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Why the fuck would everyday Russians use dollars in the first place two years after the currency was rendered useless in Russia?
orcs
he did it, he said the thing!
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2024
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Remeber they don't hate russians just the government which is why they've had a literally dehumanizing term for all russians since 6 hours after the war started.
Liberals really were salivating for the chance to use socially acceptable slurs, huh.
orcs
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i know what kinda man you are.
I thought it was a reddit thing. Kinda gross to see it in the wild
The so-called white moderates have proven yet again they're not so moderate
Reddit is just white dude-bro liberalism distilled it's not nearly as unique as it likes to tell itself.
Dear President Putin
Don't make the same mistake Comrade Stalin did.
Your's in Christ...
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Beat me to it.
The Nazis losing in 1945 doesn't mean their ideology went away, it just means they lost.
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I love how Germans immediately jump to show their ass like their distance from genocide, both morally and temporally, ISN'T three generations max; like they're not an eagerly-waterbearing vassal to the Amerikan Reich.
All their humblebragging fake contrition about the crimes of that guilty land goes right out the window as soon as the chance to do it all again comes up, then it's all orcs this and terrorists that. They're like an alcoholic falling off the wagon. It wouldn't be quite so ennervating if they weren't so fucking condescending the rest of the time when they're not in genocide mode.
It's like talking to a redditor who's also a werewolf- I'm not sure which form I hate more but I definitely know they have zero right to be this smug with guts in their teeth.
It’s like talking to a redditor who’s also a werewolf- I’m not sure which form I hate more but I definitely know they have zero right to be this smug with guts in their teeth.
Holy fuck I love this metaphor, comrade. 10/10 things I need to figure out how to bootstrap into my diction
Germany becoming a vassal state of the US is not really something I saw happening. I know our values align often, but their national personality seems less in line with ours
I blame the rapport that used to exist between that absolute war criminal minstrel Obama and Merkel honestly, that's when I saw the threads start binding. For all the absolute EARNED mess I talk on Barack, I won't deny-- he's one hell of an orator, and he proved people WILL cozy up to a talented orator if his talking benefits you when you're at his table.
Oh, definitely. I don't pay a lot of attention to what Germany is up to, but I remember thinking it was weird that they were getting so chummy. Part of me feels like Germany hasn't been shunned enough yet. There are still people alive that remember WWII. On the other hand, I wish we could move on from the neoliberal era and all get along and sing the internationale together.
germany was less a function of convergent interests (compare the US supporting Anglo-French empire post ww2) and more the direct military occupation, that is still there
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While electing fascists to majorities in government and universally agreeing it's not racist to say they've gotta get rid of all the Muslims.
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Ah, the Moscow Times. The paper of record for Russi— wait, what? It's a Dutch newspaper? In English? And they don't distribute it in Moscow?
I actually didn't know this so thanks for the info!
least racist german
i don't think germans should be permitted to speak
I don't think Germans should be
i had a longer sentence after permitted and i just knew a smartalec was going to pare it down 
I had a longer sentence and a smartalec was to pare it down
Story of Hexbear
Not like us here in the USA where we can roll up into your local regional bank chain in the midwest and pull out cash as Euros or Rubles...
Well yeah but that's because of WOKE
I went to the bank and tried to withdraw my money in Iraqi dinar and they said they don’t have any… welcome to Brandon’s America 😤
German nazi thinking dollar is the only real money is so incredibly fitting to both history and the current times.
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Lol if I went into my local bank and asked for a bunch of Russian rubbles they'd laugh at me and call me a dumbass.
German + Ukrainian flag in bio gives strong Nazi vibes
That may well be true, but also true of all currencies that are about as useful to Russians as a Macedenonian Denar. The dollar is becoming increasingly useless worldwide.
oh man this whole time i thought hexbears saying libs call russians orc was just a bit
Death to America
Oh no no. Especially during the early stages of the war, calling Russians "orcs" was practically the standard lingo. The whole reason why I grew disillusioned with the anglos over the war was that I was horrified by how extremely genocidal Europeans had become practically overnight. When people on "my side" were chanting for the wholesale extermination of Russians, I had a "are we the baddies" moment basically.
For me it was this and honestly it was coupled with wondering why every single combat footage video was from the Ukranian pov and why after a few months of what was being painted as a completely one sided battle the Ukrainians weren't making any advances.
Seems weird that the only country with functional weapons being outfitted by every single nato country was having such a hard time against people that allegedly didn't know what a toilet was.
Then it was getting banned because I said it wasn't good to give unrestricted weapons to dudes with black sun patches on their uniform yelling "die f*****s" in every video.
Having libs explain to me that I didn't understand the context of why the f slur wasn't a big deal in Ukraine was a real mask off moment.
Welcome to the right side of history comrade. I've been disillusioned for long enough that I watched 9/11 happen live on TV and my first thought was "well shit we probably had that coming"
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don't understand why libs call Russians "orcs". Like, I know it's supposed to be racist and dehumanizing, but like, aren't most Russian people white? Is it cause they aren't western European white? But then like, how come Ukrainians are considered white and not called orcs even though there is no physical differences between the two countries other than an arbitrary geopolitical border?
Am I thinking too much about this
Whiteness is a vibes-based club and Russians have been kicked out
sorry sweaty, Russians are genetically predisposed to scary communism
As I understand it, it comes from a Russian author who wrote a semi-satirical version of Lord of the Rings as a commentary on how America perpetually sees itself as leading the “fellowship” and all others outside its sphere of sycophants are “orcs.” Libs being libs, they did not pick up on the subtext and just ran with “the Russians consider themselves the orcs!”
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All these college educated liberals carrying water for empire are starting to make me think that we should in fact, tear down colleges. Imagine KNOWING BETTER and still hitting "post"
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I can't imagine the pain of never seeing a dollar again oh wait I can actually since my country don't use them
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