. 53:54the most important omen in your life?
  1285. 53:56Superstition?
  1286. 53:58Superstition? I don't know. Probably.
  1287. 54:02I already have questions for myself.
  1288. 54:05Your superstitions, Nurlan.
  1289. 54:08Any omen at all.
  1290. 54:10Without eyes?
  1291. 54:12Wait, hold on, maybe I'm not hearing you
  1292. 54:13right.
  1293. 54:23Say the omen again, nice and loud.
  1294. 54:25The evil eye.
  1295. 54:30Second row, just a reminder.
  1296. 54:35Damn it, does anyone have an actual omen
  1297. 54:36?
  1298. 54:38Yes, please. Your omen.
  1299. 54:40Once more.
  1300. 54:41A black Korean woman walked by.
  1301. 54:43Right, got it.
  1302. 54:47Is anyone going to say anything?
  1303. 54:49You didn't come here for me at all, did
  1304. 54:50you? You're probably wondering where the
  1305. 54:52rest of BTS is.
  1306. 54:54A black cat, otherwise what?
  1307. 54:57Crosses the road.
  1308. 54:58Crosses the road.
  1309. 55:12Talking to you was a very bad idea.
  1310. 55:20My mother hammered an omen into me since
  1311. 55:21I was a kid. I can't get rid of it. You
  1312. 55:23know, when I leave the house, forget
  1313. 55:24something, come back, I have to look in
  1314. 55:26the mirror.
  1315. 55:28What are you clapping for? It's the
  1316. 55:30dumbest moment of my life.
  1317. 55:32You have absolutely zero thoughts in
  1318. 55:33your head. You're just like a dog, damn
  1319. 55:34it, just a dog.
  1320. 55:41Sometimes I trick myself, you know, I'm
  1321. 55:42looking for my keys and I'm like, wait,
  1322. 55:43I actually believe in this crap. Am I,
  1323. 55:44like, an idiot or something?
  1324. 55:53My wife also believes in itching omens.
  1325. 55:55You know, foot itches—you're going for a
  1326. 55:56walk, eye itches—it's going to rain,
  1327. 55:57hand itches—just go take a shower, for
  1328. 55:59god's sake.
  1329. 56:01Her left hand is itching, what does that
  1330. 56:03mean?
  1331. 56:04Money.
  1332. 56:04Damn, holy [ __ ], like a choir. Right.
  1333. 56:08She scratches it, kisses it, and puts it
  1334. 56:09in her pocket.
  1335. 56:12My wife, my mom, and my mother-in-law
  1336. 56:14all believe this.
  1337. 56:15And not a damn cent to show for it.
  1338. 56:22I'm the one slaving away while they just
  1339. 56:23stand there scratching their hands.
  1340. 56:30And I have to figure everything out.
  1341. 56:31Honestly, I'm just tired. How are you
  1342. 56:33all finding adult life? To me, it's a
  1343. 56:35giant horse [ __ ], honestly. Figuring
  1344. 56:37everything out, so much responsibility,
  1345. 56:39so much stress.
  1346. 56:40I also have stomach issues from stress.
  1347. 56:42I don't know about you, but when I'm
  1348. 56:44stressed, I immediately, damn it, it's
  1349. 56:45just a nightmare.
  1350. 56:47And I've noticed, the worse the event,
  1351. 56:49the looser the bowels.
  1352. 56:54And if you've knocked back some coffee,
  1353. 56:56damn, that's it, you're driving home at
  1354. 56:57like a hundred.
  1355. 57:06So much stress in life. Just recently my
  1356. 57:08wife asks me before bed: Are you happy?
  1357. 57:14First off, how am I supposed to sleep
  1358. 57:15after a phrase like that?
  1359. 57:18That's the same as asking a woman before
  1360. 57:20sleep, do you even think you're pretty
  1361. 57:22or not? Goodnight.
  1362. 57:36And I’m not getting any sleep at all.
  1363. 57:38I’m severely sleep-deprived because my
  1364. 57:40son has his own room, his own bed.
  1365. 57:43He constantly comes to us at night and
  1366. 57:44pees in our bed.
  1367. 57:47He shows up every night like he’s
  1368. 57:48punching a clock.
  1369. 57:51Sometimes his eyes aren't even closed,
  1370. 57:53he just walks up like, what?
  1371. 57:58Sweet dreams.
  1372. 58:04And it's so much, we're literally
  1373. 58:05swimming in pee at that moment.
  1374. 58:09At that exact moment, my wife’s stomach
  1375. 58:10starts growling, you know that sound?
