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[–] [email protected] 156 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This is part of the reason why you don't want to put a person with a fragile ego in charge of a major country.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 years ago

Or any country for that matter. Hungary isnot much better, save for the lack of people falling out of windows (they only fall out of jobs so far).

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

That is what happens after all the people who dared to correct their superior get sent to gulag, or fell from the balcony, or committed suicide

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

or a company.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Or even walking a dog.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This issue long predates Putin's time in office.

For something kind of recent, see Chernobyl

[–] [email protected] 142 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's some real "using a sharpy to correct a hurricanes path" energy Puty...

[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 years ago

Remembering that made me spit out my covefe.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Legitimately my first thought when I read the headline.

[–] [email protected] 124 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"At first it was called Ehfir," Putin said. "And at one of my public speeches I was talking and said it was Sfera. I arrived at the Kremlin, and the former Roscosmos head greeted me and said, 'Vladimirovich, you said it was project Sfera, Sfera you said. That's what it is, project Sfera.'"

Rogozin, who was listening to these remarks, acted immediately—presumably to save his boss from embarrassment. After Rogozin said the constellation was named Sphere, Putin recalled that he asked how's that? Rogozin replied that it had already been renamed Sfera and not to worry.

Laughing, Putin added, "So I didn't even make it back and it's already renamed to Sfera. So I said, well, OK then."

That's almost cute.

[–] [email protected] 120 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cute little dictator things.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago

And everyone kept all of their fingers and children.

The end.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just wait until he gets senile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Guy just doesn't care lol

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It should be noted in both cases, it wasn't the leader who demanded a change, but the subordinate who did it to save face on their behalf.

I guess noses can be the same shade of brown, regardless of nationality.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

"It's a bit nutty."

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago

Can cancer please kick this fucking douche’s ass and just keel over already?

I swear to god only the good people die young

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

Shit is straight out of dictator movie

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's so stalinesque it's fucking hilarious. Gonna get a sequel to "the death of stalin" at some point if we keep getting stories like this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

See, kids? That's how you avoid falling out of a window.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Wait till you hear about the RS-71 Blackbird :D

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Change the name or come choke on a poisonous mushroom. It's a very easy choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Very easy. I'll have more mushrooms please.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

We've always been at war with Eurasia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't really care what that degenerated fuck said.