Russia’s economy is teetering on the brink of collapse, with industrial production taking a nosedive and major corporations initiating widespread layoffs as the impact of a three-year war with Ukraine inevitably hits home.

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      23 hours ago

      You’re posting in lemmy. These people don’t get sarcasm unless you whack them in the head and explain the joke. They, uh, lack basic social skills, like, all of the skills.

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        Or it is Poe’s Law and is not easy to distinguish this type of nuance with so much context information removed (tone of voice, expression, etc) and also there is also the same opinion being genuine for some other person.

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        22 hours ago

        Or you could just choose not to be an asshole?

        If they meant it as a joke or as sarcasm, they could simply add a /s on the end. Then they would still be downvoted, because it’s a pretty thoughtless and dumb thing to say, but at least their intent would have been clear.

        I think people on Lemmy actually excel in social skills, especially empathy. They have had it with everyone posting absolute shit and when being called out go “It’s just a prank bro”. No, stop your dumb shit, it is not acceptable behavior.

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          Knowing how heated the discussions can be on the topic of war in Ukraine and how prevalent Russian trolls are, most people assume any demand for Ukraine to surrender is done in bad faith.

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          22 hours ago

          yes daddy… tells everyone exactly how they need to conduct their posts online

          any deviation will result in gulag 🤡

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        22 hours ago

        The funny thing the tankies did not fall for it to upvote…

        hmmmm but that’s prolly because they recognize my handle.