I feel a bit bad for the normal people still stuck in that shithole.
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Russia or the USA?
Something something same photo.
In another news 90% of the world online scammers and hackers suddenly have gone...
90% of the world online scammers and hackers
It's crazy how these major tent poles of the modern internet - Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft - are all centered in the United States, but never bare any responsibility for the malicious traffic on their networks.
The craziest part to me is that instead of dealing with bot traffic so they can tell advertisers actual people are seeing their ads, they're just adding age verification.
Age verification that will, itself, be quickly subverted and spoofed. And which they won't bother to manage internally, because that's hard
Counter-Strike 2 suddenly playable.
But the article isn't about India
You wouldn't believe that this was one of the narratives for justifying the invasion to Ukraine in early 2022. Russian social media was full of narratives basically saying that Ukrainians are no longer able to scam common Russians, because the so-called "scam centers" were hit by missiles.
It's 2k26 and the same warmongering narrative is everywhere in the west social media. Y'all think you are invincible to propaganda, yet you're falling to it in the same way.
I hate the US and Russia equally, i dont have a side in this. That being said, what are you actually saying here? I dont think anyone is saying we should invade Russia.
Nobody was talking about invading Ukraine before 2010, even in 2014 the idea about invasion was marginal: Crimea was something that wasn't generally perceived as a part of Ukraine (bc reasons, don't dive into it), while Donbass was washed as a separatist movement.
But there was also a significant piece of propaganda that demonized the new Ukrainian government, its people, and the whole premise of Ukraine's existence. This propaganda was not a deliberate preparation for invasion, but a move that put the invasion card on Putin's table as an option.
The very same is happening in the western media with the same methods used, like one discussed before. To have this option just in case they need to engage in a war with Russia.
I hate the US and Russia equally
As a Russian myself, I don't. They are not equal at all: Russia is an established authoritarian state with imperialistic ambitions, while the US is a fully fledged imperialist with authoritarian ambitions. They both deserve hate, but for different aspects
Congratulations, you're now the first user I've removed a tag from. For some reason, I must've thought you were shilling for russia a few months ago, but this comment proves I had you tagged wrong.
I don't think you honestly care, but if I had a biscuit to give you, I would give you a biscuit.
As if I am myself immune to propaganda. Thanks for a daily reminder, kind stranger.
Hey, we all make mistakes sometimes. It takes integrity and strength to admit when we have and then correct course.
I'd say at least 80% of people on the internet are more likely to dig their heels in and double down on the bit...
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2k26
Really? :P
Maybe I can try playing CS2 again.
I hate everything that's being done. A large part of my family lives there, and just getting them on a call is now not an easy task.
(I mean, I hate Putin and his government for many other things too. Restricted Internet perhaps is the least of their crimes, but this least is getting longer and longer and longer...)
Obtain a Kasachstan or Byelorus sim card, install it on a burner phone with the Max messenger for minimal overall pain.
I won't use Max under any circumstances and won't recommend it to my family. Testing out SimpleX for now.
I have no interest nor trust in Max, but as long as the Cheburnet Wars continue it will be the easiest way for nontechnical people to make voice calls.
Coming soon to the us of a
Still so many Russians in cs2 and dota. Explain??
Alternate payment methods. As far as I know, only PayPal and credit cards don't work. Russians have their own methods, even by just buying gift cards from a marketplace (edit:removed url)
The whole torrent industry bouta take a huge hit
The irony of losing your job as a paid troll to AI.
Use meshcore, ham radio
This is terrible advice. They can and will track you down. Only way this might be viable is if everyone turns off their transmissions and the transmitter changes location constantly or is deployed via drone sporadically.
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"AI warfare" or, "AI is stealing all the jobs of our army of international scammers, that we allow to operate freely as long as they don't target Russians!"
projection at its finest
Insulating oneself from American internet platforms may be a lofty goal, unfortunately the Russian version of the internet isn't much better. China did a much better job and now they don't have vaccine deniers, they didn't suffer from people refusing to wear facemasks, and they aren't about to have a far right coup
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