You’re what we’d call mentally ill. You might want to try to do something about that before you hurt someone. Or you know, be the next evening entertainment for your dictator. The best thing he knows is when they scrape people like you off the pavement riddled with bullets.
Go on, be all you can be. Maybe even take an SS agent or two with ya to …well yeah . Why give that fat fuck the satisfaction?
I can’t stand a single fucking thing that they do, I’m not American either so if Netanyahu shows ugly fucking face here he’d arrested and you’re still acting superior over there. You caught a case of the ‘ubermensh’ from Mr face fuck Itamar Ben-Gvir or something? Not unheard of.
Anyway, good luck with that industrial military complex ya’ll got going on over there. Fucking hypocrite.
Oh fuck off already with the holier-than-thouh bullshit
My grandfarther served twice against the Russians and once again against the fucking nazis.
If this person is sincere, I’m a happily soil grown finnish communist turnip in spring 1941.
Better yet, get fucked
Careful with all them edges there, ye might cut yourself.
What the actual fuck?
Just came home from watching it. I’ve read it quite a few times, both out loud to students and by myself, so I didn’t go in completely blind so to speak.
Still, it managed to confuse me a few times, especially a few conversations, and at some points, a little who’s who. (Might just have been me, though. See below).
Still, overall, it was a pleasure to watch. Damon gives one of his best performances. It’s perhaps not the best he’s ever done, but he’s good enough to carry a large part of the movie by himself. There are other standouts as well, a few from his crew, and Pattinson is his usual brooding self, which fits right in here. Casting Tom Holland as Telemachus perhaps wasn’t completely fair to his capabilities, but he did well enough with his limited time and lines.
It’s quite hard to write about further details without spoiling stuff, but one thing I can say is that the scenery is very well done. If you go in expecting Greek summer sunshine, you’re in for another thing altogether. The backdrops were gorgeous. The CGI is also quite well done, imo.
Anyway, to be completely honest here, I have issues with my spine and right leg (the ischias nerve) so I’m pretty heavily medicated and that might have put a positive tint on the whole thing, I don’t know.
(tl;dr) Still, in my opinion, it’s very much worth watching, and if you can afford it, it’s worth watching it in a movie theatre because of the effects and sound.
Edits: I had to repair my broken and not very sober English after the fact.
Agreed. One could even go as far as saying republicans are shit at everything they do.
Yeah, and this time around, they’re not even trying to pretend to save money, just wreck shit and burn it to the ground. Meanwhile, a certain someone is busy wasting even more money building vanity projects and scamming people with every scheme he and his demented “friends” can come up with.
The words “fiscal responsibility” aren’t in their vocabulary.
I sincerely doubt he bothers to wash his hands if he was being serious about snorting coke from random toilet seats.
That’s not even the most disgusting thing that he’s said either. I think it’s safe to assume personal hygiene isn’t at the top of his priorities.
Anyone even remotely sane in the US wishes it was the Onion. Alas, this is their new reality now.
Do you sincerely believe macroeconomics doesn’t affect the lives of ordinary people? Why do you think they scam their way over the border (usually by saying they’re visiting relatives or the like) and then raid the neatest grocery store for fresh fruit, vegetables, and so on, after which they fill as many jerry cans they can with gasoline and then finally buy all the ibuprofen and paracetamol etc they get?
Does that sound like things are going well for them? I’ve seen a guy with so many cucumbers that they literally spilt out of the top of his backpack.
Anyway, since I know both Russians, which I dislike, but that’s irrelevant, and I’ve dated a Ukrainian with relatives in Russia, I do have a good picture of things, yes. I’ve lost several good friends in Ukraine. I know from my a guy from my hometown who got his foot shot of.
I also get regular news from inside Russia via my father’s wife, who’s got her relatives stuck on the other side. I don’t particularly like her, but it I’d what it is. I can’t exactly post what she’s saying here, can I? Other than what I’ve already written.
I’m still wondering why you, in particular, are such an expert on all things Russian, especially if all you have to go to is third hand publications at best.
Come to Finland and have a look at the border, and you’ll quickly see how things are on the other side. They’re hurting, and they’re hurting badly. A few more weeks, maybe a month or two, and the fuel situation is going to be catastrophic. Not to mention things like prescription medicines and glasses, spare parts for everyday machines, and so on.
Yet, you seem to be absolutely sure you know better than anyone else.
What the actual fuck?
You’re not serious. You can’t be. Nobody is this stupid and manages to make an account on lemmy. Please go away.
You’re accusing someone who practically lives right next door to Russia of not knowing how things look on the ground. My father is married to a Russian, and my mother’s grandmother was a minor nobility at the Russian tzarist court.
I believe I just might have a better understanding of the day-to-day goings-on than someone who sits and posts articles. You still haven’t answered my question, btw. What makes you such an expert on the daily life in Russia? Do you live close by, or do you sit in the US thinking you have it all figured out?
Do you not remember how you started this thread? You made claims to the contrary, i.e., that this is news that has been repeated several times, which just shows how naive you are.
It’s not a secret per se, but a lot of disinformation is floating around, and saying Russia hasn’t been diminished at all os certainly one of them.
You simply moved your opinions when it suited you.
…and you still haven’t answered my original question; where do you get your information from?
There are other sources than their media, which indeed is full of propaganda. Even they are slowly starting to sour at the war in general at this point in time, though. More than one host has openly questioned the war at this point. The (pathetically small) middle class is also not particularly happy at the progress and rations they now have to endure, and even less so since their sons are next to get to go play in the meatgrinder. These are things I’ve heard firsthand from Russians.
Those with family here come over the border to buy groceries and fuel any chance they get. It’s not unusual to see some Russian buy 20 cucumbers and as much flour and milk he can carry, for example. Also, basic medicine is popular because they simply do not have any domestic availability for these things. If that’s not an indicator of how bad it is, I don’t know what you’re thinking.
If you can’t speak Russian, I still wonder why you think you have any real knowledge about how things are inside Russia. Sure, they’re shooting their missile reserves (and the really expensive ones at that), but that is something they can’t keep up indefinitely.
Lastly, the conscription is extremely unpopular inside Russia, although few dare to speak out loudly, for now. That is also something that they can’t do indefinitely without completely destroying their population.
I find it pretty arrogant that you think you know the situation on the ground based on an article or two that you happened to come across. I can ensure you that this missile barrage is an act of desperation, nothing more.
Their oil production is bad enough that they have to import refined fuel. Think about that for a minute and come back to tell me shit hasn’t hit the fan, I dare you.
In that case, do you want to disclose where you’re getting your information from?
I’m asking because it really does look like you’re simply trying to push your opinions as fact.
Do you understand Russian? Can you read it? Do you know anyone inside Russia?
Edit; For the record, I’ve lost three good friends in Ukraine so far, and a fourth is missing, so I assume she’s gone as well. Do you have any idea what’s really going on in this war?
The shit your mom cooks is slop. Cancer-inducing, low-end brain rot that’d make Nestlè blush. This 'cuisine is what mostly kept your degenerate incestuous ‘extended family “alive”’. For all these long years.
When you’re not eating each other, of course, fucking each other. Or both.
Eventually, we’ll burn all ya’ll alive and dance on the fucking ashes. One day, Fuck-face.