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It's the dunk tank.

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There are really no words for someone like this. Except "face the wall" maybe

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago (6 children)

This one is really something.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago

Yeah. If it was an adult, they might know it's an ad hominem.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How can you know enough to be aware that whataboutism is a word but not know what it actually means??? The mind boggles

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure that one is just trolling. It's a stock response, they're probably just throwing it out to frustrate Tuga.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Lol for sure a bit

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

lmao funny reply, I'm iffy on the bit as a whole though

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

'Grandpa what did you do during the war?'

' Told people on the internet they were doing a heckin whataboutism sweetheart'

'But, isn't that pretty lame? Your name was Warrior of Ukraine, shouldn't you have been in the trenches with your friends?'

'Whataboutism'

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago

hitler-detector is one of our best new emotes

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago

That's a bit account. No, it can't be real. ohnoes Someone from Hexbear just made a checklist of lib cliches and going through it.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Contra to some other people, I don't think this is a bit account, just a Ukrainian nationalist (fascist) who also hates euro libs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You may be right

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

might be a bit account, saw them shit talking the west for rehabilitating nazis in some thread

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He's like the low hanging fruit of dunking. You kind of feel shame for them due to how easy it is to dunk on people like that.

Like can you imagine that? Actually being that low hanging fruit? Jesus what a torturing existence.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

we get a lot of low effort trolls here. it might get repetitive, but it makes them easier to spot

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

This fruit is actually below sea level hanging in a sinkhole next to the tree

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, that's a great bit. A lot of personality, not your regular shallow parody.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I refuse to believe this is a real person. This is just a bot designed to parrot anti-com arguments or an elaborate troll. Something something Poe's law.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

We already saw what the Soviets did to Europe and the Russians are trying to do that again.

sicko-wistful

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, that's… Sure is something.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

That is a very funny, almost right take. I've not seen that particular one before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So what, this guy is suggesting some kind of "third way" or...oh.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretending to be a Nazi as a bit

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the edit that removes the ableism from this.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

Damn an actual nazi that's crazy

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure they're a bit account. I've seen them have a not bad take on something before, and it seems too aware when admitting Azov are nazis since the standard lib line is to deflect from it.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might be a bit account but there are plenty of fascists running around in UA that genuinely, sincerely believe this with no trace of irony or self awareness.

Perrenial reminder that the OUN-B, Bandera's fascist outfit, never had more than 20k members, and the UPA insurgency never had more than 100k. Meanwhile there were between 4 million and 7 million comrades from Ukraine in the Red Army and I hope most of them passed peacefully before they could see what has been done to their country.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also important to remember is that the West helped a lot of OUN, etc. members escape to the US and especially Canada, then helped and their wretched spawn gain power in post Soviet Ukraine. Mass support for Banderism didn't just sprout up completely organically in modern Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I follow Banderalobby.substack.com and they're all about keeping track of Banderites in North America and what they're up to around the world. It's certainly interesting and gives some perspective on what's happened. They had very interesting post when that Canadian vice-PM or whatever turned up at a photo op and received a Blood and Soil scarf from an OUN-B group.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ooh, I'll have to check that substack out, haven't seen it before. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

I got into an argument with someone who said it doesn’t matter that Victoria Nuland handpicked the unelected successor to the overthrown Ukrainian government in 2014, because they (the poster) handpicked Joe Biden to be president in 2020 and he happened to win. These people literally can’t understand anything that challenges the idea of American exceptionalism.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ, an honest to god Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure this is a bit account.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Comrade Amogus appreciates the new technology that makes his job easier! hitler-detector sus-soviet