It's nice to see the cracks are finally forming. I figure within a month or so the West'll figure out ways to wean Europe off of their Russian hydrocarbon dependacy. Next stop after that: Putin = fucked.
God help the Ukrainian people in the meantime. From what I've been reading it's been a civilian slaughter-fest in Mariupol. This shit cannot be allowed to stand.
i almost got into a fistfight today with some mouth-breather at the gas pumps over the jersey I was wearing. Radio knows I have a huge collection of Russian (KHL & minor league) jerseys... one of them is the Donetsk Donbass club that used to play in the KHL before 2014. So some guy on the other side of the pump island starts giving me shit over my 'russian' jersey... i told him to basically mind his fucking business and that it was a Ukrainian jersey. And the guy just would not shut the fuck up...
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Posted by Samurai i almost got into a fistfight today with some mouth-breather at the gas pumps over the jersey I was wearing. Radio knows I have a huge collection of Russian (KHL & minor league) jerseys... one of them is the Donetsk Donbass club that used to play in the KHL before 2014. So some guy on the other side of the pump island starts giving me shit over my 'russian' jersey... i told him to basically mind his fucking business and that it was a Ukrainian jersey. And the guy just would not shut the fuck up...
I have a Yuri Gagarin shirt (from a Yuri's Night some years ago). It's going into storage for awhile. It's just not worth the trouble.
Posted by Samurai i almost got into a fistfight today with some mouth-breather at the gas pumps over the jersey I was wearing. Radio knows I have a huge collection of Russian (KHL & minor league) jerseys... one of them is the Donetsk Donbass club that used to play in the KHL before 2014. So some guy on the other side of the pump island starts giving me shit over my 'russian' jersey... i told him to basically mind his fucking business and that it was a Ukrainian jersey. And the guy just would not shut the fuck up...
That's the same mentality that got German Americans deported in WWI and Japanese Americans herded into camps in WWII.
Back in 2019, I was wearing an FSB shirt on a cruise ship and some people were giving me an evil eye. Maybe I should have worn my SVR shirt?
Speaking of which...
Last night, I wanted to show my support for the local Russian community and offered to take my wife out to dinner at Irina's (Russian restaurant), but she opted for the Drake Diner instead.
She didn't think my jacket would go over well. I offered to take the patches off, but after the last trip to NYC, she knows that camo pattern draws attention even without the patches.
That's the same mentality that got German Americans deported in WWI and Japanese Americans herded into camps in WWII.
Back in 2019, I was wearing an FSB shirt on a cruise ship and some people were giving me an evil eye. Maybe I should have worn my SVR shirt?
Speaking of which...
Last night, I wanted to show my support for the local Russian community and offered to take my wife out to dinner at Irina's (Russian restaurant), but she opted for the Drake Diner instead.
She didn't think my jacket would go over well. I offered to take the patches off, but after the last trip to NYC, she knows that camo pattern draws attention even without the patches.
i still wear my tanker jacket and army coat when it gets super cold... there are no patches on it. I have a jersey from an MVD/FSB?SVR league that played in the Moscow area. As for the jerseys, my favorite KHL team is having a great year for once and I am going to wear my Traktor jersey. war and politics are one thing, but hockey is another entirely.
i still wear my tanker jacket and army coat when it gets super cold... there are no patches on it. I have a jersey from an MVD/FSB?SVR league that played in the Moscow area. As for the jerseys, my favorite KHL team is having a great year for once and I am going to wear my Traktor jersey. war and politics are one thing, but hockey is another entirely.
sorry.
Apparently that applies to cultural stuff on Facebook.
If I post a link to a Russian news outlet, they add a banner warning people about Russian news and block the preview. If you click on the link, you get a disclaimer page about the questionable veracity of the news outlet in question.
However...
The Donetsk Peoples' Republic Ministry of Culture gets a pass with no banner or disclaimer page.
I get the feeling that the people that moderate Facebook don't know говно about the whole Russia/Ukraine thing.
Apparently that applies to cultural stuff on Facebook.
If I post a link to a Russian news outlet, they add a banner warning people about Russian news and block the preview. If you click on the link, you get a disclaimer page about the questionable veracity of the news outlet in question.
However...
The Donetsk Peoples' Republic Ministry of Culture gets a pass with no banner or disclaimer page.
I get the feeling that the people that moderate Facebook don't know говно about the whole Russia/Ukraine thing.
so much nonsense out there right now... I follow a user on tumblr named "russiawave". She (and yes, she's a she) basically posts photos showing day to day life in Russia. Since the war began, she has been getting all sorts of death threats and other bullshit. It pisses me off, honestly. This woman is not the enemy. other tumblr users from russia have gone MIA since the beginning of March... most Russian militaria blogs.
so much nonsense out there right now... I follow a user on tumblr named "russiawave". She (and yes, she's a she) basically posts photos showing day to day life in Russia. Since the war began, she has been getting all sorts of death threats and other bullshit. It pisses me off, honestly. This woman is not the enemy. other tumblr users from russia have gone MIA since the beginning of March... most Russian militaria blogs.
I have an account on VK and it's been made clear that the FSB monitors the site. Those sort of shenanigans will get you booted off the site.
As long as you don't criticize the government, they leave you alone to do basically whatever you want. VK is much more permissible than Facebook as for what's allowed.
Since Putin announced they were stopping video piracy enforcement, the video selections have gotten much better.
I have an account on VK and it's been made clear that the FSB monitors the site. Those sort of shenanigans will get you booted off the site.
As long as you don't criticize the government, they leave you alone to do basically whatever you want. VK is much more permissible than Facebook as for what's allowed.
Since Putin announced they were stopping video piracy enforcement, the video selections have gotten much better.
The Russians are finally leaving the Chernobyl area!
....after digging trenches in the Red Forest.
It's being reported some of them are suffering from symptoms of acute radiation poisoning. Gee I wonder fucking why?
When twilight draws near, when you are pushed to the very limits of your soul, when it seems that all you have left are the dead remnants of the fabric of your life: -- BELIEVE
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