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[–] NOSin@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds an awful lot like someone depressed

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago

And like someone we maybe shouldn't be mocking

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So uh, real talk: dude genuinely needs to talk to a therapist, at the absolute least.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alt-right 🤝 Tankies

🤝 = "My problem isn't undiagnosed clinical depression and/or anxiety, it's a lack of discipline in service to The Cause"

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

Would feel sorry for them, except they want to kill people.

[–] cozz33@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the first instance I've seen of a tankie being self aware. Instead of ragging on him, how about we politely show him that you can live a fulfilling life in capitalist society?

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It's wishful thinking, but as you can see, they only want their comrades to reaffirm their beliefs and efforts (or lack therefore).

[–] Fox@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

The extreme irony of not putting the slightest effort into anything at all, but daydreaming about going to war to force everyone else to work only under the terms you set