Message from @Flint

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2018-11-03 06:21:43 UTC  

same

2018-11-03 06:21:59 UTC  

i mean

2018-11-03 06:22:04 UTC  

if you understand what Cossacks are originaly

2018-11-03 06:22:08 UTC  

this would not surprise you

2018-11-03 06:22:15 UTC  

Conan the Barbarian levels of deceit

2018-11-03 06:22:24 UTC  

Cossacks were originally runaway peasants that settled on the frontiers and borders

2018-11-03 06:22:35 UTC  

because there would be no wealthy landowners in those parts

2018-11-03 06:22:48 UTC  

Selling wheat one minute, blades to your throat bartering your freedom the next...

2018-11-03 06:22:56 UTC  

Fuck yes I found that phoenix pic

2018-11-03 06:23:04 UTC  

Show the pic

2018-11-03 06:23:07 UTC  

and the govt of russia at first tried to capture some of them. but then they made a deal where they would protect the borders in exchange for freedom

2018-11-03 06:23:15 UTC  

I scrolled up, didn't see anything offhand

2018-11-03 06:23:32 UTC  

so they were basically peasants that were very tough and basically were vassals of the russian tsar

2018-11-03 06:23:56 UTC  

Just when I think I know history, you fellas bring me back down to earth

2018-11-03 06:23:56 UTC  

over time, they transformed into a more organized fighting force and became a crucial fighting unit of the cavalry

2018-11-03 06:24:11 UTC  

Cossacks exist even today

2018-11-03 06:24:16 UTC  

in fact, they are very right wing

2018-11-03 06:24:27 UTC  

I don't know Russian history at all outside of 1918 onward (and even then...)

2018-11-03 06:24:37 UTC  

The world's a big place...

2018-11-03 06:24:38 UTC  

their most famous stunt from the last decade is when they whipped Pussy Riot with whips during the Sochi olympics

2018-11-03 06:24:53 UTC  

Oh, that's them? I love those guys!

2018-11-03 06:24:58 UTC  

yeah

2018-11-03 06:25:02 UTC  

lol

2018-11-03 06:25:02 UTC  

based and redpilled

2018-11-03 06:25:16 UTC  

For anyone who has visited Kazakstahn, this is one of their ornamental gardens in Astana.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481597551272001546/508164746554507288/phoenix.jpg

2018-11-03 06:25:22 UTC  

They should have consulted the painting

2018-11-03 06:25:47 UTC  

@guacmerchant that's cool, how do you know so much about the land of Borat?

2018-11-03 06:25:50 UTC  

@guacmerchant Wow, that looks pretty 60's scifi futuristic

2018-11-03 06:26:00 UTC  

raise your hand if you love retrofuturism

2018-11-03 06:26:04 UTC  

🖐

2018-11-03 06:26:10 UTC  

Like, they have 7ft tall blonde women

2018-11-03 06:27:03 UTC  

That's what this is about

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481597551272001546/508165195378458644/homesick_1.jpg

2018-11-03 06:27:14 UTC  

@YourFundamentalTheorum I don't I just remember wanting to visit some of the architectural wonders of the stans, despite the bad transport.

2018-11-03 06:27:56 UTC  

How many Stans are worth going too, though?

2018-11-03 06:28:01 UTC  

Pretty rough area

2018-11-03 06:28:17 UTC  

realistically?

2018-11-03 06:28:18 UTC  

none

2018-11-03 06:28:21 UTC  

If I was 18 and thought I was invincible, I might go

2018-11-03 06:28:31 UTC  

they are all former soviet countries

2018-11-03 06:28:39 UTC  

and they have really high tensions between them

2018-11-03 06:28:43 UTC  

Now that I realize my mortality, I won't even go to a Braves game...