There is a certain misconception that Russians are dark and gloomy people with next to no sense of humour. They are often portrayed in movies as the sulking emo character who is rude to everyone. Good luck getting a smile out of them or having them crack a joke. That just ain’t happening.
However, as you would have it, turns out this stereotype is far from the truth. They are people just like you and me with a healthy dose of mirth in them. They are also amazing at roasting people on the Internet.
American engineer, inventor and business magnate Elon Musk has found himself in a barrage of memes showing off “super bootleggy life-hacky” inventions.
The tweets aimed at the Tesla CEO is often captioned with “and how do you like this, Elon Musk?” According to Memepedia, the memes started sometime last October after a popular tweet about news of scientists from Novosibirsk having learned to smoke herring in the collider surfaced.
The tweet aimed at Musk asked, “How do you answer this, Ilon Mask ?!”
Ну и как ты на это ответишь, Илон Маск?! Опять захлебнешься завистью к научным достижениям нашей страны! pic.twitter.com/2LVEIMdFHI
— Сталингулаг (@StalinGulag) October 31, 2017
The memes show the stark contrast between the achievements of Elon Musk and the less than ideal technological advances made by Russia.
Check out some of the jugaads here:
1. Gotta keep them lightbulbs safe.
А КАК ТЕБЕ ТАКОЕ, ИЛОН МАСК???????????? pic.twitter.com/GtS0Wl6hrw
— Черника злющая (@NatashaChernika) February 7, 2018
2. Is it just me, or does that toilet look evil?
как тебе такое изобретение илон маск pic.twitter.com/JFGUeYkevT
— herr doktor. (@dr_nowhere) February 12, 2018
3. Speaking of toilets, this one is rather ingenious tbh.
Как тебе такое изобретение, Илон Маск? pic.twitter.com/7CF6swWru7
— МЕМАСЫ ЛЬЮТСЯ РЕКОЙ (@YOUNGYELTSIN) February 7, 2018
4. Totally trying this trick out the next time the door won’t frickin stay open.
https://twitter.com/gonchdash/status/961326667355566080
5. Designer paperclip zippers.
как тебе такое изобретение, илон маск? pic.twitter.com/4Qj0xp52tp
— вождь швабра (@clernenza) February 20, 2018
6. Potholes? What potholes?
Ямы на дорогах Калуги залатали скошенной травой
Как тебе такое, Илон Маск? pic.twitter.com/sFrHK197Bs
— #MDK (@mudakoff) July 9, 2018
7. “While Elon Musk waits for coffee, I pour mine straight from the tap.”
https://twitter.com/GoshaDich/status/1007578114581549056
8. Now that looks like one heck of a brew.
https://twitter.com/xoccts/status/962288302421434370
In conclusion:
apparently russia has this meme where they @ elon musk in pictures of super stupid bootleggy lifehacky "inventions" captioned "and how do you like this, elon musk?" so as it turns out, no one is better at memes than the russians pic.twitter.com/Uoz6yfqZAC
— Courtney @ defund the police (@andromedamn) August 21, 2018
These Russians have no chill yo. Maybe the tweets will inspire Musk to come up with innovative ideas on how to make coffee come out of a tap. In that case, keep em coming Russia.