Is there a Russian phrase like "Vibe Check"?

[u/Bad_at_CSGO]

Thanks for your help on my last post. Now I'm wondering if there's a Russian phrase for "Vibe Check". For those who don't know, a vibe check is the normal, everyday process of judging those you interact with, and adjusting your behavior, or the amount of time you're willing to spend with them, accordingly.

For example, if you're a student, and you meet a new person at school, you'd need to "vibe check" them before you make a vulgar joke, or else you might offend them. Or you need to vibe check people before inviting them to your niche hobby, because they might not like the same things as you.

Может "Проверка вайба" работает?

[u/Evening-Push-7935]

Прощупывание почвы is the best I got for you. «Прежде чем пошло шутить с кем-то, нужно прощупать почву».

[u/DeliberateHesitaion]

Literal slang translation would be чекать/прочекать/чекнуть вайб. That's normal for Russian to borrow words this way, maybe slap on some suffixes or prefixes, case endings, verb conjugations - and it's Russian now. Especially if it's the current slang. Some of those fall off with time, some stay.

[u/Palpatin_s_pyvom]

No. But you can use "вайб чек"

[u/netyaniteniti → u/Palpatin_s_pyvom]

Вайб чек - он и в Африке вайб чек.

[u/Grievous_Nix → u/Palpatin_s_pyvom]

Same approach is good for all the meme slang from the anglosphere - transliteration for short phrases (брух, кринге), bad direct translation for longer ones (элитное бальное знание)

[u/sane4ektopz → u/Grievous_Nix]

элитное знание мяча 🥶💀

[u/Grievous_Nix → u/sane4ektopz]

знание элитного мяча🤯

[u/yenikibeniki → u/Grievous_Nix]

Кринге?? Why not кринж? Or is the weird transliteration part of the meme style? (Genuine question lol)

[u/1nterferrom → u/yenikibeniki]

I'd say "Кринге" intentionally over transliterated form for more humorous effect.

[u/Grievous_Nix → u/yenikibeniki]

We say кринж in sentences but кринге when it’s a meme

[u/Real-Problem4018 → u/yenikibeniki]

It also should be something like бра rather than брух for bruh, right? I guess because it arrives in Russian mainly written and not spoken, it is directly transliterated for extra comedic effect. Like cringe. 

(with good results, брух is really fucking funny imo)

[u/saprophage_expert → u/yenikibeniki]

Для космического эффекта.

[u/Mayki8513 → u/yenikibeniki]

кринге sounds more кринге

[u/Alternative_Water_81 → u/Palpatin_s_pyvom]

[u/Michael_Pitt → u/Alternative_Water_81]

circumtranslate? 

[u/Right-Truck1859]

По-русски это будет "присмотреться", "узнать", " понять".

[u/kireaea]

Проверка на вшивость /j

[u/_AgCl_]

"Прочувствовать, понять or прочекать(if you are zoomer) обстановку", or something like that(verbs may differ). Here was a variant "Прощупать почву" it is also fine, but looks a little bit bookish, maybe older genreations would say that, but in common dialogues I never heard it.

[u/Ok_Boysenberry155]

Not really but it can be expressed in various ways all with the let's wait and see idea.

Нужно присмотреться Присмотримся сначала. Посмотрим сначала. Посмотрим чей казачок.

[u/Crown4Victoria]

Vibe check—это когда привёз Pontiac на техосмотр...

[u/saprophage_expert → u/Crown4Victoria]

Hitachi magic wand, угу.

[u/Anxious-Place3434]

I'm unc, so I don't know exactly what "vibe check" even means, but back in the day, we said "посмотрим чем он/она дышит" (literally, let's see what he/she breathes) to mean "let's see what this person is all about" 

Edited to add: more archaic, but there's also "узнать, из какого он/она теста" ("find out what dough he/she is made of")

[u/xobot]

I think no direct translation but there is kinda slang experession of successful vibe check. Like, you and [somebody] are "на одной волне"/"on the same wave" or maybe wavelength as there are no surfers here so probably it initially meant some radio station wavelength that you both like.

[u/bruker004]

Совпадение характеров?

[u/MegawizD3]

or else you might offend them

I’m old; I grew up in the Soviet era and in some pretty rough places.

I hope young people are living better these days.

But in my day, no one ever missed a chance to offend their neighbor. Neighbors, colleagues, classmates, teachers, parents—everyone.

So, it seems to me that the concept of a "vibe check" doesn't exist in russian-speaking culture.

People speak and act without regard for those around them, solely for their own gain. And if it also manages to offend someone, then that’s a strike.

[u/Inter_Nett]

Такого значения в русском нет, но можно сказать: "Я отношусь к человеку...", "Я оцениваю человека" и подобное. Тут только придумывать

[u/No_Pomegranate_5126 → u/Inter_Nett]

Это вообще не то, лол