Russia-Ukraine Invasion

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    Fucking hell - so this would be even more lives lost than the sinking of The Belgrano during the Falklands War, which to my mind is one of, if not the biggest loss of life, in a naval engagement since WW2?

    I'm kind of curious to know if Putin's seeing some sort of superstitious bullshit at play here, given that Zelenskyy paraded stamps commemorating the "Russian Warship, Go Fuck yourself" meme, the very day prior.

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    • I always had a knot in my stomach imagining going overboard from a disaster at the very bottom of the world in an infinite expanse of dark, frigid ocean.Nairn
    • Re: the General Belgrano, I think you're right.

      And what is it about dictators and being superstitious, anyway? Hitler was notorious for it.      Continuity
    • I guess if you exhibit a certain level of psychotic narcissism and all the dies you roll come out 6s, you might start to get a bit superstitious...Nairn
    • Same, Nairn. In the USMC I participated in training exercises to escape sinking ships which were not fun. lolMondoMorphic
    • This is an available fate when you man a warship and go to war.cannonball1978
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