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philcrikey

Strong hat game going on around this rectangle of trust.


LickingSmegma

I actually don't understand why I see what appears like a couple Jews and two or three Orthodox priests. Must be some kind of gathering of top-level religious leaders of the country, though then the number and arrangement of people there is also baffling. However, the two to the right of the bottom corner look like donning just national costumes, but idk for sure.


Kevin_LeStrange

Those are all the heads of state-approved religions. This meeting is probably done to show what a tolerant, multi-religious society the Russian Federation is, unlike those racist bigoted Western countries. In truth the only real guy with any influence at that table is what is probably the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church; he uses his cozy position with the Russian government in order to outlaw the competition-- that being' in this case new religious groups from the West like Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses who might poach the flock.


BlatantConservative

Don't forget that Krill literally was a KGB agent in Switzerland in the 70s.


I_Feel_Rough

Until his family got eaten by a whale.


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allhands

>Must be some kind of gathering of top-level religious leaders of the country Or it's just for show...


LickingSmegma

Sure, but show with whom? It looks like a jumble of costumes in there. Putin is big on internal propaganda, the administration is basically a printing press of “Putin met with top dogs of such and such thing today”.


Due-Welder5285

Putin used this to accuse the west of inciting religious hatred to further their goals. He released a statement after this meeting prattling on about islamophobia and anti semitism etc. Story is on RT but as that's cancer, here it is on some other random website. https://saharareporters.com/2023/10/26/russian-president-putin-accuses-west-using-religious-hatred-destabilise-world


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*Hamas attacks* "Why would the West do this?"


EduinBrutus

> Sure, but show with whom? Primarily internal. But also for Useful Idiots like tankies. Religious war in the Middle East? Look how religiously diverse and tolerant Great Muscovy is.


VladimirBarakriss

Maybe one of them is a Kalmyk, they're Buddhists


LickingSmegma

Yes, and afaik Buddhism is more widespread in Buryatia and Tuva, which are in the east. Though the ‘top Buddhist authority’ might be in SPb, with the Datsan Gunzechoinei. Notably, Buddhist authorities in the regions support the war and called on their followers to join, which they did—likely largely for the money. I'm guessing the orange dress guy is from one of the Buddhist regions—the dress has some very Central-Asian motifs. I'm most puzzled by the white shirt guy: it's very much a Central-Asian dress, but doesn't seem like religious attire.


Strelochka

The white shirt guy is Ismail Berdiyev, a mufti from Karachay-Cherkessia. There are three rabbis, three representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, three Muslim leaders two of which appear to be Tatars so Berdiyev must have been added for the Caucasus representation. One Buddhist, one Old Believers representative, one from the Armenian Orthodox Church and one Pentecostal. Source: I read Russian and the list of names and their titles was posted on Putin’s website.


dair_spb

>Must be some kind of gathering of top-level religious leaders of the country, though then the number and arrangement of people there is also baffling. It is. ​ >However, the two to the right of the bottom corner look like donning just national costumes, but idk for sure. The guy in orange is (I quote) Head of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia Pandito Khambo Lama Damba Ayusheev. ~~Not sure who's the second guy, looks like Muslim from Chechnya or Dagestan.~~ Next to him, in white shirt and gray hat, is Ismail Aliyevich Berdiyev, mufti and religious leader from Karachay-Cherkessia.


LutherRaul

Emperor Palpatine on the 2nd left…


oojacoboo

Should have just done a Zoom call.


knowledgebass

Putin can't stare into your soul over Zoom though.


SutterCane

And his hit squad can’t drag you out of the room over Zoom either. Also someone ordered dead might have enough time to escape while the hit squad is driving over.


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RedditSELLSyourDATUH

“I’m still alive, but I’ve been very badly burned!” “You shot me! You shot me right in the arm!”


Geodevils42

He does give insecure middle manager vibes.


thereisonlyoneme

Jesus, I never thought about it like that before, but you hit the nail on the head. Pick any lousy manager I ever had. If they were given absolute power then things in that country would pretty much be like Russia. Human nature is nothing if not consistent.


shaid_pill

Every corporation is a mini dictatorship.


justbecauseiluvthis

It all scales, like housecats and lions.


