The Youtuber Perun has a bunch of videos about politics/corruption and the Russian military, and he refers to words in the Russian language. I was wondering to what extent he uses them correctly, and also am curious about origin/etymology and cultural background.

Here's his definition of 'Vranyo': "It's a pattern of lying that is usually expressed in a scenario wherein you know that I'm bullshitting, I know that you know that I'm bullshitting, but I'm going to go ahead with it anyway and deliver it with a straight face.." at 4:41 in this video

And for 'Ochkovtiratelstvo': "That is yet another Russian word for lying, usually used when you're lying to make something sound a lot better than it is, often yourself. " at 1:07:05 in this video.

Any insight from Russians or Russian speakers would be appreciated.

Read this book recently, just putting it out there in case anyone hasn't come across it yet: http://the-knowledge.org/en-gb/ There's a lot of useful stuff there, the basic idea is to enable people to develop basic technologies from scratch, a 'quick-start guide' to a technological civilisation.

The website also has some interesting prepping ideas on it, e.g the 'apocalypse-proof kindle'

It also occurred to me while reading it: good quality education in a resilient society would allow people to reproduce something like this. Yet despite almost 2 decades of formal education, a lot of it was completely new to me.

Would have been nice if Dartnell put up the whole book for free on his website but I guess he needs to make a living. It is, however, available for free on archive.org and also z-lib.

"Tell Ea-nasir spez: Nanni sends the following message: When you came, you said to me as follows : “I will give Gimil-Sin (when he comes) fine quality copper ingots shitposts.” You left then but you did not do what you promised me. You put ingots shitposts which were not good before my messenger (Sit-Sin) and said: “If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want to take them, go away!” What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt? I have sent as messengers gentlemen like ourselves to collect the bag with my money memes (deposited with you) but you have treated me with contempt by sending them back to me empty-handed several times, and that through enemy advertiser territory. Is there anyone among the merchants who trade with Telmun who has treated me in this way? You alone treat my messenger with contempt! On account of that one mina of silver data which I owe(?) you, you feel free to speak in such a way, while I have given to the palace on your behalf 1,080 pounds of copper data, and umi-abum has likewise given 1,080 pounds of copper data, apart from what we both have had written on a sealed tablet to be kept in the temple of Samas. How have you treated me for that copper data? You have withheld my money meme bag from me in enemy territory; it is now up to you to restore it to me in full. Take cognizance that (from now on) I will not accept here any copper platform from you. I shall (from now on) select and take the ingots instances individually in my own yard, and I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt.”