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An 8-panel Phoebe Teaching Joey meme.

The first panel is Phoebe from Friends saying “Russia”.

The second panel is Joey from the same show replying with “Russia”.

The third panel is Phoebe saying “has invaded”.

The fourth panel is Joey repeating back “has invaded”.

The fifth panel is Phoebe saying “Ukraine”.

The sixth panel is Joey repeating back “Ukraine”.

The seventh panel is Phoebe saying the completed phrase “Russia has invaded Ukraine”.

The final panel shows Joey proudly proclaiming “NATO just started a proxy war”.

  • squiblet@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m extremely confused how people who are “I’m so leftist bro!” say you see, this fascist dictatorship HAD to invade a sovereign nation and abuse and murder tens of thousands of people, shoot missiles at apartment buildings and kidnap thousands of children because you see, our own countries and NATO are mean to them, due to the fact that we exist.

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      1 year ago

      I honestly think most of the people that simultaneously take both of these positions are working for the Kremlin. There are probably a lot more bad actors who are being paid to muddy the waters than any of us would guess.

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        1 year ago

        the amazing and disturbing thing is all of the republicans in the US who say everything the kremlin does and exhibit the exact same types of behavior.

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          1 year ago

          I mean, not really. They’re already foolish enough to be Republicans, it’s not really hard to hijack the direction of that sort of idiocy. The problem is having that kind of impact if you actually hold yourself to some form of ethical or moral standard.

          There’s a lot you can do if you don’t care about how it affects anyone else. If you do, it leaves certain strategies off the table, for better or for worse

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            I’m not suggesting republicans got the idea or were manipulated by Russia, other than perhaps a few nationally prominent individuals. I just mean they appear to have identical personalities.

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      1 year ago

      Stalin already did it, it’s a tankie classic: let the imperialists weaken each other so we can take over their ruins, but then leopards ate his face, as they always do.

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        How to implement communism:

        1. Raise against the oligarchy
        2. Seize the means of production
        3. Revert power to the people… [Stalin entered the chat] Actually, fuck that, I’ll rule myself.
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      1 year ago

      Lmao right? Before this year, I didn’t even realize I was hated by 1/3 of the world for just existing.

      We live in their heads rent-free yet we don’t even think about them or acknowledge their existence 🤔

      Maybe that’s why they are pissed off? We don’t give them enough attention? Idk