“There are efforts to curb Russia’s incursion on the border of Ukraine, which has teetered on the brink of open conflict. Because war is bad for business and also human life, every country is trying everything that they can to talk Russia down from its invasion plans, including the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, who met with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday.
People had high hopes for this meeting. Because the French and the Russians, they have a lot in common. For example, both have disgusting salad dressings named after them. But despite this commonality, the meeting did not go well. After five hours of tense negotiations at the Kremlin, talks of de-escalation appeared to fail, and Macron warned that ‘the risk of destabilization is increasing.’
But did you notice the biggest thing in the room: Putin’s massive white meeting table, was was over 20 feet long. Why are they sitting so far apart? I’ve been in zoom meetings where I’m sitting closer to the other person. Why do you even have a table so big? Did you see that thing? Maybe Putin isn’t trying to take over Ukraine because he’s evil – maybe he just needs space for his giant fucking furniture.
Apparently the reason for this distance is because they want to make sure that everyone is safe. And I’m not talking about Covid; I’m talking about Putin. Yeah, if he wants to kill you, at least with this table he’s got to catch an Uber to get to your end.” —Trevor Noah
https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2022/02/1001-ways-to-make-america-great-and.html
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