Big balls attacks again
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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I don’t get this angle.
So his grandparent was someone who on being exposed to the American way of life converted to the American side, helped America, and was killed by the Soviets for it. And they’re what, worried this previous generations pro-American views will somehow influence the kid today?
Go with them being a cybercriminal thing, not some bizzaro sins of the father nonsense.
For real, what are the chances he even met his Grandpa.
Zero.
This kid is 19 and the USSR collapsed 34 years ago.
I mean, I've seen several TV shows and movies that show that spycraft is definitely hereditary. That means that it's definitely the case for big balls.... Right?.....
same but it's still super interesting on its own. spy stories and such. but also these Dept of Gastroenterology guys are not looking so vetted or reliable.
My thoughts exactly. 🙄 This is ridiculous non-news.
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"Big Balls" huh. This is 100% the same situation as calling the dude that can bench a school bus "Tiny".
Looking at a photo, this dude definitely has a pair of undescended testicles. They're missing for sure.
He's like a dog, but his balls never dropped.
There's plenty to go off here, but this is a stretch.
My grandfathers were an RAAF pilot and a South African Navy man. None of that has anything to do with what I am. I'd be unprepared if people started attacking me about such topics as I know almost nothing about them.
Counter point: KGB spies trained for the long con, having families, naturalising, bringing their kids into the system.
In most other things lineage like that doesn't matter, you're right. But this one time..
In this case though the KGB agent was killed by Russia for being an FBI double agent. This is a weird angle of attack. I HATE "DODGE" and this kid almost assuredly shouldn't be in the position they are, but for other reasons.
Oh shit, he's got that KGB DNA in him!!
Is it a big deal? I have no idea. It’s just one of those details that you hear and you’re like, “Yeah that sounds like a likely thing to happen with these guys.” Yeah it is a stretch but it should be reported on. The article ends with ”Is it a big deal? I have no idea. It’s just one of those details that you hear and you’re like, 'Yeah that sounds like a likely thing to happen with these guys.'”
Yeah, what this article needs is some facts to base itself on.
It could be a big deal, or also not. Nothing was presented to indicate much else, and conspiracy theories have never been much more than entertaining "what if" ideas, rarely factually pursued further.
If it's a big deal, present the facts as to why, otherwise I may as well be a navy man and a pilot simply by being second generation born to that. I wish that were true. Love the sky and sea.
A literal spy in the US in this case, by the way.
Who defected, was super pro USA, and was killed by the soviets.
wtf are current events even lmao
Department Of Greddy Elon Asshole Spy...DOGEAS
Wouldn't they have been a double agent, if they were an FBI informant working in the KGB?
Per Silverman’s research, Martynov was an officer in the technical espionage division of the Russian intelligence agency back in 1980, when he was sent to the United States to serve as an undercover agent at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. About two years into his stay, Martynov got flipped by the FBI and started to feed the US government Soviet secrets.
so not a planted double agent.