Probably more likely than Greenland tbh. We can only hope he’s become too demented to even remember that Cuba exist by 2027.

Second year: Iran.

I wonder what war he will start in year 3? He’s still threatening to annex Greenland and I know we have been preparing for attacks and are still ready to fight for Greenland, but we will see.

History rhymes, doesn’t it, Olga?

Your burning birds take flight once more to show your enemies that they can fuck around, but they’ll also have to find out.

Too bad Putin didn’t read about Ukrainian history before invading. He could’ve spared himself and his people some grief.

It is especially funny if you know what the Victory Day Parade is and how the Russian government brought in an extremist far right group this year to March with them 🤡

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Det er så heller ikke det jeg siger. Jeg taler om Europa som helhed og jeg taler om de tidlige stadier, hvor jøder fik taget deres rettigheder fra dem så de ikke kunne drive forretning eller på anden vis tjene penge i det samfund de levede i. Dette er før holocaust, i øvrigt. Nazityskland gik ikke fra at være et normalt land til at begå folkemord natten over. Det tog lang tid og jeg sammenligner det mange russiske flygtninge oplever med den tidlige diskrimination af jøder, som var langt mindre dramatisk end det vi forbinder jødeforfølgelse med senere. Det synes jeg faktisk er en totalt fair sammenligning.

I dag oplever flere russere i forskellige europæiske lande at de ikke kan få opholdstilladelse i de lande de søger tilflugt i. Nogle får taget deres opholdstilladelse fra dem og i nogle lande har jeg hørt historier om at bankerne er begyndt at lukke kontoer som er ejet af russiske flygtninge/immigranter, hvilket skaber en ond cirkel i forhold til deres ret til opholdstilladelse. Nogle russere er begyndt at overveje helt at flytte væk fra Europa fordi det er så svært for dem at bo nogle steder.

Jeg ved ikke hvordan situationen ser ud i Danmark specifikt, jeg nævner bare det jeg har hørt fra nogle russiske flygtninge rundt omkring i Europa.

Igen, det her er ikke en enten eller situation for mit vedkommende. Jeg kan godt synes at krigen i Ukraine er forfærdelig og have sympati med ukrainerne. Jeg har en ven, som flygtede fra Ukraine og som er tvunget til ikke at se sin far mere fordi hvis han rejser hjem på besøg, så bliver han smidt i hæren og hans far kan ikke komme og besøge ham fordi det vil blive set som landsforræderi i tilfælde af at hæren får brug for ham. Min ven er en ung gut i 20erne, der har være fuldstændig alene siden krigen startede han er gået fra at være en glad og håbefuld ung mand til en deprimeret og nedslået fyr, der spilder sine bedste år på at sidde i asyl i lande han ikke har nogen tilknytning til.

Ja, det er russernes land, der har startet denne krig, men de har levet under det ene diktatur efter det andet i flere generationer og bliver systematisk holdt nede til et punkt hvor jeg faktisk synes det er svært at sidde og pege fingre ad dem og holde dem ansvarlige for det deres regime gør ude i verden.

Det svarer til at jeg skulle holde iranerne ansvarlige for det regime, der har tyraniseret dem i årevis.

Jeg synes godt, at man kan have en vis grad af sympati for det russiske folk uden at det behøver så tvivl om ens loyalitet.

Jeg synes godt at man kan tale om den slags ting selvom krigen er i gang. For mig er det ikke en enten eller ting.

Rigtig god artikel. Har kun lige skimmet den, men har stjernet din kommentar så jeg kan læse den grundigere senere. Umiddelbart er det også meget det indtryk jeg har af hvad russerne dealer med. Har fulgt en YouTuber, der hedder NFKRZ i nogle år. Han gik fra at være en typisk shitpotsing YouTuber til nu at dække krigen fra et medieperspektiv. Alt fra influencer propaganda til musik, pressemeddelser, reklamer og jeg ved ikke hvad. Han har beskrevet rigtig mange af de ting jeg lige kunne skimme i artiklen og hvordan det manipulerer med den russiske befolkning. Hans kanal er meget interessant og det er både komisk og skræmmende at se hvordan alt i Rusland bliver brugt til at kontrollere befolkningen og fremelske had og krigerisk mentalitet. Samtidig er der altså også rigtig mange russere, som bare gerne vil være i fred, som ikke kan lide det der foregår og ikke køber ind på manipulationen, men ikke har resurserne til at flygte. Det er ikke unormalt for en almindelig russer at tjene hvad der svarer til en SU hver måned. De har simpelthen ikke pengene til at flygte. De der har råd er enten velstående borgere eller rige oligarker, og sidstnævnte har været i stand til at få europæiske pas og derfor ikke rammes af de restriktioner som EU har pålagt russiske immigranter og flygtninge.

