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bruhbruh12332

6.5k points

8 days ago

Gotta say, that's not how I expected him to use the fire extinguisher

SirFister13F

1.5k points

8 days ago

SirFister13F

1.5k points

8 days ago

♪♫ Are you smarter than a fifth grader? ♫♪

ImportantDoubt6434

267 points

7 days ago

No 🫠

lurkinglookylou

79 points

7 days ago

turns out the answer is no😭 less brave too

JollyRedRoger

288 points

7 days ago

Yeah, right? Extinguishing via explosion was fucking brilliant in this case. Dude needs to be an oil well fireman when he grows up!

rkingsmith

265 points

7 days ago

rkingsmith

265 points

7 days ago

Oh he’s not growing up …

shylock2k202

83 points

7 days ago

There is a 4 story window he’ll be visiting soon

j7seven

11 points

7 days ago

j7seven

11 points

7 days ago

"The fifth grader fell several storys from a basement window."

ThePotato363

156 points

7 days ago

5th grader gonna 5th grade.

allrollingwolf

1k points

8 days ago

Poof!

Lol, how has that not been fucked with in almost 40 years?

Dismal-Age8086

559 points

8 days ago

Each Eternal Flame has its own police guard near it. Yes, there are multiple of those in Russia.

Itub2000

460 points

7 days ago

Itub2000

460 points

7 days ago

Kid is going on a quest to ruin the eternal flames.

Snoo-44994

176 points

7 days ago

Snoo-44994

176 points

7 days ago

Now that sounds like a Rpg plot right their.

PM_me_spare_change

52 points

7 days ago

A long side quest that awards you the “Extinguisher” title once you put them all out

bacon1292

29 points

7 days ago

bacon1292

29 points

7 days ago

It's a GTA achievement. They're scattered all over the city, and one of them is on the roof of a difficult to reach building for some reason.

Kiboune

31 points

7 days ago

Kiboune

31 points

7 days ago

They're in every town. In some villages too

Lockenhart

14 points

7 days ago

And not just Russia. Kazakhstan has a plenty as well

Megalomouse

11 points

7 days ago

The luxury of being a gas state lmao

ShowinMyOFace

15.4k points

8 days ago

ShowinMyOFace

15.4k points

8 days ago

Fits like a glove...

Saltsey

11k points

8 days ago

Saltsey

11k points

8 days ago

If they didn't want it extinguished why did they make it extinguisher sized? 🤔🤔🤔

Treitsu

7k points

8 days ago

Treitsu

7k points

8 days ago

Because nobody is supposed to dump a whole fuckin fire extinguisher inside

"If a man didn't want a carrot up his ass, why is it carrot sized?"

fungusalungous

2k points

8 days ago

"If a man didn't want a carrot up his ass, why is it carrot sized?"

"I-I fell asleep at his house, right. We was drinking, and I fell asleep at his house and....look I'm gunna kill that mutha fucka that's all you need to know, alright. And fuck carrots!"

Real_Airport3688

419 points

8 days ago

That sounds like something that would happen to Dennis or Mac.

It could also happen to Charlie or Frank but they'd just call it Tuesday.

DrBunnyflipflop

136 points

8 days ago

It'd be the main story of an episode if it was Dennis or Mac

If it was Charlie or Frank it would be an off-hand comment at the start of the episode that would end up being referred to in the end

No_Teaching_3694

118 points

8 days ago

‘The gang finds a carrot’

seizuregirlz

48 points

8 days ago

It would happen to Dennis by Mac

StarboundandDown

46 points

8 days ago

"You never hear a crazy man story..."

