I personally think the performative banning of anything Russian is silly and will ultimately be counter productive. EA Sports taking Russian teams out of their games, I mean what is the point of this? The even more ridiculous one is the Compare the Meerkat thing.
The country has lost its fucking mind, completely irrational. The internet has made internet clout the sole objective of everything.
Did you see the cat one? Banned from entering cat shows.I personally think the performative banning of anything Russian is silly and will ultimately be counter productive. EA Sports taking Russian teams out of their games, I mean what is the point of this? The even more ridiculous one is the Compare the Meerkat thing.
The country has lost its fucking mind, completely irrational. The internet has made internet clout the sole objective of everything.
Don't disagree with either of those (for clarity, your view of it rather than the acts!). Who buys FIFA for Russian teams anyway?!?I personally think the performative banning of anything Russian is silly and will ultimately be counter productive. EA Sports taking Russian teams out of their games, I mean what is the point of this? The even more ridiculous one is the Compare the Meerkat thing.
The country has lost its fucking mind, completely irrational. The internet has made internet clout the sole objective of everything.
Yeah I saw Tesco isn't selling Russian Standard vodka.I personally think the performative banning of anything Russian is silly and will ultimately be counter productive. EA Sports taking Russian teams out of their games, I mean what is the point of this? The even more ridiculous one is the Compare the Meerkat thing.
The country has lost its fucking mind, completely irrational. The internet has made internet clout the sole objective of everything.
Not just that some nonce will post a pic saying how dare x support Russia and then loads of their nonce mates will threaten their 50th boycott their so they don't want idiots generating bad publicity for more idiots.I think it's like you say, the clout. There will be people and news articles like "EA Sports refuse to take Russian teams out of their game" published to try and make them look bad after Geoff from Shrewsbury asked on Twitter and didn't get a response.
It's the same as the "I stand with" and "solidarity to" type stuff, a lot of it is just an empty gesture on whatever is going on at the time.
The worst is "pray for....".I think it's like you say, the clout. There will be people and news articles like "EA Sports refuse to take Russian teams out of their game" published to try and make them look bad after Geoff from Shrewsbury asked on Twitter and didn't get a response.
It's the same as the "I stand with" and "solidarity to" type stuff, a lot of it is just an empty gesture on whatever is going on at the time.
That is dangerous.Did you see the cat one? Banned from entering cat shows.
As Putin now has over 80% of his forces in Ukraine, wouldn't now be a good time for a few terrorist attacks on Russia soil?
Not advocating it of course, but maybe a few Chechen resistance groups could pop over for a day trip.
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Russia is leaving its back passage wide open for China to play take some of the land they want. They definitely need a few internal uprisings and if it happens to be Chechnya going for a drive out then so be it.
Did you see the cat one? Banned from entering cat shows.
I keep telling myself that no one person in charge of Russia actually has the final decision in pushing the nuclear launch button.I am still hopeful those around him will think he's losing the plot and is on course for nuclear destruction, so will somehow topple him.
We're saved by the fact the leader hasn't been changing the laws and hasn't been moving himself into a position of autocracy...I keep telling myself that no one person in charge of Russia actually has the final decision in pushing the nuclear launch button.
Would you fight if it WAS perfect ?I think that's nature. To want to survive.
My main thing would be my family and what is best for them. Am I of more use to them if I escape with them?
I know there will be certain elements on here who will call this next statement unpatriotic, but my last concern would be fighting for the country. It's far from perfect and the past has shown that the ordinary people sent to fight are often left to rot afterwards. I guess it'd be more about fighting off something worse. If there was no way out, the fight instinct would kick in.
We're saved by the fact the leader hasn't been changing the laws and hasn't been moving himself into a position of autocracy...
Well yes, you'd certainly hope so.That's on the decision making process. The technicalities of it though, you would imagine there are checks and balances in the system, it isn't just a button.
I keep telling myself that no one person in charge of Russia actually has the final decision in pushing the nuclear launch button.
I keep telling myself that no one person in charge of Russia actually has the final decision in pushing the nuclear launch button.
Just a thought? When the generals sit at one end of the table/ meeting areas and Putin sits at the other do we assume that the button is in the middle? Putin does not trust them for some reason.
I personally think the performative banning of anything Russian is silly and will ultimately be counter productive. EA Sports taking Russian teams out of their games, I mean what is the point of this? The even more ridiculous one is the Compare the Meerkat thing.
The country has lost its fucking mind, completely irrational. The internet has made internet clout the sole objective of everything.
He has to be ill doesn’t he?There is no button. Certainly not in the middle of a table.
Putin makes the decision, but can't actually initiate the launch himself. That's down to the military.
As for his big long tables, he's totally paranoid about Covid and doesn't like to sit near people.
A piece on the sanctions and why they are effective (without shutting off Europe's gas supply).
Shame Grendel isn't posting in here anymore to say he knows better than the author
Central bank sanctions strike at the foundations of Russia’s economy
From a source of economic strength during peacetime, FX reserves turned into the source of a crash during warwww.ft.com
edit: link doesn't seem to work. hmm
I’d have said he’s paranoid about a lot more than Covid, again like old Adolf. The price on his head grows more every day.
Looks pumped full of steroids to me , round face syndrome.He has to be ill doesn’t he?
I’d read a quote from someone close to the American intelligence a few days ago saying something along the lines of ‘We can’t expect this Putin to be able to make the same rational decisions as he did 5 years ago’ which was basically intimating he wasn’t well but as much as I’ve googled it I can’t for the life of me find it again.
Would definitely make sense though.
Would you fight if it WAS perfect ?
Didn’t even manage 24 hours off this threadhe would run to the hills
“David o day Is out there with PVA let’s take the cyanide death will be so less painful”Anyone think of a caption to go with this?
Russian Soldiers in a Ukrainian Elevator somewhere in the captured territory:
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Russian VDV troops in a Ukrainian elevator. : CombatFootage (reddit.com)
Didn’t even manage 24 hours off this thread
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