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[–] [email protected] 212 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

-long rambling historical lecture

-Yeah. Yeah. Sorry, I was thinking of birds for a moment. Many people in Ukraine are surprised and angry to learn they are actually Russia. What would happen if other parts of Russia learn they are actually France? Would they try to join the EU?

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[–] [email protected] 183 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Tell me more about the Soviet Onion.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You live in a place called Red Square, but it's not square-shaped. So why is it called that?

And is the Hermitage where all the Russian hermits live?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

Why did Chernobyl explode? Did they forget to churn their bell?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're labeling under a misapprehension, it's the Soviet Union

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Is that when all the onions come together? Goss, that's frightening

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[–] [email protected] 163 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"someone told me that the cold war never really ended, but my cousin Lucy went to Turkey on holiday last year and she said it was really hot and she got sunburnt, so has it ended or is the cold war only happening where it's snowed?"

[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago

~~cousin~~ ~~Lucy~~ mate Paul

ftfy

[–] [email protected] 144 points 9 months ago

You're famous for being photographed shirtless on a horse. Is that because horses can't judge you, or is it a new Russian policy for reducing laundry costs?

[–] [email protected] 119 points 9 months ago

We know Google Translate gets things wrong sometimes so I was just wondering if Russia means "Special" Military Operation in the same way the Americans mean "Special" Olympics?

[–] [email protected] 73 points 9 months ago (1 children)

King Arthur came a lot, didn't he?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

Chainmail stocking

[–] [email protected] 69 points 9 months ago (7 children)

I have zero clue who that is....

[–] [email protected] 142 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This is Philomena Cunk, a satirical BBC news reporter. They produce videos in which she interviews historical experts but only asks them stupid questions like “Were the pyramids built from the ground up, or from the top down?”

[–] [email protected] 90 points 9 months ago (7 children)

The best ones are with the philosophy guy imo, he employs the rethorical "Principle of Charity" in such a master class way which turns her stupid questions into profound conundrums which he tackles and he manages to act out this sense of being delighted to finally being asked deep philosophical questions in an interview. It's great.

https://piped.video/shorts/6FNv4hsTBM8?si=2042cjUDRztDM579

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

Neither does she

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I've never watched BBC programming outside of porn.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Get cunked on!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Satire "reporter". Check out "Cunk in Earth" on netflix, and you'll understand. I highly recommend it.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ngl that would be legitimately hilarious and I would watch the shit out of it lol

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

Putin wouldn't even play around with windows. He would get frustrated and shoot her himself like, at the most, 10 minutes into the interview.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago

I can imagine it. Do you think Europe could maybe invade the UK? That seems reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago

PUMP UP THE JAM starts playing in background

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (5 children)

She isn't the same person who broke the internet in the IT crowd though

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

I had the same exact thought the first time I saw her. They look surprisingly similar.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Katherine Parkinson 🔥🔥

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

The Elders of the Internet know who I am??

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 116 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Putin is the dictator of Russia

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A dictatorship is a system of government where the one person gets to help everyone out by making all the tough and boring governmenty decisions. But it’s also a system where the the one person making the decisons can be a really bad person, and therefore can make really bad decisions. So, yeah, swings and roundabouts.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Look up cunk on earth

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

I am not working and I would still put money in the GoFundMe for this if one existed.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago

That's my mate Paul's friend.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (29 children)

Yeah, that ugly asshole has no sense of humour. He would have probably killed her 5 minutes in

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Philomena must be protected!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I would be interested in hearing her take on Palestine.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

Last time she talked about Israel or the Jews she lost her script and they joke sensored the whole thing. I can expect pretty much the same for Palestine.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

She'd probably think that a Palestine is a type of fruit

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

She would not survive after…

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

HE would not survive after.

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