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[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

May he have a very kamikazi drone find out

[–] bigbabybilly@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Oh. Well that’s a… drag.

I’ll see myself out.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

I love this for him!

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago

Dude joins the Russian military to earn his place in Russian society and hopes to be seen as one of the Russians, is surprised that he gets treated like a Russian.

Also dude complains about migrants in the US wanting free handouts, goes to Russia and then complains that he doesn’t get special treatment.

[–] Cocopanda@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Ya. Fuck him and his family. Have fun dying bro. Slava Ukraine!

[–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 4 points 21 hours ago

Oh, no! Anyways!

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What a shocker. This is like the handful of Western teenage girls who went to Afghanistan to try and be good Muslims, then discovered that meant being married off to some Islamic State soldier twice their age. Like what the fuck did you think was going to happen?

[–] don@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Wow, I remember those… shit was wild

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

dude if someone wrote this for a movie people would say it's too on the nose.

moving to another country to avoid "indoctrination" is exactly what a movie character would do as a metaphor for inner struggle.

being sent to die for a fascistic country would be the metaphor for the idea that running away from your self by finding refuge in reactionary attitudes inevitably kills you inside.

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

and him having a bunch of gay sex with fellow russian conscripts on the front lines is a metaphor for, uh... well its a metaphor

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

DeAnna, 42, suggested her husband had been misled during the military recruiting process.

Surely not. Russian military recruiters have the same dedication to truth and honesty as US military recruiters.

It probably would have helped if he'd learned to speak Russian.

[–] jhonmu648@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 day ago

Imagine fleeing "Western brainwashing" only to end up in a trench with five dudes and a ration pack, wondering if this is what true freedom smells like.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Look how far someone will go to ignore that fact that he wants to kiss a man on the lips

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Darwin thanks you for you service. Watch out for them drones!

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 223 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (17 children)
  • Complaining migrants do not integrate
  • Is a migrant, who doesn't speak the language, himself
  • Complaining, they don't speak USian with him
  • Joins the aggressor's military during war time, complains he has to go to war.
[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 69 points 2 days ago (7 children)
  • Is a migrant, who doesn't speak the language, himself
  • Complaining, they don't speak USian with him

This always makes me laugh when American and UK tourists go abroad and expect people to speak English. Integrate muthafuckas!

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 80 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So, unfortunately, he feels like he’s being thrown to the wolves right now, and he’s kind of having to lean on faith, and that’s what we’re all doing.”

Let’s us know how that works out for you.

after a month of service, her family had yet to receive any pay.

Not so well, then?

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

They will get paid in thoughts and prayers soon

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Putin: lol front line for you.

Derek Huffman: Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

[–] Siresly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

Stop shoving yourself down that leopard's throat.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 112 points 2 days ago (3 children)

He moved to a country that was actively waging a war of aggression, and joined the military expecting not to see combat. If it seems like something only a complete dumbass would do, that's because it is.

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ukrainian officials estimated this week that more than 1 million Russian soldiers have died in the conflict

I just wanna call this out as misinfo. Ukraine's claimed numbers are casualties which includes killed and wounded. I don't know if Ukraine has any claim for number killed, but estimates are around 300k, though the fact that Russia sends soldiers on crutches to the front lines, some of those might be double counted.

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[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

The Leopards are already so full, you can't keep feeding them like this.

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

He must love the smell of other sweaty guys.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess he wanted to remain in a dictatorship, seems a sort of odd destination to me, pretty much guaranteed to be miserable even if he wasn't dumped into a combat, he could have gone to Cuba or something.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Cuba is a dictatorship of the working class, LGBT rights are enshrined in the constitution, the exact opposite of what any fascist who would fight for Russia (or Ukraine) wants.

[–] CTDummy@aussie.zone 63 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Immigrants in the US won’t serve in the military for citizenship!

This pathway was closed by Trump.

I wanted to serve in the military to earn my citizenship, that way the local can’t say I didn’t earn it.

Gimme one of them non-combat roles though, I don’t want any of that war business. Which is all pointless because the second a Russian asks him “what role did you serve in the military?” He’d simply reply “huh, can you speak English?” I also love the idea of him believing he’d be a correspondent despite being unable to speak Russian. Im sure his wife and daughters will enjoy their time in Russia when his military career blossoms.

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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you have to run from LGBT indoctrination then you are probably LGBT. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but if he had been honest with himself he might not die in a pointless war.

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[–] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This guy is the current definition of the Americanism "dumbass".

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

MAGA Twerp: "Better a Russian than a Democrat."

Sane People: "LOL k. Have fun being turned into drone made meat chowder."

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I suppose he was going to get oppressed by american-made weapons either way. He's just speed running things.

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] harcesz@szmer.info 5 points 1 day ago

Pronounced was/were.

[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you can't speak Russian, you have no business in Russia. Very few of the people there can speak English at the level you would need to get by. And he actually believed he could join their military as a non-combatant foreigner during wartime? What a dumbass.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago

He complained in the article that immigrants in the United States don't assimilate. Yet he can't speak Russian. 🤔

I'm sure he has failed to see the irony in that.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Makes you wonder if they acknowledge how bad they messed up. Or is this fine because they escaped the woke. I love the part in the article that says they followed some other influencer trying to get people to move, but was only able to get this family and 1 other to do it. A lot of dumb choices here, its amazing how they somehow feel like they were wronged when they had to do a lot of choices to get to this point.

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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 7 points 1 day ago

Let’s all shed some crocodile tears for this guy.

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