in soviet russia / tier fail you
A In Soviet Russia post.
You pop to the supermarket for milk. In Soviet Russia, the self-checkout scans you. It finds an unexpected item in the bagging area. The unexpected item is you. You plan to use the weekend. In Soviet Russia, the weekend uses you. It's Sunday, nine in the evening, and you have done two loads of laundry and nothing else. You try to cancel a streaming subscription. In Soviet Russia, the subscription cancels you: three forms, a phone call and a "we're sorry to see you go" that means it. You visit your parents. In Soviet Russia, your parents visit you: unannounced, with a casserole, and some opinions about your curtains. **Why it caught on:** it's the "Russian reversal", usually credited to Yakov Smirnoff, a Soviet-born comedian popular in 1980s America, flying the Soviet flag. A flip any sentence can wear, and the best ones are uncomfortably close to true.