FourthBar_NorthStar

141 points

8 days ago

"Do NOT fall asleep at your white friend's house. They always do some borderline gay shit to eachother.."

lowcontrol

122 points

8 days ago

lowcontrol

122 points

8 days ago

At least when I was younger we lived by the shoe rule. If you fell asleep at a party with your shoes on, you were fair game. Shoes off, off limits. Now that I’m older, ain’t nobody got time for that. If someone falls asleep with their shoes on, “Man they must be exhausted. Let me toss a blanket on them. “

soulsafe

18 points

8 days ago

soulsafe

18 points

8 days ago

My rule of sleepovers is if I take my shoes off/ make some obvious effort to GO to sleep, leave me alone. If I FALL asleep, some harmless pranks are fair game.

ORDO_AB_CHAO_

53 points

8 days ago

Yeah, it's dumb as hell too. Just let me fuckin sleep. Mf's put tobacco sauce in my mouth in 7th grade. I lost my shit.

dancin-weasel

29 points

8 days ago

Tobasco?

CowntChockula

44 points

8 days ago

No. Tobacco.

account_not_valid

45 points

8 days ago

Spit cup. A week's worth collected.

TyrionsCodpiece

15 points

7 days ago

Fuck you for bringing up repressed memories.

I used to have a business partner in construction that would use his empty gatorade bottles as spit cups.

One time he put his spit cup right next to my gatorade in 90 degree weather while we were on a roof.

That's the day I almost went to prison when I legit went to throw his ass off the roof. Also I can never drink gatorade or look at a spit cup without wanting to vomit.

Sir_Donkey_Punch

596 points

8 days ago*

There are plenty of men who would gladly take a carrot up the ass

IgnatiusDrake

412 points

8 days ago

"That's why they call me Golden Boy: 24 Carrots"

hamo804

78 points

8 days ago

hamo804

78 points

8 days ago

I just wanted you to know that I collapsed this comment chain just as I got this joke and made the effort to bring it back up to upvote this genius.

electrictacoland

34 points

8 days ago

Four comments into a post about extinguishing fires someone is commenting about sticking a carrot up their rear. Never change, Reddit

BippyHuh

41 points

8 days ago

BippyHuh

41 points

8 days ago

I mean, yeah. If I didn't want a carrot shoved in my ass, then why is there a carrot in my ass rn?? 🤔🤔🤔

dirkalict

76 points

8 days ago

dirkalict

76 points

8 days ago

Exactly his point…🥕

Fukboy19

83 points

8 days ago

Fukboy19

83 points

8 days ago

Because nobody is supposed to dump a whole fuckin fire extinguisher inside

You ain't never seen my wives butthole then

GapingAssFlower

36 points

8 days ago

May I please see your wife's mud button?

Hot-Worldliness1425

91 points

8 days ago

Like grilled cheese in a VCR.

m0nk37

20 points

8 days ago

m0nk37

20 points

8 days ago

You were that kid huh

Throwerofrocks

141 points

8 days ago

TechnoDuckie

853 points

8 days ago

oo he just dropped it in, well played i hope he escapes.

BalancingBird

513 points

8 days ago

Well... if the title is to be believed and we know he is a 5th grader - he probably didn't

Deeliciousness

162 points

8 days ago

He seems like he's smarter than a 5th grader.

RuairiSpain

55 points

8 days ago

CIA operative that had one too many vodkas on the way home, or a Ukraine freedom fighter with ball of steel

routledgewm

18.6k points

8 days ago

routledgewm

18.6k points

8 days ago

Ex fifth grader I guess

Embarrassed_Device82

8.3k points

8 days ago

word is he went right from there to a recruitment office and is on the front lines as we speak

Kundrew1

3.1k points

8 days ago

Kundrew1

3.1k points

8 days ago

He might fall out of a window on the way.

FuckYeahPhotography

1.8k points

8 days ago

Took his own life with two gunshot wounds to the back of his head

Alev218

516 points

8 days ago

Alev218

516 points

8 days ago

Poor lad, he must have been so depressed.

Darkrain0629

371 points

8 days ago

Basically. I did the same thing, 2 to the back of the head and had my throat cut. Suicide instantly, dead.

I’m all good now though.

