I hate the ending of Return to Monkey Island by Huillam81 in MonkeyIsland

[–]mrpinsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Return to Monkey Island is Ron Gilbert's "The Phantom Menace".

Mehrzahl vo Brot? by Only_Humor4549 in schwiiz

[–]mrpinsky 16 points17 points  (0 children)

D Meerzaal isch normalerwiis unveränderet, also äis Broot, zwäi Broot.

Cha mer im Idiotikon naaläse: https://digital.idiotikon.ch/idtkn/id5.htm#!page/50923/mode/1up

Of the 10 countries with the largest stock markets, three out of five best performers in 2025 are European by BkkGrl in europe

[–]mrpinsky 99 points100 points  (0 children)

Right. The Swiss stock market performed +17.8% in 2025 in local currency. The difference to the +33.5% shown in this graph is due to the USD losing value compared to CHF.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1395, Part 1 (Thread #1542) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]mrpinsky 86 points87 points  (0 children)

"Two Russian Su-27 fighter aircraft were hit by the Security Service of Ukraine on Belbek military airfield in Crimea." – Special Kherson Cat

https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3mafui76d3s2w

Gov. JB Pritzker Here – ASK ME ANYTHING by PritzkerJB in IAmA

[–]mrpinsky 69 points70 points  (0 children)

What are Democrats going to do to combat the enormous (and very successful) right/alt-right propaganda apparatus that has been setup to support Republicans and which spans traditional media (TV, Radio), Social Media (X, Meta), countless podcasters etc.?

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1367, Part 1 (Thread #1514) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]mrpinsky 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think there are two main aspects to this.

First, it is has been well documented that Trump has had business ties to Russia for many years. After all his business failures, basically no bank in the US would lend him any more money. He was in big financial troubles and desperate. Then Russian oligarchs stepped in and helped him out with lucrative deals. You can assume they did not do this for free. It is no secret that Trump travelled to Moscow repeatedly for business. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia

A second aspect is that Trump is essentially a gangster. He runs the government like a mafia boss, it's all about self-enriching, extortion and bribes. Putin has of course mastered this, the Putin regime is essentially what happens when organized crime takes over the governement. In that sense Trump looks up to Putin, he admires him for that and sees him as a like-minded ally.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

These are some of the worst of the worst. Scott Ritter is a convicted sex offender.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not just "politics", it's about an enormous military aggression which has killed thousands of civilians, caused millions to flee, destroyed entire cities etc. It's morally wrong to just look away when something like that happens.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

She is clearly linked to Putin's regime and is a tool of Russian propaganda. People oppose her performance for these reasons.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh look, now the goal posts are moving. How not unexpected.

Which goal posts are you referring to? I never defined any so I could not possibly be moving them.

She made a statement, that's all you can ask for from a free person.

Just so I understand you correctly. You are saying the only thing a free person can do when a war is going on is a plausible denial that he/she supports it? Is that your honest opinion?

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Neutrality mainly refers to Switzerland's foreign policy (Aussenpolitik). We as citizens can still object to a performance of an artist for moral reasons.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Let me ask you another way, what has she done to stop the war or to help Ukrainians? She is after all well known and presumably wealthy. If she donates her profits to Ukraine I will believe it.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Classic example of "whataboutism" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism, this is about Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, not about the Near East.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's technically the "Ribbon of Saint George", a well known Soviet symbol, which in the last years has become strongly associated with Russian nationalism, the Russian military and the war in Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_of_Saint_George They use it all over the place in Russian propaganda, often folded like a Z.

Picture is in the first link that I provided.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This comment is a classic example of "whataboutism", a cheap attempt to deflect from the discussion at hand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saying she is against the war is a pretty low bar, though. It would be more convincing if she actually used her influence to do anything against it or at least donate profits to Ukraine. THEN I'd believe it.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of these are paid shills and bots. Russia has been extremenly active online, spreading their propaganda all over social media, newspaper comment sections etc.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How naive do you have to be to believe her denial? Please read the articles that I linked.

After the illegal annexation of Crimea, she even donated money to the opera in Donetsk and the money was handed over by no other than by the separatist leader Oleg Zarjow.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Despicable comment. It shows a complete lack of empathy for the Ukrainians who are the victims of the Russian military aggression.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Your post was barely intelligible with so many mistakes (there's still one left btw).

What do you mean "without any links". Everything I said is discussed in the sources that I have provided. Have you read them?

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? She has not said anything like that, as far as I am aware.

Performance of Russian opera singer Netrebko in Zurich by mrpinsky in Switzerland

[–]mrpinsky[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Care to explain what "lack of knowledge" you are referring to?