DiomedesGodshill posted:

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drat that missile goes 550km? Okay now I'm hard

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lol Hopefully this leads to more mobiks being turned into ground meat

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I'd rather not engage with a forum full of genocide deniers

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[A really lovely cringe reddit meme]

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I sincerely wish all Russian invaders die, and there’s not a loving thing wrong with that. gently caress em🖕🖕

ZogrimAteMyHamster posted:

EorayMel posted:

gently caress Putin.

Nooner posted:

Nooner posted:

Toxic Mental posted:

Hey everyone. Please read the rules in the OP.

Main rules:

1. Bloodthirst/War Porn: Reveling in the death/misfortune of soldiers or civilians is explicitly and definitively punishable by probation or ban. Please remember that it's human beings on both sides of this conflict. War is not good and people getting hurt and dying is not good, even if it's people we don't like. Don't wish death on people, wish for Russia to pack up its poo poo and go home and work backwards from there. Horndogging for war materiel is weird, don't do it. You've been warned.

2. Posting about posters: NO DISCUSSION OF OTHER FORUMS OR THEIR POSTERS IN THIS THREAD. This will be strictly enforced via time off and/or bans depending how severe the violation is. This includes trying to be cheeky and sly about "some other forums" or "other people on SA" or something along those lines. Everyone knows what you mean, don't try to skirt the rules with vaguery.

3. Accusations and Brigading: No more accusing other posters or forums of being genocide deniers, warmongers, Nazis, collaborators, Russian shills, war fetishists, etc. here without actual bona fide proof. Flinging around words like nazi/tankie/fascist/bloodluster shuts down conversation and makes the thread worse for everyone. This shouldn't need to be said, but don't brigade or taunt other forums or posters. Attempting to troll/concern troll/brigade this thread will get you a threadban and posting in it afterwards will be a $10 fee. If you have an issue with the thread, PM a mod or IK, don't threadshit.

4. This is not D&D: Normal GBS rules still apply. Some people may shitpost, some people may post interesting information, some may just be wondering what the hell is going on. These are all valid ways of posting. We're not going to be enforcing D&D style rules here.

5. No bigotry. Don't post bigotry. No generalizations. No "all Russians are culpable" posts. Using the term 'orcs' or 'hohols' falls into this category.

6. No more reddit-style content garbage. NAFO poo poo and the like is generally cringey and it's just boring white noise. Things that make light of the extremely serious nature of this conflict aren't going to be allowed. Putin Monkey is still okay though, as it was valid before this war even started.

7. No passive voice fear-baiting. Posts like "Don't go on twitter, you guys don't wanna see this horrible video of people getting blown up" is just trying to let people know that you saw some gore and you're hyped up about it. No one needs to know that it's out there at this point. If you want to genuinely warn people about this, message a mod or IK and we'll post it for you.

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Notes on content warnings and what's OK to post in here
- Mental Health warning: we're discussing war and war includes discussions about violence, death, and possibly war crimes committed.
- DO NOT POST CONTENT WITH DEAD BODIES / POOLS OF BLOOD / GORE / DEATH / PEOPLE DYING / ETC. Nothing , that is combat-footage related. This really can't be said enough times. There is a very high threshold for "newsworthy" violent content. If you are unsure if your content could be on the nightly news, you should refrain from posting it and ask a mod or IK beforehand. Things like HIMARS firing or the aftermath of destroyed civilian infrastructure are allowed.
- Examples of videos or pictures that are okay to post: Soldiers driving or walking around talking about the situation on the ground, analysis of the war as it stands today, feel-good stories about puppies and kittens being rescued, people moving in or moving out of Ukraine, John Deere Tractor towing advertisements, financial and military support projects by other countries, changes in leadership, some guy in Ukraine calling Putin an rear end in a top hat, phone calls between Russia soldiers and others (with content warnings), etc.
- Always include a brief description with your link and just don’t spam poo poo. It doesn’t need to be a play by play but something someone can read and determine whether or not they want to see it.
If you don't want the link to auto-embed, uncheck the "automatically parse URL" button below the text field.
- Videos of torture/mutilation of soldiers or civilians are not to be posted or linked in the thread at any time for any reason. If you do you will be taking a long posting break and will be paying 10 dollars or risking your account.
- News coverage can be linked with appropriate content warnings and tags, but don't link anything that shows things in the above content warning, i.e. gore, dead bodies, etc. without mod approval beforehand.
- If you see something that is not following the above guidelines report it and/or PM myself, one of the IKs, or an admin. We will take a look at it and deal with the post as seems appropriate.

