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Imaginary_Charge7807 t1_j9jaeie wrote

I don't get it. We're supposed to assume that the 50% of Russians who want him dead know that they won't live long enough to piss on his grave and that's why this is a binary choice?

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Scott19M t1_j9jdj84 wrote

The joke is that 100% of Russians want him dead. The 50% who said they want him dead answered honestly. The other 50% lied because they fear the repercussion of saying they want Putin dead out loud will get them killed. KGB bad guys, Russia not safe to speak freely.

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FPSCanarussia OP t1_j9jid1i wrote

The joke is that the first half want to kill him - as in, they want to kill him themselves, consequences be damned. The other half don't want to be arrested for assassinating the President, so they'd rather someone else do it.

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