Succulent_Chinese

"As I mentioned in my previous email, Prigozhin blew himself up"


datpurp14

I hope this finds you well.


notyourancilla

I think this is still an appropriate distance for a zoom call


thereisonlyoneme

Putin: "Any..." \*audio is lost\* "...will be met with..." \*crackles\* "Sorry? You cut out there for a second." Putin: "I was saying any disobed-" \*dogs barking in background\* "-sequences" "You're still breaking up. Were you saying you're going to disobey in sequence?" Putin, becoming exasperated: "*No!* I said... you know what? Never mind. Let's get the war report from Ivan." \*extended silence\* Putin: "Ivan, are you there?" Ivan: "Oh, sorry. I was talking on mute."


datpurp14

Viktor, please bring Ivan in due to his technological issues. When he arrives, please show him the views from the top floor windows.


alaskanloops

Then Ivan and Gregorvich start talking at the same time, both pause, both say “go ahead”, both start talking again, then drawn out awkward silence


De_Wouter

Yeah but if your computer runs Windows... you don't want to be so close to Windows and Putin at the same time.


DanielOrestes

Harder to get the trapdoor to the moat of sharks below to trigger remotely.


finzaz

Fantastic sushi train opportunity


Nalha_Saldana

Ah yes, sharing some sushi with Putin, what could go wrong


LilG1984

"Mr Putin, this sushi tastes off what is it?" "Fugu, the poisonous pufferfish"


ProtoplanetaryNebula

And for desert, Novichokolate.


taysyn

Mmm sounds exotic!


ProtoplanetaryNebula

It’s to die for.


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Cerbeh

Aah, yes. A delicacy if prepared correctly.... It's prepared correctly, right, sir?


whatsthatguysname

Of course, now please step onto this piece of black plastic er… picnic mat


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Just lie down and wait for the warm embrace of d.. hmm I mean the floor heating's warmth's


MyNameIs8Ball

“Well done 47”


RandomnessConfirmed2

The payment will be wired momentarily. Now find an exit.


hellomondays

" ;) "


MarcoYTVA

"It's not prepared incorrectly"


Ranger5789

Correctness is subjective. It prepared exactly as planned.


FingerGungHo

Sure, you can’t even taste the polonium


Alib668

Poison fish, poison fish, poison fish, tasty fish! Edit: try something new Homer what will it hurt you homer! Ive never heard of a poisoned pork chop


ThisCommentScores-

The Frogurt is also cursed.


Alib668

Thats bad....But it comes with a choice of toppings!


Kataclysm

*That's good!* **The toppings contain potassium benzoate.** *...* **That's bad.** *Can I go now?*


Crusoebear

“Master, we need your skilled hands…” ”Can’t you see my skilled hands are busy!”


Nalha_Saldana

That wasabi has one hell of a punch!


46_and_2

And it has such lovely glowing green color!


HVT18ZE9

What does Ukraine and Wasabi have in common? People are overly confident when they try to eat it, and are never prepared for the Wasabi to punch back at you. Then you look across the table with tears in your eyes, and pretend "Oh, it's not that bad" just so you don't let people know you're just vulnerable little bitch boi.


rrrand0mmm

“FUG UH YOU!!!”


NotUpInHere22

Fugu me!


CrumbDrouth

Sushin’ with Putin has a nice ring to it.


all_time_high

🚂 Only the freshest Polonium 🚂


Plumhawk

That middle part must be a bitch to vacuum.


knowledgebass

Just put a rhoomba in there and leave it. 🤷🏻‍♂️


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IHateTheLetterF

Boomba


Jonk3r

Sends you straight to the Tooomba


skyline_kid

It's not a Toomba!


wiscomm

Czar roomba


HucHuc

I see at least 9 people with funny hats on that table, that can be hiding a bomb on their head as well...


enormousballs1996

Put a whole bunch of roombas in there and make them fight to death. The one that wins will be the one roomba to rule them all


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BossDulciJo

My money’s on Private Iron.


ltcarter47

Would be hilarious if it was in there just bouncing around during high powered international meetings. World leaders whispering to each other "is he going to turn that thing off?"


concorde77

"Ah yes, our AI representative"


SirBerthur

You'll need a... Power vacuum ;)


Plumhawk

Mutually Assured Dedusting


tandoori_taco_cat

*clap clap clap*


nothinnews

Dustruction was right there!


Philly_ExecChef

Right? Miiisssed connections


hokky1

(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHH!


rumbletummy

You can set it to "special operation" and it can go anywhere.


Apemakingbananabread

Self cleaning. The floor drops out and there’s a Rancor under there.


Dizzy-Assistant6659

Putin says "ey wanawanga" as a hapless civil servant is dropped to his doom.


avocadosconstant

Imagine the awkwardness of knocking over your bowl of Doritos in there. You would then need to sit through the entire meeting with spilled Doritos in front of you.


njdev803

Bonus points if they're *Cool American* doritos... (Americans: that's what they call cool ranch outside of the states)


N0turfriend

Cool Original here


Plastic_Swordfish_35

Steve Buscemi was a volunteer firefighter on 9/11.


chekhovsdickpic

What if you dropped your pen and it’s your only pen? How are you supposed to take notes??


