Babchenko’s wife is still in Russia (because he is an idiot). She was in on it, but still spent a day not knowing whether he really faked his death, or it was for real.

When they have a collaboration of the guy who was hired to do the actual assassination — not really.

You forgot this one:

Hahaha, no. Too much work, and it’s likely to go down the drain anyway.

If something is of racist origin but not racist anymore — why not use it?

I’m not a Catholic, so, I might be totally wrong, but isn’t gay marriage a big no-no in Catholicism? So, by marrying a woman, didn’t she just proved, without any doubt, that she is a very bad Catholic?

I use iCabMobile on iPhone and iPad. Custom searches, font size adjustment, instapaper save, that kind of stuff.

Russian here; the answer is “quite a lot”. There is a Russian proverb “без лоха и жизнь плоха” — “life isn’t good without someone to rip off” (it rhymes nicely in Russian). Everyone enjoys a good con movie, but Russians seem to enjoy merely the fact that their fellow was conned — even when this con consisted entirely…

Is there any replacement for Apple Watch 38"? So far, I haven’t been able to find anything comparable in size and functionality. Pebble looked promising, but doesn’t anymore.

So, it’s OK to rob your kids of the wonderful world of fiction, because you might do a less-than-perfect job?

Truth to be told, I don’t remember any good adaptation of “Death on the Nile” (although Ustinov’s is an abomination above all). They all — even Christie’s own adaptation as a theatrical play — can’t wrap their heads about the idea that Ferguson (or whatever is his real name) is a terrible match for any female on board…

OMG, it’s so adorable!

No, no, no!

Well...

Talk about stereotyping...

Hear, hear!

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This is a really long way to say “do not complain to those who have it worse than you”. Well, at least we can feel great about how awesome our circles look.

One important thing about Russia: reduce your smiling. Generally, when you’re smiling out of politeness — don’t.

Russian here: no, the “thumbs up” gesture is totally OK in Russia and has exactly the same meaning there.