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

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Holy fuck

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You missed, of course, the Nazi Germany.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Well, not in Germany anyway...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Almost everyone is happy happy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Almost everyone is happy

Hey, two out of three ain't bad 😁

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

In Putin's Russia, meat grinder gets you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

i wonder when enough will be enough for russian people