Oh hey we’re in the exact same boat! My parents are from Russia too and moved to Germany about 20 years ago. If the bureaucracy here wasn’t that slow, they would have had citizenship by now and 100% both voted AfD.

We never had a decent relationship and I’m not concerned about preserving anything, so the goal is to just fully cut all contact at some point 🤷
Until then, I just act ignorant whenever they bring up politics (like literally pretending to not know who Trump is, because “what, why would I pay attention to niche american politics, they’re literally an ocean away??”).
Works pretty well, sometimes it even does make them retrospect about why they would care so much about seemingly random topics (because Russian propaganda channels train them to react to specific buzzwords).
Ultimately, I don’t think they would ever change into better people and any energy put into changing their minds would be better used somewhere else.

Sooo… does someone have the link on where to donate?

Can’t tell, must be some sort of japanese animal. Tanuki?

Dang, your Adderall keeps you awake? If I even look at a cozy sofa after taking mine I get smitten down by a mandatory 4 hour nap

naah fuck that, I think the internet should go back to being as unregulated and wild as possible

New Year’s was always my favorite holiday because I loved setting things on fire, but apparently I’m the kind of person now that gets a panic attack from the loud explosions. It sucks man