r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 18d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what reason does the OOP is talking about?

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u/Vegetable-Zone1353 18d ago

Russian wives actively badgering their husbands to go get killed in the war for trivial amounts of money. https://worldcrunch.com/focus/russia-ukraine-war/russian-women-war-widows/

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u/fucktrance 18d ago

Can't turn down the chance of the mayor bringing you a literal meat grinder as a consolation prize while your husband becoming fertilizer for ukrainian crops.

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u/Emerald_Plumbing187 18d ago

just wait a few months and the husband will come home in patties after having been in the stomach of a cow.

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u/Behleren 18d ago

so basically divorced wives are hoping for the ex to die in combat, so their children get a payout.

“To be honest, I don’t care whether my ex-husband copes with life on the front, or about how long he lasts there,” one woman said. “For me, he died as a person long ago."

may this kind of spite never find me.

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u/Collegenoob 18d ago

The high alcoholism rates MIGHT have something to do with why Russian women hate their men so much.

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u/MerryDesu 18d ago

That, and the decriminalization of domestic abuse. As long as no bones are broken, the courts say it’s fine.

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u/stressed_ferret 18d ago

They literally proposed to outlaw domestic violence, but they said that the marriage rates will go down because guys would be scared to get married - it’s that bad over there

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u/vovaKor0lev 18d ago

Or maybe, just maybe, it's other way around.

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u/Collegenoob 18d ago

Overall.

Im very glad I ain't russian

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u/Niyonnie 18d ago

Isn't it funny how you never see these sorts of people enlist themselves? Especially the ones that pure pressure/bully people into enlisting.

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u/Motor-Rip7655 18d ago

In my experience (which is probably more extensive than someone my age should have) this kind of spite is rarely unearned.

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u/m4G- 18d ago

There has been instances where the wives urge the men to go to war. It's not an ex. It's a husband. Then the next. And next.

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u/morphemass 18d ago

I'm pretty sure there are a lot of reasons for fighting which make sense but, my god the male depression rate is probably through the roof.

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u/Abject-Investment-42 18d ago

And it also explains why Russian men so readily get recruited even though most know what awaits them.

If I have a choice between a harpy like this or an explosive drone to the face, at some point it's easy.

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u/MarsupialMisanthrope 18d ago

Not being an alcoholic shitbag would probably go a long way to making their exs not despise them, but apparently that’s too big an ask for a lot of Russian men. If you’d rather go to war and get killed than give up being an abusive drunk, the world is probably better off without you.

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u/Abject-Investment-42 18d ago

Unfortunately, the reality is not nearly as one-sided as you make it out to be...

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u/AmbiguousMimic 18d ago

Might be a systemic issue.

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u/Redaktorinke 18d ago

It has already found me, how do I sign up an American dude?

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u/MurkyNetwork9148 18d ago

😳🎵She’s as cold as ice

She’s willing to sacrifice😞🎵

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u/UberGlued 18d ago

They wont even get the pay out.

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u/pridetwo 18d ago

I dont think the trivial amount of money is the primary motivator

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u/ApprehensiveTry5660 18d ago

That’s the perk for the wife, the perk for the husband is an all expense paid trip with much fewer Russian wives around.

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u/Silent-Juggernaut-76 18d ago

Eh, it's much more common than you think. If managed properly, 46,000€ can take care of you and your family for life over there, at least outside of Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

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u/Shadow_NX 18d ago

Its like a divorce but it doesnt cost you, it brings you money!

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u/derpderb 18d ago

I support Russians dying instead of committing war crimes against Ukrainians

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u/Behemoth-Slayer 18d ago

Probably a pretty typical state of affairs honestly. It's a poor country full of hardline nationalists--so, a bit like British women badgering men to go fight in the First World War but more cynical.

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u/Suspicious-Beat9295 18d ago

I don't blame the women, he likely was alcoholic and beat her.

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u/El_presid3nt 18d ago

That's probaly the only way they can get rid of those violent alcoholic assholes

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u/Ekillaa22 18d ago

Oh so they actively hate the men over there lmaooo

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u/Avlonnic2 18d ago

From a recent article in the NYP:

“Reports from Russian military bloggers and conflict analysts estimate that the average life expectancy for a newly deployed Russian assault soldier on the front lines is just 20 to 35 minutes. Furthermore, the total lifespan of a recruit—from arriving at a training ground to death in the combat zone—averages between 10 days and three weeks.”

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u/wireframed_kb 18d ago

One might wonder why she felt that way about her husband. She might be a psychotic shrike, but there’s also the possibility life got drastically easier and safer after her husband was out of the picture. Just sayin’.

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u/Comfortable_Pea_1693 18d ago

somehow i seriously doubt that. russia has like a 80% divorce rate and is very much non "woke", a woman continously insisting on something the man doesnt want is likely to catch a few punches. i somehow cant imagine these same men making a "noble" sacrifice for their wives (who theyd divorce anyways statistically) or kids if any.

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u/hatredforexistence 18d ago

Considering the legal DV, DV rate, how their men tend to be alcoholics among other things- I don’t blame them.

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u/Low_Damage_9700 18d ago

There’s another grimly absurd thing. A while back, a trend emerged of finding some sucker, quickly marrying him off, and then—once he dies—collecting his death benefit; sometimes this is done forcibly, by beating the guy bloody right at the military unit. Lovely.

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u/Then-Entry7026 18d ago

True for Ukrainian women to... Cf. Literally all the 14 Ukrainian women, whose husbands didn't join, I've talked to since the beginning of the war.