fuck this country

  • MendingBenjamin [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Moscow Mule Democratic Donkey

    Chicken Kiev Chicken Kyiv

    White Russian White Ukrainian

    The drinks are funny because neither of them are even Russian

  • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "Freedom fries" happened just because France decided (probably for the first time?) to not help the US do war crimes. This Russian ban will be much worse and more persistent.

  • doctor_sociology [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    it's even funnier because most of the howlers and screamers can't even find ukraine on the map and 98% never heard of zelensky before the white media started pumping him as slav churchill

      • MerryChristmas [any]
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        2 years ago

        Should have gone with a reference to direct-to-video sequel, Honey I Blew Up The Kid.

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      2 years ago

      Actually part of a New Yorker headline right now. Embarrassing.

      Zelensky Leads the Defense of Ukraine with His Voice

      At the most consequential hour in Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a comedian has assumed the role of Winston Churchill.

  • Wertheimer [any]
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    2 years ago

    Some words of German origin were changed, at least temporarily. Sauerkraut came to be called "liberty cabbage", German measles became "liberty measles" hamburgers became "liberty sandwiches" and dachshunds became "liberty pups".

    Hard to top that one. (From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-German_sentiment )

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I was in college in 2003. I remember freedom fries, but tbh it wasn't like a widespread thing. It was mostly mocked by everyone, not something a lot of folks got on board with.

    That said, I see comparisons of the overall zeitgeist now and back in 2003. TBQH in my experience the two are not comparable. 2003 was watching the consent manufacturing apparatus operate at 100% power. The ruling class threw everything they had into it. And correspondingly, the entirety of US society was pushed to wanting war. I wasn't even a leftist at the time, but I spent like 30 minutes online (I would say I googled stuff but I was using AltaVista at the time) trying to understand it and realized it was obvious bullshit. The preceding wave of support for the war made me feel like I was losing my mind. Right now it feels like most Americans just sorta accept "Ukraine good Russia bad" and don't have much interest beyond that. In 2003, I remember the pro-invasion opinions were both more widespread and more deeply held. But this is all just anecdotal, admittedly.

  • ClathrateG [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    you haven't seen the pics of white Ukrainians then? https://media.wwltv.com/assets/WWL/images/d87d443b-97bf-461d-a471-4c40627eab62/d87d443b-97bf-461d-a471-4c40627eab62_1920x1080.jpg

    • Omega_Haxors [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Every American fas liberal is just waiting for a justified opportunity to be racist.

  • Elon_Musk [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Opposing the name change, The Saturn Cafe in Santa Cruz, California, changed their menu to "Impeach George W. Bush fries."

  • BaptizedNRG [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    We had freedom fries in my elementary school. Elementary school. I was 10.

  • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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    2 years ago

    Eagerly waiting for the 2022 version of “we’ll put a boot in your ass, it’s the American way!”

    • invo_rt [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Looking forward to the next Kid Rock and Monster Truck collab too, I see

  • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I was 6 at the time. I think I head a kid mention it at school but that's all I remember from the time. I think the reason why Russian boycott is so much more prominent is because this is the result of basically a century of hating Russia. Freedom Fries was just some chuds getting mad at France.

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Afaik freedom fries was actually only done in a few places. This is much crazier in how widespread it is.

  • FugaziArchivist [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    it goes back a long way. During World War I, the US renamed dachshunds to "liberty dogs."