Greetings. About Deep Russian Depression I will tell you next time.
On the night of December 1st, 2025, in his thirteenth year, my pet, a red cat named Fox, died of old age. Even on his last day, he remained active, as much as his agonized body allowed. Despite being deathly tired and deeply apathetic, the cat turned his head toward me and we exchange glances for the last time.
Unfortunately, it's not only those destined to leave who are departing, but also that which should remain with us forever. First and foremost, I'm talking about common sense, of which there is less and less left in our world: blockades in the Internet, statements from half-crazed old men, reckless actions by young people, rising prices on everything, and an absolute lack of prospects for life.
What worries me most of all are the increasing blockades of websites and services within the Russian Federation. A year ago, we lost easy access to Discord, and today we can't send or receive messages on WhatsApp, which is why the masses are moving to the vile messenger Max, formerly known as scam. Why do I think it's vile? Just because. A sane person wouldn't trust their personal information to a service controlled by local security forces, who are just waiting for a reason to punish them.
However, messenger blockades are only half the trouble. For several weeks now, I haven't been able to play Dead by Daylight or Deceit 2 because I can't connect to the game servers, but I want it so badly! I'll have to spend five hundred rubles a month on an ExitLag subscription, and even then, it's not certain it will help. Looks like we'll only have to run from killers in real life soon, considering there will be many more of them on the streets, given this insane news backdrop.
I'm surprised there hasn't been a single brutal murder of some old lady who decided to pull a "Larisa Dolina" scam to swindle an apartment buyer. Out of three thousand scams this year, a grand total of zero old ladies killed. Truly, Russian people are the kindest and most patient when the opponent is stronger and better connected, which these old ladies are. I eagerly await the first case where some scammed buyer takes justice into their own hands.
Just now, I was scrolling through the news and saw a headline: Roblox has stopped working in Russia. All sorts of bastards in the comments are rejoicing because kids have been deprived of entertainment, because someone is worse off at this moment than they are. I hate gloating people, even though I have no interest in that game myself. It's kinda boring there, and the models are creepy, too blocky.
And anyway, we won't have money for games in the near future: it will be impossible to build a computer, both due to the global rise in component prices and due to government extortion. I suppose the conspiracy theorists were right — the population needs to be deprived of access to computing hardware, leaving them only smartphones for entertainment, corruption, and stupefaction. We're returning to the past, when a home computer was a luxury. It's good that I had one in my childhood, in the past, because in the future, I won't be able to afford one. Maybe a Steam Machine will be the salvation? Probably not, the prices there will likely be sky-high for the same reasons.
It feels like the entire Steam platform doesn't have long left to please users from Russian Federation. With each passing year, the blockades and restrictions become larger and more absurd, so I suppose by 2030 we'll be playing Counter-Strike and DotA on a local network, although if there will be somebody to play with.
Everything that brought joy and happiness is gradually fading into oblivion. The cat is gone, parents, friends, peers, and like-minded people will too. Future generations won't care about us, just as no one cared about the soviet people. I guess that's how it should be. You can leave some kind of comment for posterity if you want, but it's unlikely anyone will see it anyway.
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