What is "Brownie points"?

[DraWol]

I'm a Russian what is the "Brownie points"?

[FafnirChaos]

I'm curious too, I'm not russian.... maybe its a scale that women use?

[JHomme73]

Ever heard of google?

[DraWol]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_points

[DraWol]

Ok, than why MC answerd something about bakers and why it was a bad dad joke?

[halfmonkey]

Originally posted by DraWol:

Ok, than why MC answerd something about bakers and why it was a bad dad joke?

A brownie is also a baked good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_brownie

[markiezz]

That's a brownie point for DraWol.

[Amins]

This brings up a good point as far as the current community translation project goes. I'm always curious and fascinated at the thought of translating these types of metaphors into other languages. How would the concept of "Brownie points" be converted into a Russian translation? Would it be omitted entirely or replaced with something else that's sort of relevant?

[markiezz]

Originally posted by Amins:

This brings up a good point as far as the current community translation project goes. I'm always curious and fascinated at the thought of translating these types of metaphors into other languages. How would the concept of "Brownie points" be converted into a Russian translation? Would it be omitted entirely or replaced with something else that's sort of relevant?

Localization is first brahriority then if it's still doesn't make sense like Patrick on booze, it is recommended to leave it as is.

[ausfo55]

Originally posted by DraWol:

Ok, than why MC answerd something about bakers and why it was a bad dad joke?

Brownie points is related to the idea of being a "brown noser" someone who kisses ass (Sycophancy) and by doing so makes their nose brown. "Brownie Points" is then the idea of keeping score how much you have kissed someones ass. For the other part of the joke "a bakers dozen" this is a play on words because a brownie is also a word for a chocolate cookie/cake. Hopefully that helps you understand the joke.