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Vladimir Putin falls down stairs and soils himself at official residence

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Jenasaurus · 03/12/2022 03:06

A Kremlin insider said that Putin- was helped to a sofa by bodyguards as his personal doctors rushed to assist him.
Putin is also alleged to have soiled himself during the fall.

www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/vladimir-putin-falls-down-stairs-and-soils-himself-at-official-residence/ar-AA14PAhZ?cvid=6270ec3c33fa4e1cace77ccafd11b03c

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Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 10:26

CPL593H · 03/12/2022 10:24

"Whoever he is to laugh at someone potentially terminally ill is just horrible makes you no better than him."

is what you said, @Sundaetoffee

Yes I did say that. Both actions are abhorrent however I don’t possess a scale to measure exactly how abhorrent i just feel both war crimes and laughing at another human with cancer having an accident are both disgusting actions

I know what he has done is disgusting and evil but when I read the OP then subsequent posts I just felt it’s wrong to find this funny at all to even have this as ‘news’ it’s not ok to me at all

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 10:28

MagicFox · 03/12/2022 10:21

I think it's more that this is a matter of 'reading the room'. It may well be abhorrent for posters to mock another human being, but nobody wants to hear sympathy expressed for Putin in the current context so it's a consequence of that.

It’s not sympathy for the individual as such it’s just expressing how I think it’s inappropriate to find the suffering of any human funny

Perime · 03/12/2022 10:33

Damnautocorrect · 03/12/2022 09:36

The issues with the Russian economy are the bigger story from that report. Not putin shitting himself.

Exactly!

I hope he has fallen down stairs and pooped his pants but believe it's probably proproganda.

When was Hitlers body examined? I thought the Russians nicked it and gave the Allies a skeleton that turned out to beling to a woman?

Croftboft · 03/12/2022 10:39

on the you shouldn't laugh at this topic, putin is causing the raping and killing of people in Ukraine, he is causing people (some who will have cancer) to die in cold houses with no power and water, splitting up families, bringing huge chaos and loss, people who need medical treatment will not be able to get it etc etc.
People are dying alone, scared, cold and in pain because of his actions.

To laugh at someone causing this or think karma is a bitch doesn't make you "just as bad as him" and it's fucking nuts to think it does. One is words on a screen that an evil man will never read vs real life death and pain that he is inflicting on people. One of these is not remotely like the other.

Autumnnewname · 03/12/2022 10:44

user1484056932 · 03/12/2022 09:30

He's not the only "leader" to have done this, Biden has also soiled himself a few times as well.

Boom

It's like a dog whistle

Whataboutism at its finest

Autumnnewname · 03/12/2022 10:47

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 10:05

if it’s true I think it’s disgusting that anyone would find it funny. Whoever he is to laugh at someone potentially terminally ill is just horrible makes you no better than him. It shouldn’t be reported or laughed at if we want to judge him surely his abhorrent war crimes should be front page not mocking him for illness that’s just wrong

Well I must be disgusting then and I'm happy to own that

I don't think it's true BTW but if it had happened I would relish it and my regret would be that he didn't break his neck while he fell

crussont · 03/12/2022 10:49

Him sitting himself and his war crimes are separate issues

KettrickenSmiled · 03/12/2022 10:51

crussont · 03/12/2022 10:49

Him sitting himself and his war crimes are separate issues

Thank you for this vital distinction @crussont
Not sure how PP would have been able to tell the difference until you rocked up to explain the difficult concepts involved ...

Tuilpmouse · 03/12/2022 10:55

BobbyBobbyBobby · 03/12/2022 09:08

I support Putin and Russia as I have Russian relatives. It is extremely unlikely that this happened and is just propaganda.

Well why don't you fuck off to Russia then.

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 10:55

I just don’t find it funny in the slightest . It’s not funny, yes he has done and is doing evil things in Ukraine it’s disgusting but if it’s true that he has cancer and fell and soiled himself then I don’t think that’s funny at all

Autumnnewname · 03/12/2022 11:03

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 10:55

I just don’t find it funny in the slightest . It’s not funny, yes he has done and is doing evil things in Ukraine it’s disgusting but if it’s true that he has cancer and fell and soiled himself then I don’t think that’s funny at all

Oh well, each to their own

He is responsible for the most heinous crimes this century. He embodies the russian (misplaced) sense of superiority

He trades on his projection of strength, virility, masculinity.

I would only have laughed louder if he'd shat himself in public

I hope he has a painful and lingering death and make no apology for the volume of my laughter when he eventually goes

I'll save my compassion for the kidnapped children, the tortured men and women, the surgeons operating by candlelight, the families who have lost everything.

