# Russian tampon commericals are pretty hardcore

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-tampon-commericals-are-pretty-hardcore/661426>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 20, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-tampon-commericals-are-pretty-hardcore/661426 "2013-06-20T02:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-tampon-commericals-are-pretty-hardcore/661426/1 "2013-06-20T02:50:20Z")

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[Yes they are!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W59YcraSVNg)

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-tampon-commericals-are-pretty-hardcore/661426/2 "2013-06-20T02:59:41Z")

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Holy freaking shit!! That is insane. Certainly gets the message across. Wonder what SCDP would think of that approach?

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**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-tampon-commericals-are-pretty-hardcore/661426/3 "2013-06-20T03:02:13Z")

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In Soviet Russia…

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-tampon-commericals-are-pretty-hardcore/661426/4 "2013-06-20T03:03:52Z")

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Not a real commercial: it’s a scene from [Movie 43](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_43).

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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-tampon-commericals-are-pretty-hardcore/661426/5 "2013-06-20T03:06:44Z")

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Which is clearly listed in the description under the video player.