  1376. 58:15Who’s in there, is Dzhigurda waking up
  1377. 58:17or what?
  1378. 58:20Then she asks me, is that you or me?
  1379. 58:29How can you not feel it?
  1380. 58:35It’s your own body.
  1381. 58:38That’s like her asking, is that your
  1382. 58:40boner or mine?
  1383. 58:45I think he’s even pooping on me now.
  1384. 58:48I’m holding his head up so he doesn’t
  1385. 58:49drown, damn it.
  1386. 58:50And there's this fly buzzing around,
  1387. 58:51goddamn. Where did you even come from,
  1388. 58:53it’s February? Did you fly in here
  1389. 58:54wearing a jacket, huh?
  1390. 58:56And she asks me before sleep, are you
  1391. 58:57happy?
  1392. 59:04That’s why I’m planning on going insane
  1393. 59:06.
  1394. 59:09I want to become a cat.
  1395. 59:13Because you can lick your balls and zero
  1396. 59:15questions asked.
  1397. 59:19But you try to scratch them as a man and
  1398. 59:20the wife’s like—why are you scratching,
  1399. 59:21why are you...
  1400. 59:26Because they’re itchy.
  1401. 59:29Just let me scratch, what’s the problem
  1402. 59:30?
  1403. 59:35I’m not sniffing them.
  1404. 59:40Well, I walk away and sniff them—pure
  1405. 59:41happiness.
  1406. 59:49Ladies, you probably just don't
  1407. 59:50understand what’s going on down there
  1408. 59:51for us. Let me explain.
  1409. 59:53Sometimes it’s like...
  1410. 59:57I get a little action and end up in such
  1411. 59:59a wreck,
  1412. 1:00:03that even if they itch, I have to peel
  1413. 1:00:05them off.
  1414. 1:00:15And the son, fine at night, but he comes
  1415. 1:00:17in the morning, lies in that pee, and
  1416. 1:00:19sings songs, damn it, right into my ear
  1417. 1:00:20and won't let me sleep.
  1418. 1:00:22Recently, I don't even know what that
  1419. 1:00:24was. 5:00 AM, I'm sleeping. Here's my
  1420. 1:00:26ear. He walks up and goes like...
  1421. 1:00:30Hello?
  1422. 1:00:37Who the hell are you calling?
  1423. 1:00:42And his sister, my daughter, is named
  1424. 1:00:43Madina, and he’s like—I’m Madina, I’m
  1425. 1:00:45Madina, damn it. You [ __ ].
  1426. 1:00:48You little ginger prick, you've worn me
  1427. 1:00:49out, damn you.
  1428. 1:00:55I am definitely going to lose my mind.
  1429. 1:00:58At first I also thought about becoming a
  1430. 1:01:00little baby, you know, pretending I’m
  1431. 1:01:01two years old, pooping my pants, so
  1432. 1:01:02everyone would go, "Oh, don't touch
  1433. 1:01:03Nurrik."
  1434. 1:01:05But then I realized, no, I want to
  1435. 1:01:07become a grandpa.
  1436. 1:01:09Because, unlike a child, no one has any
  1437. 1:01:11expectations for a grandpa.
  1438. 1:01:15A grandpa is the ideal life form.
  1439. 1:01:18A grandpa at home is just [ __ ] decor
  1440. 1:01:19, seriously.
  1441. 1:01:25How many dollars? Who gives a flying
  1442. 1:01:27[ __ ].
  1443. 1:01:32And a grandpa says whatever he wants.
  1444. 1:01:33Ever notice?
  1445. 1:01:35In adult life, we try to smooth over
  1446. 1:01:37edges when we talk. He doesn't give a
  1447. 1:01:38damn. A thought pops into his head, boom
  1448. 1:01:39, out it comes right away.
  1449. 1:01:42You know, guests are over, he’s sitting
  1450. 1:01:43in the corner, listening to someone like
  1451. 1:01:44, "A-a-ah."
  1452. 1:01:53And adult life is just boring.
  1453. 1:01:56Has anyone tried drugs here?
  1454. 1:01:58Absolutely.
  1455. 1:02:01Didn't [ __ ] in school, didn't try drugs
  1456. 1:02:03.
  1457. 1:02:05You guys really rushed here, didn't you
  1458. 1:02:06.
  1459. 1:02:07I haven't tried them myself.
  1460. 1:02:10And no, really, I'm generally against
  1461. 1:02:12drugs. But if we're going to legalize
  1462. 1:02:15them, only for old people.
