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Originally Posted by Didymus Much
Uh, that's good ol' gin.  |
Is it still gin if someone uses, uh, home-made rather than store-bought vodka? Asking for a bunch of distant relatives.
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Originally Posted by MitzaLizalor
Is this how Slavic peasants met one another in the 40s? Would that be during the barrel-ageing or after sampling the finished product?
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"Sampling the product" is the key phrase here - although Slavic definition of "sampling" varies from the academic one, as there may not be any alcohol left after an evening of Slavic-style sampling.
It is also quite common for at least one participant of Slavic-style sampling to finish the evening with an ax embedded in his head.
I believe the only difference between 1940's and now is the music - in the 1940's the main instrument was violin, while now the prevailing "instrument" seems to be an electronically generated sound of a threshing device.
Listener beware - play at your own responsibility. Turning sound OFF highly recommended (especially for the 2021 video; my brain is now permanently damaged after browsing for a representative example on Youtube):
1940
(This video explains axes embedded in heads, when sampling alcohol is combined with dancing)
2021
(Does that even count as music...? I guess this is the only kind of "music" that can be retained in heads of people who were absorbing alcohol daily through gestation and childhood)
For those who aren't brain dead after listening to the second clip (I warned you, didn't I), below is a typical Slavic peasant (probably male, but it's hard to tell without undressing - this is the daily attire for both sexes), both in 1940 and today. The scientific name for this subspecies is
Homo bimbrownikus -
bimber being the local name for moonshine: