Murrmurr
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- Sacramento, California
It's hard to watch Dan and other Russian youtubers complaining about or dismissing the closure of businesses like Ikea and McDonalds while their Ukrainian neighbors are fighting and dying, losing all their worldly goods, and in some cases even their children. I understand that a huge majority of the Russian people are uninformed, but it's still repugnant.I tried to watch the video Dan sent you but it was not!!! created for people with visually triggered migraines.
I did, however, watch his video about companies leaving Russia. The video begins as he and his wife are driving to a mall. He starts by saying: "Today we are going to show you what brands or companies are leaving Russia or have already left our country. We don't watch news, we don't know about this, just people in Russia, they said that some companies have left or are leaving our country. And we're going to see this by our eyes." ...He's really dumbing it down compared to his OP message to you... He's playing to a different audience on youtube ...the ones he calls 'Adorables'
On into the video, they're in the mall and stop at each closed store where there's a standard mall placard that says something like "This store is temporarily closed..." He films inventory still visible through the windows of each of the stores. Based on the "temporarily closed" message on the placards and the merchandise still in stores, he ends up by saying the companies are hypocrites ...that they haven't really left Russia but are waiting "on something."Then he asks: "What they waiting? It is the key question." He's very indignant at this point, looking straight into the camera. Then goes on to say the stores will be replaced by Russian companies.
That's the last video I'll watch since each click on a youtuber's video earns them money.
I sent Dan an *informative* email and he wrote back "My friend, you must not talk about this kind [of] things. This can make very serious troubles for me and for my family. ... We love you."
I sent him my love and told him I will write again when the "troubles" are over. We've always only written each other 3 to maybe 5 times a year, on holidays or other special occasions, so I'm sure he was cool with that. Plus a lot of their internet messenger services are supposed to be shut down soon.