这些笑话产生于荒诞而粗暴的社会,世界如果没有了它们将会很无趣,不过现在的俄罗斯人好歹开心许多。
The world would be a poorer place without the jokes sparked by ridiculous yet ruthless rulers. But Russia would be a lot happier.
近年来英国已成为社会控制的“威利·旺卡”,拙劣的治安方法越来越稀奇古怪、荒诞不经。
In recent years Britain has become the "Willy Wonka" of social control, churning out increasingly creepy, bizarre, and fantastic methods for policing the populace.
如Cordelia Fine在《社会性别的错觉》一书所说的,一些荒诞的论调夸大了男性和女性的大脑天生不同。
There has been a grotesque overstatement of the evidence that males and females are born with different brains, as Cordelia Fine has documented in her book Delusions of Gender.
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