onepaperlantern (7:10:21 PM): hm?

secretbruises (7:10:45 PM): do you know about turkmenistan?

onepaperlantern (7:10:50 PM): no

secretbruises (7:11:29 PM): well

secretbruises (7:11:53 PM): in turkmenistan, which is formerly part of the ussr, there is a dictator, named turkmenbashi

secretbruises (7:12:00 PM): which means leader of turkmen

secretbruises (7:12:23 PM): and turkmenbashi uses all the country's money to build enormous golden statues to himself

secretbruises (7:12:36 PM): and renamed january after himself

secretbruises (7:12:42 PM): and renamed april after his mother

secretbruises (7:12:53 PM): and there are also photographs of him everywhere

secretbruises (7:13:01 PM): and he looks like wayne newton

secretbruises (7:13:22 PM): turkmenbashi wrote a book, a spiritual guide, called ruhnama

secretbruises (7:13:56 PM): there is an enormous statue/reproduction of ruhnama in the downtown area of turkmenistan's capital city

secretbruises (7:14:01 PM): capitol?

secretbruises (7:14:03 PM): anway

secretbruises (7:14:17 PM): everynight, the huge ruhnama opens

secretbruises (7:14:21 PM): with smoke and music

secretbruises (7:14:35 PM): and when it opens it's a huge picture of turkmenbashi

secretbruises (7:14:39 PM): and everyone prays.

onepaperlantern (7:14:47 PM): oh wow.