Det er så en helt anden snak, men Europas behandling af russiske krigsflygtninge/asyllandsøgere grænser til at minde om den tidlige jødeforfølgelse i Europa, hvor lovgivning gjorde det mere og mere umuligt for jøder at bo og leve i Tyskland. Jeg ved ikke, hvor meget medierne har dækket det her, men jeg synes sgu, at det er bekymrende også selvom jeg godt forstår frygten for russiske spioner osv. Det rammer desværre bare uskyldige mennesker mens de rigtige skurke kan købe sig ud af problemerne.

Jeg tror det er svært at sætte sig ind i hvilken virkelighed de lever under. Husk på at de aldrig rigtig har haft et funktionelt demokrati. Mange nulevende russere voksede op i Soviet unionen og det spæde forsøg på at få vendt Rusland til et demokrati blev aktivt saboteret før det overhovedet fik ben at gå på.

Jeg tror ikke, at det, at russerne har fået nok denne gang kommer til at ændre Rusland ret meget, men det kan presse Putin og hans tosser nok til, at de bliver nødt til at afvikle krigen, hvilket præcis er det, der er ved at ske for tiden, selvom han gør nogle ynkelige forsøg på at virke farlig for Europa.

Men når det kommer til det russiske folk, så synes jeg virkelig at vi skylder dem at forsøge at forstå hvilken historie de kommer fra, hvilken virkelighed de lever under og hvor svært det er at ændre så dybtliggende undertrykkelse af et folk gennem århundrede. Det er ikke en virkelighed os vesterlinge kan forstå fordi vi tager totalt for givet de friheder og rettigheder vi har og som russerne aldrig har kendt til.

Det gode er at Putin generelt virker til at være ved at miste grebet om sit eget land og åbent bliver hånet af sin befolking i disse tider. Det dårlige er at der sidder en masse folk klar til at slå til når han er svag nok til at blive vippet af pinden og det ved han så der er en masse irrationelle spasmer i gang for at bilde folk ind at Rusland er stærk, men de er totalt bitchmade for tiden. Frygter lidt hvilke typer, der kommer til magten når Putin og hans demente venner bliver skubbet ud, men man kan jo håbe at noget kunne gå rigtigt i det land for en gangs skyld. Det russiske folk er i hvert fald ved at have fået nok.

Sidis deserves to be remembered. Not only was he smart, but he seemed like a genuinely good and reasonable person too. I also like that he took great interest in anthropology and languages. If I remember correctly, he even developed a couple of languages himself because he was fascinated by it.

You can always watch it for the meme.

It isn’t quite unhinged enough to be on my personal list of “So bad it’s epic”, but I still think it can be enjoyed ironically. But I mean, at some point one also has to accept their own mortality and ask themselves if they want to spend anymore time on terrible movies or if they prefer to watch good movies for the rest of their lives. I’m in the latter category, which is why I haven’t updated my “So bad it’s epic” list in close to a decade at this point. It’s just to say, that I understand if you choose to skip this one, lol.

Det er sgu dejligt at høre! Håber det med børnene løser sig også. Er det tilfælde med enlige fædre eller er det decideret hjemløse børn der ikke er gamle nok til at bo alene? Beklager hvis mit spørgsmål er dumt, haha

Yeh :3

It also helps that he had the foresight to cast Naomi Watts. She is, to this day, one of the most underrated actresses in Hollywood. I will always give a movie a chance if she’s in it. She always delivers even if the movie is trash.

For me, it gotta be City of Angels, the American remake of Der Himmel über Berlin.

The German version is art house, with the camera and soundscape designed to emulate the angel’s experience, observing humanity. The camera can move anywhere, gliding in and observing people’s most intimate moments. The soundscape is constant whispers of thoughts and wprries the people of Berlin carry with them in their daily lives. Everyone is lonely and isolated from the other despite living in a big city. The world is black and white. And then there is this one angel who, much like the little mermaid, becomes fascinated with humans and their ability to experience passion, see color and feel and taste and smell. He becomes more and more tempted by humanity, to live like them and just like the mermaid, the death nail is when he falls in love with a human and he accepts the mortal life to have a chance to be a part of humanity and to be with the one he loves.

