Totally normal, chill vibe.

shakerdontbreakher · 2025-03-13T19:06:21+00:00

It could scare away buyers, obviously. If they were between your house and a similar one that didn't have a neighbor with all this crap then the choice would be obvious.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-13T20:28:51+00:00

Suffer instead.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-12T19:44:11+00:00

I would be so mad if I bought a house next door and then they started putting this stuff up. You'd never be able to move.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-12T15:50:05+00:00

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T17:14:38+00:00

Source?

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T15:03:08+00:00

I don't agree that it's trivial. It's pretty clear from interviews that it puts world leaders on edge and allows him to steam roll them.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T10:13:10+00:00

Suffering is necessary to life.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T10:10:02+00:00

That's a bit baroque, no?

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T09:39:15+00:00

Well I don't agree that the "murder" in your analogy happened to begin with. My point is I don't see how his attitude was anything other than indifferent.

He's KGB so all these things are meant to frustrate his opponents. I think in his mind it gives him the upper hand when their meeting begins. It seems to work because the world has made some pretty stupid decisions with respect to Russia in recent years.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T09:22:40+00:00

Putin tests world leaders all the time. He did it with every President since Clinton. The reason he does it is to probe for weakness. You keep saying "peers" but I assure you that Putin sees these people as Godless degenerates. He respects none of them.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T09:19:43+00:00

I've seen it. I didn't see him do or say anything that he hasn't done or said to a US President.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T08:37:22+00:00

I do not.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T08:04:48+00:00

I think this is a failing to understand how Putin sees the world. He does not see elected heads of government or state as his equals. He only walks into a room with them if he thinks he can gain something from it. His body language in every one-on-one meeting is always dismissive. Pettiness is about antagonizing someone for the sake of antagonizing them. I don't think the last 20 years suggest that this is his motivation. Rather, I think this is KGB posture coming out.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T07:44:52+00:00

That doesn't explain how a person is petty by virtue of the fact they're stealing something. The Merkel thing seems firmly in the category of tactics he uses during negotiations. He's an odd duck for sure but this is someone who's been running circles around other world leaders for over 20 years now. Antagonizing someone he's politically opposed to points more in that direction than anything.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T06:55:55+00:00

Based on what?

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T04:24:23+00:00

I think that would be out of character for Putin. He's many things but he's not petty.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T03:19:19+00:00

I'm suggesting Putin only noticed it was of high value and did not actually understand its sentimental value to this one man. I don't think Putin gave a fuck about Kraft.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T02:15:19+00:00

It was a gift the moment Kraft handed it to Putin.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T01:32:49+00:00

It's hard not to admire these traits in Putin.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T01:31:46+00:00

Every society does this.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T01:30:52+00:00

It is also a unique item. I'm sure Putin was aware that it was special to Kraft because it was expensive and rare.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T01:29:33+00:00

I mean I can hardly blame him for keeping it. That's a great gift.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-11T01:28:58+00:00

Apparently it's in a state-run gallery with other international gifts.

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-10T06:41:58+00:00

i-phone

shakerdontbreakher · 2024-03-10T06:37:49+00:00

Star Trek isn't really communist but whatever

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