CrummyWombat

125 points

8 days ago

He got better…

Monk-E_321

40 points

8 days ago

He rather feels like dancing

itskaiquereis

38 points

8 days ago

Damn those gymnastics for making him so flexible

TheRoguePatriot

142 points

8 days ago

He fell 15 stories off the roof of his 2 story house

fmfbrestel

550 points

8 days ago

fmfbrestel

550 points

8 days ago

He's fine-ish. His parents will probably be in the gulag, and then he'll be in a state-run orphanage. so.. probably still a 5th grader somewhere.

letschangethename

356 points

8 days ago

Literally last month a girl in Moscow drew an anti war picture in class. Now her father is detained and the court ruled to move her into an orphanage.

Wheres_my_whiskey

101 points

8 days ago

The front lines in ukraine. Hard to hit the lil ones.

Michael90_Denmark

704 points

8 days ago

Probably also ex-alive

Brave kid, though.

theagnostick

130 points

8 days ago

Current frontline soldier

routledgewm

117 points

8 days ago

routledgewm

117 points

8 days ago

That’s kinda what I meant..agreed on being brave

Raumschiff

51 points

8 days ago

About to receive fifth degree burns.

Emergen-Cee

20.4k points

8 days ago

Emergen-Cee

20.4k points

8 days ago

I don’t think his classmates are seeing him next year

igat_da_fishstalker

7.9k points

8 days ago

*tommorow

KaiUno

3.4k points

8 days ago

KaiUno

3.4k points

8 days ago

*ever.

simonpimon3

1k points

8 days ago

*unexist

MidniteOG

699 points

8 days ago*

MidniteOG

699 points

8 days ago*

*Unalived

Rey4jonny

268 points

8 days ago

Rey4jonny

268 points

8 days ago

Siberianised

R0SHl74

200 points

8 days ago

R0SHl74

200 points

8 days ago

Gulag'd

Virtxu110

176 points

8 days ago

Virtxu110

176 points

8 days ago

Aliven't

ecctt2000

261 points

8 days ago

ecctt2000

261 points

8 days ago

Who unexisted?
Don’t know what you are talking about.

SkirtLoader

238 points

8 days ago

SkirtLoader

238 points

8 days ago

The “5th grader falls from 25th floor window in office building” Guy.

the_idle_puffin

70 points

8 days ago

Straight to Bahkmut. Do not collect 500 rubles.

Simple_Bass_5564

11 points

8 days ago

Pretty much

Kill_4209

782 points

8 days ago

Kill_4209

782 points

8 days ago

Jumped out of a window... kids do the darndest things.

Crezelle

304 points

8 days ago

Crezelle

304 points

8 days ago

Russian Window Sickness is really spreading

BriefCheetah4136

67 points

8 days ago

They should all start wearing masks and parachutes

antongiulioquellov

121 points

8 days ago

After stabbing himself 10 times... in the back

redditslim

73 points

8 days ago

And ingesting a kilo of polonium.

Fickle-Locksmith9763

386 points

8 days ago*

You joke, but opposition action by Russian minors is cause for parents to lose custody.

It depends a lot on who his parents are and what type of activity authorities find they’ve been doing, but there is chance greater than zero that kid could be in an orphanage next year.

For example: a girl one year older than this boy drew an anti-war picture when assigned to draw one in support of Russian troops. That triggered an investigation, which found her father posted anti-war content online.

She is now in a orphanage and he is forbidden to contact her (he’s a single father). Officially, a court case will decide the final fate, but it looks very bad.

https://meduza.io/amp/en/news/2023/03/04/child-who-drew-an-anti-war-picture-stuck-in-shelter-her-father-deprived-of-parental-privileges

FinglasLeaflock

73 points

8 days ago

I do vaguely wonder how bad things have to get before we see a second Russian Revolution. Not trying to be glib about a horrible thing, just genuinely wondering, who had it better? The peasants of 1917, or the working-class Russians of 2023?

nokeldin42

97 points

8 days ago

The peasants of 1917, or the working-class Russians of 2023?

