March 2, 20223 yr 37 minutes ago, Lloyd said: My girlfriend is Ukrainian, and even years ago when I first met her, she was pretty hardline about drawing a distinction between Ukrainians and Russians. Growing up in Ukraine, speaking Ukrainian in metropolitan areas was seen as kinda goober-ish. Speaking Russian was "cool". Teachers would teach in Russian, etc. Then eventually the politics shifted and Ukrainians started to openly embrace their own culture and identity (and push out pro-Kremlin politicians). I don't think she blatantly hates Russian individuals, but as a political entity, there's no love lost for the people who sparked the Holodomor, starving out her grandparents' generation. She visited in 2019 and even in the western part of the country where she's from, you'd see graves marked with flags honoring young kids who died fighting on the eastern border. So people dying while fighting Russian interests isn't new...this is all just an escalation. Even to this day, she's pissed off that the US govt spelled her first name in the Russian way (using I's instead of Y's), and she's spent years trying to get all her documents and IDs correctly spelled. amazing story, lloyd. i mean....the fact that you actually have a girlfriend is amazing! bam!!!
March 2, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, mr_hunt said: amazing story, lloyd. i mean....the fact that you actually have a girlfriend is amazing! bam!!! It's never a bad time for a "how does a guy like you get a girl like that" joke.
March 2, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, 20dawk4life said: Most of them would just leave the country. Putin and his pathetic military don’t scare billionaires. Leaving the country would make them no safer. His rivals have a habit of getting poisoned no matter where they are in the world.
March 2, 20223 yr Author 5 minutes ago, Kz! said: We live in a unique time period in which we can actually explore sources of information that previous generations could have only dreamed of. Why limit yourself to only sources of information that have been filtered through the lens of western media? So you didn't listen to Putin give his 3 hour speech last week on his reasons for invading
March 2, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, wyote said: It's never a bad time for a "how does a guy like you get a girl like that" joke. yeah...i figured a thread like this could use a lighter moment.
March 2, 20223 yr Just now, DaEagles4Life said: So you didn't listen to Putin give his 3 hour speech last week on his reasons for invading I've watched it at least three times. Riveting.
March 2, 20223 yr Author 3 minutes ago, Kz! said: Interesting interview: What accounts are you following
March 2, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, mr_hunt said: yeah...i figured a thread like this could use a lighter moment. I've got a wife no one can believe I would get so I'm a big fan of such jokes.
March 2, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, Kz! said: I've watched it at least three times. Riveting. Riveting. Like a troll on a message board.
March 2, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, wyote said: I've got a wife no one can believe I would get so I'm a big fan of such jokes. Mine is pretty and she's an architect, and she's a complete pain in the arse and her goddamn hair products are taking over my bathroom. That's her way of moving in. Slowly encroaching on my space like Putin until a convoy of her boxes of crap suddenly end up at my doorstep.
March 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, DaEagles4Life said: Probably ran out of gas No, it was shot down along with a helicopter and a Russian missile strike.
March 2, 20223 yr This Pentagon briefing has been interesting. They seem to admire the creativity of how the Ukrainians are fighting. REALLY curious, if somehow the Ukrainians survive enough to be able to tell us their story, how they’ve managed to pull this off thus far.
March 2, 20223 yr 9 minutes ago, Thrive said: This Pentagon briefing has been interesting. They seem to admire the creativity of how the Ukrainians are fighting. REALLY curious, if somehow the Ukrainians survive enough to be able to tell us their story, how they’ve managed to pull this off thus far. We do not know the true extent of the Russian invasion one way or the other.
March 2, 20223 yr 14 minutes ago, Lloyd said: Mine is pretty and she's an architect, and she's a complete pain in the arse and her goddamn hair products are taking over my bathroom. That's her way of moving in. Slowly encroaching on my space like Putin until a convoy of her boxes of crap suddenly end up at my doorstep. Sounds like mine btw - Get your own bathroom, works wonders
March 2, 20223 yr 24 minutes ago, wyote said: I've got a wife no one can believe I would get so I'm a big fan of such jokes. part of the big deek club. I get it.
March 2, 20223 yr 18 minutes ago, Lloyd said: Mine is pretty and she's an architect, and she's a complete pain in the arse and her goddamn hair products are taking over my bathroom. That's her way of moving in. Slowly encroaching on my space like Putin until a convoy of her boxes of crap suddenly end up at my doorstep. be careful if she suggests your shaving cream is making threatening advances on her makeup drawer.
March 2, 20223 yr 26 minutes ago, wyote said: I've got a wife no one can believe I would get so I'm a big fan of such jokes. I have no comment
March 2, 20223 yr 27 minutes ago, wyote said: I've got a wife no one can believe I would get so I'm a big fan of such jokes. The one I met?
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