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JustABozoOnThisBus

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15. Be careful when you troll:/

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 12:02 PM

Feb 2022

Kiev was once the capital of Rus, so the historical/spiritual/cultural/etc connections from Putin's rambling speech may be true.

Bringing up the ancient history may not be helpful.

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The U.S. Embassy Kyiv is trolling Putin: [View all] demmiblue Feb 2022 OP

In your face, vlaaaaad. We were here FIRST. lindysalsagal Feb 2022 #1

Perfect. dalton99a Feb 2022 #2

lol. nt BootinUp Feb 2022 #3

Ouch. That has gotta hurt. Ray Bruns Feb 2022 #4

Excellent! niyad Feb 2022 #5

Gee. If Ukraine always belonged to Russia, you would think Russia would have had these halfulglas Feb 2022 #6

Maybe UKR should be ruling Russia instead of the other way around. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #13

Posted on FB. Thanks! Martin68 Feb 2022 #7

Yep. Moscow was founded in 1147. gristy Feb 2022 #8

Oh snap!!! PatSeg Feb 2022 #9

Kiev was founded in 482 IronLionZion Feb 2022 #10

+1 2naSalit Feb 2022 #19

Quite a comparison. calimary Feb 2022 #11

I can cetainly understand that. soldierant Feb 2022 #36

Baba Yaga!!! calimary Feb 2022 #37

Yup! soldierant Feb 2022 #39

Y'all, this meme can be read from a Russian perspective in such a way that it supports Putin's WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #12

The Rus came from Sweden. The eastern shore and the archipelago of what is now modern Stockholm was Celerity Feb 2022 #32

In your face BlueIdaho Feb 2022 #14

Be careful when you troll:/ JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2022 #15

The cultural illiteracy in the decision to post it is breathtaking to me. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #17

Russia took its name from wnylib Feb 2022 #21

The Rus are Swedish in origin Celerity Feb 2022 #33

I've heard of that. And some say Finnish. wnylib Feb 2022 #34

Priceless. The Unmitigated Gall Feb 2022 #16

Bam! Roc2020 Feb 2022 #18

And Russians like to think they bought culture and civilization to Ukraine! bif Feb 2022 #20

Well, Russia did bring starvation to Ukraine. SunSeeker Feb 2022 #40

LMAO Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #22

Ha, I used that argument on an unpleasant neighbor many years ago. DFW Feb 2022 #23

+10 nt reACTIONary Feb 2022 #28

I would absolutely love to tour all of those gorgeous old buildings yellowdogintexas Feb 2022 #24

This is impressive to historians and perhaps architects FakeNoose Feb 2022 #25

Love it! cilla4progress Feb 2022 #26

"US Embassy in Ukraine Posts Cringe Memes as It Retreats to Poland" sl8 Feb 2022 #27

Well done Hekate Feb 2022 #29

K & R & Retweeted! SunSeeker Feb 2022 #30

Gotta love the boo hoo don't hurt Vlad's feelings hot takes. BannonsLiver Feb 2022 #31

What's sad is how many of those responding to the Tweet don't get it. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 #35

Lol Faux pas Feb 2022 #38