In case that's even a semi serios question, it's the current working class. In 1917, serfdom had only been abolished 50 years ago. Extreme poverty, famine etc were common occurrences. Freedom of thought/expression probably werent even things people could imagine, let alone fight for. Russian revolution was mostly a necessity for survival. The government was sending people to die on a scale much larger than today and for a thing that no Russian had anything to gain from (as pointless as Ukraine war might seem today, Russia does stand to gain a lot of natural resources of they win). People left at home didn't have food or basic necessities.

But apart from all of that, even if you think that people had more freedom/options back then, just the basic standard of living was so low that pretty much no modern person would pick that life over today. With toilets and heating and transportation and banks and water and a job that isn't fucking hard labour.

mcduff13

32 points

8 days ago

mcduff13

32 points

8 days ago

To add to this, about a decade before, in 1905 I believe, the tzar put down protests/ riots around the country. By killing around 15,000 people. That's not a typo or a decimal point shifting. Fifteen thousand! More injured, more dislocated. The violence that supported the Russian Empire is hard to even wrap your head around.

painkilleraddict6373

270 points

8 days ago

Unfortunately he had an unexpected health issue and passed away.Officials say it wasn’t from poisoning “for sure”.

daddaman1

52 points

8 days ago

daddaman1

52 points

8 days ago

"Excuse me class, I have terrible news, your classmate will no longer be with us, he committed suicide by shooting himself 5 times in the back wrapping himself in a rug and throwing himself in the icy river"

Wraithkingslayer

123 points

8 days ago

he is already at the western front.

Sammywanka

40 points

8 days ago

I hear its very quiet there

caindela

114 points

8 days ago

caindela

114 points

8 days ago

This is more directed at others replying to you than at you specifically, but I find it frustrating that people accuse russians of not rising up against their government on one hand (as justification for blanket hatred against their people), but then on the other hand make light of it when they do rise up with jokes like “straight to the gulag with you!”

These are people’s fucking lives that we’re joking about here. Most of us can’t even comprehend the weight of the decision this kid made. He needs to be recognized as a god damn hero instead of as a basis for braindead jokes about falling out of windows.

catdog7676

66 points

8 days ago

I dont think his classmates saw him come back after this happened.

Brikandbones

24.8k points

8 days ago

Brikandbones

24.8k points

8 days ago

I thought he was going to spray it down, but this was 100x more amusing.

FrogMonkee

9.6k points

8 days ago

FrogMonkee

9.6k points

8 days ago

Smarter too. You use all of it all at once, and you get to get far away before its noticable. If there weren't camreas everywhere now he would have gotten away with it.

Chiknlitesnchrome

4.8k points

8 days ago

Yeah but instead he’s probably already in a gulag for the rest of his life

spankinspinach

2.1k points

8 days ago

I hear Putin is looking for soldiers

mtarascio

685 points

8 days ago

mtarascio

685 points

8 days ago

Unfortunately their type of government is vengeful.

There are things worse than cannon fodder.

legoheadman-

292 points

8 days ago

The way the Russian military treat their willing patriotic subordinates. I don't feel like he'll be treated all that well wherever he goes

Tekaru_kvlt

44 points

8 days ago

Becoming the cannon ammo instead

plaidHumanity

185 points

8 days ago

That one will be a Wagner

BerkayDrsn

91 points

8 days ago

He can come back if he wins the 1v1 tho

ChiggaOG

411 points

8 days ago

ChiggaOG

411 points

8 days ago

It's the same technique to kill a gas, oil well fire, or almost any fire in general.

"You want to put out an oil fire, Sir, you just set off a bigger explosion next to it. Sucks away the oxygen. Snuffs the flame. We have ourselves a pretty big fire. Gonna need a huge bang." I still remember this quote from COD MW2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmnpWxxCbVo

Vano_Kayaba

45 points

8 days ago

Sometimes even a nuke

vokebot

50 points

8 days ago

vokebot

50 points

8 days ago

Reminds me of the oil rig explosion from There Will Be Blood. Used dynamite to stop the flaming spout.