  1463. 1:02:17Because they’re pretty sad, you have to
  1464. 1:02:19agree.
  1465. 1:02:20Imagine a grandpa waiting for the bus,
  1466. 1:02:22pops a pill, and [ __ ], he's off to
  1467. 1:02:23another world, just like that. And right
  1468. 1:02:26next to him, a grandma on spice.
  1469. 1:02:32Think about how fun it would be for them
  1470. 1:02:33at the dacha.
  1471. 1:02:34Grandma gets stoned and is like,
  1472. 1:02:38"In the spring, the potatoes were this
  1473. 1:02:39big, but now..."
  1474. 1:02:45And how their relationship with the
  1475. 1:02:45grandkids would change.
  1476. 1:02:47The grandson would be like, "I want to
  1477. 1:02:48go to grandma's, I want to go to
  1478. 1:02:48grandma's, I want to spend the summer at
  1479. 1:02:49grandma's."
  1480. 1:02:53But it’s December right now. Who cares,
  1481. 1:02:54let’s go right now, goddamn it.
  1482. 1:02:59Most importantly, old people would
  1483. 1:03:00actually have sex.
  1484. 1:03:02Imagine how hardcore that would be.
  1485. 1:03:05Grandma takes her teeth out, just gives
  1486. 1:03:06the old man a [ __ ].
  1487. 1:03:16Pure gums, [ __ ].
  1488. 1:03:23The grandpa forgot to finish.
  1489. 1:03:26Grandma gets on all fours, throws her
  1490. 1:03:28tits on his back, and he's riding her
  1491. 1:03:29like a motorcycle.
  1492. 1:03:38So, who didn't laugh? What, you don't
  1493. 1:03:39wish happiness for the elderly?
  1494. 1:03:45Between adult life and this marriage
  1495. 1:03:47stuff.
  1496. 1:03:48Let's have some applause for the married
  1497. 1:03:50folks, any married ones here?
  1498. 1:03:55The saddest applause of the night.
  1499. 1:03:59I'm amazed at how women in marriage can
  1500. 1:04:01filigree their way into making you feel
  1501. 1:04:03guilty.
  1502. 1:04:06Invisibly.
  1503. 1:04:07We were talking about pocket money
  1504. 1:04:09recently, and she says to me, "Why do
  1505. 1:04:11you even take pocket money?"
  1506. 1:04:17And I didn't even have the thought like
  1507. 1:04:18, "What did you just say?"
  1508. 1:04:21Because she structured the dialogue so
  1509. 1:04:23well that I thought, "Yeah, really."
  1510. 1:04:30Why am I taking my own money?
  1511. 1:04:34So shameful.
  1512. 1:04:37Then she tells me, "Why do you yell at
  1513. 1:04:39me during an argument?" And I think, "
  1514. 1:04:40When else am I supposed to yell?"
  1515. 1:04:43When I'm happy, or what?
  1516. 1:04:44Like, "Check out this cleaning!"
  1517. 1:04:50I yell because we live in a spacious
  1518. 1:04:52house now. When we lived in a studio
  1519. 1:04:54with the kids and parents, we hissed so
  1520. 1:04:55we wouldn't wake anyone up. We whispered
  1521. 1:04:57at the top of our lungs, that snake
  1522. 1:04:58language from Harry Potter, which is
  1523. 1:04:59like—
  1524. 1:05:02The tension was so high, a pimple popped
  1525. 1:05:03by itself.
  1526. 1:05:08We’re so tense when we argue, like those
  1527. 1:05:10couples you see at the mall who are
  1528. 1:05:11fighting but pretending they aren't,
  1529. 1:05:12clutching those bags, shaking with rage
  1530. 1:05:14, dammit.
  1531. 1:05:15And then that cheerful little train
  1532. 1:05:16drives by, for [ __ ] sake.
  1533. 1:05:19And trying to make it to the car to
  1534. 1:05:20fight properly, but they can't find
  1535. 1:05:21their car in the parking lot, dammit,
  1536. 1:05:22they’re literally foaming at the mouth.
  1537. 1:05:27For us men, our jaws don't even move
  1538. 1:05:29during an argument. It’s like we’re
  1539. 1:05:30beatboxing or something.
  1540. 1:05:35But with a woman, an argument is like
  1541. 1:05:38watching Formula 1 from the stands.
  1542. 1:05:40She’s like—
  1543. 1:05:47She’s off.
