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Asking question Hello everyone! It's always interesting to discover for yourself the way of thinking of other people in the world or how do foreigners see Slavic countries. Here we usually like to joke about Soviet times when you can find some bears and vodka on the main streets - because people here think that it's the way other countries see us. But this myth came from one Soviet comedian that came to the USA and was popular there as stand-up comedian. He usually started his jokes with the words: “In Soviet Russia” and said that in Soviet Russia all is going vice versa. For example: In Soviet Russia TV watches you or In Soviet Russia toilet pee on you. Now I want to ask you to explain me this moment. What does mean all is going vice versa - maybe a person who said this just wanted to say that in Soviet Union another traditions or the way people live. And another people find this primitive explanations for this thought. I really don't understand this humor. Help me, if you do!

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Hello everyone!
It's always interesting to discover for yourself the way of thinking of other people in the world or how do foreigners see Slavic countries. Here we usually like to joke about Soviet times when you can could find some bears and vodka on the main streets - because people here think that it's is the way other countries see us. But this myth came from one Soviet comedian that came went to the USA and was popular there as a stand-up comedian. He usually started his jokes with the words: “In Soviet Russia” and said that in Soviet Russia all is going vice versa. For example: In Soviet Russia TV watches you or In Soviet Russia toilet pee on you.
Now I want to ask you to explain this to me this moment. What does this mean all is going vice versa - maybe a person who said this just wanted to say that in the Soviet Union there are different traditions or the way people live the people live differently. And another person found this primitive explanation for this thought.
I really don't understand this humor. Help me, if you do can!

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Hello everyone!
It's always interesting to discover for yourself (okay, but not necessary) the way of thinking for other people in the world, as well as how do foreigners see Slavic countries. Here we usually like to joke about Soviet times, like when you can finding some bears and vodka on the main streets - because people here think that it' (that is a relative pronoun, you don't need a second pronoun) is the way other countries see us. But this myth came from one a Soviet comedian that came went to the USA and was popular there as stand-up comedian. He usually started his jokes with the words: “In Soviet Russia” and said that in Soviet Russia all everything is going vice versa backwards. For example:, "In Soviet Russia TV watches you" or "In Soviet Russia toilets pee on you."
Now I want to ask you to explain this to me this moment. What does it mean to say all everything is going vice versa (or "backwards"). Maybe a person someone who said this just wanted to say that in Soviet Union another there are different traditions or the way people live a different way. And Then another people find found (the last sentence was in past tense ["said"], so this one should be too) this (this means one specific thing, but "explanations" is plural and is not specific) primitive explanations for this thought idea.
I really don't understand this humor. Help me, if you do!

I dont think this how most westerns see Slavic countries. I think most of these type of jokes were political.

I think vice versa is like..." I can come to your house or vice versa" sort of like, we can do this or that..it doesn't matter. The jokes which you are talking about is more like a "double entendre" which means that a phrase can have two different meanings. Most of these jokes about the Soviet times had hidden criticisms. Like your example "In Soviet Russia TV watches you" which is a hidden joke about Soviet spying. For example, "In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The Party can always find you!" This is joke but also has a hidden criticism of the Communist Party.

Nice picture.

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