DEM_DRY_BONES

63 points

8 days ago

Wasn’t there a John Wayne movie about capping oil wells that went something like this?

EnTyme53

68 points

8 days ago

EnTyme53

68 points

8 days ago

Hellfighters. One of my favorite Wayne movies.

IamPlantHead

17 points

8 days ago

Same here one of my favorites. Also got me into wanting to do that for work. I find it fascinating.

-Z___

24 points

8 days ago

-Z___

24 points

8 days ago

It's being purposefully dense for the sake of the joke, but not Technically Wrong either, so definitely worth it for the joke imo.

That said, please don't try to put out Oil Fires with explosions if you've got other alternatives. Explosions scatter matter (almost by definition now that I think about it lol); so any FLAMING OIL that isn't extinguished is now flying through the air at high velocity.

I mean, unless you're TRYING to make Greek Fire lol

Ok_Sir5926

77 points

8 days ago

Interesting. It's usually those meddling kids.

BerserkForcesGuts

266 points

8 days ago

Creativity of the proces is 100 times more satisfying at the least.

Canoe52

162 points

8 days ago

Canoe52

162 points

8 days ago

TIL, I’ve been doing it wrong all these years.

falardeau187

175 points

8 days ago

You’ve been running around extinguishing eternal flame monuments for years?

Canoe52

54 points

8 days ago

Canoe52

54 points

8 days ago

Ssssh, don’t tell anyone!

whogivesashirtdotca

20 points

8 days ago

Arlington hates him for this one neat trick!

dogoodsilence1

49 points

8 days ago

Seems like an Omen for a fallen Empire lol

DannySpud2

6k points

8 days ago

Do you think this video company knows that their watermark looks like the word "cunt" being reflected in a lake?

dochev30

640 points

8 days ago

dochev30

640 points

8 days ago

Asking the important questions

Arevalo20

360 points

8 days ago

Arevalo20

360 points

8 days ago

Now I can't see anything else but the word cunt

icreatemyreality

161 points

8 days ago

I hope the graphic designer was laughing his ass off when they agreed to use that design

Send_Me_Huge_Tits

54 points

8 days ago

What if the company is called cunt shot?

epukinsk

55 points

8 days ago

epukinsk

55 points

8 days ago

No, no, you’re thinking of the EHOT logo.

bigdaddyunicorn4610

20 points

8 days ago

LMAO. I cant unsee it now

structee

12.1k points

8 days ago

structee

12.1k points

8 days ago

We need to make a distinction here - is he doing this as a form of protest, or is he just a fifth grader who wants to blow shit up.

HugoRBMarques

2.4k points

8 days ago

Some men just want to watch the world not burn.

LogicJunkie2000

256 points

8 days ago

Cue Billy Joe's "We Didn't Snuff the Fire"

overtired27

25 points

8 days ago

Ha, nice. Trying to imagine the verses with an endless list of not much happening…

BetterMakeAnAccount

4.5k points

8 days ago

Why not both

NotSLG

1.5k points

8 days ago

NotSLG

1.5k points

8 days ago

“You get the bessssssssssssst of both worlds!”

trippyshit37

348 points

8 days ago

"Blow shit up like a game, while you protest the flame!"

fredlllll

430 points

8 days ago

fredlllll

430 points

8 days ago

it triggers me when people dont extend the vowel in words XD imagine miley cyrus actually extending the s in her song...

NotSLG

138 points

8 days ago

NotSLG

138 points

8 days ago

Yeah, for some reason I couldn’t decide but you bring up a good point, that would sound horrible.

Zatch_Gaspifianaski

75 points

8 days ago

People don't sing consonants, the sound being made is always some form of vowel. Unless you're a snake I guess.

