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15 | 3.71% |
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BigRoman posted:there's a lot of people in Ukraine, whether they speak Russian or Ukrainian, that don't consider themselves to be a part of the Russian state today. The problem is, before the invasion got underway some powerful people thought the opposite. You don't try to take a country of 44 million with 200k troops if you think they're going to put up a fight  
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Feb 25, 2023 08:25
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You know which once Ukrainian people DO want to be Russian?
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Feb 25, 2023 08:29
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Some, I'm sure. Not enough to make the invasion a cakewalk. Definitely fewer now than a year ago, what with the cruise missiles and drones getting hucked into their cities and power grid
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Feb 25, 2023 08:32
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russia stupidly thought they were doing a minor police action despite everyone with two braincells yelling them that they were stupid to think that was going to be the case. they got the result they deserved. its really fascinating how dictatorships genuinely are hobbled decision making wise if the person on top is an idiot, thats one thing the west will have over russia and china, its that they collectively make stupid decisions and warcrimes as opposed to one person doing so.
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Feb 25, 2023 08:36
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Jazerus posted:you have to extend the timeline to cover zelda link to the past and super metroid at least. i can agree with cutting things off there Video games going mainstream has given humanity brain damage, sorry Al-Saqr posted:russia stupidly thought they were doing a minor police action despite everyone with two braincells yelling them that they were stupid to think that was going to be the case. they got the result they deserved. Russia is not a dictatorship it is a neolib democracy modeled on the US
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Feb 25, 2023 08:40
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I dunno what I'm going for but like every border in existence was probably formed with horrifying violence and yeah if people finally stopped there'd be no reason to change them, but unfortunately Capitalism tears and chews everything apart so I guess I'm saying the Ukraine/Russia war is capitalism's fault? Given the hole the Ukrainian government is going down at this point I'd say anyone in the area is just hoping the end result doesn't involve getting bombed by one of the belligerents, and that anyone of Russian ancestry/vague association with Russia presumably hopes they don't have to deal with Nazis deciding to shoot them for street cred. All things considered since both sides seem to have few plans for half measures I'd give the edge to Russia, mainly because at least it isn't beholden to external interests that want to hollow it out even further, so at least it has a fighting chance to shake off austerity w/r/t rebuilding the areas destroyed.
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Feb 25, 2023 08:47
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Flavahbeast posted:Some, I'm sure. Not enough to make the invasion a cakewalk. Definitely fewer now than a year ago, what with the cruise missiles and drones getting hucked into their cities and power grid just like how the Donbass didn't want to stay Ukrainian after Azov guys started shelling them in 2014. i don't think Russia wanted western Ukraine (or Eastern Ukraine beyond Crimea either), only that they wouldn't be a staging ground for NATO missiles and troops. the ship has sailed on the areas that have had referendums tho, the question is how Ukraine gets out of this with a lifeline to the Black Sea. even an honest peace offering from the West is going to be looked on with distrust after Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande's comments on the Minsk agreements.
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Feb 25, 2023 08:51
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What is an example of an honest peace that the West has honored since WWII
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Feb 25, 2023 08:53
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gradenko_2000 posted:What is an example of an honest peace that the West has honored since WWII A long list. Let me start with
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Feb 25, 2023 08:55
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its pretty insane to read history and find out how immediately the west started fighting the soviets tooth and nail the second nazi germany was defeated, the west are really amazing at painting others as the aggressor for poo poo they did.
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Feb 25, 2023 09:01
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gradenko_2000 posted:What is an example of an honest peace that the West has honored since WWII the vietnam surrender? but i guess the cia probably black helicoptered around southeast asia enough for it to not fully count
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Feb 25, 2023 09:03
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So basically it requires them to lose outright.
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Feb 25, 2023 09:06
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gradenko_2000 posted:What is an example of an honest peace that the West has honored since WWII the American civil war 
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Feb 25, 2023 09:07
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do any of the new people have thoughts on what's going on in regards to russia's next offence that may or may not have started yet?
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Feb 25, 2023 09:10
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Al-Saqr posted:russia stupidly thought they were doing a minor police action despite everyone with two braincells yelling them that they were stupid to think that was going to be the case. they got the result they deserved. Wait.. calling it a "police action" was ACTUALLY haphazard naivete and NOT a sly spiteful nod towards western imperialism laced with a dose of high road copium for occupant babushkas? Well, this changes everything!
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Feb 25, 2023 09:11
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Flavahbeast posted:The problem is, before the invasion got underway some powerful people thought the opposite. You don't try to take a country of 44 million with 200k troops if you think they're going to put up a fight
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Feb 25, 2023 09:13
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FFS did an admin really tell the GBS idiots to post here
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Feb 25, 2023 09:21
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thechosenone posted:I dunno what I'm going for but like every border in existence was probably formed with horrifying violence and yeah if people finally stopped there'd be no reason to change them, but unfortunately Capitalism tears and chews everything apart so I guess I'm saying the Ukraine/Russia war is capitalism's fault? Nah, this was a honest to god fascist invasion. It starts with "there are a lot of OUR PEOPLE over there", then it transition to "there are SOME of our people over there, better grab that too" and before you know it they start conquering territory because "they are mismanaging their land so better if we take it anyway, right?" If you look at Putin's initial plans on Ukraine and Ukrainians beyond Donbass it looks eerily similar to Adolf plans for Poland or Mussolini arguing that chunks of Africa would have been better administered by Italy anyway. Also Putin doesn't give a gently caress about Donbass people. Russia will remain a pariah state for a looong time after the war and will have great troubles funding a reconstruction of bombed out cities near a completely economically closed border. Also, fascists in Ukraine, meh, there are no more or less than in every other nation on earth. If anything the scary fascist Azov batallion has been disbanded albeit after getting elevated to heroic status after Mariupol(guess whose fault it is?) while Russian fascists are still merrily warcriming and hammering its own soldiers heads in.
