Stalin is upset about the call quality, this is Lenin replying to his whining with a text saying "I heard you fine, and yes I agree, giving out more grain to the poor is definitely a higher priority than getting new phone equipment"
I actually read it wrong, I missed the period. The "Threaten to shoot" bit is a new sentence from Lenin jokingly commanding Stalin, I thought it was a continuation saying "I heard you threaten to shoot".
Thinking that Lenin could hear them fine and Stalin was just screaming at the radio guy while Lenin heard the whole saga and was relaying it through telegram.
Crazy how you can totally change the meaning of a sentence with just one punctuation mark. Probably easier to understand with context and in the original language though.
Stalin is upset about the call quality, this is Lenin replying to his whining with a text saying "I heard you fine, and yes I agree, giving out more grain to the poor is definitely a higher priority than getting new phone equipment"
i just thought the line "threaten to shoot the incompetent person in charge of communication who cannot give you a good amplifier" was funny
I actually read it wrong, I missed the period. The "Threaten to shoot" bit is a new sentence from Lenin jokingly commanding Stalin, I thought it was a continuation saying "I heard you threaten to shoot".
Thinking that Lenin could hear them fine and Stalin was just screaming at the radio guy while Lenin heard the whole saga and was relaying it through telegram.
honestly there's at least 1 typo in this translation because they put a comma in a place where it's not needed
so, for all we know, your interpretation is correct and they threw a period in the wrong place too lol. damn historiography, you scary
Crazy how you can totally change the meaning of a sentence with just one punctuation mark. Probably easier to understand with context and in the original language though.
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