• Lupus@feddit.org
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      That’s fucking hilarious.

      ‘Remember that obese rockstar whose heart exploded while trying to take a shit? I’m basically like him!’

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        ‘Remember that obese rockstar whose heart exploded while trying to take a shit? I’m basically like him!’

        But seriously, can he be like Elvis in this specific way?

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
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      Loool!

      Someone take a recent normal photo of thump and put it on the right side please 😂

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      FYI if you use the link flag and place an ! in front we will see the image here without clicking.

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    Yea, it’s heartbreaking to see comments like “I’d rather [xyz] than give another billion to Ukraine.” Just no words. I wish these people at least had the courtesy to shut the fuck up.

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    It breaks my heart. I have a few Ukrainian coworkers (working remotely), and when we jump in Slack and I chat with them now compared to when we first started working together, all I hear is the weariness, the sadness, the loss. This woman designed all of our proprietary software, and she was always such an upbeat, motivated badass. That cliche of a person “lighting up the room” when they walk in? That’s her. Now though? She’s had to move three times to avoid bombs, and even though she’s safe now, she’s lost something that I don’t know if she will ever get back.

    What I see in this picture of Zelenskyy is what I hear in her voice every time I talk with her. And it makes me fucking furious.

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      I’m Ukrainian living in the US, I know.

      And yet, there are idiots all over social platforms who bitch (and even joke!) about how they’re “tired of giving money to Ukraine). I only wish they knew how painful that is to see. I wish that they at least had the courtesy to keep their mouth shut.

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      I have a Ukrainian friend since like 2015, he is US citizen now. since last year they force smile and socialise less, just trying to stay busy with their kids.

      It’s so painful that I don’t even know how to talk to him about this anymore. I just let him drive the conversation for most part. Most of the time, in the back of my head, I feel the pain of his family/relatives who have been displaced/disabled/dead.

      I can’t imagine losing your homeland to a cruel dictator.

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    I feel bad for him, he is trying his best yet we got people like Dump bullying him on the global stage for not wearing a suit and “not doing enough”

    • inOut@sh.itjust.worksBanned
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      To be fair, both of them were pruned up and wrinkly old men before any war started.

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      Pretty sure the UK literally endured the same amount of stress and terror as Ukraine, given that the Germans dropped tens of thousands of bombs on their major cities for years.

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        For what it’s worth, Britain probably didn’t suffer as much as Ukraine has. The actual island of Great Britain was more or less secured after the aerial battle of Britain was won, and that took less than a year. Military casualties would go on to be comparable to the war in Ukraine, of course, and there was the ongoing difficulty of feeding everyone, but Britain at least had the sea and a massive navy standing between it and the enemy and civilian casualties were “only” about 70,000

          • Look at the dates. Most of those are from 1940. The most intense of the attacks happened in a span of 6-9 months.

            The war in Ukraine has been going on for 3 years now. Russia drops significantly larger bombs on Ukraine. Even important historical buildings are being levelled.

            (Not to minimize what the British had to endure btw, war does a horrible number on you regardless)

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            With all due respect mate, I am British, I do understand the toll of the Blitz. I’m just conscious of the fact that Ukraine has basically been suffering the same conditions for far longer, as pointed out by the other reply. That isn’t an attempt to downplay what Britain suffered, but rather to properly recognise the severity of what Ukraine is suffering. I’m sure I don’t need to send photos of the damage done by Russia.

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          ongoing difficulty of feeding everyone,

          That’s true as the British government encouraged the people to eat plant-based meals to have enough foods for everyone to get through the ordeal.

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      Ok, full props to Zelenskyy. He is certainly doing a better job than any current leaders I can think of and he should have been able to count on the U.S. for full support. I would even support deploying our own troops.

      But better than any leader the U.S. has had for 100 years? That’s quite the suck up. You can respect and support without being a blatant kiss ass. It’s embarrassing for you and for him.

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              He served five terms because he was so good he was massively popular, the conservatives paniced and pushed for term limits afterwards as they were scared of the idea of people running with policies that benifted the majority of people repetedly getting long periods of power like that.

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        FDR was a great man but he was forged in the fires of a time far far worse. I shudder to think how bad things need to get before we get leadership like that back.

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      I still cannot believe we are betraying them, the Europe and featuring ourselves and I feel powerless to stop it.

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        Look for the protest actions, join them. Like, casually, just happen to be there.

        You’ll probably find like minded people there and as you connect to more people, that hopelessness will go away!

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        Delete the first word of that post. Your post now starts with “One”, and from there you change nothing.

        NOW your post is accurate.

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      O, the Rail Splitter. You know what they say about good deeds never going unpunished. As my dad used to say, “only the good die young”. Then he died at 59. He was a piece of shit. So now I don’t even know what to think

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        The good are more likely to be killed by the evil, but there is no karma. Sometimes good guys die for no reason, and sometimes bad guys do too.

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          Almost like we’re just another species of animal floating on a rock in the vastness of space.

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    Fuck You. This type of shit is bull when You do it to actors. If Zalensky could go to a barber and get a makeup he would look the same as on the left. But he has more important things on his mind right now.

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      What a bizarre take. This isn’t a “Zelenskyy didn’t put on his face this morning” post.

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      The point is that Zelenskyy has undertaken a great deal of stress during this trying time, as many Ukrainians have. The exhaustion written on his face is saddening, because it reflects the weight of the troubles assailing Ukraine, but it also shows that he is a great man, undertaking these burdens when lesser men would have fled or given up.

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        I am suspecting that before the spectacle they likely were trying to bribe him to just let Russia win and he didn’t do it, so they used this to beater him and switch sides.

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          I’m not well informed regarding Ukrainian leadership, but what I do know is that there were men who would have taken the money and do what papa putin says. That’s the difference between Zelensky and the others: he was not open to take money.

          (I’m not saying everyone else of previous leadership was corrupt.)

          So yeas you’re right, they tried to bribe him :)

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    Mad respect for the man. He really loves his country. Maybe some of our “leaders” should take note. This is what a true badass does when a lot is at stake.

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      Dude’s country is being attacked by the “second army in the world” and he says “I don’t need a ride I need ammunition.”

      I’m amazed his giant brass balls even fit in his pants.