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[–] rustyfish 170 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Here is a picture of Erdogan falling off a horse and then getting kicked in the dick by said horse.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

haha, "and he was never the same again..."

[–] Tarquinn2049 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Actually if something like that did permanent physical damage, to someone already in that mindset, that could have serious psychological consequences. When was this, has he behaved notably worse since?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

after a little googling, I found the video on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/6gadar/turkish_president_erdogan_falling_off_a_horse/

It was posted 7 years ago and by then it was said that it was 10 years old, so 17 years ago...that would place this ball-busting incident in 2007, he only became presidont in 2014...idk...maybe it's his origin story (become president to censor the whole internet to hide his 3rd degree ball-trouncing event), like Trump's correspondents' dinner or Orban's being mocked by Juncker or putin's whole life since 1989.

[–] Mateoto 10 points 4 months ago

He was prime minister from 2003 to 2014 before initiating a constitutional referendum, creating a presidential system for him in 2014. Ball slapping happened 4 years into his prime minister government.

[–] Tarquinn2049 4 points 4 months ago

At the very least if there was physical trauma, the mental trauma from it going untreated could definitely lead to trying to compensate for how he feels about it by "trying to be more manly" to prove it didn't affect him...

[–] mojo_raisin 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think it's safe to assume his nuts got so damaged he needed a ballectomy -- Erdogan has not had balls for over a decade.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are rumours that Hitler had just one ball and did everything he did just to compensate. If that's true, what can we expect from Erdogan now?

[–] rottingleaf 4 points 4 months ago

... Goering has both but very small, Himmler has something simmler, but poor Goebbels has no bels at all ...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

I like that horse

[–] Nuke_the_whales 18 points 4 months ago

That poor horse is glue now