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An 8-panel Phoebe Teaching Joey meme.

The first panel is Phoebe from Friends saying “Russia”.

The second panel is Joey from the same show replying with “Russia”.

The third panel is Phoebe saying “has invaded”.

The fourth panel is Joey repeating back “has invaded”.

The fifth panel is Phoebe saying “Ukraine”.

The sixth panel is Joey repeating back “Ukraine”.

The seventh panel is Phoebe saying the completed phrase “Russia has invaded Ukraine”.

The final panel shows Joey proudly proclaiming “NATO just started a proxy war”.

  • pancake
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, and people in Crimea never ever wanted to be part of Ukraine, and yet Zelensky has promised to take them back. Same for most (although in this case not all) people in the Donbass, which was invaded by Ukraine in 1917. Putin stated he would invade (or “take back”, who cares at this point) just those territories, so doesn’t that make him the good guy here? Of course I don’t believe he is, or Zelensky is, there are no good guys anywhere in this story.

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      1 year ago

      You’re still arguing for an invasion of a sovereign democratic (although, like most countries not without problems but they’re definitely taking some massive steps for a more open society and a more transparent government… DURING A WAR) country. And the need for Russia to push through those documented fake elections for separation while they occupied the territory says everything you need to know about how legitimate this whole invasion is.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, but then it’s not “the will of the people” that matters here, but maybe international law or whatever other principles.

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          1 year ago

          Dude you’re not making sense at this point. Like not even to yourself I mean to say.

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      1 year ago

      Putin stated he would invade (or “take back”, who cares at this point) just those territories

      …then “accidentally” launched an attack on Kyiv, on the other side of the country. “Oops, sowwy 🥺”, amirite? 🤦