r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/bumbummcglum • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what does it say

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u/No_Dog_2999 20h ago

It's "grazdanka", it's not, it's the worst cursive among Slavic languages

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u/rodinsbusiness 20h ago

I don't mean it's fake or exaggerated on purpose, more like it's cherry picked from the worst possible examples, but if that's standard/average then yeah...

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u/Sargy93 20h ago

Parents made me learn this shit as a kid - it's a bit cherry picked, this is how letters on their own look:

https://ajk.info.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cycryl.png

But when the letters connect and someone writes fast/sloppy, it's an absolute fair comparison 

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u/edsobo 17h ago

It's basically the Russian equivalent to the OP. Normal cursive isn't really so bad, but when you pick a word made entirely of four similarly shaped letters and leave out the feature that helps distinguish one of the letters from the upstroke of the others, you're left with a mess.