Ukraine: The Aristoblyats

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Internet VFW > Ukraine: The Aristoblyats

Naked Bear: Apr 15, 2007; Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!

Probably some dumb poo poo directed by the Kremlin, but hey!

Belarus referendum approves proposal to renounce non-nuclear status - agencies

Reuters posted:

Feb 27 (Reuters) - A referendum in Belarus on Sunday approved a new constitution ditching the country's non-nuclear status at a time when the former Soviet republic has become a launch pad for Russian troops invading Ukraine, Russian news agencies said.

The agencies cited the Belarus central elections commission as saying 65.2% of those who took part voted in favor. The result came as little surprise, given the tightly controlled rule of President Alexander Lukashenko.

The new constitution could see nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil for the first time since the country gave them up after the fall of the Soviet Union.

It raises the stakes at a time when Lukashenko has fallen behind Russian President Vladimir Putin's military assault on Ukraine after earlier playing an intermediary role between the two neighbours.

The West has already said it will not recognise the results of the referendum, which is taking place against the background of a sweeping crackdown on domestic opponents of the government. According to human rights activists, as of Sunday, there were more than a thousand political prisoners in Belarus.

The referendum sparked anti-war protests in several cities. At least 290 people were detained, rights activists said.

Protests had largely died down in Belarus after Lukashenko launched a violent crackdown on dissent against his 28-year-long rule. Mass protests had erupted in 2020 following a disputed election that opponents say Lukashenko rigged.

On Sunday, speaking at a polling station, Lukashenko said he could ask Russia to return nuclear weapons to Belarus.

"If you (the West) transfer nuclear weapons to Poland or Lithuania, to our borders, then I will turn to Putin to return the nuclear weapons that I gave away without any conditions," Lukashenko said.

Lukashenko turned to Russia after the 2020 protests, securing loans that offset the effect of Western sanctions.

His rival in the 2020 vote, exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, had called on Belarusians to use the vote to protest against the invasion.

In videos and photos posted on social media, people gathered at polling stations in Minsk and other cities to protest.

"There is little we can do now, with all this terror and horror in which we live. But I wouldn't forgive myself if I didn't try to do something," said Elena, 45. She declined to provide more personal information for security reasons.

The new constitution would give powers to the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, created by Lukashenko and populated by party loyalists, local councils, officials and activists of pro-government organizations.

It would also give lifetime immunity from prosecution to the president once he left office.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:03

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? Jun 2, 2024 04:59

Jokers Gamble: May 31, 2013

Xakura posted:

Isn't that a meaningless comparison? One unit of my currency is less valuable than one tf2 crate key, but more valuable than one unit of japanese yen.

That's on an individual level, so one ruble is currently lower in value than one Robux. A real world currency is worth less than funbux kids use to buy poo poo in a game. Imagine if the dollar was worth less than a token from Chuck E. Cheese.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kbd4d/roblox-currency-robux-is-outperforming-the-ruble

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:13

nullscan: May 28, 2004; TO BE A BOSS YOU MUST HAVE HONOR! HONOR AND A PENIS!

If the Ukraine invasion is any rubric, the ICBMs headed for the states would run out of gas halfway over the ocean.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:18

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Jokers Gamble posted:

That's on an individual level, so one ruble is currently lower in value than one Robux. A real world currency is worth less than funbux kids use to buy poo poo in a game. Imagine if the dollar was worth less than a token from Chuck E. Cheese.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kbd4d/roblox-currency-robux-is-outperforming-the-ruble

Then I'd be living off my wife's Skee-Ball skills.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:19

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

nullscan posted:

If the Ukraine invasion is any rubric, the ICBMs headed for the states would run out of gas halfway over the ocean.

Consistent with ballistic launches though sadly.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:22

Xakura: Jan 10, 2019; A safety-conscious little mouse!

Jokers Gamble posted:

That's on an individual level, so one ruble is currently lower in value than one Robux. A real world currency is worth less than funbux kids use to buy poo poo in a game. Imagine if the dollar was worth less than a token from Chuck E. Cheese.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kbd4d/roblox-currency-robux-is-outperforming-the-ruble

Yes but the size of the base unit is arbitrary. A dollar is worth less than the funbux kids use to buy poo poo in TF2, that doesn't mean anything for the US economy.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:23

Oxygenpoisoning: Feb 21, 2006

Looks like another Ukrainian boxer is in the mix. A bunch of his haters were calling him a coward and that he had fled to Greece for asylum. Now they are saying he�s still there to duck his next fight. Boxing fans are idiots.

