The word "gopnik" comes from the expression "gop-stop", which, in turn, means robbery or robbery. In other words, a gopnik is a person who wants to take possession of other people's material assets free of charge, humiliating his victim.
Instruction manual
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Gopniks are Russian jargon that characterizes representatives of the urban youth layer, which differ in behavior similar to criminal. The terms "gopniks", "gopota", "gopari", "gopie" are widespread in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union. It should be understood that the gopniks are not exactly criminals, but half-bandits. They, of course, cannot be called subtle psychologists, but these people know how to catch a fine line in the “processing” of their victim, without going beyond the limits of what is permitted.
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The technique of behavior of the gopniks is almost always the same. First, they begin to "run into" the selected victim with the help of conversations (they begin to "concrete market"). This allows the gopniks to "probe" the person, cause him fear and confusion. It is curious that the gopniks “probe” the future victim without a direct threat of violence, achieving an effect when it will appear from the outside that they are ordinary people who communicate with another person, but their opponent is somewhat unbalanced, aggressive and nervous.
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Gopniks only need to rise above their victim due to her humiliation, insult, beating, and extorting values. As a result of such a “collision, ” the victim, as a rule, gives valuable things on his own (money, a mobile phone, a watch, earrings, bracelets). It is worth noting that some gopniks may not take valuable things, because the main thing for them is to feel their own superiority over the humiliated victim, making her scared. Often it turns out that the communication of the gopniks with their victims occurs on the verge of "jokes", as well as conversations "on concepts." All this allows the gopniks to make excuses for potential further disassembly - the victim gave them everything herself.
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The vast majority of representatives of the "gop culture" can be characterized by their common features and features in behavior. For example, gopniks will never call themselves gopniks, they call themselves "real boys", "boys", "clear boys", etc. These people spend the lion's share of their time on the streets, in the entrances of residential buildings, in parks and squares, at public transport stops, in garages, in dark courtyards, etc. Gopniks are characterized by an aggressive manner of communication and behavior: they stare at passers-by point-blank, communicate familiarly, can provoke open conflicts, etc. By the way, seeds and beer are irreplaceable “attributes” of all gopniks. If a gopnik goes without his “attributes”, then he just hasn’t come across the one who can take money from him for beer and seeds.