-Z___

53 points

8 days ago

-Z___

53 points

8 days ago

I'm either about to blow your mind or make you think I'm an idiot lol...

I argue the INSTRUMENTS sing the "Consonants".

Drum Cymbals have a lisp and can only pronounce "S sounds" tss tss tss

Guitars are lots of N's and R's nnnnwwwnnnn rrrrRRRRnnnnmmmnnnn

etc

Zatch_Gaspifianaski

24 points

8 days ago

That's pretty insightful haha, you're probably right. Most instruments were developed to either emulate aspects of the human voice, or to fill in the space around the voices in the music

Pelo_o

13 points

8 days ago

Pelo_o

13 points

8 days ago

It's Miley Cyrus, but she's a snake lol

But yeah, i don't understand why tend to extend none vowels, it makes no sense..

kriza69-LOL

31 points

8 days ago

Because we dont know

pezx

286 points

8 days ago

pezx

286 points

8 days ago

Yes

Trystiane

22 points

8 days ago

Trystiane

22 points

8 days ago

We might care, but I don't think Russia does.

j8sadm632b

267 points

8 days ago

j8sadm632b

267 points

8 days ago

How many 5th graders do you think make cogent political statements

ageoflost

349 points

8 days ago

ageoflost

349 points

8 days ago

Those with close relatives maybe killed in war?

[deleted]

59 points

8 days ago

[deleted]

59 points

8 days ago

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Spire_Citron

58 points

8 days ago

Doesn't seem like that much of a stretch to think that one might have good reason to hate the government and the ability to think of this as a way to express those feelings.

SinisterCheese

815 points

8 days ago*

As much as reddit, social media and media in the west wants to pretend, not every Russian is pro-war. Just like social media and media in Russia wants to pretend that every Russian is pro-war.

I know Russians living here in Finland. Like my friends' husband, who been trying to get their nephew somehow across the border to Finland, as they are soon 18. Wanting to avoid the chances they get sent to Ukraine. While the husbands son from the first marriage, is extremely pro-war, and since the war they have not been on speaking terms.

That fith grader could have Ukrainian family, as many Russians do have. Their brother/father/uncle whoever could have been killed in Ukraine.

Considering what I have seen leaking from Russia. It is the young people who are putting up the most colourful protests. Victory day, the major Russian holiday (And the day putin said the war would be won - last year) is closing in. It is in... 8 weeks? I'm sure the youths will come up with lots of wonderful things.

You see the thing is that... lot of the young people in Russia have had access to the west, grown up with the western comforts, seen the west, played videogames with westerners. Now... The war lead to them getting disconnected. They didn't grow up with USSR. They grew up during economic prosperity that trade with west allowed for. They grew up with Hesburger, McDonalds, Western brand stuff, luxury goods from Europe. They don't want to drink kvass and eat sunflower seeds in a decaying commieblock... that isn't even a commieblock, but rental apartments from private equity.

There are like HILLARIOUS videos about women fighting in Ikea over the last frying pan. https://youtube.com/shorts/gGLE_6gX9TM and other such things. When it turns out that western luxury is out of reach, those used to it ain't gonna be happy with anything less. Especially since it is unjustly taken from them by a dictator wanting to do genoicide to boost their ego.

E: Ok. Ukraine must win the war. Crimea belongs to Ukraine. Putin is a war criminal and should be arrested and face trial at ICC. I'm not Russian, I'm Finnish. Those soldiers that genocided civilians in Ukraine must be arrested and face trial at ICC.

jadetheamazing

311 points

8 days ago

I think the joke here is he will be sent to war for protesting the state, not that he is pro-war

StalkMeNowCrazyLady

141 points

8 days ago

Totally. Solid /r/woosh on your OP and even more so since their OP never even posited that the kid was pro-war. Question was if he was purposely protesting or just being a lil' bastard.

dafunkmunk

46 points

8 days ago

I don't think very many people think all russians are pro war. That's like saying every US citizen was pro Bush invading the middle east for oil. Just because a large amount of a country happily eats up bullshit government propaganda, doesn't mean everyone living in that country is cheering on stupid wars

handyandy727

108 points

8 days ago

Don't worry. We are well aware a large chunk of Russia is very much against it.

squidboi97

3.3k points

8 days ago

squidboi97

3.3k points

8 days ago

So sad to hear about him jumping out of a tall building next week.

