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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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12 | 2.97% |
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67 | 16.58% |
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94 | 23.27% |
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14 | 3.47% |
| 🐝 |
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87 | 21.53% |
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Frosted Flake posted:As Ukrainian officials, it is our duty to ensure the stability and unity of our nation. Unfortunately, certain opposition parties and media outlets have consistently sought to sow discord and division among our people. Their rhetoric and actions have hindered progress and threatened the security of our country. what's this website again?
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Dec 31, 2022 03:27
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Majorian posted:I think it was more of a "career" perma than one for that post in particular. Live by the forums drama, die by the forums drama. It's sorta that but weirder/funnier. IIRC fly molo made a devil's bargain with jeff to avoid a perma prior to this and the condition for being allowed to continue posting was "just don't be aggro," so he debased himself with the weird "lobotomized molo" kayfabe for months. This was all after a bunch of incredibly stupid sniping back and forth with jeff in various threads that made them both seem to be engaging in an incredibly cringe grudge / slapfight. this was always how it was destined to end, but jeff toying with molo like a cat playing with its mortally wounded prey only to brutally disembowel them for a feedback thread post is really something.
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Dec 31, 2022 03:33
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I still have no idea what any of you are talking about.
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Dec 31, 2022 03:35
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he should have just called the CIA is he was that interested in gulag archipelago
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Dec 31, 2022 03:37
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Lostconfused posted:I still have no idea what any of you are talking about. the parallers between the war in the ukraine, and our forums wars, that both rage on without a lol in sight
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Dec 31, 2022 03:42
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man liberals loved that book so much.
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Dec 31, 2022 03:43
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speng31b posted:It's sorta that but weirder/funnier. IIRC fly molo made a devil's bargain with jeff to avoid a perma prior to this and the condition for being allowed to continue posting was "just don't be aggro," so he debased himself with the weird "lobotomized molo" kayfabe for months. Oh yeah, that's right! Good memory.
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Dec 31, 2022 03:55
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DancingShade posted:Really? I mean I guess it might be a surprise if western media is your primary source for anything. War popularity boosts are notoriously short-lived, and escalating to include reserves doesn't sound like something that would make you more popular. But who knows 
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Dec 31, 2022 04:07
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Cpt_Obvious posted:War popularity boosts are notoriously short-lived, and escalating to include reserves doesn't sound like something that would make you more popular. Do you get polled in a barrack or in Georgia? One weird trick.
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Dec 31, 2022 04:11
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Putin's ratings don't matter, and to me it looks like Medvedev might get another shot at the post again.
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Dec 31, 2022 04:16
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Военный Осведомитель posted:
Военный Осведомитель posted:
TL;DR - someone woke up and started building up stuff to mitigate damage from ukrainian drones that leak through air defense Военный Осведомитель posted:
A few months old content; Russians worked in batteries compared to their Ukrainian counterparts.
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Dec 31, 2022 04:22
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Frosted Flake posted:Was it not an old post in a feedback thread? it was because jeffery perosnally hated fly molo. just remember, jeff banned fly molo more times than he banned bust rodd.
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Dec 31, 2022 04:29
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Danann posted:
the orcs have mastered the art of shift clicking a move order after every fire mission
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Dec 31, 2022 04:53
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Dixon Chisholm posted:it was because jeffery perosnally hated fly molo.
