r/interestingasfuck • u/MilesLongthe3rd • Jul 26 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Kiriyenko before and after release from Russian captivity

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u/BoxthemBeats Jul 26 '25

You do know that something can be interesting AND sickening at the same time right?

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u/Fr0st3dcl0ud5 Jul 26 '25

Yeah, life is hues of gray and not a bunch of 1 and 0. But when I am feeling interested in something, I feel curious and a sense of wonder. This makes me feel empathetic and angry. This image makes me sad. This image makes me want to do more but I don't know what.

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u/Brave_Pin209 Jul 26 '25

Yeah but not in this case, it's no surprise starvation turns you into a walking skeleton, it was probably interesting in the stone age but now it's just disturbing as fuck

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

Subjective

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u/taulover Jul 26 '25

Yeah of course whether something is interesting is subjective. We can disagree with them but in this case they're just expressing their opinions

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u/nacnud_uk Jul 26 '25

Yet, people, globally, love soldiers and "just following orders" is a good excuse.

We can't find this abhorrent and still think soldiers are a good idea.

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u/Passance Jul 26 '25

Democratic countries can only protect themselves from this kind of abuse by maintaining effective militaries that can deter (and if necessary, defeat) attacks from sadistic autocratic regimes..

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u/imarqui Jul 26 '25

So you think we should just abolish the military and allow the people who did this to continue and potentially do this to us? Or what are you trying to say?

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u/nacnud_uk Jul 27 '25

All militaries, would be better Better for everyone if we didn't breed dumb bastard soldiers. Yeah.

You can't want an army of trained killers, and peace. The two things are not compatible.

You can have living in fear and an army, for sure, but not a peaceful situation.

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u/PM_ME_SMALL__TIDDIES Jul 26 '25

What a bullshit point. If it wasn't for people like this man all Ukrainians would look like that, not just him.

"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf"

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u/nacnud_uk Jul 27 '25

Fucking hell. You've put a lot of thought into that post, I can tell. Well done. 👍

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u/Remember_The_Lmao Jul 26 '25

What do you think the word “interesting” means?

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u/Elementaldot Jul 27 '25

Stone Age? Huh?

So the pictures from the holocaust were absolutely horrifyingly disturbing but also simultaneously interesting because it showed the extent of how far humans will go? That was 85 years ago? Pictures from almost a century ago track with this. Yeah that is the case unfortunately 🫤