All joking aside, you are absolutely right.

Like when I posted these puppies that look like dicks from the thumbnail… https://lemmy.world/post/42177549

I had a similar thought.

On a personal note, that’s how I feel about my brother. He passed in 2018; he lived in Russia and was an outspoken Putin critic. Obviously I’d prefer if he didn’t die at 47, but I also know how incredibly heartbroken he would be seeing what’s happening in Ukraine.

From the OOP:

This is my ferret Yoko. She is just stuck, not hurt or scared. Just being a silly ferret.

She is really quite small because her mother abandoned her as a baby and so she was malnourished, but she is super fluffy. She was rescued and now lives with us where she is spoiled rotten, but she hasn’t quite gotten used to the various house hold products that she can get stuck in yet.

Where do you think all the cheese is going?

Babybel cheese wax.

The real gold is always in the comments.

I’m looking forward to my book club meeting on Sunday. It’s me and two friends, and we’ve been doing it for 3 years now. The only successful book club I’ve ever been in.

This time we are reading The Man Without A Face about Putin’s rise to power. Great book, A++.

You do understand that in communist Russia there were very few restaurants, and only the select few could afford to get in and eat there? Eating out wasn’t a thing at all.

My Russian parents go out for every occasion because they would rather have someone else cook and clean. Plus the food is much more diverse and usually better cooked.

Judging by how now in Russia there are hundreds of thousands of restaurants, I would say that not all Russian parents prefer home cooked meals. But yours do.

I don’t know, man, my Russian parents go out to a restaurant for every single occasion.

Edit: something occurred to me. Are yours from a small town or a rural area? Mine are from Moscow. I have a feeling that might matter.

According to my husband, you don’t actually scratch them, you pinch them a bit. Big if true.

Can you please say more as long as it’s not a distressing topic for you? I am not familiar with intimidation rituals and want to learn.

I get that the blame lies with the fraudster and the fucking court and sheriff.

But… The news followed her for 8 months but couldn’t set up a go fund me for her or get her connected with services? It’s not a fucking nature documentary where you are not supposed to interfere.

Edit: I pointed this out to them on their Instagram and asked if Sky had a GoFundMe. I’ll update once I hear back.

Thank you!!!

Thank you so much!