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Dec 31, 2022 05:18
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Lostconfused posted:I still have no idea what any of you are talking about. little late, but username post combo
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Dec 31, 2022 05:19
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Dixon Chisholm posted:it was because jeffery perosnally hated fly molo.  jeff PERMAbanned fly molo more times than he probated bust rodd
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Dec 31, 2022 05:32
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Mod decisions are carefully considered behind the scenes and not at all totally capricious actions based on personal preference like the bad old lowtax days
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Dec 31, 2022 05:54
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Something power something absolutely etc Admittedly, you could argue that protective barriers and counter measure are the type of thing you do before you are 10 months into a war. It is clear that why some modernization happened in terms of equipment and certainly the Russian army isn’t in the state it was during the 90s or even the 00’s, there is certainly the Russians needed their own wake up call. That said, as far as drones go, I think it is a problem for everyone not just the Russians. It also doesn’t mean traditional air defense is obsolete but rather it is now simply another threat on the battlefield. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 06:27 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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Dec 31, 2022 06:11
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something awful
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Dec 31, 2022 06:20
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Megamissen posted:how did the whole draft thing work out? hey thanks for giving a drat  I'm out of the country, have lived abroad most of my life, so the most immediate effect is that I can't visit aging family. Besides this the real concern is if they'll punish expats that draft dodge. I think America did something like this during vietnam so we're dreading something similar being cooked up. I might end up exiled and totally cut off from my european family (and my 'assets' ie apartment etc seized) This hasn't happened yet, but its a real worry
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Dec 31, 2022 06:47
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BULBASAUR posted:hey thanks for giving a drat I hope none of that happens to you, that sounds like a really lovely situation to be in.
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Dec 31, 2022 06:53
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BULBASAUR posted:hey thanks for giving a drat America punished only a tiny percentage of draft dodgers in Vietnam.
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Dec 31, 2022 07:12
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BULBASAUR posted:hey thanks for giving a drat Members of my family from Russia who have escaped have had some success with having family members still in the country liquidate their assets and send them the money in another country.
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Dec 31, 2022 07:26
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Weka posted:America punished only a tiny percentage of draft dodgers in Vietnam. I'm sure that's of great comfort to BULBASAUR.
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Dec 31, 2022 07:30
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How does someone from America even get to Russia right now besides some really contrived multiple step route through Egypt and Turkiye.
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Dec 31, 2022 07:32
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Majorian posted:I'm sure that's of great comfort to BULBASAUR. There wouldn't be so much whining about draft dodgers from the Russians if they were getting punished.
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Dec 31, 2022 07:35
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Lostconfused posted:How does someone from America even get to Russia right now besides some really contrived multiple step route through Egypt and Turkiye. Cross the bering like a goddamn man
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Dec 31, 2022 07:38
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A couple of months ago even Ukraine was supposedly not bothering with draft dodgers and there were barely any legal cases being brought against them. Like less then a hunrred, but I could be wrong about this specific detail.
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Dec 31, 2022 07:39
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Lostconfused posted:It should be. Great, I hope you're right! Majorian has issued a correction as of 07:45 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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Dec 31, 2022 07:39
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Majorian posted:It seems to me like the Russian government sees this war as far more existentially essential than the U.S. government did with Vietnam, but I could be wrong. Anyway, I hope you're right and the Russian government doesn't do anything stupid. You wouldn't be able to tell that from everything the Russian government said. At the very least right now as far as anyone has claimed or could tell, the draft was a mess. And it was mostly because of whatever local officials. It wasn't the big government just throwing people into the meat grinder. It's just lovely bureaucracy like anywhere else where a centralized government exists. Maybe you'd have to show up with a lawyer to the military commissariat or something and tell them to gently caress off. But if you aren't just being thrown naked to the front line you're in about as much danger as anywhere else where someone with a tiny bit of authority might try to railroad you. Maybe even less of a problem than some rear end in a top hat cop. Edit: the draft is the same poo poo as any other legal bullshit. The people that get hosed are the ones without money at the bottom of society. Anyone with the time, money, or connections will skate by like always. You can say that it's existential, but it's not. It's only existential for the people at the front getting shelled like in Belgorod or Donetsk Spacetoaster claimed to have family in Crimea or something? How worried are they what with Ukrainian government officials talking about shelling it or sending the army there in recent months. Lostconfused has issued a correction as of 08:06 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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Dec 31, 2022 07:46
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Lostconfused posted:How does someone from America even get to Russia right now besides some really contrived multiple step route through Egypt and Turkiye. They program a course in their tesla autopilot, say "computer engage program" and let their car autonavigate to Moscow while they take a nap in the drivers seat. It works a bit like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTO5vhRFCv0
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Dec 31, 2022 07:48
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Lostconfused posted:You wouldn't be able to tell that from everything the Russian government said. You're probably right; my point is, the kind thing for us to do would be to acknowledge the validity BULBASAUR's fears in the face of an uncertain future. \/\/\/I wasn't catching the relevance, but Lostconfused explained it well enough.\/\/\/ Majorian has issued a correction as of 08:16 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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Dec 31, 2022 08:07
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Sorry I thought assuaging their concerns with a relevant example they bought up was kinder.
