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Duncanpup

(14,924 posts) Sat Jul 19, 2025, 04:58 AM Jul 19

He moved for traditional family values. Now it's off to the meat grinder oh well dumb ass.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/16/texas-man-joins-russian-army-to-earn-respect-gets-lied-to-as-he-is-sent-to-front-line-instead-of-welding-job/

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He moved for traditional family values. Now it's off to the meat grinder oh well dumb ass. (Original Post) Duncanpup Jul 19 OP

Fun! Travel! Adventure! Buns_of_Fire Jul 19 #1

Better a sucking chest wound than 5 seconds of Queer Eye that you didn't mute quickly enough. hatrack Jul 19 #2

FAFO with a bullet. Pun intended. oasis Jul 19 #3

I enjoyed this paragraph. yardwork Jul 19 #4

The only people in that family i feel sorry for is the kids. mwmisses4289 Jul 19 #5

Buns_of_Fire

(18,617 posts)

1. Fun! Travel! Adventure!

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 06:05 AM

Jul 19

Derek sure looks spiffy in his new outfit that almost covers some of his vital areas. Maybe he'll be buried in it, to bask in everlasting glory that what's left of him will not be surrounded by all those heathens in the west.

hatrack

(63,122 posts)

2. Better a sucking chest wound than 5 seconds of Queer Eye that you didn't mute quickly enough.

Reply to Buns_of_Fire (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:42 AM

Jul 19

Right, Derek? Right?

oasis

(52,571 posts)

3. FAFO with a bullet. Pun intended.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:54 AM

Jul 19

yardwork

(67,339 posts)

4. I enjoyed this paragraph.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:56 AM

Jul 19

The deployment also created financial strain for the family. Derek and his unit members were reportedly required to “donate” 10,000 rubles for their own supplies, consuming a substantial portion of his paycheck. DeAnna reported receiving no pay or bonus after one month of Derek’s service.

mwmisses4289

(1,639 posts)

5. The only people in that family i feel sorry for is the kids.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:26 AM

Jul 19

Hope the kids can make it back to canada or the u.s., and leave their idiotic parents behind in russia.

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