  1544. 1:05:49Honestly, ladies, it's amazing; for some
  1545. 1:05:51reason, you think the phrase "I'm not
  1546. 1:05:52talking to you anymore" is a punishment
  1547. 1:05:54for us.
  1548. 1:05:57Thanks, not talking anymore. Thank you
  1549. 1:05:59so much.
  1550. 1:06:01Is it my birthday today, dammit, or what
  1551. 1:06:02?
  1552. 1:06:04But over time, you realize it is a
  1553. 1:06:05punishment, because yes, she isn't
  1554. 1:06:07talking to you, but that look of hers is
  1555. 1:06:08lethal, damn it.
  1556. 1:06:10You know, you can actually hear that
  1557. 1:06:11look, like a microwave.
  1558. 1:06:16When you walk into the room, you think,
  1559. 1:06:18could you turn down the radiation levels
  1560. 1:06:20a bit?
  1561. 1:06:22I realized—I wouldn't yell.
  1562. 1:06:24And we men wouldn't yell if the dialogue
  1563. 1:06:26went like this: you make a point, state
  1564. 1:06:28your opinion, she makes a point, states
  1565. 1:06:30her opinion, and you discuss it.
  1566. 1:06:33That would be great, right?
  1567. 1:06:35But how does it usually go? You make a
  1568. 1:06:38point and you're told to go [ __ ]
  1569. 1:06:39yourself immediately.
  1570. 1:06:45In a split second.
  1571. 1:06:48But what I like most is the period after
  1572. 1:06:49the argument. Ever hugged after an
  1573. 1:06:50argument? It’s a shitty situation when
  1574. 1:06:52you’ve sort of made up, but you're still
  1575. 1:06:53tense, and you're basically strangling
  1576. 1:06:55them instead of hugging them, dammit.
  1577. 1:06:57She isn't even hugging you back; her
  1578. 1:06:58arms are just hanging down by her sides
  1579. 1:06:59.
  1580. 1:07:04Or when you haven't made up and you're
  1581. 1:07:05ignoring each other in the apartment,
  1582. 1:07:06and when you accidentally brush past her
  1583. 1:07:08, you know how unpleasant that is,
  1584. 1:07:09dammit, you know?
  1585. 1:07:12Like brushing against a homeless person
  1586. 1:07:13on the subway.
  1587. 1:07:19What I’ve noticed is that it’s very hard
  1588. 1:07:21to argue when you’re stupid.
  1589. 1:07:24When you have these arguments in your
  1590. 1:07:25head, yeah, they seem brilliant, dammit
  1591. 1:07:27.
  1592. 1:07:31You’ve got the devil’s advocate in there
  1593. 1:07:32.
  1594. 1:07:34But by the time the thought reaches your
  1595. 1:07:37mouth, dammit, it’s all tattered and
  1596. 1:07:39lost all its letters.
  1597. 1:07:42In the end, what comes out isn't an
  1598. 1:07:43advocate, but a hobo in a blazer with
  1599. 1:07:45nothing underneath, just blah blah blah
  1600. 1:07:46.
  1601. 1:07:55But the worst thing that can happen
  1602. 1:07:57during an argument, when you're dumb,
  1603. 1:07:59when you think, now I'll destroy her
  1604. 1:08:01with one thought, you start spouting off
  1605. 1:08:03, and in the moment you lose your own
  1606. 1:08:05train of logic,
  1607. 1:08:09you keep talking yourself, not
  1608. 1:08:11understanding what you're even saying.
  1609. 1:08:16She catches you on it.
  1610. 1:08:23You think, what should I do?
  1611. 1:08:26Beat her again or something?
  1612. 1:08:33No, my wife is more or less balanced, as
  1613. 1:08:35long as we give her her shots on time.
  1614. 1:08:39Because I realized, ladies, if you have
  1615. 1:08:41a complaint, say it directly, straight
  1616. 1:08:43to my face.
  1617. 1:08:44There's no need to play these games.
  1618. 1:08:47You know when you walk into the house
  1619. 1:08:49and you can already sense that
  1620. 1:08:51atmosphere.
  1621. 1:08:53The vultures have already gathered.
  1622. 1:08:57The kids walk by like
  1623. 1:09:08The pug is like, I'm out of here, I
  1624. 1:09:09don't want to hear this.
  1625. 1:09:12And my wife is sitting right by the wall
  1626. 1:09:13, like, I always sit like this.
  1627. 1:09:19You ask, what happened? She’s just like
  1628. 1:09:21an owl.
