while we're imagining, let's imagine that these cosmonauts were loyal pro-putin patriots much like yourself, supportive of fighting the nazis you believe infest the Ukraine, and their uniforms, which for some reason they changed into out of the ones they were wearing at launch for the tv cameras, was planned weeks in advance, nobody thought to give them any different colours other than ukrainian ones, and even though that pointless spanish blog you linked to show them wearing multiple different uniforms meaning they'd normally have plenty of other choices other than the national colours of the country they're fighting a patriotic war with, this time they checked their bags and damn!, there was only only the blue and yellow, and the ones they were in was already a few hours old and you need to spruce up, right?. No you're right, they were assigned weeks ago it's all just a big coincidence, hail putin!
So why didn't they just say that when asked directly on the live telecast like you'd expect if it was all just a big coincidence planned out weeks in advance? Instead of "Well, you know, it vaz our turn to choose and we had a lot of yellow, wink wink" which is pretty much what he did say amongst all the hugging with the americans
I mean, I tend to assume these things are so face-palmingly obvious they shouldn't need saying, but they aren't to you
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 19 Mar 2022, 15:16,
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Strawmanning that hard must be exhausting.
Especially when this stuff makes you SO ANGRY. Maybe take a breather.
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christ, "logical fallacy" and "no, you're upset" in one reply. you're making me nostalgic for teenage trolls of the 90s
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 19 Mar 2022, 15:44,
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In all seriousness, though. The rage you seem to be conveying in your replies is palpable.
I see a media outlet make a claim with spurious validity ('These cosmonauts are wearing yellow in solidarity with Ukraine!', 'The Ghost of Kiev!', 'Russian armoured vehicle deliberately runs over old man in car!', etc) and - like we all should - do a small amount of digging to see if there might be a more rational or less sensational explanation for what I'm seeing.
You can call that pro-Russian/anti‐Ukrainian/Fascist/whatevs all day long if you like. I prefer cynical.
You, on the other hand, when presented with an alternative explanation seem to go into a full-on meltdown. It really can't be healthy, pal. Feel free to ignore me if my more rational approach to 21st century clickbait hurts your feelings, it certainly won't hurt mine.
(, Sat 19 Mar 2022, 15:54, Reply)
again with the "no you're upset"
if you're really fascinated by my emotional psychology, this is pretty much the timeline
"a coincidence?. surely he must know how moronic that sounds? I'll make a joke about it that shows the glaringly obvious reason it's moronic"
"he really doesn't see it. I shouldn't engage, it's pointless"
"ah fuck it, I've got time, and it''ll be fun explaining it. and besides, this is about third time he defended putin talking out his arse in almost as many days"
""strawman?" . I was right, I shouldn't have engaged. Why is there such a high correlation between people mentioning logical fallacies in arguments and immature fuckwits? it's the biggest red flag. And the "no you're upset" gambit. How long since I saw that. 15 years? you brought this on yourself cumquat.
Look now he's making some new claim about university colours as if that changes things. If it was someone on the street I could just pretend I had to get a bus and rush off.
oh christ, now he's actually calling himself a rational skeptic. I wonder if he owns a fedora"
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 19 Mar 2022, 16:30,
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WTF?
Do you pair need some sexi teim to yourselves? Without being too obvious, you both come across as complete utter pricks.
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Tesco Quality 60.825659, -0.788337, Sun 20 Mar 2022, 1:31,
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i remember you telling some funny stories on the old qotw
maybe if we still had it I wouldn't have to amuse myself by getting involved in this kind of unedifying drivel
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 20 Mar 2022, 10:20,
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