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Buns_of_Fire

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9. The robot was obviously "provoking" Poots. That cannot be tolerated.

Reply to Tactical Peek (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 04:11 PM

12 hrs ago

So, to show the world the awesome power he commands, Poots will now proceed to obliterate Moscow with his zillion-mph ICBM which will explode on the launching pad.

I spent years of my childhood ducking and covering for this?

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Keep 'em coming torchlight! GreenWave 12 hrs ago #10

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Too much vodka. johnp3907 13 hrs ago #2

At least we know it wasn't a guy in a robot costume FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #3

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They named it Trump. Can't go up an escalator or stairs. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #21

🤣 BlueKota 9 hrs ago #22

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Hope the robot stays away from any high rise windows. ForgoTheConsequence 13 hrs ago #7

I see the russians are still living up to the same low standards as usual. Angleae 13 hrs ago #8

The robot was obviously "provoking" Poots. That cannot be tolerated. Buns_of_Fire 12 hrs ago #9

Somebody gunna' fall out that window tonight RoadRunner 12 hrs ago #11

Ehhh, the whole concept of Russian AI, and logic does not compute. SWBTATTReg 12 hrs ago #12

At least it wasn't a man in a robot suit like they had done previously LiberalLovinLug 11 hrs ago #13

The thing was unstable even before it gobbled, and.... reACTIONary 11 hrs ago #14

I walk better than that COL Mustard 11 hrs ago #16

C3PO it ain't. COL Mustard 11 hrs ago #15

Typical Russian. Borogove 11 hrs ago #17

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If they declined to participate BootinUp 8 hrs ago #23

Like the Russian TV Studio in SCTV ChicagoTeamster 8 hrs ago #24

So funny - thanks Pinback 6 hrs ago #31

*laughs in Neuro-sama* sakabatou 8 hrs ago #25

And the there was a mass falling from windows of all the techs and designers Figarosmom 8 hrs ago #26

The Vladiator 3000 Blue Owl 8 hrs ago #27

Artificial intelligence, or in the Russkie's case, the lack thereof meow2u3 7 hrs ago #28

So the crew presenting it had the foresight to have a large black screen cloth handy in the wings Emrys 7 hrs ago #29

A mindless, unstable manikin that is being manipulated by a Russian behind the curtain? LudwigPastorius 6 hrs ago #30

Too much wodka can do that! 🍸 sdfernando 6 hrs ago #32

Putin put polonium in its hydraulic fluid? Blumancru 6 hrs ago #33