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An 8-panel Phoebe Teaching Joey meme.

The first panel is Phoebe from Friends saying "Russia".

The second panel is Joey from the same show replying with "Russia".

The third panel is Phoebe saying "has invaded".

The fourth panel is Joey repeating back "has invaded".

The fifth panel is Phoebe saying "Ukraine".

The sixth panel is Joey repeating back "Ukraine".

The seventh panel is Phoebe saying the completed phrase "Russia has invaded Ukraine".

The final panel shows Joey proudly proclaiming "NATO just started a proxy war".

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[–] Millie@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, not really. They're already foolish enough to be Republicans, it's not really hard to hijack the direction of that sort of idiocy. The problem is having that kind of impact if you actually hold yourself to some form of ethical or moral standard.

There's a lot you can do if you don't care about how it affects anyone else. If you do, it leaves certain strategies off the table, for better or for worse

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m not suggesting republicans got the idea or were manipulated by Russia, other than perhaps a few nationally prominent individuals. I just mean they appear to have identical personalities.

[–] Millie@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Sure, they explicitly did and have acknowledged it. I just meant that wasn’t what I was saying right then.