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Don't forget he also raised awareness for Europe's dependency on Russian fossil fuels and accelerated there move to green energy across the world. What a guy!

firebat45 3y ago
He's almost as good as the guy that killed Hitler. Really doing the world a favor.
- unnouinceput 3y ago
  Isn't, at least officially, Hitler the guy that killed Hitler? Or that was the joke and it flew over my head?
  - bloopernova 3y ago
    That is indeed the joke. Hopefully you don't get downvoted for asking a question.
    - lostmsu 3y ago
      It was a very well veiled one too. If not for your comment I would not have realized it. I suspect people downvoting it didn't get it either.
      - bloopernova 3y ago
        Some folks forget that not everyone is "terminally online" and won't get every reference and idiom.
        WJW 3y ago
        This is just something you might learn during history lessons in school, no online-ness is needed.
      - bumby 3y ago
        I think it would be much better if people focused downvoting on comments that go against HN guidelines rather than questions or comments they disagree with.
        lostmsu 3y ago
        No, if a comment is against guidelines you are supposed to flag it.
        bumby 3y ago
        How would you propose a method of limiting the downvoting of comments that are salient and relevant but otherwise elicit a knee-jerk emotionally disagreeable response? Or do you consider that ability a feature? It seems to me to erode curious debate.
        lostmsu 3y ago
        Not sure I understood your question, but you can't really control what others will do. E.g. people can downvote or flag without any reason whatsoever.
        bumby 3y ago
        The question relates to how can you create a system that helps align peoples incentives with the goal of the forum. Imagine if you could allow users to delete comments they don’t agree with. That would create the antithesis of a curious discussion, so that feature isn’t available. So, yes, a good system can constrain what users are allowed to do with intelligent guardrails.
  - cko 3y ago
    I don't mean to kill the joke but I think Hitler was already dead before Hitler killed Hitler, so I think his enemies (Allied Forces plus Russians) deserve most of the credit.
  - cko 3y ago
    I don't mean to kill the joke further but I think Hitler was already a dead man walking before Hitler killed Hitler, so I think his enemies (Allied Forces plus Russians) deserve most of the credit.
    - enterprise_cog 3y ago
      The Soviet Union was part of the allied forces.
hmottestad 3y ago
There’s also minerals and grain.
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Log_out_ 3y ago
It's KGB, they are the MBAs of the east. If they would capture something innovative in the wild, they would shoot the team and put the thing in a "palace of innovation" in mocowardia.
- psunavy03 3y ago
  > It's KGB, they are the MBAs of the east. Of all the takes I've heard in my life, that is certainly one of them.

firebat45 3y ago

He's almost as good as the guy that killed Hitler. Really doing the world a favor.

unnouinceput 3y ago
Isn't, at least officially, Hitler the guy that killed Hitler? Or that was the joke and it flew over my head?
- bloopernova 3y ago
  That is indeed the joke. Hopefully you don't get downvoted for asking a question.
  - lostmsu 3y ago
    It was a very well veiled one too. If not for your comment I would not have realized it. I suspect people downvoting it didn't get it either.
    - bloopernova 3y ago
      Some folks forget that not everyone is "terminally online" and won't get every reference and idiom.
      - WJW 3y ago
        This is just something you might learn during history lessons in school, no online-ness is needed.
    - bumby 3y ago
      I think it would be much better if people focused downvoting on comments that go against HN guidelines rather than questions or comments they disagree with.
      - lostmsu 3y ago
        No, if a comment is against guidelines you are supposed to flag it.
        bumby 3y ago
        How would you propose a method of limiting the downvoting of comments that are salient and relevant but otherwise elicit a knee-jerk emotionally disagreeable response? Or do you consider that ability a feature? It seems to me to erode curious debate.
        lostmsu 3y ago
        Not sure I understood your question, but you can't really control what others will do. E.g. people can downvote or flag without any reason whatsoever.
        bumby 3y ago
        The question relates to how can you create a system that helps align peoples incentives with the goal of the forum. Imagine if you could allow users to delete comments they don’t agree with. That would create the antithesis of a curious discussion, so that feature isn’t available. So, yes, a good system can constrain what users are allowed to do with intelligent guardrails.
- cko 3y ago
  I don't mean to kill the joke but I think Hitler was already dead before Hitler killed Hitler, so I think his enemies (Allied Forces plus Russians) deserve most of the credit.
- cko 3y ago
  I don't mean to kill the joke further but I think Hitler was already a dead man walking before Hitler killed Hitler, so I think his enemies (Allied Forces plus Russians) deserve most of the credit.
  - enterprise_cog 3y ago
    The Soviet Union was part of the allied forces.

hmottestad 3y ago

There’s also minerals and grain.

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Log_out_ 3y ago

It's KGB, they are the MBAs of the east. If they would capture something innovative in the wild, they would shoot the team and put the thing in a "palace of innovation" in mocowardia.

psunavy03 3y ago
> It's KGB, they are the MBAs of the east. Of all the takes I've heard in my life, that is certainly one of them.