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1497990146909745153

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:24

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

The mexican peso is only worth like, a nickel. One South Korean Won is $0.00083 US, it takes 1000 of them to make 83¢. It's not uncommon for 1 of a currency to be worth gently caress all, because we're used to the dollar supremacy.

Don't buy rubles though. Unless you're that guy from your unit that bought dinar and in that case, go hog wild, let us know when you give up on making money on it.

E: lol so that's where all the ACUs went.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:25

Naked Bear: Apr 15, 2007; Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!

Belarus joining the war.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:26

Arsenic Lupin: Apr 12, 2012; This particularly rapid💨 unintelligible 😖patter💁 isn't generally heard🧏‍♂️, and if it is🤔, it doesn't matter💁.

A Swedish krona, worth a US dime, is 100 �re. They haven't bothered making �re coins in any denomination since 2010. I used to have a 1-�re coin when I was a teenager, but I haven't seen it in years.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:28

CBJSprague24: Dec 5, 2010; another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

nullscan posted:

If the Ukraine invasion is any rubric, the ICBMs headed for the states would run out of gas halfway over the ocean.

Yet another Goldeneye reference.

"It will burn up somewhere over the Atlantic. :smug:

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:28

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

Naked Bear posted:

Belarus joining the war.

Got a source?

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:29

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Arsenic Lupin posted:

A Swedish krona, worth a US dime, is 100 �re. They haven't bothered making �re coins in any denomination since 2010. I used to have a 1-�re coin when I was a teenager, but I haven't seen it in years.

Remind me of some of the weird British sub denominations they used to have like a farthing.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:30

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

The mexican peso is only worth like, a nickel. One South Korean Won is $0.00083 US, it takes 1000 of them to make 83¢. It's not uncommon for 1 of a currency to be worth gently caress all, because we're used to the dollar supremacy.

25 years ago when I was in Russia, the exchange rate was about 6:1. Now it's 85:1. That's a big difference.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:31

Xakura: Jan 10, 2019; A safety-conscious little mouse!

Stultus Maximus posted:

25 years ago when I was in Russia, the exchange rate was about 6:1. Now it's 85:1. That's a big difference.

Oh absolutely. But that is the point to make, not "it's now worth less than [arbitrary measure]"

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:38

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Someone ate a groverpasta in the GBS thread lol

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:38

Jokers Gamble: May 31, 2013

Xakura posted:

Oh absolutely. But that is the point to make, not "it's now worth less than [arbitrary measure]"

I just thought it was a funny headline man, I'll leave the economics to the experts.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:40

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Stultus Maximus posted:

25 years ago when I was in Russia, the exchange rate was about 6:1. Now it's 85:1. That's a big difference.

Yeah, that's a big difference, but it's not going back to 6:1 any time soon either. To think it will, is powerful Iraqi dinar energy.

Foreign money discussion always reminds me of that scene in We're The Millers where Luis Guzmán is shaking them down for $20 or a blowjob.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:40

Naked Bear: Apr 15, 2007; Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!

Mr. Nice! posted:

Got a source?

This appears to be changing by the minute; it's not confirmed, sorry.

https://kyivindependent.com/national/reports-suggest-belarus-prepares-to-send-its-troops-to-ukraine-joining-putin-in-war/

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:40

TheWeedNumber: Apr 20, 2020; by sebmojo

bees everywhere posted:

Even if there was one, I doubt anyone got to use it. My 1st deployment we lost a whole crew of an M1114 when they went off the road into a small creek, and their gun hatch was wide open.

gently caress

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:42

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Naked Bear posted:

This appears to be changing by the minute; it's not confirmed, sorry.

https://kyivindependent.com/national/reports-suggest-belarus-prepares-to-send-its-troops-to-ukraine-joining-putin-in-war/

I can�t think of any group of soldiers with lower moral than troops from a satellite state of Russia being tossed into the grinder.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:45

Jokers Gamble: May 31, 2013

TheWeedNumber posted:

gently caress

Yeah that's straight nightmare material. That's why I tell people I could never be a submariner or a pilot/crew. At least as infantry, if you get hit, you don't fall thousands of feet and explode or get crushed by massive ocean pressure. For some reason the concept of that really freaks me out.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:50

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

The laws of physics just don't give a gently caress about heart.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:53

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Jokers Gamble posted:

Yeah that's straight nightmare material. That's why I tell people I could never be a submariner or a pilot/crew. At least as infantry, if you get hit, you don't fall thousands of feet and explode or get crushed by massive ocean pressure. For some reason the concept of that really freaks me out.

