m0xEE @m0xee@librem.one

@iska@mk.starnix.network Because in reality it's unsustainable.
But in theory… In theory it could work!
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@Yzexo Интересно что там за первое 😱

@thor Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mNvYcgICPCs

@iska@mk.starnix.network 😜

@parusmajor I've tried my best to read it in some way other than "heal thy burgers" before scrolling down, but failed miserably 🤣

@evelyn Backlit keyboard instead of ThinkLight? That is so un-ThinkPad-ish! UnThinkable? 🤔

@thor OMG, this thread is so funny! 🤣
@divVerent

@thor Yes, in a perfect corporate world. In reality most of the time they just pick some mid-level manager as a scapegoat, get their bonus and move on 😅
@space_cadet

@bleeptrack
"OMG, all these cables" 🤦
And sleeping at the same time!
That is priceless 😹

@GustavinoBevilacqua Undead are! 🧟
Maybe he talks about superpowers! To raise the dead 🤷
@fribbledom

@safiuddinkhan@fosstodon.org Are you all right?
I knew this flood was a disaster , but I couldn't imagine it being a lake comparable to the size of Uzbekistan visible from space 😱

@thor I think he wants the EU to accept the loss of some territories by the Ukraine so it looks like a victory for him, but Ukrainians (and the US) don't want that.

@thor Putin might have actually wanted some sanctions imposed on Russia because they justify the economic collapse, but he didn't want European countries to stop buying gas. He didn't foresee that. Now he's in a stalemate, he can only double down on everything. He stops the gas pipeline trying to still use that as a leverage. He can't withdraw troops, it will look like a defeat and it will make him look weak, he can only send more.

@thor I think all of this is just bullshit for the general public. Putin has a mentality of a middle hand criminal boss — he's all about tactics and no strategy. He does everything to stay in power, that's it. If it involves telling people what they want to hear, he does just that. NATO fearmongering is a soviet-era thing, but it still has impact on people. A lot believed that annexation of Crimea was necessary, despite the Black Sea fleet being sitting ducks for Turkey — a NATO country.

@thor I mean, there certainly are some far-right guys in Ukraine — like in every other country. And it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The Ukrainian right wing nationalists were right, now that Russia really attacked!
All that the sane Russians feel now is shame. And powerlessness unfortunately. We did let the state turn into the monster we have now, but now it's not only us who suffer.

@thor Exactly!
But this hatred was fueled for some reason since the very collapse of the USSR, since the 90-ies. I don't know why. When I went to Kyiv I've felt safer there than when I was in Moscow. No one had any problems with Russia or Russians, when Russia didn't try to act like the "older brother" and just left them alone.
But a lot of Russians never travel — because they are too poor. So they can be fed any propaganda bullshit like Ukrainian Nazis — how crazy is that?

@thor You're absolutely right! The economy started to decline long time ago, that is why the first part of this war happened in 2014 I think. It was bad enough, but it stopped then, the economy started to recover.
No one expected COVID though. It was a terrible blow so they wanted the same patriotic rise as in 2014, but Ukrainians became stronger as a nation and stood up for themselves. And now Putin can't just back out, he will look weak, so this meaningless massacre goes on 😭

@thor Yes, it's really sad 😢
The society lost control of the state here long time ago and now good people feel powerless, most are poisoned with vile propaganda — it's like waking up in a WW2 Germany, so surreal! At least I'm mentally stable, but a lot of sane ones start losing their shit when they start thinking about what's really happening.
I knew they'd throw something like that to stay in power, they've tried Kazakhstan incursion first in January, but I couldn't imagine it would be this bad

@thor I always considered our languages very different, but both really complicated. I'm in fact surprised we have words that are phonetically close. Because it's borrowed in both languages, I suppose.
Russian is like French, but with Slavic words and Cyrillic alphabet. Sounds crazy, right? 😅
It's really good for poetry, but not for general usage and really hard to learn I think. I've never really liked it myself and admired English — how it's really easy to use, still beautiful.

@thor I don't think that they have the opposite meaning in fact. Etymologically it should mean you both happen at the same time and move in the same direction e.g. work in the same market, thus you're competitors.
Russian word конкурент is phonetically close and has the same meaning as in Norsk.