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 11:09

Autumnnewname · 03/12/2022 11:03

Oh well, each to their own

He is responsible for the most heinous crimes this century. He embodies the russian (misplaced) sense of superiority

He trades on his projection of strength, virility, masculinity.

I would only have laughed louder if he'd shat himself in public

I hope he has a painful and lingering death and make no apology for the volume of my laughter when he eventually goes

I'll save my compassion for the kidnapped children, the tortured men and women, the surgeons operating by candlelight, the families who have lost everything.

there isn’t a limit on compassion and although I would not feel
compassion for putin I feel neutral it’s neither funny or sad it’s just something I wouldn’t want to give mind space too if I hadn’t read this thread I’d maybe have seen the headline elsewhere and my initial reaction would be nothing - not feeling sorry for him and laughing at him. I just personally wouldn’t want to be the sort of person who found joy in the pain or suffering of another human

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 11:09

*not laughing

MagicFox · 03/12/2022 11:11

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 10:55

I just don’t find it funny in the slightest . It’s not funny, yes he has done and is doing evil things in Ukraine it’s disgusting but if it’s true that he has cancer and fell and soiled himself then I don’t think that’s funny at all

Gosh nobody is saying that is funny specifically, they're saying they have zero sympathy for Putin, that they don't see him as a fellow human, that they see anything visited on him as karma for the hell he has visited on people. It's not as simple at people laughing at a cancer sufferer!

MrsSkylerWhite · 03/12/2022 11:13

daretodenim · Today 04:17
I heard this too but I don't like it. Honestly, so what if he did. There are hundreds of thousands of elderly people who fall over and soil themselves and feel ashamed. Worse if they're then stick for hours waiting for an ambulance. I know of it happening to younger people with traumatic injuries too“

Most elderly people don’t wage war.

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 11:14

MagicFox · 03/12/2022 11:11

Gosh nobody is saying that is funny specifically, they're saying they have zero sympathy for Putin, that they don't see him as a fellow human, that they see anything visited on him as karma for the hell he has visited on people. It's not as simple at people laughing at a cancer sufferer!

But people are laughing and saying they find it funny and hope he has a painful death and my kind cannot comprehend thinking that about any human no matter what

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 11:15

*mind

MagicFox · 03/12/2022 11:17

Well, what else do we have but words to express disgust, outrage and pain at what he is doing? Think of it as generous sympathy and empathy for the men, women and children dying in Ukraine rather than a lack of sympathy for Putin.

Cornettoninja · 03/12/2022 11:23

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 11:14

But people are laughing and saying they find it funny and hope he has a painful death and my kind cannot comprehend thinking that about any human no matter what

It’s not an unusual mindset though is it? Look at punishments using physical pain and death still in practice around the world. It’s not something that sits comfortably with me but I can understand that others think and feel differently to me. It’s not an unusual, very human, reaction by any stretch.

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 11:35

Cornettoninja · 03/12/2022 11:23

It’s not an unusual mindset though is it? Look at punishments using physical pain and death still in practice around the world. It’s not something that sits comfortably with me but I can understand that others think and feel differently to me. It’s not an unusual, very human, reaction by any stretch.

I see your point I also disagree with things like that I just can’t comprehend personally how the thought process works for things like that

DavesSpareDeckChair · 03/12/2022 11:45

There's a poster on these boards called Putinsmellspassiton. Is that the username of this Kremlin insider?

CPL593H · 03/12/2022 11:48

Sundaetoffee · 03/12/2022 11:35

I see your point I also disagree with things like that I just can’t comprehend personally how the thought process works for things like that

You did suggest that anyone laughing at him is as bad as he is. This is a ludicrous and actually offensive statement, given his crimes.

This may well be propaganda, to tarnish his "He Man" image and make him look weaker in the eyes of the world and especially his own people. Propaganda is not designed to be pleasant, it is designed to be effective and this instance would be at the milder end of the spectrum.

I make no apology for not caring about Putin or any suffering he goes through or how many people laugh at him or why. My only concern is him being replaced with someone even worse and this evil war continuing.

Soothsayer1 · 03/12/2022 11:50

He probably is on his last legs though now isn't he?

crussont · 03/12/2022 11:53

KettrickenSmiled · 03/12/2022 10:51

Thank you for this vital distinction @crussont
Not sure how PP would have been able to tell the difference until you rocked up to explain the difficult concepts involved ...

Its not a punishment for his crimes its just his body failing. He still needs to be punished.

Kennykenkencat · 03/12/2022 12:21

BobbyBobbyBobby
I support Putin and Russia as I have Russian relatives. It is extremely unlikely that this happened and is just propaganda

Are your Russian relatives in Russia actually supportive of Putin or is that what they have to tell you

Why not go and support them if you feel that strongly. Or is it just support as long as you don’t have to do anything.

Or are you just an attention seeking tw*t