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Really? these counts as news now? I knew propaganda on both sides were absolutely atrocious but these takes a new level with shitty meme-tier jokes that were fo

Really? these counts as news now? I knew propaganda on both sides were absolutely atrocious but these takes a new level with shitty meme-tier jokes that were forwarded around in 90's.

NicoJuicy 5y ago
It's not because it's news, this story is just one of many. But it's starting to illustrate the seemingless stupidity by the Russian army or eg. the unwillingless of their large amount of conscripts to fight (against relatives sometimes!) at this point. That's why i posted this. We've never seen a war happen where the invader is actually ridiculed by the defender on social media, eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrwSb2J_qo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrwSb2J_qo ( farmers stealing tanks or the pun that tanks acquired by civilians don't need to be reported as source of income for taxes) or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyVie8Psaj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyVie8Psaj0 ( Russian soldier vs door: 0 - 1) Note: Yes, I know the actions are cruel and I've already done my part (for now) to contribute to Ukraine. There's also value in ridiculing Putin's Russia as he's so desperate to be recognized as a "world leader", while failing so hard: https://twitter.com/sbreakintl/status/1498619303717142529?t=2aUjWhQhI-gtZUEZBL5YEg&s=19 https://twitter.com/sbreakintl/status/1498619303717142529?t=... The illusion they tried to setup of "big modern army" with hightech seems a distant past by now. Their equipment is rusty, outdated, ill maintained and the actual modern tech is mostly sold to other countries, because they need the money. Or look at the production numbers of their latest high tech tank - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-14_Armata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-14_Armata
- ShivShankaran 5y ago
  - djohnston 5y ago
    This is such a wild take. It's like a state sponsored troll got hit in the head with a shovel, was hospitalised with Tucker Carlson running in the background, and then woke up 5 days ago and made an HN account.
  - NicoJuicy 5y ago
    Euh, so Ukraine should just surrender because a bully pops up that wants to take the country? Russia has literally trained the Ukrain army in how to respond to their actions ( 8 years), Zelensky is literally doing an insane job. I don't know anyone that could replace him at this moment. They are doing an excellent job against Putin's Russia. Russia is making themselves look like fools, while the whole world is watching. PS. Ukraine literally kicked Putin's proxy governement out, Zelensky is no one's "puppet" and he's doing it on his own with intell and guns of the West, yes. While Russia is asking everyone for boots on the ground ( Sudan, Syria, Chechen, Belarus, Kazachstan, ...) and still failing big time. If Russia would have taken Ukraine in the 2 days as they expected, this all (assistance from the West) wouldn't have happened as much probably. But Russia miserably miscalculated everything here. For everyone believing Russian propaganda. It should be obvious by now that it's Ukranians fighting against Putin's army and Ukraine they doen't want to be a part of it. By comparison, the west hasn't had the amount of casualties in 20 years that Putin has in 2 weeks and that's all related to the desire of countries to become a democracy on their own.
    - ShivShankaran 5y ago
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Really? these counts as news now? I knew propaganda on both sides were absolutely atrocious but these takes a new level with shitty meme-tier jokes that were forwarded around in 90's.

NicoJuicy 5y ago

It's not because it's news, this story is just one of many. But it's starting to illustrate the seemingless stupidity by the Russian army or eg. the unwillingless of their large amount of conscripts to fight (against relatives sometimes!) at this point. That's why i posted this. We've never seen a war happen where the invader is actually ridiculed by the defender on social media, eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrwSb2J_qo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrwSb2J_qo ( farmers stealing tanks or the pun that tanks acquired by civilians don't need to be reported as source of income for taxes) or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyVie8Psaj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyVie8Psaj0 ( Russian soldier vs door: 0 - 1) Note: Yes, I know the actions are cruel and I've already done my part (for now) to contribute to Ukraine. There's also value in ridiculing Putin's Russia as he's so desperate to be recognized as a "world leader", while failing so hard: https://twitter.com/sbreakintl/status/1498619303717142529?t=2aUjWhQhI-gtZUEZBL5YEg&s=19 https://twitter.com/sbreakintl/status/1498619303717142529?t=... The illusion they tried to setup of "big modern army" with hightech seems a distant past by now. Their equipment is rusty, outdated, ill maintained and the actual modern tech is mostly sold to other countries, because they need the money. Or look at the production numbers of their latest high tech tank - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-14_Armata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-14_Armata

ShivShankaran 5y ago
- djohnston 5y ago
  This is such a wild take. It's like a state sponsored troll got hit in the head with a shovel, was hospitalised with Tucker Carlson running in the background, and then woke up 5 days ago and made an HN account.
- NicoJuicy 5y ago
  Euh, so Ukraine should just surrender because a bully pops up that wants to take the country? Russia has literally trained the Ukrain army in how to respond to their actions ( 8 years), Zelensky is literally doing an insane job. I don't know anyone that could replace him at this moment. They are doing an excellent job against Putin's Russia. Russia is making themselves look like fools, while the whole world is watching. PS. Ukraine literally kicked Putin's proxy governement out, Zelensky is no one's "puppet" and he's doing it on his own with intell and guns of the West, yes. While Russia is asking everyone for boots on the ground ( Sudan, Syria, Chechen, Belarus, Kazachstan, ...) and still failing big time. If Russia would have taken Ukraine in the 2 days as they expected, this all (assistance from the West) wouldn't have happened as much probably. But Russia miserably miscalculated everything here. For everyone believing Russian propaganda. It should be obvious by now that it's Ukranians fighting against Putin's army and Ukraine they doen't want to be a part of it. By comparison, the west hasn't had the amount of casualties in 20 years that Putin has in 2 weeks and that's all related to the desire of countries to become a democracy on their own.
  - ShivShankaran 5y ago
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