The Russian army

[Magoo]

the poor russians, so industrial,  so...soviet, so...threadbare
theyre still stuck in steampunk on the technology scale.
worst alcoholism on the planet (yes including the Irish)
russian condoms still have tread on them

the russian elite have a worldview of russia as a power house. theyre more like a power pole.
its a shame the citizenry can barely walk and chew gum at the same time, and couldnt really give a shit for Father Russia.
this has always been the problem with the military.

this is also why russian soldiers returning from war were sent to the gulags, they were considered cowards and deserters for not dying on the battlefield.
never a good way to motivate the lads.

Yeah, I'd heard about their high rate of alcoholism - probably just as bad with other drugs, too I suppose. I wonder if they have AA over there, poor buggers.


I suppose I shouldn't but am unable to resist - how do you happen to have such familiarity with Russian condoms??

the russian ones are short and chunky with tread that have 'ussr' in Cyrillic down the length.
the american ones are much bigger and have 'Proudly Made in the United States of America' written down the length.

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mr putin has shot himself in the foot quite badly.
many european countries have been weaning themselves of russian oil.
i think the finns or the dutch have been stockpiling such is their lack of faith in russias ability to supply.
this has accelerated that process markedly.

thats all russia has got. gas and oil. and theyre screwing that up. they make bugger all else to be exported anywhere. so shoddy is their workmanship much of their production has no market anywhere else.