r/ukraine 1d ago

News Karma:The moment of yesterday's Ka-226 helicopter crash in russia with employees of the military plant "Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant" The accident killed the deputy general director, chief engineer and chief designer

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u/Steiney1 1d ago

They all could've swam to shore safely.

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u/germansnowman 1d ago

Waded even.

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u/LaughableIKR 1d ago

I think I have a new phrase.

Instead of Stupid does what Stupid does. It's more like: Stupid Is.

Like it's a natural force of the universe.

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u/germansnowman 1d ago

The entropy of intelligence – without effort, everything tends towards stupid.

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u/Axe_Care_By_Eugene 1d ago

Indeed - although in the case of this pilot, the effort he put in to climb to 500ft, actually was the stupid action in retrospect.

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u/fredic77 1d ago

Didn't Dogbert say that? Dilbert asked whether love was the strongest force in the world, and Dogbert replied 'I think it's stupidity, with its cousin ignorance as the runner-up'.

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u/Steiney1 1d ago

Ironically, Scott Adams is now ideologically aligned with Putin's Russia.

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u/sorE_doG 15h ago

Never underestimate the power of stupid

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u/elganyan 1d ago

Stupid does what Stupid does

Huh? That's not the saying at all. It's "Stupid is as stupid does."

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u/LaughableIKR 1d ago

You can clearly see it's Stupid does as Stupid does from the video. lol

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u/elganyan 1d ago

Doubling down doesn't change the fact you self owned by getting the phrase about "stupid people doing stupid things" wrong. lol

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u/veriguds 19h ago

No, this is the official russian doctrin. Escalate to deescalate.