  1629. 1:09:24Can't you guess yourself, damn it? Get
  1630. 1:09:26down from the ceiling, let's talk like
  1631. 1:09:27human beings.
  1632. 1:09:33That’s why you should say everything
  1633. 1:09:34directly, because we guys are dumb. I’m
  1634. 1:09:35definitely dumb. Actually, no advice
  1635. 1:09:37works for me at all.
  1636. 1:09:40One very old, smart man says to me once
  1637. 1:09:41: "If you want to get smarter, spend
  1638. 1:09:43less time on your phone, and travel more
  1639. 1:09:44in your mind."
  1640. 1:09:47I think, well, for me, that's not a
  1641. 1:09:48journey at all.
  1642. 1:09:50It's just that when I travel in my mind
  1643. 1:09:52, I find my dick in my hand very quickly
  1644. 1:09:54.
  1645. 1:09:58Recently my wife caught me masturbating
  1646. 1:10:00. Just now, damn it.
  1647. 1:10:04And she says: "You cheated on me." What
  1648. 1:10:06?
  1649. 1:10:07Has anyone ever left their wife for
  1650. 1:10:08their hand, damn it? This
  1651. 1:10:12Enough, let's figure out what cheating
  1652. 1:10:13is. Let's have a round of applause for
  1653. 1:10:14the couples who came together. Are there
  1654. 1:10:15any? Couples together? Huh? Are you two
  1655. 1:10:17together?
  1656. 1:10:18Huh? Imagine that he, well, it's
  1657. 1:10:20unlikely, but he slept with a girl.
  1658. 1:10:25A fantastic scenario.
  1659. 1:10:28Slept with a girl. Is that cheating?
  1660. 1:10:30Yes.
  1661. 1:10:30Yes. Alright. Slept with a girl—that's
  1662. 1:10:32cheating. And if he didn't sleep with
  1663. 1:10:33her, but just got a good night's sleep?
  1664. 1:10:34Just, uh, laid together naked in bed.
  1665. 1:10:38Cheating? Cheating. Okay. Is a kiss
  1666. 1:10:41cheating?
  1667. 1:10:42No?
  1668. 1:10:43Cheating.
  1669. 1:10:43Ah, cheating? Brother, we'll find a
  1670. 1:10:45loophole here, I'm currently
  1671. 1:10:48We'll finish this, we'll find it.
  1672. 1:10:50Alright, a kiss is also cheating.
  1673. 1:10:52And if you're just holding it with your
  1674. 1:10:54hand, just holding the [ __ ] with your
  1675. 1:10:56hand, and like
  1676. 1:10:59Said hello.
  1677. 1:11:02Like, what’s up, Natasha, damn it, how
  1678. 1:11:03are things?
  1679. 1:11:05Tell me about it.
  1680. 1:11:10Cheating. Alright.
  1681. 1:11:13So, sleeping with a girl is cheating.
  1682. 1:11:15What about with a guy?
  1683. 1:11:18What's with the pause?
  1684. 1:11:21That's the loophole, brother.
  1685. 1:11:29I realized that sex before marriage was
  1686. 1:11:32always a hunt, right? You hunted, you
  1687. 1:11:34had hunting clothes.
  1688. 1:11:39You were discussing hunting spots with
  1689. 1:11:41your friends, right?
  1690. 1:11:42Reloading your rifle, yeah? So, you were
  1691. 1:11:44a hunter.
  1692. 1:11:45But in marriage, goddammit, you're a
  1693. 1:11:46farmer.
  1694. 1:11:49You've got your own little plot.
  1695. 1:11:57You know, when his tea is bubbling
  1696. 1:11:59during the process, when...
  1697. 1:12:07You don't hold back your garlic burps at
  1698. 1:12:09all.
  1699. 1:12:12Just tossing them straight into her
  1700. 1:12:13mouth.
  1701. 1:12:17You know, so it doesn't hurt.
  1702. 1:12:23Or what do you call it? How is it?
  1703. 1:12:25Fingering, goddammit. Anyway, before
  1704. 1:12:27marriage you're shy, right? In marriage
  1705. 1:12:29, it's so routine, you're both just
  1706. 1:12:31watching TV, you're just...
  1707. 1:13:01And you're not even hard, she's just
  1708. 1:13:02playing with yours there.
  1709. 1:13:11Listen, guys, isn't "cunnilingus" too
  1710. 1:13:13fancy a word for this process?
  1711. 1:13:15When I first heard it, is it some Greek
  1712. 1:13:17commander, goddammit?
  1713. 1:13:20Like, Attila's troops attacked the
  1714. 1:13:21troops of Cunnilingus.
