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So I guess he’s talking to his base here? There are thousands of Russians, mostly from Moscow, who are fleeing to the west, Turkey, Asia, etc. These are not the MAGA type Russians but the ones with education and financial resources. Most of them are based in Moscow and SPB. This guy is literally forcing a massive brain drain. There won’t be a middle class there before we know it. Just a poor caste and the ruling caste associated with the government.

Half of it is squatters who were at one point junkies. It looks kinda like a cool place to drive by and see if you are on your way to Cali. I’ve heard of this place before a long time ago. Has some cool art and the guy who founded it is/was super into LSD. Bruner culture vibes. Not my crowd nor would I stay the night but it is a pretty interesting place to see once.

Wonder if this will turn into a second Afghanistan for Russia. Also, Ukraine is getting world class intel from the US and EU. USA is providing, in real time, intel and logistics to Ukraine and helping them on the battle field with this. It’s much easier to defend in a situation like this over mount an offensive.

It can if you decide to both make the necessary sacrifices and whatnot and work at it. Relationships are pretty tricky and I’ve found they actually need both people to be relatively on the same page about a number of things if it’s to last a long time. There are of course outliers. Also when you say work do you mean for a year, till marriage, till kids? I’m perfectly happy screening for girls that are for the most part on the same page as me. Dating someone from a very different culture for me simply would not work. There are so many women out there I can screen and find a nice, fairly liberal chick from Europe in most cities. I’m talking about entering into a relationship.

Unfortunately women now kinda have to do the “boss bitch” thing and play the capitalist game cause no guy is gonna just take care of them. It’s getting more and more rare where a guy just needs a woman and marries her and she is a house wife and he wins the bread. Girls making cash off being pretty have basically turned it into a career too. In capitalist society we lose the collective and people rely on each other less. Women can’t expect a man to just take care of them. They have to work too and unfortunately this can really hurt their deeper desires for family. Granted I’m just talking generally here. Every woman is different and some like being workers in capitalist society. I’ve dated women who found themselves in quite a conundrum where they were heavily focused on their job/life purpose but also had a big fear that they wouldn’t be able to start a family cause their 30s were right around the corner. This sets in much earlier for women in less capitalist societies and later in the USA.

Biden is such a dinosaur. He is straight up old ass man in his mannerisms and how he moves. Wish we could get a young president that is like 43 years old in office.

I wouldn’t say Putin is exactly comparable to Stalin when it comes to this. It isn’t 1942 anymore where he can send in troops in without anything. The troops do seem to be supplied with some stuff but the fact some don’t have rations and proper gear is kinda ridiculous in 2022. At least one would think watching the propaganda about their army that this wouldn’t be a thing anymore. just seems really a strange remnant of the old Soviet Red Army to still have this issue. I heard there have been instances of Russians pawning off fuel and gear for money to buy food cause they lack rations and re supply. There is a video showing the passport of 19 yo Russians dead in Ukraine. I’m convinced half of the Russian army is abused cannon fodder from the poor countryside. It’s disgusting.

It’s too crap to sort the wheat from the chaff. Even if there is some degree of truth about dating in it.

I like this a lot, how you put it here! I’ve never been the type to grind approaches. I just relax in my environment and it just sorta naturally occurs if I follow the flow of what’s going on. Been able to get my needs met fine this way.

Love her as she is, but it’s easier said than done when her insecurities/quirks conflict with your boundaries or her helping you get your needs met. It’s quite tricky actually. I think a lot of it comes down to learning from experience and just finding someone you can tolerate and don’t devolve into a toxic mess with. Work on communication and careful with blame. Again, all easier said than done. There isn’t really a single fix to something like this. It takes both sides actively working on themselves and a lot of maturity to make a healthy relationship work.

Most big (relatively) liberal cities in general will be great for making friends, networking and dating. There are some exceptions like if you live in a Muslim country or don’t speak the local language.