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Feb 25, 2023 09:22
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Not So Fast posted:FFS did an admin really tell the GBS idiots to post here yeah
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Feb 25, 2023 09:22
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Not So Fast posted:FFS did an admin really tell the GBS idiots to post here The old "I don't want to deal with these people, they're your problem now". I hope they feel loved and appreciated.
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Feb 25, 2023 09:24
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Not So Fast posted:FFS did an admin really tell the GBS idiots to post here yeah. there was something about us being genuinely evil as well
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Feb 25, 2023 09:24
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CODChimera posted:yeah. there was something about us being genuinely evil as well Anyone who doesn't support Freedom [tm] (aka certain private monetary interests) is evil. That's just how it works. The less people think about it the happier Freedom [tm] is.
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Feb 25, 2023 09:26
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Not So Fast posted:FFS did an admin really tell the GBS idiots to post here "We should not have threads on the forum that are motivated by the belief that other parts of the userbase are genuinely evil. If posters wish to have serious discussion about the Russian invasion of Ukraine there is the D&D thread. If posters wish to make poop jokes about the Russian invasion of Ukraine there is CSPAM" I'm sure he would be thrilled to hear that this thread reciprocates so much, maybe only the serious D&d thread should remain for serious general info on the war.
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Feb 25, 2023 09:29
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Not So Fast posted:FFS did an admin really tell the GBS idiots to post here Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 09:32 on Feb 25, 2023 |
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Feb 25, 2023 09:30
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If a bunch of absolute morons started posting in here would you really notice the difference
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Feb 25, 2023 09:30
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Tafferling posted:Nah, this was a honest to god fascist invasion. Ah gently caress guess I spoke too soon
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Feb 25, 2023 09:31
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gradenko_2000 posted:If a bunch of absolute morons started posting in here would you really notice the difference Probably only notice the same old stuff from 6-12 months ago coming up as if it was new. HEY GUYS DID YOU HEAR THIS?!? (pause while they wait for a reaction, as the room stares at them, silently) That sort of thing.
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Feb 25, 2023 09:31
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I'm (back) here because we stopped shooting down UFOs for a week. GBS nerds: go to GIP, it's very welcoming to non-troops and gigantic loving dipshits.
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Feb 25, 2023 09:33
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Tafferling posted:Nah, this was a honest to god fascist invasion. Hehehehahahahaaaaaahahaha brilliant
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Feb 25, 2023 09:36
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It's good to have opposing viewpoints in threads, otherwise they become circlejerks.
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Tafferling posted:Also, fascists in Ukraine, meh, there are no more or less than in every other nation on earth. If anything the scary fascist Azov batallion has been disbanded albeit after getting elevated to heroic status after Mariupol(guess whose fault it is?) while Russian fascists are still merrily warcriming and hammering its own soldiers heads in. Welcome to the thread! I'd like you to answer some questions, if you would be so kind. 1. What was the public opinion in Ukraine wrt Russia and Yanukovych, prior to the 2014 color revolution? What caused Yanukovych to step down? 2. What happened when Zelensky confronted neonazis shelling the DPR? Did the president of Ukraine stop them? 3. Have there been any race or genocide-related controversies with regards to Ukrainian politicians serving abroad e.g ambassadors, foreign ministers? 4. What will happen if Ukraine gets control of DPR territory, and the people there do not want to be Ukrainian? 5. Do you believe in the idea of a moral army?
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Feb 25, 2023 09:37
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It's good to have some pro Nazi people, otherwise everyone might agree Nazism is bad in a big ol circlejerk
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Feb 25, 2023 09:37
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Neurolimal posted:Welcome to the thread! I'd like you to answer some questions, if you would be so kind. Slavvy posted:It's good to have some pro Nazi people, otherwise everyone might agree Nazism is bad in a big ol circlejerk
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Feb 25, 2023 09:38
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 Need 100 dudes to agree with and jerk off, no homo
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Feb 25, 2023 09:42
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Tafferling posted:Nah, this was a honest to god fascist invasion. define fascism OP
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Feb 25, 2023 09:43
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Btw check out that absolute rogue chuikov on the right there, totally extravagant no fucks given pirate haircut
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Feb 25, 2023 09:44
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super sweet best pal posted:It's good to have opposing viewpoints in threads, otherwise they become circlejerks. yeah hopefully we can just avoid going from 0-100 in a couple of pages
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Feb 25, 2023 09:44
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Neurolimal posted:Welcome to the thread! I'd like you to answer some questions, if you would be so kind. Sorry, but as per Hand Knit's post this is the thread about poop jokes, you can't seriously make me argue about the finer stuff, I just believe that Ukraine is less morally bankrupt than Russia overrall. We can instead argue how fun is that Putin sounds a loot like Pootin'. That's a brilliant poop joke IMHO. vvvvvvv well, you'd better tell him then. Tafferling has issued a correction as of 09:49 on Feb 25, 2023 |
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Feb 25, 2023 09:45
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no poop jokes here. hand knit is probably confusing that with mud jokes. like, actual mud.
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Cuttlefush posted:no poop jokes here. hand knit is probably confusing that with mud jokes. like, actual mud. Oh man all the General Mud jokes from last year are about to be in vogue again!!!
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