Ukraine invasion memes and viral content

[SpookyFrank]

Some more poorly photoshopped Ukrainian road signs:



'Fuck off'
'Fuck off again'
'Fuck off back to Russia'

e2a: Turns out this was photoshopped, but by the Ukrainian highways agency to go on their website

 

[The39thStep]

 

[kebabking]

 

[bluescreen]

 

[spitfire]

 

[Hollis]

This is like a 100 page urban bunfight condensed into 2 minutes of real time. Do watch to the end..

 

[DaveCinzano]

This is like a 100 page urban bunfight condensed into 2 minutes of real time. Do watch to the end..

WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME?!

 

[keybored]

 

[Shechemite]

 

[dessiato]

Is no one going to mention that they're ignoring the sign?

He's a cyclist, traffic rules don't apply to him.

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[strung out]

Could have gone on the Why the Times is Going Down the Pan thread, but couldn't find it.

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[Yossarian]

Could have gone on the Why the Times is Going Down the Pan thread, but couldn't find it.

The full piece - unpaywalled here: archive.ph - is a little more thoughtful than I expected, she discusses the phenomenon of people saying they have a "crush" on Zelensky and the backlash to it.

When you see a decent man with a sense of humour rise to an occasion with a bravery, brio and sense of nobility, it makes you have a reaction that is . . . not political. It is an emotional situation. As Ellie Hammack on Twitter put it, “How am I seeing this many people on my timeline pearl-clutching over the fact that the guy fighting the fascists is receiving too much enthusiastic support?”

Or as Ashley Shelby put it, with slightly more detail, “The whole ‘crush’ on #Zelensky thing isn’t nonsense — and it’s not about romantic feelings. It’s a natural human response a person starved of examples of honour, decency, and courage experiences when seeing that those qualities can still exist in a leader. We have been starving.

Ultimately, it’s all about how you choose to express feeling inspired and moved by someone behaving in an absolutely extraordinary way. I don’t really see any difference between the EU giving Zelensky a standing ovation and 300,000 and rising people saying they have a “crush” on him. I’m pretty sure everybody felt exactly the same: I like this guy. I wish I could help. I really f***ing hope he survives.

 

[kebabking]

Me likey-likey.

 

[The39thStep]

Grain of truth here

 

[Rimbaud]

Grain of truth here

There is some truth to it...

However, are Vietnam, Iraq really seen as OK?

And is this relevant? This is ultimately about Europe, not about the US.

I don't think any country in Europe was involved in US war in Vietnam for instance. Only Poland, Denmark and the UK were involved in invading Iraq, with Netherlands, Spain and Italy playing minor "peacekeeper" roles after the invasion, the latter two of which soon withdrew due to overwhelming public opposition.

Countries sending military supplies to Ukraine include Germany, Sweden, Finland, France, Belgium, Norway, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece and Austria. All of whom opposed the US invasion of Iraq.

The stance on European countries towards Israel isn't as simple as that video suggests either - it is hardly like nobody ever criticises Israel.

 

[cupid_stunt]

AFP reporting breaking news - Putin says he has no plans to declare martial law in Russia.

So, Martial law coming in 3...2...1.

 

[The39thStep]

There is some truth to it...

However, are Vietnam, Iraq really seen as OK?

And is this relevant? This is ultimately about Europe, not about the US.

I don't think any country in Europe was involved in US war in Vietnam for instance. Only Poland, Denmark and the UK were involved in invading Iraq, with Netherlands, Spain and Italy playing minor "peacekeeper" roles after the invasion, the latter two of which soon withdrew due to overwhelming public opposition.

Countries sending military supplies to Ukraine include Germany, Sweden, Finland, France, Belgium, Norway, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece and Austria. All of whom opposed the US invasion of Iraq.

The stance on European countries towards Israel isn't as simple as that video suggests either - it is hardly like nobody ever criticises Israel.

I said , and you agree, there is a grain of truth in it .
And please don’t try to say that the US , as is the case with Russia, do not try and influence Europe .

 

[discokermit]

There is some truth to it...

However, are Vietnam, Iraq really seen as OK?

And is this relevant? This is ultimately about Europe, not about the US.

I don't think any country in Europe was involved in US war in Vietnam for instance. Only Poland, Denmark and the UK were involved in invading Iraq, with Netherlands, Spain and Italy playing minor "peacekeeper" roles after the invasion, the latter two of which soon withdrew due to overwhelming public opposition.

Countries sending military supplies to Ukraine include Germany, Sweden, Finland, France, Belgium, Norway, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece and Austria. All of whom opposed the US invasion of Iraq.

The stance on European countries towards Israel isn't as simple as that video suggests either - it is hardly like nobody ever criticises Israel.

lol and lol again.

 

[A380]

There is some truth to it...

However, are Vietnam, Iraq really seen as OK?

And is this relevant? This is ultimately about Europe, not about the US.

I don't think any country in Europe was involved in US war in Vietnam for instance. Only Poland, Denmark and the UK were involved in invading Iraq, with Netherlands, Spain and Italy playing minor "peacekeeper" roles after the invasion, the latter two of which soon withdrew due to overwhelming public opposition.

Countries sending military supplies to Ukraine include Germany, Sweden, Finland, France, Belgium, Norway, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece and Austria. All of whom opposed the US invasion of Iraq.

The stance on European countries towards Israel isn't as simple as that video suggests either - it is hardly like nobody ever criticises Israel.

Gosh, it’s almost like some people in Africa have a sense of humour and can use it to make political arguments..,

 

[discokermit]

I said , and you agree, there is a grain of truth in it .
And please don’t try to say that the US , as is the case with Russia, do not try and influence Europe .

if a country has nuclear armed military bases in your country, but you dont have them in theirs, you are very much under the influence of that country.

 

[A380]

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[Rimbaud]

I said , and you agree, there is a grain of truth in it .
And please don’t try to say that the US , as is the case with Russia, do not try and influence Europe .

Fair enough.

I'm just responding to the reductive treatment of every single country in Europe as an extension of the US, which I get a lot from browsing Chinese social media / talking with Chinese friends and it gets very tiresome.

 

[discokermit]

Fair enough.

I'm just responding to the reductive treatment of every single country in Europe as an extension of the US, which I get a lot from browsing Chinese social media / talking with Chinese friends and it gets very tiresome.

it is.

 

[Rimbaud]

it is.

I don't want to derail the meme thread anymore, but from your last two posts I don't suppose you are interested in a serious discussion anyway.

 

[IC3D]

 

[platinumsage]

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[Sue]

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