• @[email protected]
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    533 months ago

    doctors managed to revive the Russian President before rushing him to a specialist intensive care unit

    Imagine being the doctor standing over this piece of shit and knowing how many people you could save if you just let him die right there.

    • @[email protected]
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      253 months ago

      And imagine being the guy responsible for keeping him alive while failing to do so. You’re probably shitting yourself twice over that you and/or your loved ones will be severely punished if that happens.

    • bluGill
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      53 months ago

      You can’t really save anyone either way. I don’t know who will replace Putin when he dies, but I do know that person will be just as evil and corrupt.

  • @[email protected]
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    In 2022, the Kremlin found itself in the position of having to quash gossip that Putin had an accident after falling down a flight of stairs, supposedly losing control of his bowels “involuntarily” due to “cancer affecting his stomach and bowels.”

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        Lot of pure white fabric there. Would be a shame if it got brown…

        Oh god. There’s already a drink called “green russian”. Theres going to be a “brown russian” now too, isn’t there?

        I am NOT drinking that!

        • Krik
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          343 months ago

          You didn’t understand. They are performing a dance from The Nutcracker. In Russia they always show The Nutcracker in state tv when they prepare the announcement of something major - like the death of the current president.

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            In Russia they always show The Nutcracker in state tv when they prepare the announcement of something major - like the death of the current president.

            You’re right. I didn’t understand that part when I commented. What an odd tradition.

            “Hey, the dictator just died. Better show some ballet to soften the blow.”

            • Captain Aggravated
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              183 months ago

              If you’re as concerned with information control as the Soviets were/are, it makes a lot of sense.

              Comrade leader just shat himself to death, or most of the Navy top leadership just died in a single plane crash, or we just blew a nuclear reactor wide open, and it’s time to tell the entire country the bad news.

              • We need some time to come up with and distribute whatever we’re going to tell people
              • We can’t have some peon at some TV station mention a simple fact that will contradict the official truth
              • We can’t allow rumors to spread
              • We can’t just shut down the transmitters because people will assume the worst.
              • We probably shouldn’t broadcast light entertainment or comedy, that feels tasteless.
              • Propaganda reels often have imagery of armies and violence in them, probably don’t want those ideas in people’s heads right now.
              • In fact, let’s make sure whatever we broadcast is extremely obviously not news. Something like a symphony or opera.
              • We do want to play up the nationalist angle, so let’s go with something domestic in origin. So no Mozart or Bach or anything from Western Europe.
              • How about Tchaikovsky? The Nutcracker suite. Runs for about two hours.

              Makes perfect sense the first time. Peak Russia is doing that exact same thing often enough for the people to catch on. “Oh shit the Nutcracker’s on every station, something terrible happened somewhere.”

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    173 months ago

    Well Trump gets away with it so I’m sure nothing will happen.