For those who don’t know, New Year’s in Russia is like Christmas in the west.

  • Sway@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “For those who don’t know, New Year’s in Russia is like Christmas in the west.”

    So you’re saying Putin is the Grinch who stole New Years? That checks.

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      1 year ago

      That’s unkind to the Grinch. Putin doesn’t even have a heart. Not even one three sizes too small.

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        I mean the Tin-Man didn’t have a heart and he wasn’t a total ass. The literature is inconsistent in that area. We have to work with the metaphors we have at our disposal.