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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Hi Hexbear Dunkers,

Thank you for calling me out on the misinformed, small-minded, and frankly awful comments I had made about the Ukrainian conflict. I am significantly out of my element talking politics, especially eastern european politics.

I appreciate everyone who responded to me, even if they were just pointing out how ridiculous or foolish I am.

I'm going to engage in some self reflection and figure out my motives for making uneducated comments on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago (15 children)

This is the most surprising thing I've read all week.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wow, I'm taken aback at a person actually coming onto the internet with an open mind. Good on you stranger, you're kinda my hero.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

I’m very impressed, please do come back. I know we can be a lot to deal with, but you seem willing to learn and we have a lot of amazingly knowledgeable people who can help with that. Not me though, I’m lazy and unread ohnoes

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Top 10 anime redemption arcs animengels

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (240 children)

Whoops I cut off their reply halfway thru.

I know you all hate Ukraine and think they should lay down and let Russia steamroll into Kiev and annex the whole country. But reality doesn't always reflect your geopolitical wet dreams.

Geopolitics is when you think people shouldn't die in a senseless war. It's also somehow unrealistic

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why yes, poor people in another country should die so I can sound like a smart wargame strategist on my forums.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HoI IV was a mistake and considered by many historians to be a bad idea

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the beginning there were no wargames. Then the Prussians invented the kriegsspiel. This has since been criticized by many, and is widely considered to have been a bad idea.

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

I really appreciate this joke. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

You are very welcome

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (6 children)

duty and obligation to try

PIGPOOPBALLS

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

e: this was the wrong thread for this, but it still kinda works

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago

This could've literally been German propaganda in WW1

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

All these ostensible Ukraine supporters seem way more jazzed about killing Ukrainians than the ostensible Russia supporters. Like, my dude, if the national identity starts to be worth more to you than the people who claim it maybe your priorities are wack. Dulce et Decorum Est.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Libs straight up just manifesting 40K lore into the real world, these people are sick

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My my my, there sure is a lot of lemm.ee trolls, paid pentagon shills and bots brigading this post. smuglord
Surely that can be the only explanation for people disagreeing with me!

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