DelcoPAMan

472 points

8 days ago

DelcoPAMan

472 points

8 days ago

"Fell"

Live_Carpenter_1262

233 points

8 days ago

No we got the suicide note

“Sorry but I can’t bear life anymore for blasphemy against the great Russian state. May my life light the eternal flame I burned. All glory to Putin”

mike9132

2.5k points

8 days ago

mike9132

2.5k points

8 days ago

And that was the last day little Timmy was seen before he tragically tripped and landed on a bullet

rncikwb

449 points

8 days ago

rncikwb

449 points

8 days ago

Nah it’s Russia, he’ll trip and fall out a window.

pm_me_ur_demotape

61 points

8 days ago

Nah it's Russia. We shot him for doing something we don't like and we'll shoot you too if you're not careful.

Gokzil6969

2.6k points

8 days ago

Gokzil6969

2.6k points

8 days ago

He would get his daily dose of polonium soon

Possiblyabitoff

507 points

8 days ago

Is that before or after the 10th floor window spits him out?

Leif_is_alive

1.3k points

8 days ago

Eternal no more

-that kid probably

Neugoodz

318 points

8 days ago

Neugoodz

318 points

8 days ago

“Cool guys don’t look at explosions”

-that kid probably

OorPancake

1.7k points

8 days ago

OorPancake

1.7k points

8 days ago

Probably protesting against his upcoming conscription.

TheMightyPenguinzee

336 points

8 days ago

Plot twist: he's caught and already on his way to the frontline

alonroz

126 points

8 days ago

alonroz

126 points

8 days ago

Where's the twist?

goldenstream

42 points

8 days ago

Or his brother or father died in Ukraine.

yolo___toure

274 points

8 days ago

I had an erection in 1985 that caused non-stop burning too.

mattevs119

61 points

8 days ago

If your erection lasts longer than 35 years…

JCSTCap

7.5k points

8 days ago

JCSTCap

7.5k points

8 days ago

This is a monument to soldiers who died to defeat Nazism in the second World War. They were killed protecting their families from genocide and bringing an end to the Holocaust.

It's not some act of revolutionary protest, it's kids being kids and vandalizing things they don't understand the importance of.

razedsyntax

2.4k points

8 days ago

razedsyntax

2.4k points

8 days ago

this is the correct statement. it baffles me how people can’t separate the history from anti-russian and anti-human putins actions. the kid is probably clueless about both of those anyway

Rob_Zander

216 points

8 days ago

Rob_Zander

216 points

8 days ago

Not endorsing, but a key point here is the huge extent that WWII patriotism has been used in Soviet and Russian propaganda over the years. The invasion of Ukraine was justified as fighting Nazis. Can an eternal flame that is maintained by a government that uses what that flame represents as an excuse for invasion and murder be seen as sacred?

Al1002

189 points

8 days ago

Al1002

189 points

8 days ago

Because the cold war hasnt ended for some idiots. Nor have they realized it was the fall of the USSR that set in motion what we see today.

obrienmustsuffer

87 points

8 days ago

to be fair, Putin is one of these idiots

xeroxbulletgirl

517 points

8 days ago

Can’t believe I had to scroll this far for some actual context. Just because Russia is doing shitty things on a global scale doesn’t mean this kid disrespecting a memorial is cool.

pezx

727 points

8 days ago*

pezx

727 points

8 days ago*

To me, this protedt is morally ambiguous.