  1715. 1:13:26And "labia"(sex lips). Why the hell are
  1716. 1:13:28those lips?
  1717. 1:13:30I'm sure it's women, "Yeah, those are
  1718. 1:13:31lips, kiss the lips."
  1719. 1:13:39They didn't call balls "sex ears," did
  1720. 1:13:41they?
  1721. 1:13:44Why are you all ears, then?
  1722. 1:13:48Alright, Astana, come on, men, who’s
  1723. 1:13:49done cunnilingus?
  1724. 1:13:52Wow, [ __ ], you’ve clearly been waiting
  1725. 1:13:54all night for this question, goddammit.
  1726. 1:13:58Sitting there with your chapped lips,
  1727. 1:13:59damn.
  1728. 1:14:01And the other guys are sitting there
  1729. 1:14:02like, "What's cunnilingus?" Is it some
  1730. 1:14:03kind of seasoning?
  1731. 1:14:05I don't respect this cuni-cilantro,
  1732. 1:14:07goddammit.
  1733. 1:14:08But licking a [ __ ]—that's my thing.
  1734. 1:14:16And returning to the beginning.
  1735. 1:14:19I want to say, despite my vulgar and, as
  1736. 1:14:21you've already noticed, low-brow jokes,
  1737. 1:14:23every time I come to any city, any
  1738. 1:14:25country, my only intention is to bring a
  1739. 1:14:28smile and laughter, especially in such
  1740. 1:14:30difficult times.
  1741. 1:14:32Therefore, regarding what happened to me
  1742. 1:14:34, and in general, when people demand
  1743. 1:14:35things from popular people, I believe
  1744. 1:14:37popular people are to blame for it
  1745. 1:14:39themselves.
  1746. 1:14:40You know, when Buzova says "My people,"
  1747. 1:14:41I think, are you Genghis Khan or
  1748. 1:14:42something, goddammit? Calm down.
  1749. 1:14:45Because popularity puts pressure on the
  1750. 1:14:47brain. I’ve had a security guard with me
  1751. 1:14:49a couple of times in my life. The first
  1752. 1:14:50time was when I took a bite of a cake in
  1753. 1:14:51a supermarket.
  1754. 1:14:56In general, all these artists, all these
  1755. 1:14:58Artik and Asti, Lolek and Bolek,
  1756. 1:15:00goddammit, they all think in the
  1757. 1:15:01category of "I want to leave a mark."
  1758. 1:15:03I’ll leave a skidmark at most, goddammit
  1759. 1:15:05.
  1760. 1:15:06When I die, they won't write "an era has
  1761. 1:15:09passed." They'll write "an era has
  1762. 1:15:10pissed off," goddammit.
  1763. 1:15:12That's it, Astana, thank you all very
  1764. 1:15:13much. Thank you very much.
  1765. 1:15:45Julie, uh-huh.
  1766. 1:15:49Little wind. I'm no worse than these
  1767. 1:15:51fingers on the palette.
  1768. 1:15:52The house was shaking because Dad was
  1769. 1:15:54always causing a scene.
  1770. 1:15:56You know, my black sweat and black ken
  1771. 1:15:58say that we didn't even choose.
  1772. 1:16:01We’ve been eating all the leftovers
  1773. 1:16:03since childhood.
  1774. 1:16:04My hometown, hang it up on raw talent.
  1775. 1:16:08You get it? It’s a Vince-style jackpot.
  1776. 1:16:10This isn't Vince, this is filth. We are
  1777. 1:16:12the ones who are favorites here.
  1778. 1:16:14For those who didn’t break, you know
  1779. 1:16:17this isn’t the worst. And you end up in
  1780. 1:16:19a well-furnished pad. And it feels
  1781. 1:16:21better here. Seeing you back, buddy, I
  1782. 1:16:23was drinking beer. I hear how you ran
  1783. 1:16:25away and shouted sweets and
  1784. 1:16:29The most favorite
  1785. 1:16:33Mr. Simpson, Vasya, Nancy lived lived
  1786. 1:16:36pats pats giss giss pats pats pats pats
  1787. 1:16:40I three pi.
  1788. 1:16:42It’s just like
  1789. 1:16:45a fiery salam alaykum flying across our
  1790. 1:16:47globe. To drink, meet up.
  1791. 1:16:50It’s me, my evil vodka. It’s me, it’s us
  1792. 1:16:53, it hasn't passed. So take a photo of
  1793. 1:16:55me with my throat.

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