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Dec 31, 2022 08:13
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Americans can to Istanbul with a evisa for about $1000 round trip, and then buy a second ticket on a smaller carrier. It is done all the time. Also, supposedly people fire selling their apartments has put some water thrown some water on the bubble in the Moscow housing market. It had gotten, although with much of the world, top heavy in the last few years. Supposedly, out of the 100,000 IT professionals who left, I think 80,000 are still working online. Everything is very much in flux. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 08:30 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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Dec 31, 2022 08:24
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Majorian posted:You're probably right; my point is, the kind thing for us to do would be to acknowledge the validity BULBASAUR's fears in the face of an uncertain future. And I told the same thing to the guy at work who kept going on about how he always told the family to get out of the country but that it was too late. It's probably a bit of an over reaction and it's not going to be that bad. The mobilization scared a lot of people, but it's probably not the end of the world. Not yet anyway. Edit: again, not saying they're wrong. That's just my personal opinion and outlook, and generally I think people should treat the situation a bit more calmly. And also I am not just trying to poo poo talk someone online, I've had this conversation with at least once in person too. Lostconfused has issued a correction as of 08:34 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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Dec 31, 2022 08:29
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Lostconfused posted:And I told the same thing to the guy at work who kept going on about how he always told the family to get out of the country but that it was too late. I would say another wave of mobilization isn't impossible, but at the same time, I know a lot of people I know with military experience were never called up. Also, it is clear that at least some reservists will see frontline combat. I think a lot of people are just hedging their bets, but at the same time, I think a lot of it is also the first source people usually go to is BBC/Euronews/twitter which may color some of the information they are getting.
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Dec 31, 2022 08:34
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mlmp08 posted:
Interesting claim here, let’s see if the facts back that up…    I’ve circled the bodies in red. Let’s get this lying, incorrect sack of poo poo out of here.
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Dec 31, 2022 08:34
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Ardennes posted:I would say another wave of mobilization isn't impossible, but at the same time, I know a lot of people I know with military experience were never called up. Also, it is clear that at least some reservists will see frontline combat.
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Dec 31, 2022 08:37
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Lostconfused posted:Yeah I agree. I just think it's more of a choice of do you want to stay in Russia or live somewhere else. If you're staying then you should plan for what happens when you get the draft notice, but getting it doesn't mean that you absolutely have to join the army or go to war. There are other options. A lot of people ignored their notices or literally just moved when they got them, and a lot of notices were for long-out of date addresses. The government knew that the amount of people they needed was a lot smaller their their reserve poll, so they let a lot slide. I honestly still think they have a significant buffer but doesn't mean on an individual level someone's number won't be called up eventually. Also, a notice is just a piece of paper unless it is signed, and otherwise it is just a minor fine that is rarely collected. Granted, moving your entire life is easier said than done, but I kind of don't know why you would firesale stuff at this point unless that is a pre-planned financial decision. I know some people from Moscow than moved to the to here in the US, and I don't know they really have any game plan. The US isn't exactly the land of smiles even if there isn't a draft, although I am told by experts in Russia the streets are in fact paved with gold. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 08:49 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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Dixon Chisholm posted:it was because jeffery perosnally hated fly molo. Fly molo hosed Jeff's wife
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