The War Thread

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Manoel]

This war will drag on for a lot of time. The Ukranians are fighting really well but the Russian army is massive.

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Stormwatch]

Time for a little flashback: in 2018, Trump warned about the severe risk of Germany being reliant on Russian gas. And everyone had that face: "this orange buffoon doesn't know what he's talking about, nothing bad is going to happen, it's all perfectly safe..."

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Manoel]

Ukraine war: What do we know about the Russian pro-war Z symbol?

Written in the Latin alphabet rather than Cyrillic, experts aren't quite sure of its exact meaning - and it's likely the people using the Z symbol also don't know for sure, even if they do understand implicitly what it stands for.

"For now, it's less clear what it is than how it is being used," said Donnacha Ó Beacháin, a professor at Dublin City University who specialises in post-Soviet politics.

"Nobody knows for sure what it means although there are various theories. Some think of Z as Za pobedy (for victory) while others think it might be Zapad (West). All the stranger because the letter Z doesn’t exist in the Russian alphabet."

While many Russian military vehicles heading west during the invasion of Ukraine did have Z painted on them -- so that theory would match up -- other military assets had different letters like V and O as well.

One popular theory on Russian websites says the letters Z, V, and O stand for "Volodymyr Oleksandrovich Zelenskyy".

Russia's defence ministry has confused things somewhat by posting on its official Instagram and Telegram pages that Z stands for: "Za Pobedu" ("for victory"), "Za Mir" ("for peace"), "Za pravdu" ("for truth"), and "Za Rossiou" ("for Russia").

Even for experts, the origin of the Z symbol remains something of a mystery although Nizhnikau reckons it was only recently invented.

Perhaps the most simple explanation is that Z was concocted as part of a military psy-ops campaign: selecting a sign that would catch on easily in both Russia and the West.

"We might not be surprised that there is some kind of Kremlin spin doctors who thought of this in advance. They need a symbol of victory for this action in Ukraine" he explains.

"These 'marketing guys' probably said the easier the symbol is, the easier it is to spread."

[2dr]

I think that the “Z” is representative of Harry Potter’s scar. His scar represents the Hadava Cadava killing spell that induced the scar. As killing is what the Russians are doing, I stand by my hypothesis.

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Ocelot]

Fuck yes. We need a good nuclear war. Tired of this 'living' shit.

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Some shit is about to go down in Moscow.

[Ocelot]

It's gonna be wonderfully entertaining watching Russia blow itself up. Anyone want popcorn?

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[Dr. Zoidberg]

I'm watching some live streams from Gaza. Israel are bombing the shit out of them.

[2dr]

It's gonna be wonderfully entertaining watching Russia blow itself up. Anyone want popcorn?

Salted please.

[Bandit]

[Dr. Zoidberg]

[2dr]

I wonder what event diagram would look like of this thread and that of celebrity deaths.