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[–] [email protected] 18 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Also, he is 47. Men's bodies age rapidly around 45 and again at 65.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm 45. :,) You really have to do sports regularly, better daily at that point. If I don't do some sports for a week I immediately feel horrible.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago

Tell me about it. Started resistance training to strengthen the shoulders, they started feeling weak, then the knees started to act up, stopped skipping leg days. 47 is a bummer physically (for the rest: I'm still 25 in my own head).

[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Zelenskyy and Trump both carry a great weight....but with Trump it's just because he's a fat fuck.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump would be carrying the weight of the US and the free world, too.

But he rejected the mantle, he didn't pick it up. He just pokes it sometimes, and points at it and talks about it as something in his possession.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As with his life he wants all of the power and none of the responsibility

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

I mean, he seems to spend no time off while dismantling democracy. I don't understand why people go so far to ruin other's lives, but not save them.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 21 hours ago

Slava Ukraini πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

[–] [email protected] 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Look how they deep fried my boy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

Got a good chuckle out of me man. Much needed, thanks

[–] [email protected] 162 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It breaks my heart. I have a few Ukrainian coworkers (working remotely), and when we jump in Slack and I chat with them now compared to when we first started working together, all I hear is the weariness, the sadness, the loss. This woman designed all of our proprietary software, and she was always such an upbeat, motivated badass. That cliche of a person "lighting up the room" when they walk in? That's her. Now though? She's had to move three times to avoid bombs, and even though she's safe now, she's lost something that I don't know if she will ever get back.

What I see in this picture of Zelenskyy is what I hear in her voice every time I talk with her. And it makes me fucking furious.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 13 hours ago

I have a Ukrainian friend since like 2015, he is US citizen now. since last year they force smile and socialise less, just trying to stay busy with their kids.

It's so painful that I don't even know how to talk to him about this anymore. I just let him drive the conversation for most part. Most of the time, in the back of my head, I feel the pain of his family/relatives who have been displaced/disabled/dead.

I can't imagine losing your homeland to a cruel dictator.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Absolute hero this man, every European and democratic country should hope to have its own Zelenskyy.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

He wasn't always like this, he was a normal person, a good comediant, but when great and heavy responsibilities come, you change with the times, and for this man, times have been hell. I don't want to be him, knowingly sending my troops and young people to die because of a (insert a bad word for Putin).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

I bet many people, professional politicians, people with no principles that care only about money, would’ve run away leaving their country to suffer. This man had the strength to change and demand help for his own people, that makes him great honour.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

If I remember correctly he was playing in a comedy as a guy who gets kinda accidentally elected, and based on the show he was kinda accidentally elected - half as a protest, half as a joke.

[–] [email protected] 248 points 1 day ago (12 children)

American here. Ukraine has a better world leader than America has had in over a century.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 day ago

Zelensky will be forever remembered in history.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Agree with the sentiment, but FDR was less than 100 years ago. He was a damned good world leader IMO.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

FDR was a great man but he was forged in the fires of a time far far worse. I shudder to think how bad things need to get before we get leadership like that back.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably one of the best leaders of any country.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's fucking hilarious.

'Remember that obese rockstar whose heart exploded while trying to take a shit? I'm basically like him!'

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

'Remember that obese rockstar whose heart exploded while trying to take a shit? I'm basically like him!'

But seriously, can he be like Elvis in this specific way?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

Unfortunately yes. Lol

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago

Yea, it’s heartbreaking to see comments like β€œI’d rather [xyz] than give another billion to Ukraine.” Just no words. I wish these people at least had the courtesy to shut the fuck up.

[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Mad respect for the man. He really loves his country. Maybe some of our "leaders" should take note. This is what a true badass does when a lot is at stake.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 day ago

Dude’s country is being attacked by the β€œsecond army in the world” and he says β€œI don’t need a ride I need ammunition.”

I’m amazed his giant brass balls even fit in his pants.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Reminds me of this pic of Lincoln.

lincoln before and during presedency

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Like the Obama photos, but with war included. That shit ages a person. Even a president.

I have been re-watching servant of the people, and it’s just so apparent the amount of stress this man deals with on a daily basis. What a fucking hero.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

Words can't describe how powerful this picture is to me.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Once the government here in the US ends up in Jail, we'll build a monument to Zelensky. The title might be something like "never forget to not be the nazi." Or "never elect another trump/republican."

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