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Russian economy in freefall as mortgage costs triple and mass layoffs cripple major firms (www.irishstar.com)
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Russia's economy is teetering on the brink of collapse, with industrial production taking a nosedive and major corporations initiating widespread layoffs as the impact of a three-year war with Ukraine inevitably hits home.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 8 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Ukraine needs to surrender ASAP!!!!

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (8 children)

You're posting in lemmy. These people don't get sarcasm unless you whack them in the head and explain the joke. They, uh, lack basic social skills, like, all of the skills.

[–] coriza@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Or it is Poe's Law and is not easy to distinguish this type of nuance with so much context information removed (tone of voice, expression, etc) and also there is also the same opinion being genuine for some other person.

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