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In Soviet Russia, [[Describe Topic Here|topic describes YOU]]''!!''
A type of joke, commonly called a [[Russian Reversal]] (but technically called the [[transpositional pun]]), popularized by Ukranian comedian [[Yakov Smirnoff]]. It is based on taking a statement about capitalist America and inverting it to describe the then-Communist Russia as an [[Nineteen Eighty-Four
{{quote|In America, you watch Television.
In Soviet Russia, [[Sinister Surveillance|television watches YOU]]! }}
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* [[Of Montreal]] has a song titled ''The Party's Crashing Us'' (Do they mean [[Dirty Communists|the]] party?)
* A line in the [[Muse (band)|Muse]] song "Knights of Cydonia" goes, "Don't waste your time or time will waste you".
* Lyric from "Boom" by [[P.O.D.]]: "'Cause if you know these streets, then these streets know you"
== Mythology ==
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{{quote|'''Zoidberg:''' Earth! What a planet! On Earth, you enjoy eating a tasty clam. On my planet, clams enjoy eating a tasty you!
''([[Chirping Crickets|glass clinking]])'' }}
{{quote|'''Fry:''' That ice dispenser is so big, the ice crushes you. Yakov Smirnoff said that.
'''Leela:''' No he didn't. }}
{{quote|'''Alien:''' You don't feel the pain, the pain feels YOU!
'''Fry and Leela:''' SHUT! UP! }}
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