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And the FBI was assigned to follow the film team on reports of a "vaguely middle-eastern man with a bear in an ice-crem truck", which has to be the funniest report xD

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[-] Aatube@kbin.social 196 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In 2012, the parody national anthem from the film's soundtrack, which acclaims Kazakhstan for its high-quality potassium exports and having the second-cleanest prostitutes in the region, was mistakenly played at the medal ceremony of Mariya Dmitriyenko at the Emir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix. The incident apparently resulted from the wrong song being downloaded from the Internet.

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 53 points 11 months ago

lol this is better than the time I tried to download 007 Die another day and ended up with Disney’s Mulan

[-] SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago

Is this a family guy skit?

[-] Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

No. Just a normal afternoon downloading off Kazaa

[-] SVcross@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Oh, memories.

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[-] Aatube@kbin.social 18 points 11 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39cenrIQW0 was the best live one I could find. At 0:19 you can clearly hear the prostitutes line

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[-] TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world 147 points 11 months ago

Sacha Baron Cohen is one classy son of a bitch.

He played Ali G. He risked his life interviewing conservatives. He infuriated the Kazakhstan government.

[-] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 53 points 11 months ago

Pretty sure Kazakhstan loves Borat, he brought the name Kazakhstan into public consciousness where as before people where like 'wtf is Kazakhstan?'

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 79 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I actually met a man from Kazakhstan in my store the other day. He gestured to me that he’d like to sleep in the parking lot and pointed, “in truck. In truck. No English.” Imagine my surprise when I said, “what language?” and this very Asian looking fellow said, “Russian. But not me Russian. Me Kazakhstan”.

I got to use the translate app on my phone for the first time and when I said, “Ah, I’ve heard of Kazakhstan. I seen Borat.” He said, “No no no, uh, he is from London. He is not really from Kazakhstan. We hate him. We’re so tired of him. That is not what we are really like.” I said, “Oh I know that Kazakhstan is a former Soviet country and you guys are nothing like that. Borat is a man from England. He’s a comedian. I know it’s a joke.” “Oh it makes me so happy you know about the real Kazakhstan.” He said.

Then I ordered him a pizza to be delivered to his truck.

It was a fun experience meeting him. He was a great guy.

We talked for hours using the Google translate app.

There were a couple of gaffs. I realized after he left when I said “nice to meet you.” It heard, “it was nice to me too.” But otherwise it worked pretty well. It amazes me that we can do that nowadays.

[-] ____@infosec.pub 14 points 11 months ago

You are a good person.

[-] ____@infosec.pub 33 points 11 months ago

When Borat was fresh, I was in a new hire class for a major telecom you’ve heard of if you’re in the US.

Somehow, the chatter came around to Borat, and someone challenged me on the existence of Kazakhstan.

I’m not always great with people , so I did a double take - they were serious. I shipped them a GMaps link via chat…

…and they proceeded to argue with me that said country couldn’t possibly actually exist.

Once in a while, I wonder where that person ended up - no Ill will towards the misinformed, but I’m certainly curious.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

They're really no dumber than anyone else.

They were wrong because they hadn't heard of it (not really their fault, it's not like we're all talking about Kazakhstan every day).

They doubled down because that's what people do to protect their egos. Look up the backlash effect if you want to know why they didn't believe you even with a maps link. It's traumatic to be wrong and have someone prove it to you.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

The ability to self correct is one of the biggest differences between smart and stupid. A smart person might be wrong 1-2 times, before correcting on that point. A stupid person will value ego over truth and double down. This effect compounds over time, particularly when combined with an inquisitive mindset (another important marker).

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 11 months ago

(for stupid, insecure people it is)

[-] naticus@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

An American not knowing the existence of Kazakhstan is pretty reasonable. But an American not knowing that New Mexico is a state is completely disappointing and happens way too gd often.

[-] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Sort of an inverse Streisand effect.

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've heard differing things about Kazakhstan's reaction. Wasn't there a time where Sacha Baron Cohen would have been a dead man if he entered Kazakh borders?

Also, Kazakhstan actually has a really nice national anthem that 100% does not deserve to be overshadowed by a satirical one that mocks their country.

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[-] And009@reddthat.com 21 points 11 months ago

Kazakhstan tourism slogan "Very Nice"

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[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 19 points 11 months ago

It was one guy named Police.

[-] stringere@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

It took Borat to get Sting and the band back together.

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[-] Mighty@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

i have a BA in english and I used to teach esl.... i wasn't even thinking that could've been wrong. it felt correct to me. well...i'm gonna leave the title as is, since i appreciate the jokes about it here ^^

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[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Police were let down when they found out he was not a genuine chocolate face.

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