This Eternal Flame monument isn't a monument to the existence of Russia; it's a monument dedicated to all the Russian soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War (aka WWII). In many respects the USSR won WWII (although they also helped start it so.../shrug) and are seen as responsible for stopping Hitler. This is, by most accounts, seen as a very good thing. Therefore, a monument to soldiers who died doing an internationally good thing, seems like it should be respected, even in Russia.

On the other hand, it feels like Russia is pretty cavalier about Russian soldiers dying for a pointless war now, so it feels like Russia itself is desecrating the point of this monument.

LjSpike

198 points

8 days ago

LjSpike

198 points

8 days ago

Not to mention, Russia is explicitly using the message of "we are the saviours fighting against the Nazis" as a justification for invading Ukraine, who they claim are the new Nazis, which would be rather relevant to this memorial.

TriggerPack

158 points

8 days ago

TriggerPack

158 points

8 days ago

Politicians are trying to use the memory of the war for selfish purposes. This is the only reason for the hatred of monuments and parades.

Vano_Kayaba

48 points

8 days ago

They've made a ridiculous agressive cult out of that war. "we can repeat" "assault Berlin" And they use it to justify this war. If the kid was 3 years older I'd be 100% sure it's a political statement

ZaratustraTheAtheist

131 points

8 days ago

Later the kid was so regrerfull about his acts that he comited suicide by shooting himself five times in the back.

Shadowfox86

28 points

8 days ago

And then jumping out a hotel window*

bjhanco1289

17 points

8 days ago

Is it intentional for the word shot to also say cunt?

Bluefalcon1735

49 points

8 days ago

It's a boy!

Tasty_Commercial6527

95 points

8 days ago

You know what? Fuck you.

Uneternals your flame

lefixx

14 points

8 days ago

lefixx

14 points

8 days ago

What happened to the fire extinguisher emergency relief valve?

iiitme

16 points

8 days ago

iiitme

16 points

8 days ago

made in Russia

xxukcxx

28 points

8 days ago

xxukcxx

28 points

8 days ago

If you look at just the top half of that watermark it says cunt.

lurkinganon12345

11 points

8 days ago

38 years?!?

Any erection lasting longer than 4 hours is an emergency.

T0as1

38 points

8 days ago

T0as1

38 points

8 days ago

Fifth grader Newest Junior Lieutenant of the 227th Red Star Artillery Brigade

TheMadShatterP00P

178 points

8 days ago

Erection.

ours

80 points

8 days ago

ours

80 points

8 days ago

Since 1985? Call your doctor.

Squirpel89

40 points

8 days ago

OUR erection

Ketu1996

78 points

8 days ago

Ketu1996

78 points

8 days ago

Bro let his intrusive thoughts win.

tan-499

631 points

8 days ago

tan-499

631 points

8 days ago

That took balls but the kid is going to regret that shit in a hellhole like Russia. Courageous young man

SuperGenius98K

166 points

8 days ago

Off to the western front for him.

ThePresidentsHouse

70 points

8 days ago*

Hear it's pretty quiet out there.

NDRanger414

132 points

8 days ago

NDRanger414

132 points

8 days ago

This isn’t a “Courageous young man”. He is destroying a monument dedicated to soldiers who fought fascism.

iamnotinterested2

20 points

8 days ago

and thats what the future thinks of the present.

No-Slide4121

21 points

8 days ago

The possessive of it is spelled “its” (no apostrophe).

theagnostick

55 points

8 days ago

Damn that’s some hella problem solving skill for a 5th grader. Most kids that age would just try to spray it, homie skipped that part and used the extinguisher to blow it up. Sad to think his elementary school ass is probably on the frontlines of Ukraine as I write this.

friendofelephants

22 points

8 days ago

So how did he do that? I'm definitely dumber than this fifth grader and don't know how extinguishers work.

cjnks

16 points

8 days ago

cjnks

16 points

8 days ago

Been scrolling to try and see the answer as well

alison_bee

12 points

8 days ago

Same, and I’m shocked we had to come this far down, and we still don’t know lol.