Just because I’m curious: I have chronic sarcoidosis in both lungs, and lifelong asthma. I’ve by some miracle survived 4 years, but at the cost of almost all the stamina I used to have. COVID still circulates around the daycares, youth clubs and workplaces here and I have children.

I don’t have an option to not wear a mask when I leave the room I’ve spent these 4 years in. Does that bother you?

Be honest and tell us you don’t give a shit about the people around you.

Edit: Not surprised at your lack of an answer.

Similar. Åland is predominantly Swedish-speaking (we’re a minority on the mainland), and they have fairly extensive legal autonomy as well.

In practice Åland is also a legally demilitarized zone, though I doubt Russia would give a fuck.

I’ve had this sinister feeling in the back of my head ever since I saw Extrapolations that it was far more of a documentary of what’s to come than even the creators intended.

It’s been a year since I watched it the first time, and that feeling has only gotten worse since.

Åland is still a part of Finland, even though they have a certain degree of autonomy.

I sincerely wish you were wrong, but it’s easy for anyone living in any relatively developed and safe country and scoff at people risking their lives for amounts of money they’d never be able to earn otherwise.

Doubly so if their family gets a payout if they fall. People might wonder why all these russians seem to willfully subject themselves to this shit, and this is probably the answer more often than not. Likewise with the convicts in Wagner. From their point of view it was probably a decent deal, even if it is complete insanity in our reality.

Nobody’s fucking happy about any of this. They killed a person for speaking up about something that affects almost everyone.

Relatively early on (can’t remember the date) Himmler gave a somewhat notorious speech about eventually recruiting far flung “true Aryans” from the US into the SS, much like they eventually did from several other countries.

Luckily history played out a bit differently.

I don’t always agree with your statements but god damn if you didn’t nail this one.

At least there’s two three four of us.

“Grok” really says everything that needs to be said about this farce, isn’t it?

You want me to be civil towards Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson et. al.?

I say fuck that, and fuck them.

The only media you seem to consume is Fox News and whatever that fat fucks podcast is called. They think they’re smart, too, just like you.

You’re kinda outing yourself as the russian troll that you are with this shit. It didn’t take all that long in the end.

Now fuck off, vatnik.

Ah, I get it. Your problem with me is that you actually like fascists. I’m sorry, I should’ve realized.

Why didn’t you just say so? You scared of admitting the truth?

You’re missing the point so hard it’s comical. Why’d I dislike anyone in the middle east in relation to our rather complicated relationship with Russia? They’re not involved in any way.

You’ll never understand what living in a country with 5.6 million people right next to Russia feels like. Try your rhetoric on someone from Ukraine and see if that shit’ll fly with them. My grandfather survived the continuation war but he lived the rest of his life with grenade splinters in his upper body. He died in '98. That’s 44 years of agony.

But hey, please do continue to preach tolerance of the Russian state from all the way over there. You’re the expert, after all.

You think the allies should’ve been soft with Nazi Germany too? The SS? They were fellow human beings after all. Or do you have the balls to stomp that shit to the ground and never let it back up.

Uh, if you think I don’t represent us very well it shows just how little you know about the socio-political situation here. Compared to most I’m pretty fucking chill about those fuckers.

We have exactly one enemy on the whole planet and the only thing our army ever trains for is the inevitable moment we all know is coming.

We’ve been subject to countless hybrid attacks in just the past two years. Just last week they stole 5 of our islands by unilaterally redrawing maritime maps.

You’re ignorant as fuck.

The irony of an American accusing other people of russophobia is …well, you can probably see why that’s a little bit hypocritical.

I bet you feel safe over there on the other side of the Atlantic, huh? It’s all fun and games until the fuckers are on your border.

For sure, he sounds cool and all. At least you won’t be there either so it’s a win-win kinda scenario anyway.

Sure. He’s russian, I’m Finnish. They killed the grandparents of approximately half of everyone I know, and they’re gearing up for round two.

You think I should turn the other cheek because he writes passable English? Half of that shit is straight up russian talking points from their media anyway, he’s not sincere.

But anyway keep up the great work- you’re winning hearts and minds for our ‘team’, friend ;)

His attitude is certainly a lot better than yours.