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I made a joke about how Russia was a bit behind in video game tech in the 90's and got banned, lol.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Low opportunity power tripping is so common in russia, it has it's own term "синдром вахтёра" (watchman's syndrome). The .ml people go extra mile when cosplaying the mother russia.

[–] Dasus 5 points 1 month ago

This particular watchman pretends to be an American, by the way, but yeah, that's exactly what he's doing. Thanks for the term!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Ah sounds analogous to the concept of a power hungry rent-a-cop