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I'm a Ukrainian, but not in the country. My mom is in touch with family members who are there. According to her, my Aunt and her son have evacuated to Romania (try to guess where the Uncle is), but my grand parents have chosen to remain in their city inside a bomb shelter. I'm sad to hear that bombs were dropped on their city.

Can't say I know much more than that though.

Also isn't this Russophobic backlash kinda a bit startling to anyone else?

.... this is reminding me of the burst of anti-Asian hate that cropped up at the beginning of the pandemic.

The Italy story is an example of how virtue signaling can wrap around and become racism again, but the liquor and hollywood story are both legit acts of protest by corporations (as legit as their pride-month flags are at least). The Vodka ban got a lot of laughs from the Ukrainians at the last protest I went to, the hilarity of it was a great morale boost, but when you stop treating it as a joke I guess it kind of sucks. I can't say I have much sympathy for an importer who uses hammer and sickle imagery in their marketing though. Those are like Swastikas to us.

Make no mistake, all of this is being done to avoid getting cancelled for "profiting off of Russia" and we all know how good cancel culture is at making actual positive change /s

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As for the sanctions, we seem to be doing things differently this time. Rather than target the common people, we're aiming them directly at the Oligarch's ruling the country by seizing the assets they own outside of Russia. Who knows if it will work, but at least there's a chance for once. It's like pressuring America by placing sanctions on billionaires at Wall Street. Since they're the ones who actually run the country they might be more motivated to stop the president from running unnecessary wars.

Putin has more power than our president though so I can't say with confidence that he'll actually buckle to that pressure. Especially since a lot of Russia's economic future is riding on its ability to eliminate its rival (or its Oligarchs, but guess who they'll choose...).

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It seems pretty clear that this war has very little support from normal Russians, what else is expected to happen?

And here you are wrong. Of course, normal Russians wanted a short victorious war, not THIS. But average Russian is an imperialist who views Ukraine as nothing but a breakaway territory that should be brought back.

+1!

Kind of weird that this tread disappeared for a bit, guess a war is more interesting than a disease.

To be fair, a lot of governments are starting to pretend that the pandemic is over. I’m going to University classes in person now, and I have to say, minus the mask mandates it doesn’t really feel like a pandemic anymore.

I’m sure the feeling will come back once the lockdowns resume.

How deep are you into the RPG maker horror fandom if I may ask? Dreaming Mary's one of the big classics so I'm surprised to hear that you haven't heard of it.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, then boy are you in for a treat. There's a whole host of games like Dreaming Mary that you'll get to discover. I personally recommend Lilly's Well. Don't google it cause of spoilerific images, you can just download it for free on steam.

With that footage example, you should remember that there is also a lot of fake footage out there which could inflate your number. I hear a chunk of footage was taken from previous wars.

A lot of Russians unfortunately still fall under the sway of Putin's propganda machine even after traveling beyond the border. If I had to count the amount of times one has told me in person that what Putin did to Ukraine in 2014 is a good thing...

I hope the bigotry hasn't been too harsh, but the sad truth is that an oppressed minority is going to feel a little jittery among their oppressors.

If there was some sort of arrangement with China that's been betrayed, Putin will likely reveal it once he goes down to make sure his backstabbing buddy doesn't escape with him.

Now that I think of it, there's a pretty good chance Putin might end up fleeing to China.

"Gathering of Forumites" seems apt if you want to pay homage to the discussion forum's pre-tech roots.

When my ex messaged me out of the blue, I responded to her cause I didn’t see the harm in it, had a few boring conversations and then she disappeared again.

The desire that’s fuelling this conversation is fleeting and thus of little consequence. Do what you want with it. Just don’t get back together.

Of course I was the one who initiated the break-up in my relationship so I purged myself of lingering feelings long ago. You are not so lucky so try not to lose control of them. It’s only once in a blue moon that someone actually changes.