Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
I had to go Googling to figure out what the joke is here!

The best explanation that I found was:

гадами приходит отрицательный опыт, а с годами, в которые не встречались гады - положительный."

Aha, now I get it!
I do think you get it, but anyway:

The joke is how a single letter subverts a well known maxim. What was "You gather your experience with years passing" becomes "You gather your experience with meeting nasty people". Can't we all relate to that?