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  • 242 killed by returning soldiers

    The six-month battlefield stint didn’t diminish Azamat Iskaliyev’s appetite for violent revenge against women.

    The 37-year-old was sentenced to nine-years in jail after he killed his wife by stabbing her in his car in the summer of 2021 because she wanted a divorce.

    Soon after returning to civilian life, he knifed an ex-girlfriend more than 60 times in the shop where she worked in October 2024 after she rejected his advances.

    For that crime, he was jailed for more than 19 years, according to court records in the city of Saratov.

    This case is one shocking example of the social problems that could await Russia as thousands of prisoners turned soldiers return home following an eventual end to the war.

    Verstka, an independent Russian media outlet, reported that by October 2024 almost 500 civilians had become victims of soldiers returning from fighting in Ukraine.

    The report said at least 242 people had been killed, and a further 227 were gravely injured, citing data from Russian court records.

    Russia about to perform the miracle of becoming an even shittier place.


  • Rings of Power

    While it is not perfect, a lot of criticism of the show is insane or plain dishonest. It became a playing ground for shit stirring and easy rage bait.

    Death Stranding

    The worst game I ever loved. Yes, the story and dialogue gets weird towards the end. Yes, Kojima keeps over explaining everything almost pathologically. Yes, I only played the Directors Cut, which I have been told reworked most of the game into a better state. And yes, I got PTSD from getting called after every single mission. But if you keep driving vehicles into terrain that obviously isn’t suited to be driven on, or otherwise try to bend the gameplay to your liking instead of accepting how it is supposed to be played, maybe you should play something else.












  • They came to my house once. Once.

    I was balls deep in Lost Izalith and someone rang the doorbell. Of course I can’t pause the game, so I placed my character on a spot I thought he would be safe.

    While going down the stairs they rang a second time, must be urgent.

    I open the door.

    These two fucking fabric softener crusaders smile at me. One at the front, the other behind him. The first one asks if I “knew that Jesus loves me” and tries to hand me a brochure.

    I hear my characters dying screams faintly from upstairs.

    My eyes widen.

    The “You Died” sound can be heard.

    I don’t move. Just stare at him. He might have said something. I don’t know.

    After some time, I don’t remember how long I stood there, they went away.

    Their false god cost me my souls and humanities I could not retrieve. I will remember this. And so will they.




  • rustyfish@lemmy.worldtoscience@lemmy.worldAge verification
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    6 months ago

    Shit. This is actually genius and really hard to simplify further. It also never will be implemented this way by my government.

    I don’t know about the UK and the US. But Germany is in the middle of leaving the Fax era…30 years behind the rest of the world. I am right now waiting for a letter from my health insurance provider so I can use their app. It’s a week overdue.