Now my impression is anyone who is a victim of Russian propaganda can be called a vatnik despite the article saying the word is used mostly in Russia.

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[–] 56 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Petition to relocate lemmy.ml to vatnik.ml

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  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago
    $ whois -H vatnik.ml
    Domain Name: vatnik.ml
    The queried object does not exist: No Object Found
    >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2025-12-29T00:29:55.249Z <<<
    $
    

    vatnik.ml isn't registered, so in theory you could register it and set up the domain to go to a webserver that proxies for whatever domain you want.

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  • [–] 32 points 10 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago* (4 children)

    Yes, "vatnik" is indeed a carpet term for people who believe (or are made to believe) the idea of a "Strong and awesome Russia that is in it's right to show everyone else how to live"
    The studded jacket with that name was a usual winter outfit of Soviet farm workers and such. So it works as a symbol of a self-righteous uneducated working class person from an authoritarian country.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Lots of them fucks here in the US

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Scientifically speaking they're all called RWAs. Such people have well established tendencies worth understanding.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Is Elon Musk a Vatnik? And Trump?

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  • [–] 43 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I'm coining the term conservatnik now.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Update your repos! It's Zetnick for almost 4 years now.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Never drink too much of the vatniksoup.com

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Those poor victims of state propaganda

    Contact Us

    Langley, Virginia

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Did you know that there are videogames made by Vatniks? If you want to check those out (and get a bit of Background Information on some Vatniks) I recommend the Youtube Chanel Warlocracy

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (4 children)

    If Vatnik exists why call them tankies? For the Chinese vatniks? Can we broaden the definition to broadly include people who uncritically buys into propaganda?

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    "Tankie" originates with Soviets using tanks to stop rebellion in Hungary, and refers to those who condone using authoritarian violence to suppress dissidents. They frequently overlap, but they're distinct concepts.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    Because I speak mostly English. Basically means the same thing (close enough), why call you "дурак" when I can call you "fool" in my native tongue?

    That said I'm 100% calling these losers зетники и ватники from now on just in hopes it pisses them off more. А ну чики-брики и в дамки сука!

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago

    Should change it now to Vladnik.

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