The American version: etherally beautiful man-angel sees hot human-woman and gives up his wings to fuck.

Hot human-woman: 90s Meg Ryan. Say no more. I understand.

Etherally beautiful man-angel: Nicholas fucking Cage.

Bruh 🤣

You know what, I don’t even even think Nick Cage is ugly. He has his charm for sure. But he does not pull off ethereal beauty. And he shouldn’t have to. The German angel was played by Bruno Ganz (same guy who played Hitler in Der Untergang🤌), who isn’t exactly beautiful, but he has a warmth to him that feels comforting and that’s the point of the angels in the German version.

But the American version constantly has other characters point out how otherworldly beautiful the angel is and Nick Cage, bless him, does his best to make the soft pretty boy look that Brad Pitt made in Meet Joe Black, but he just looks like a predator when he tries and it is so fucking funny.

Lord have mercy.

The American version lacks the introspection on past sins of a society that did horrible things and have to live with that guilt. The American version also fails to comment on the theme of the all consuming loneliness we humans are bound to feel because oral communication can only take us so far in terms of making ourselves understood to another. It is inherently lonely to be human.

There are many themes that are pretty cool to dig into in Der Himmel über Berlin. I’ll never watch it again, though, because I hate ASMR-type shit and everybody is ASMR-whispering in that film and it is nails on a chalkboard for me. It was near impossible for me to finish it, but it isn’t a bad film and i like the overall idea even if the sounds of whispering people almost made me gag. Also, Nick Cave and Peter Falck have a few cameos. So there’s that. 👍

The American version has a very, very, VERY awkward Nick Cage and Meg Ryan sex scene. Pick your poison 🤣

It was also made by Haneke himself because he thought the message was important to give to Americans whom he perceive as loving violence.

True. Social media - Lemmy included - has really proven how effectively people can be socially engineered into hating “the other” to the point where you can kid yourself into believing you’re being tolerant by doing it to the group that is okay to hate.

It makes me feel sick everytime I see it and all the forms it takes.

It just shows different ways of being smart and pit them against one another instead of celebrating them.

I once decided to do some life drawing at the gym after I was done with my sets for the day and I honed in on an Arab guy with a beard like a spear, head held high like a kind and walking on an incline on the treadmill.

While I was drawing him, I sense two guys coming over. Big guys. Huge. Like their biceps are the same thickness as my thigh. They’re Arab too and they ask me what I’m drawing. I show them and they burst out laughing, turning to the guy on the treadmill, who turns out to be a friend of ours and they yell something akin to “wallahi, she drew you, [name]. She made you look too handsome” and then they turned to me and complimented my drawings before going back to their routines. Treadmill guy blushed like a schoolgirl being told she’s pretty and I was just so relieved they didn’t come over to squash me.

It’s not really their fault, but once men exceed a certain body mass in muscle, they just look so friggin intimidating, even if they are sweethearts underneath all that beef.

Sadly, I fear the sketch was inside one of the sketchbooks I ended up trashing during our most recent move. Would’ve been fun to show it. Was practicing Japanese brushpens with real ink at the time. That was its own adventure. Once had a cartridge explode in my face and I had to do the walk of shame across town with my entire face covered in ink splatter.

I’m aware. I just disagree with using the word “emotional” to describe how women are different from men, because that is not accurate.

If I remember correctly, they went to the bathroom and put ice on Bernd’s weiner to make the area numb, before Armin cut it off. Then they cooked and attempted to eat it over a candle lit dinner. However, the consistency of weiner is apparently so chewy, that it is inedible. Bernd was, if I remember correctly, fading in and out of consciousness during, due to bloodloss and he was in terrible pain too.

I forget if they attempted to cut more pieces off of Bernd while he was still alive or if Bernd agreed to die after that failed dinner. I know they were intimate and that a lot of it was filmed, as well as the murder. Armin cooked and ate him over a period of time, storing his dismembered body in a freezer.

Bernd took part in the cannibilization of himself before his death, which is partially why that whole case was so friggin bizarre because it was all consensual. It just doesn’t hold up in court, thankfully.

It’s been awhile, so I’m probably misremembering some details, but this is the roundabout way I remember this case. It was massive and everybody talked about it for years.

I also remember some horror director making a movie, recreating the entire crime from beginning to end, which was very controversial. For some reason my mind is pointing at Harmony Korine, but I’m not sure. He’s always the first director I think about when it comes to fuck up movie projects, lol.

But yeah. Crazy case.