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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 29, 2024 at 2:39 pm
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А hilarious prank. A group of Russian anti-war activists created an online profile of a "patriotic poet" Gennady Rakitin, with AI-generated image as an avatar. All of his posts were translations of the German Nazi poetry. His subscribers included more than a hundred of politicians, members of parliament, Putin's advisors on culture, prominent milbloggers, etc. Eventually, he was awarded a prize for the poetry - the German Nazi poetry, that is. The Russian fascists found their soulmate.
https://x.com/k_sonin/status/1806690129853001989
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 29, 2024 at 5:18 pm
(June 29, 2024 at 2:39 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Quote:Konstantin Sonin
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А hilarious prank. A group of Russian anti-war activists created an online profile of a "patriotic poet" Gennady Rakitin, with AI-generated image as an avatar. All of his posts were translations of the German Nazi poetry. His subscribers included more than a hundred of politicians, members of parliament, Putin's advisors on culture, prominent milbloggers, etc. Eventually, he was awarded a prize for the poetry - the German Nazi poetry, that is. The Russian fascists found their soulmate.
https://x.com/k_sonin/status/1806690129853001989
That can’t be right…everybody knows the Nazis are all in Ukraine. 😜
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 30, 2024 at 8:16 am
They dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. That's the only thing making me still somewhat worry about nuclear war. The fact it's happened once before.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 30, 2024 at 8:57 am
(June 30, 2024 at 8:16 am)Disagreeable Wrote: They dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. That's the only thing making me still somewhat worry about nuclear war. The fact it's happened once before.
One was also dropped on Nagasaki. It's happened twice before.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 30, 2024 at 9:04 am
Yeah, so that does give me some pause. Shouldn't we be worried about nuclear war if nuclear bombs have happened before?
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 30, 2024 at 9:06 am
Worry, nah. I personally want to live a fantasy fallout world.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 30, 2024 at 9:08 am
(June 30, 2024 at 9:04 am)Disagreeable Wrote: Yeah, so that does give me some pause. Shouldn't we be worried about nuclear war if nuclear bombs have happened before?
We were taught to hide under our desks at school. Maybe you can find a desk to crawl under so you will be safe.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 30, 2024 at 9:39 am
I doubt that will help survive a nuclear blast.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 30, 2024 at 11:09 am
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(June 30, 2024 at 9:04 am)Disagreeable Wrote: Yeah, so that does give me some pause. Shouldn't we be worried about nuclear war if nuclear bombs have happened before?
1) Japan had no deterrent. NATO has at least three nuclear deterrent forces.
2) We nuked Japan to avoid invading Japan and suffering horrendous losses. Russia has already invaded and already suffered horrendous losses.
Russia is in over its head with Ukraine. The last thing it wants to do is add all of Europe and North America to its enemies list.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
June 30, 2024 at 11:42 am
(June 30, 2024 at 9:04 am)Disagreeable Wrote: Yeah, so that does give me some pause. Shouldn't we be worried about nuclear war if nuclear bombs have happened before? You know what also happened before? Covid. It killed 7mio people within the past 5y. Why are you more afraid of nuclear war than of Covid?
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