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icantfindaname posted:You mean me, or the article? Come on! Everyone knows the russians are beasts with no morals, what is this guy trying to imply here? quote:But as the encounter with Yuri that night in Lyubertsy showed, Russians can be reached if basic moral principles are made clear to them. Russians do not share the ethical heritage of the West, but moral intuition exists everywhere, and is able to be inspired. What matters is the message.
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icantfindaname posted:Merry Christmas And then, everybody clapped. And that wallet was Albert Einstein. Pierogi posted:Come on! Everyone knows the russians are beasts with no morals, what is this guy trying to imply here? The savage heathens of the Russian steppes can be tamed and educated. It is the American Man's burden to come there, colonize this wild land, and teach its fierce natives how to live in a civilization.
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Pierogi posted:Come on! Everyone knows the russians are beasts with no morals, what is this guy trying to imply here? ![]()
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Cat Mattress posted:And then, everybody clapped. Yeah that article is condescending as hell. Apparently Russians don't have basic moral principles, they have to be firmly taught by Americans.
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icantfindaname posted:Merry Christmas I like how the "moral" is phrased as if Russians were a breed of dogs that can be taught discipline with enough patience ![]()
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Yeah, that's a rare mix of condescension and optimism.
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icantfindaname posted:Merry Christmas That author sounds like an rear end in a top hat.
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https://twitter.com/sandsathopkins/status/944637485820383234
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anilEhilated posted:Yeah, that's a rare mix of condescension and optimism. Eh, if you read enough NYT/WaPo/WSJ/Guardian opinion writing you pretty much get completely desensitized to that. Part of my reason for posting it here was to see people's reactions because it genuinely seemed to me not that remarkable by those places op-ed standards. Tom Friedman could beat this guy in his sleep
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Shortly after arriving in Russia I left about 10,000 rub on my desk in a lovely student apartment. I was exhausted so I completely forgo putting in a cupboard and locked up and went out to get something to eat. When I came back I learned that we apparently had a cleaning service that just would let themselves in when they needed to. They not only did not steal any of the money, but they stacked it nicely and stacked the coins by denomination. I was baffled. My american morals could not fathom how someone wouldn't just take a months pay from a foreigner with no recourse.
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rear end struggle posted:Shortly after arriving in Russia I left about 10,000 rub on my desk in a lovely student apartment. I was exhausted so I completely forgo putting in a cupboard and locked up and went out to get something to eat. When I came back I learned that we apparently had a cleaning service that just would let themselves in when they needed to. They not only did not steal any of the money, but they stacked it nicely and stacked the coins by denomination. I was baffled. My american morals could not fathom how someone wouldn't just take a months pay from a foreigner with no recourse.
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rear end struggle posted:My american morals could not fathom how someone wouldn't just take a months pay from a foreigner with no recourse. The police will totally scam and rob a foreigner though.
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Every year the new year starts at 11 pm. For some people in Estonia and I dare guess that in Latvia as well. Yep......
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The New Year is in January you Gregorianailures ![]()
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The new year really starts when I lose the habit of writing "2017" as the date, so it's generally around March or even April.
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The new year actually starts when you run out of mandarines. ![]()
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Also Polish goons what is up with your awful "tequila flavored" beer ![]()
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AceRimmer posted:Also Polish goons what is up with your awful "tequila flavored" beer You mean Desperados? Been a while since I've drunk it but I don't remember it being that terrible.
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AceRimmer posted:Also Polish goons what is up with your awful "tequila flavored" beer It's everywhere in Latvia too. It's piss flavoured piss, hard pass.
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Cat Mattress posted:The new year really starts when I lose the habit of writing "2017" as the date, so it's generally around March or even April. I was writing something that included a date in the coming January so I was like "oh yeah better make sure to write 2018 not 2017." I wrote "12" for the month.
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You know, from what little I've seen of Poland, I strongly suspect they like to mask the taste with sheer amounts of alcohol. Like, Polish beer tastes like piss but it starts at 12° and goes up from there. It's sneaky.
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https://twitter.com/OksanaBoyko_RT/status/947908610226573312/photo/1 https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/948471250715754496 should have kept it up, it was a good post. Instead he is having a break down on twitter.
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Just here to post Klaipeda's really cool Christmas tree. ![]()
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lol Donetsk imposes sanctions on Luhansk http://belsat.eu/en/news/love-hate-relationship-donetsk-imposes-sanctions-on-luhansk/
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I knew that Ukraine sucks, but this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ0LM7ZIbsM&t=1349s This is.... incredible. I bet somewhere out there city officials drive their X5 to work every day and everything is fine. For them.
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jonnypeh posted:I knew that Ukraine sucks, but this: That would be a perfectly normal sight in two largest Latvian cities too. They still have ancient Soviet trams in service.
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That these 30 - 40 yo Tatras perform well on what amounts to a mule trail is a triumph of Czech engineering ![]()
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Happy Christmas.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:That would be a perfectly normal sight in two largest Latvian cities too. They still have ancient Soviet trams in service. But did you look at the tracks, they were literally broken off at multiple places and hung in the air, yet the trams just ran over them anyway.
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Zudgemud posted:But did you look at the tracks, they were literally broken off at multiple places and hung in the air, yet the trams just ran over them anyway. That part is not as bad here, I didn't pay too much attention.
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steinrokkan posted:That these 30 - 40 yo Tatras perform well on what amounts to a mule trail is a triumph of Czech engineering quote:That would be a perfectly normal sight in two largest Latvian cities too. They still have ancient Soviet trams in service.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:Happy Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHZh7czV86Y
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jonnypeh posted:Sometimes foreigners might mistake Tallinn for a western european city, if they see our brand new CAF trams. Until they see homeless people sleeping in them. Then they know that they are still in eastern Europe. In western Europe, this would be solved by nailing sharp spikes everywhere.
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Oh, my fine city. Tram rails have been in terrible condition since the 90s here. Local people just don't give a gently caress when such trivial accidents happen ("nothing to see here, move along") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oEC6u2IHdI
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Apparently Latvian Security Police has given out a memo to the national library council that librarians ought to report suspicious visitors, such as people who are interested in Islam or watch violent videos online. ![]()
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Apparently Latvian Security Police has given out a memo to the national library council that librarians ought to report suspicious visitors, such as people who are interested in Islam or watch violent videos online. Makes sense, you've got to find the next Brown Moseses before the Russian spies get them.
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Zudgemud posted:That author sounds like an rear end in a top hat. I read it a while ago but I thought his book on Russian memory of the Soviet past (It was a long time ago and it never happened anyway) was pretty good. He could write a good book and still be an rear end in a top hat though, God knows there are enough of those in Russian studies.
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https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/951136223912919040
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I love the petty trend of re-naming streets in front of embassies you're having a tiff with.
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Baronjutter posted:I love the petty trend of re-naming streets in front of embassies you're having a tiff with. Please direct mail to the Russian Embassy at 123 Russia Sucks lol Avenue, Washington DC
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