If you aren't sure whether or not you should post something, hold off and then DM one of the IKs and we'll let you know ASAP

Make use of the report button: We count on the community to help us out in this. We do take every report into consideration, and we would encourage you to use it if you think rules are being violated. Please don't report people who just disagree with you. That's petty and dumb. If you see a reply you don't like, call out specific posts, not the whole thread.

These rules are subject to change, so please check back every so often. We want GBS to be a great community, even in the midst of all that's going on. If you have any concerns/suggestions/complaints about the rules please PM one of the IKs/mods/admins. We want this thread to stay on topic and be a relatively chill place to read and post about the war. Don't gently caress that up for everyone, we're all going to try and do better.

For your consideration, here are some anonymized examples of how not to post:

Tai posted:

Horse cum

WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:

Solov almost got killed in vuhledar. This is important because he's one of Putin's leading propaganda mouthpieces. So for him to literally almost get shelled is quite interesting in comparison to Biden rolling up to Kyiv in a train and hanging out. Aswell as Zelensky visiting the Frontlines with no reprisal.

Toxic Mental posted:

Hey everyone. Please read the rules in the OP.

Main rules:

1. Bloodthirst/War Porn: Reveling in the death/misfortune of soldiers or civilians is explicitly and definitively punishable by probation or ban. Please remember that it's human beings on both sides of this conflict. War is not good and people getting hurt and dying is not good, even if it's people we don't like. Don't wish death on people, wish for Russia to pack up its poo poo and go home and work backwards from there. Horndogging for war materiel is weird, don't do it. You've been warned.

Toxic Mental posted:

Hey everyone. Please read the rules in the OP.

Main rules:

1. Bloodthirst/War Porn: Reveling in the death/misfortune of soldiers or civilians is explicitly and definitively punishable by probation or ban. Please remember that it's human beings on both sides of this conflict. War is not good and people getting hurt and dying is not good, even if it's people we don't like. Don't wish death on people, wish for Russia to pack up its poo poo and go home and work backwards from there. Horndogging for war materiel is weird, don't do it. You've been warned.

Nooner posted:

I'm not reading the whole OP, whats the haps on saying the LOTR word, is that off the table still?

Nooner posted:

I'm not reading the whole OP, whats the haps on saying the LOTR word, is that off the table still?

WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:

In other news and kadyrov apparently is having a crisis of the kidneys. People are claiming that he has been poisoned. As the kidneys backup once the liver starts to fail it could be other things.

With this poisoning we could see a reconcentration of power however this may not be by Putin exactly but by other elements in the Russian government who are trying to solidify their grasp on the future post Putin Russia.

WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:

The situation at bakhmut appears to be grim. The bridge is leading to the east of town have been destroyed as Ukraine continues to move troops to the west side of town. Now there's a pretty large water crossing on the east side and I would surmise that Russia is going to close in the pincers instead of going off frontal assault on this but that could definitely be wrong.

Solov almost got killed in vuhledar. This is important because he's one of Putin's leading propaganda mouthpieces. So for him to literally almost get shelled is quite interesting in comparison to Biden rolling up to Kyiv in a train and hanging out. Aswell as Zelensky visiting the Frontlines with no reprisal.

I doubt that the ukrainians were specifically targeting him.


In other news and kadyrov apparently is having a crisis of the kidneys. People are claiming that he has been poisoned. As the kidneys backup once the liver starts to fail it could be other things.

With this poisoning we could see a reconcentration of power however this may not be by Putin exactly but by other elements in the Russian government who are trying to solidify their grasp on the future post Putin Russia.

More time will tell.

lifetime supply of Pocky posted:

Sorry Toxic Mental, but the admins are loving idiots. This rule is stupid, and repeating it is stupid.

I sincerely wish all Russian invaders die, and there’s not a loving thing wrong with that. gently caress em🖕🖕

Tai posted:

You have to be very respectful when discussing russian conscripts raping and murdering ukrainian civilians and dumping their bodies in mass graves

Tai posted:

Just an aside, some people might find NAFO cringe. Sure sure. But NAFO came about to troll russian disinformation on twitter for example I'm fairly sure and not to make light of war.