It’s happening in the USA already. Numbers are growing when it comes to both men and women reporting stuff like this. It’s worse for men too because I think men tend be less social and there are more men who don’t naturally have social skills. It’s kinda sad to see. People take for granted traditional gender role structures and devotion. Dating is becoming increasingly more difficult in the USA. It’s just so expensive to live there and find people who highly value dating and relationships like this over their job and material wealth. I wonder what a new stage of society and dating will look like where it integrates more gender equality but also accounts for the needs of humans who greatly need to mate and have a partner. It’s hardwired into most of us.

I think starting with cutting out mammals is a good first step. Stick to birds and fish in moderation.

Turns out Russia’s military is actually kinda shit. I mean it isn’t even a professional military where being in it is equivalent to being a trained professional. It’s more of a place where poor and uneducated country boys end up. Apparently there is a huge hazing problem in it as well which greatly affects moral. All those fancy vehicles and weapons don’t amount to much if the training and will behind the man operating them is crap. It’s weird reading about there being such crazy logistical issues on the Russian side.

I’m careful about my meat consumption. Not eating it is out of the question. It’s quite difficult when you’re traveling to rely on a vegetarian diet to get all your nutrients. It’s sure as hell easier than vegan but I still need to have a meat based meal once a day or so for protein and nutrients. I don’t feel good if I avoid meat entirely. I tried vegetarianism before and it wasn’t for me.

The thing is though this whole situation has been up for question for 8 years now. I don’t think it was possible to wait any longer. Putin May not be alive in another two years .

The thing is it looks more like a show of force to me. I read that all those projects and stuff they apparently started to work on together apparently have stalled greatly and in reality they have actually done little together to help each other develop. It’s all bark no bite this “partnership.” Chinese historically actually hate Russia and actually might see this as a way to get revenge on them. China can just sit back now and wait for Russia to rely on their payment systems, tech and cheap products amongst other things. They also get to see what they can do better to avoid getting fucked trying to take Taiwan.

I have no clue why Russia trusts China lol they are about to be exploited far more by them than the west ever could https://amp.economist.com/leaders/2019/07/27/partnership-is-much-better-for-china-than-it-is-for-russia

It’s just really uncertain at the moment how this will play out. We do know they have done some damage and will have affected the life of millions of normal Russians, even the rich and ruling class will have felt it. Has this swayed public opinion of Putin? It’s too early to tell. Some think it hasn’t and has only made the more conservative wing (Russians not from Moscow, people over 40, etc) double down. Younger generation is greatly affected by it and is in the process of brain draining the country by fleeing abroad. I think when some of the dust settles they absolutely will have stunted the development of Russia some and curbed some influence. Also I think it will have kept this conflict from spreading past Ukraine. We will have to just wait and see.

A no fly zone would be a disaster though. It’s preposterous why this is even being talked about by some. It would not be possible to enforce. I don’t want the USA playing world police and I don’t want to possibly see ww3 start.

No dude, it’s just silly some of the stuff that is considered thread worthy here. It’s like reading joe rogans thoughts on covid. It’s superfluous and just not discussion worthy. I’m well aware I’m gate keeping now which is probably equally as annoying.

I read this, it’s quite good. You can tell their autocratic approach has affected the chain of command and how these complex logistic exercises play out. Russia does not have the foundational system to pull something off like this from what it looks like. They can maybe go scorched earth which I wouldn’t put it past Putin if this starts to threaten his position. Chemical weapons ? He didn’t have a problem with them in Syria when their puppet sicko dropped them on civilians.

The fog of war is strong right now. It’s really hard to know what exactly has happened until we can look back and assess it from multiple angles. While I’m sure the Twitter cheerleaders for Ukraine are over blowing their victories, I also now have my reservations of how capable the Russian army is after some absolutely laughable and baffling blunders. 2-3 days my foot… even if it’s a scorched earth approach.

Every new age idiot with a few subs will get platformed on this forum lol It’s probably the only thing I dislike about this place. Who cares? There are far more intelligent takes