Post #56901

2025-12-12 17:07 UTC

Just that. Someone uploaded this photo of Zelensky allegedly taking a selfie in Kupiansk, which is supposed to be a city already taken by Russian forces. I am not really informed of the situation in Kupiansk, but this is not the issue for me. In the Politics subreddit, where this was published, the comments are overwhelmingly pro Ukraine, which, well, checks out. But what I find kind of trollish, are the comments surrounding Zelenksy. It’s like reading the five-star comments of the Google Play Services app in the Play Store, or something. They repeatedly talk about how big and glorious are Zelensky’s balls? Praising his balls, even though, he is a smaller guy? They praise the bold actions of Zelensky calling him a European hero, imagining his heroic dialogues as in some cheap hollywood movie, etc. To me, it just feels utterly fake? I mean, AI fake. What do you make of this, guys? Please, remember, it’s not about the conflict itself.

Replies (18)

@blimthepixie__dup_12548@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-12 17:38

His flak jacket is too small

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@einkorn@feddit.org 2025-12-12 17:40

Well, I guess compared to the average world leader who sits comfy behind their desk all day, it might seem somewhat strange to see a leader out in the field. (Pun intended)

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@HubertManne__dup_8041@piefed.social 2025-12-12 17:58

ukraine like it or not is the underdog but with some big indirect backing that has been very tepid in committing. The fact the war is still going with little real progess by the invader in this situation is amazing. Praising balls in this type of situation is common. Balls are even used with females with big and brass being the most common adjectives.

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@davel__dup_7797@lemmy.ml 2025-12-12 18:35

Not all of it is organic. In 2013, the city “most addicted to Reddit” was a US air force base that houses “offensive cyberspace operations.” Presumably they use VPNs to obscure their location nowadays. Archive of Reddit blog entry: Get ready for Global reddit Meetup Day, plus some stats about top reddit cities and languages. DuckDuckGo search: “eglin air force base cyberspace”

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@RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2025-12-12 20:12

Reddit loves a singular figure to make the focus of an epic bacon mythology, and they’ve already run Teddy Roosevelt and Chuck Norris into the ground

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@DelgadoSlims@hexbear.net 2025-12-12 21:05

As a dedicated materialist, I will find a way to accurately measure Zelensky’s testicles

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@janNatan@lemmy.ml 2025-12-13 02:06

You seem to have gotten several decent answers that you’ve dismissed. Do you just wanna talk about balls, OP? Because, I’m something of an expert on them.

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@TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 2025-12-13 04:37

Reddit is a psyop run by feds and advertisers

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@digdilem@lemmy.ml 2025-12-13 10:00

“Truth is the first casualty of war”

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@yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-13 12:12

If you only stick to the big media points, he seems a pretty heroic figure, still standing after getting invaded by one of the world’s superpowers (inb4 corrections and shit - Russia is the big bad in basically any modern conflict film. We’re talking layman optics here).

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@tonyn@lemmy.ml 2025-12-13 15:34

That’s not how selfies work, but it’s exactly the type of thing you get when you prompt an image generator for someone taking a selfie. Just saying.

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@hobata@lemmy.ml 2025-12-13 16:07

The beggar king masters the green screen.

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@linkerbaan@lemmy.ml 2025-12-13 17:35

Reddit bans anyone not sucking off Zelensky so the echo chamber creates itself. Mods gladly self censor they do not even get paid for it.

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@Finalsolo963@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-13 19:00

I refuse to believe the default subs in reddit aren’t dominated by bots. There’s still good content in the niche subs, but I stay far away from any of the big ones, it’s all LLM generated ragebait.

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@bobbyfiend@lemmy.ml 2025-12-13 20:38

Wow. This forum. “Ukraine has corruption so…” (Implied: the US should let Russia invade and annex them) “Russia and the US have some details in common if you blur your eyes so they are morally and politically identical” “Zelensky sucks” “How can anyone know what truth is in this topsy-turvy world?”

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@HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 2025-12-13 21:15

I don’t doubt a lot of the hype around Zelenskyy specifically is some psyop. That being said, Ukraine is objectively the victim of Russian aggression and facing a genocidal war of aggression from Russia. I see supporting Ukraine as the most pro-democracy, pro-proletariat position. Russia is a fascist oligarchy sending immigrants and kidnapped folks (like those from India) to go commit atrocities and die for Putin’s imperial ambitions.

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@chremylus@lemmy.imontheweb.net 2025-12-13 23:08

This was 3yrs ago: youtu.be/BowjATQloVA

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@Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2025-12-14 03:40

The article I read which had this photo featured stated that Putin had invited a bunch of reporters to Kupiansk to see how the Russian forces had surrounded the city. Then Zelensky went there and took this photo to be like “oh no, Russia has this place surrounded? I would have never known” No Idea if that’s true, but that’s the gist I took away from that post.

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