Honestly submariners have it better in some ways than regular mariners - if the pressure hull gets breached, you're guaranteed a quick death. You go in the drink from a surface ship, and I guarantee you an incredibly unpleasant death, whether its fast or slow.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 02:57

Jokers Gamble: May 31, 2013

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

Honestly submariners have it better in some ways than regular mariners - if the pressure hull gets breached, you're guaranteed a quick death. You go in the drink from a surface ship, and I guarantee you an incredibly unpleasant death, whether its fast or slow.

Yeah, gently caress all that poo poo. I'll keep my feet on the ground.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:00

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

Honestly submariners have it better in some ways than regular mariners - if the pressure hull gets breached, you're guaranteed a quick death. You go in the drink from a surface ship, and I guarantee you an incredibly unpleasant death, whether its fast or slow.

Nah I agree with bullet sponge, it's wrong.

worse yet you guys train to prolong your death by attempting to fix hull beaches.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:04

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

https://twitter.com/MotolkoHelp/status/1498005235457003527?t=bOLj26KkcvLWZQoEF93wyw&s=19

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:06

BIG HEADLINE: Jun 13, 2006; "Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

Submariners live with a fate worse than death.

Forgetting their shower shoes.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:06

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Pine Cone Jones posted:

https://twitter.com/MotolkoHelp/status/1498005235457003527?t=bOLj26KkcvLWZQoEF93wyw&s=19

gently caress.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:08

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

SMEGMA_MAIL posted:

Someone ate a groverpasta in the GBS thread lol

Post # link for those of us who don't touch the poop?

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:10

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Seems unwise to send paratroopers with even lower morale but what do I know

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:11

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

RIP in advance

F

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:11

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

BIG HEADLINE posted:

Submariners live with a fate worse than death.

Forgetting their shower shoes.

Jellyfish don�t sting in submarines.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:12

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3993948&perpage=40&noseen=1&userid=164451&pagenumber=3#post521776592

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:12

lightpole: Jun 4, 2004; I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

Wasabi the J posted:

Nah I agree with bullet sponge, it's wrong.

worse yet you guys train to prolong your death by attempting to fix hull beaches.

For realsies tho, who hasn't gone diving in the bilge with water up to the deck plates trying to close a seawater valve?

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:29

pantslesswithwolves: Oct 28, 2008

SMEGMA_MAIL posted:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3993948&perpage=40&noseen=1&userid=164451&pagenumber=3#post521776592

Lmao

Mine was better

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:30

ASAPI: Apr 20, 2007; I invented the line.

For those of you wondering if Belarus is going to join:

https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1498128760075431946?t=ijgyE10HhN8L77cwlvvLFg&s=19

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:53

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Given the impressive Ukrainian PR war, with picture after picture of bombed out Russian convoys, the heroic Ukrainian soldiers, and the very real evidence that Russia is not having the time they expected it is going to be emotionally devastating when Russia pours on the strategic bombers and just steamrolls everything and kills everyone. Dammit.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:54

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

ASAPI posted:

For those of you wondering if Belarus is going to join:

https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1498128760075431946?t=ijgyE10HhN8L77cwlvvLFg&s=19

How nice of the trash to come in their own dumpster.

Now here's a good molotov target.

# ? Feb 28, 2022 03:55

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? Jun 2, 2024 04:59

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

ASAPI posted:

For those of you wondering if Belarus is going to join:

https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1498128760075431946?t=ijgyE10HhN8L77cwlvvLFg&s=19

https://twitter.com/MENA_Conflict/status/1498093228679069696

# ? Feb 28, 2022 04:01

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Internet VFW > Ukraine: The Aristoblyats

«‹›986 »