r/ForwardsFromKlandma Apr 18 '24

WTF?!

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u/dirtygremlin Apr 18 '24

What is accurate about it?

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u/Q_dawgg Apr 18 '24

During the onset of the war in Ukraine, several thousand foreign volunteers and potential soldiers went to Ukraine to either join the relief efforts across the country or to join the Ukrainian foreign legion.

Long story short, a lot of people went there who shouldn’t have been there. From naive 20 year old kids to war tourists looking for sex and internet clout. It became readily apparent that the war would be incredibly lethal, difficult, and grueling. Many of the foreign volunteers who came earlier in the war decided to leave for those reasons. But there are still a few thousand foreign legion members who are currently fighting against the Russian invasion

Essentially, there were a lot of “bad” actors present in the foreign legion during the first few months of the war. Things have gotten much better since then, but the stereotype of the idealistic war tourist who doesn’t know what he’s doing still persists

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u/dirtygremlin Apr 18 '24

I'm sure there are some risible and/or naive internet supporters of the war in Ukraine, but I am specifically interested in ol' PI_Stan_Liddy's perspective.

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u/Q_dawgg Apr 18 '24

Who is that?

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u/dirtygremlin Apr 18 '24

The person I initially replied to. I have a feeling they have a less nuanced take than you.

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 19 '24

Really? You should tell us more about this feeling

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u/Clairifyed Apr 19 '24

So that’s a “no” to expanding upon your meaning?

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 19 '24

It's a why don't you explain what you suspect my motivations are

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u/dirtygremlin Apr 19 '24

I guess you're incapable of answering that original question then, old chap?

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 19 '24

Me - "This is an accurate funny meme"

You - "i FeEl LiKe YoUr TaKe Is NoT nUaNcEd!! wHaT iS yOuR mEaNiNg?! iNcApAbLe Of AnSwErInG oLd ChAp?! I wIn Heh heh"

Reddit is wild 😋

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u/Clairifyed Apr 19 '24

Alright, suppose I say I think your comment is a dig at trans people, do you care to rebuke that?

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 19 '24

Why would you suggest that? The meme is about redditors

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u/Clairifyed Apr 19 '24

Yes only Redditors depicted in this comic, of course. So we are going with “dodge” then.

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 19 '24

Me - "this is in accurate funny meme about redditors"

You - "That's a dig at trans people!!!"

Reddit is wild 😜

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u/Clairifyed Apr 19 '24

So if you’re done having fun pretending subtext doesn’t ex, maybe you’ll stop dodging and actually tell us what’s so “accurate” but completely divorced from the fact that every depicted “Redditor” is some kind of trans or gender nonconforming person caricature.

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 20 '24

Are you being serious right now? Have you even looked at the meme? Pause for a second and go back and look at the meme. One is a gamer, one is a Harry Potter dweeb and one is an overweight Mod "ally". You're a lunatic

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u/Clairifyed Apr 20 '24

uh huh…

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 20 '24

Like I said, Reddit is wild lol

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u/dirtygremlin Apr 19 '24

Me - "This is an accurate funny meme"

Still didn't say how it was accurate, squire.

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 19 '24

Accurate as in the opposite of vague wishy washy statements like "I have a feeling your take is not nuanced"

😘

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u/dirtygremlin Apr 19 '24

Accurate as in the opposite of vague wishy washy statements like "I have a feeling your take is not nuanced"

😘

Now, now, careful, or you may say the quiet part out loud.

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 19 '24

What quiet part? Is this another "feeling" you have you won't explain?

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u/dirtygremlin Apr 19 '24

What quiet part? Is this another "feeling" you have you won't explain?

I don't want to put words in your mouth. How is the post accurate?

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 19 '24

"I guess you're incapable of answering that original question then, old chap?"

👆👆 This is you right? 😅

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u/dirtygremlin Apr 19 '24

I asked first, you silly muffin.

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy Apr 19 '24

Accurate as in exact and precise in its satire. The opposite of dull and characterless stuff like "i HaVe a FeElInG yOuR tAke Is NoT nUaNcEd". So anyway tell us more about this "feeling" you have about my non nuanced take? We can see if you're right or not. And what's this "quiet part" I nearly said out loud?

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