Sad but true. (TikTok screencap)

A dumpster labeled “International garbage” on an airport tarmac with the caption “ how feel when I'm abroad and tell someone I'm from the USA”
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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm a Russian, hold my beer.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do people actually hold that against you? The worst I've had as an american was explaining that most Americans don't support Trump, Elon is a Nazi (they didn't get the memo in east asia), and then contextualizing whatever other weird impressions they have.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Not really. To be open, I don't live in Russia for over a decade. There were minor incidents even before the big war, like people abruptly stopping speaking to me upon hearing my nationality, or asking why I support (I don't) Putin or why I don't stop him. One guy explained to me very matter-of-factly that all Russians are intrinsically evil and deserve supervision because of it... Didn't know how to answer that one. Very rarely I was thrown insults in the streets. But other than a very few incidents, all people I know outside of Russia were always welcoming and supportive. Recently, I received more threats and hate speech from my pro-putin compatriots than I ever received anywhere else in the world.

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