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Today I buried my grandpa and for his last joke, the casket didn’t fit in the grave. That sonofabitch is always going to be funnier than me 💔
Sofiya Alexandra
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Sofiya Alexandra
@TheSofiya
Comedian, writer, podcaster @420dayfiance From Odesa My standup album was #1 on iTunes RESOURCES 🇺🇦help-ukraine.crd.co🇺🇦
Los Angeles. CA
Joined May 2010
- Just a reminder that Norm Macdonald wrote the best book dedication of all time
- As someone born & raised in Odessa for roughly 1/3 of my life, who spent the other 2/3 in America, I know that most people don’t know much about Ukraine - which I get, I have many blind spots, so I thought I’d tweet some little basic things in case it helps make it real 🧵
- Wow, they really got to the bottom of the Shake Shack incident quickly! Now do the 5 recent lynchings of black men
- TWO DAYS IN A ROW, IS SHE A GOLF COURSE?!?Trump visits first lady in hospital for second straight day hill.cm/SLbKOxR
- Replying to @TheSofiyaHere’s the most classic joke about people from Odessa aka “Odessity”: “Is it true that Odessity answer questions with a question?” “Who told you that?” It’s funnier in Russian, but you get it.
- Replying to @TheSofiyaCame back to add a pic of these old postcards of Odessa I was given when we left in ‘94. The envelope says “To my dear Sonechka, to remember your home city. Keep these postcards. Look at them & remember your days lived in Odessa-mama.” That’s what ppl from Odessa call our city💗
- Replying to @TheSofiyaThe thing that breaks my heart is Odessa is considered the Capital of Humor. On April 1st we celebrate like crazy (Юморина): huge parade w/ costumes, clowns, dancers, mimes (I KNOW) & decorate statues w/ tinfoil. As a comic I’m biased, but to attack the laugh of Ukraine is low
- Replying to @TheSofiyaSorry that was all Odessa, that’s my ❤️ I could talk abt it forever. Ok, now Ukraine- do you know what the flag is supposed to mean? 🇺🇦 Blue skies above fields of wheat. Ukraine is known as the breadbasket of Europe. The flag was illegal in USSR, like Puerto Rican flag in the US
- Being vaccinated does NOT mean you can fall in love with a man over email who turns out to be the one putting your small bookstore out of business
- Replying to @TheSofiyaThe “Odessa sense of humor” is legendary, to the point that it has its own genre of jokes that people tell and retell. It’s v Jewish, but also has a highly specific streak of hustle culture & optimism in the face of horror. You can be an “Odessit” & not Jewish, but we are a tribe
- Replying to @TheSofiyaOdessa is a port city on top of the Black Sea so it’s always been an incredible melting pot of cultures. Our winters have snow but our summers are warm (this was in the 90s before extreme climate change so idk now) Our beaches are known for how warm & calm the water is (sorry LA)
- Replying to @TheSofiyaUkrainian is a gorgeous language, much more lyrical than Russian. This isn’t a diss to Russian, that’s my first language and a ton of my favorite books are in Russian. This is shining a light on Ukrainian - it’s musical, singsong-ey, poetic, impossible to translate into English
- Replying to @TheSofiyaTaras Shevchenko’s work alone is worth learning it. Gogol’s work alone is worth learning it. Translating Ukrainian is like translating water. Hearing traditional Ukrainian singing will pierce your heart.
