| 17:44 | signpost | ru allowing an incursion into their own territory persuades me of asciilifeform's cosmology. appears to be precisely one sovereign on earth, much theater to the contrary notwithstanding. |
| 17:44 | signpost | tbh cannot believe this is permitted. |
| 17:44 | asciilifeform | signpost: fungus aint precisely 'a sovereign' |
| 17:44 | asciilifeform | it's rather like to say that cancer is 'sovereign' |
| 17:45 | * | signpost grants |
| 17:45 | signpost | maybe better to say that russia appears to care whether the craziest and most armed bastard on earth can behave rationally |
| 17:46 | signpost | I do not have a working model that explains why kiev isn't radioactive yet |
| 17:46 | asciilifeform | signpost: reich propaganda tries to paint current-day ru as a su continuation, but it aint, the place is actually run by folx with children at oxbridge and yaleward |
| 17:47 | asciilifeform | they aint aboutta deepfry'em |
| 17:48 | * | asciilifeform recalls trying to explain this in '22 and even earlier in '14 at the dawn of current ukrowankage |
| 17:55 | signpost | whether gun to their head, or their kids at yale, effect is they let ukr raid into their territory. |
| 17:55 | signpost | pretty bad look. |
| 17:56 | asciilifeform | signpost: long before this, 'they let' the situation even get to this point. i.e. for 8 yrs sat & watched the ukrs build up their 'mannerheim line' forts, crank up modern army, etc |
| 17:56 | signpost | apologies if I didn't properly represent your view in either case. |
| 17:56 | signpost | mhm |
| 17:56 | asciilifeform | it aint about what's happening this wk or the last, at all |
| 17:57 | asciilifeform | this week is a logical and predictable result of the ~3y of idiocy, and preceding 8y of 'peace processes' wankage |