LGBTQ Ukrainians are between a rock and a hard place now. For all the governmental posturing about how progressive it is, very little actual progress has been made, and its being curbed by nazis at every step. Still, the LGBTQ community staunchly supports the current nazi government like a good liberals they are.
It’s worth noting that the book Joker grows out of his obedience to the empire and gets to know and relate to the people he has come to Vietnam to kill. The movie doesn’t explore the second book of the duology (despite borrowing some imagery from it), where the consequences of serving the empire come back to bite Joker in the ass and, ostensibly, make him a better person.
All in all, I like the books a whole lot better.
It’s a really interesting time period, and it’s such a shame that the game turned out to be an utter garbage.
The indie sector is also keeping it mostly lean. No other game has made me cry like Signalis did, and it’s less than a gig.
You’re right, normalcy was never a thing. At least, not within my lifetime.
But at least I’d like to live without the fear of being kidnapped and press-ganged into the military, you know?
God, please, just let this shitshow end already.
Franky, I’m so tired at this point that I feel like it’ll go on like this forever. I can’t imagine going back to normal life anymore. What is even “normal”…
As soon as I finally move to Russia and settle down, I’m planning on taking the trip there with my SO. It’s going to be great.
I really, really wish that’d be true.
They believe that the good guys always win, and they also believe themselves to always be the good guys. Hence the mental gymnastics.
You’re pretty much spot on.
Thank you, I’ve almost retched at the idea.
The tea is absolutely the superior drink.
Let’s be honest, this is just a slur.
I really, really want you to be correct. It’s exhausting.
This has been the reality for past two years, but now it’s suddenly an issue?
I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m glad to hear a comrade feels better!
I really, really hope that these are the signs of them dropping Ukraine project in the coming month.
We’re physically well, but mentally exhausted. Both of us can’t wait for this war to be over.
Puts my shitposting here in perspective
Sometimes it’s easy to look at the world events and say “yeah, this is horrible, but in the end it’ll lead us to the better world”, and kinda forget about those swept up in these events. I do this too, because the only other option is a complete burnout.
All the actual left has either fled the country, went underground or died. As any fascist government, Ukrainian one first came for communists.