A SWEATY FATBEARD posted:

lol@ americans seriously thinking that russians drink vodka. Vodka is factory distilled poo poo and it costs actual money (PROTIP: if you're russian, you don't have money by default)
for your average russky it's either cheap cat piss beer in 2L PET bottles or Samogon (backyard moonshine).

also about wall carpets: many tenement blocks are so cheaply constructed that there is absolutely no thermal insulation whatever so the walls tend to ice over on the inside during the winter. the infamous carpets are DIY thermal and sound insulation.