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Russian officials criticised for giving meat grinders to mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by akosgheri@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You have to admit, they have a great sense of macabre humor. I guess the only countries that top that are China and Iran.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago

Holy fuck

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You missed, of course, the Nazi Germany.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn't. I was referring to countries that still exist today.

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 10 months ago

Well, not in Germany anyway...

[–] Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.org 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If The Onion or another satirical fake news outlet had run this story, the tankies and Putin-lovers would have launched a shit storm of epic proportions. This just adds to the feeling that satire has long been overtaken by reality.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Almost everyone is happy happy

[–] Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

Almost everyone is happy

Hey, two out of three ain't bad 😁

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

In Putin's Russia, meat grinder gets you.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

i wonder when enough will be enough for russian people