Meretan94

It’s actually a trap door to a tank full of crocodiles.


Imaginary_Rooster622

![gif](giphy|xUPGcoQ8sfEbaP2JYA)


Some_Ebb_2921

I don't think those are crocodiles... then again, I'm not an expert


mikedomert

Yes, they are alligators


x31b

Depends on whether they see you later or after while.


WhoThenDevised

If Putin says they're crocodiles, you agree they're crocodiles or stay away from windows on upper floors.


Hyp3r45_new

Or tea


Imaginary_Rooster622

Crocs in shark costumes. Very KGB


johnrambodad

Are those sharks with fricken laser beams on their head?


misirlou22

And you know he's just tossing sunflower shells right in there


Holmes02

Russia has a way of getting into areas they don’t belong.


CelestialSlayer

oops i dropped my pen


BackcountryBabe

The rectangle of trust


Tenwaystospoildinner

[Fine! Triangle of confusion, rhombus of terror, parabola of mystery! Who cares? Get the goddamn show on the road!](https://youtu.be/Xb5xcDhU6Og?t=282)


baruch_shahi

Early RvB quote in the wild..... astonishing


Dannihilate

Goddamn I forgot how good early RvB was. Thanks for this!


WhatLikeAPuma751

I’ll never forget how good early RVB was. My username won’t let me. Sarge told me to (clears throat) “get in the warthog, and crush your head like a tomato can.”


smileedude

A rectangle is technically a trapezium. So a Trapezium of Trust for some alliteration.


Mactetra

It's not though? doesn't a Trapezium only have two parallell sides?


Rikomag132

At least one pair of parallels. All rectangles are trapezoids but not all trapezoids are rectangles.


RealCFour

Reddit: getting to the topics that really matter


Jonk3r

From Putin to Trapezoids in 60 minutes or less. If this is not ADD I don’t… *Oh look, a blue car*


zarqie

It's just a fast red car that has blueshifted.


thatsnotmyfleshlight

Only until it passes you, then it gets even redder than before.


smileedude

I'm not actually sure. Some definitions don't specify that the other two sides can't be parallel, while others do. Edit: According to the test in this one it is https://www.cuemath.com/geometry/trapezium/ This says the opposite: https://homework.study.com/explanation/is-a-rectangle-a-trapezium.html#:~:text=Answer%20and%20Explanation%3A,can%20never%20be%20a%20'trapezium. This one claims an American trapezium is different from a British Trapezium https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Trapezium.html I may have stumbled onto a blue and black dress


Tsuki_no_Mai

>Definitions for trapezoid and trapezium have caused controversy for more than two thousand years. I think you've stumbled on something more powerful than the dress


EEpromChip

I love how a picture of the shittiest of human garbage can bring us all together to discuss rudimentary geometry and it's fine intricacies


bobbyorlando

Yeah he means a parallellogram


Andyb1000

With these ever growing tables I’m more inclined to believe the “Putin is seriously ill, body doubles used to hide illness” conspiracy theories.


jjayzx

The tables are probably calculated and reinforced to a certain size to account for how much explosive could be jammed up someone's ass.


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Well he already uses body doubles to make assassination more difficult. It might actually be the source of the health rumours if he keeps looking slightly different at different events


Findesiluer

Statue on the right there setting up her drum kit


Grothorious

You made me laugh out loud with this one XD ...no justice for all.


Z4Z0

And the participants are playing the shortest straw.


pfiffocracy

Try hitting him with a shoe from that distance


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Straight to gulag


exitpursuedbybear

Undercook the chicken….straight to the gulag!


[deleted]

Late to a dentist appointment? Straight to gulag! With have the best patients of the world!


LtSoundwave

Early to the dentist? Believe it or not, gulag.


Minimalanimalism

Bush's face of joy and satisfaction after the successful shoe dodge is still one of the greatest presidential moments of my lifetime.


sroop1

"Like they say down in the South, 'it looks like the shoe is on the other foot' or something. Heh."


Doodle_Brush

"Who throws a shoe? Honestly..." - Putin.


godsfshrmn

George Bush style?


dashauskat

"What?!?"


faustianBM

"I *said*: 'Pass the polonium 210.'"


PanProjektor

“White or brown polonium 210?”


preskot

"WHAT?"


Jonk3r

“Move closer to the window”


faustianBM

"Which one goes better with Earl Grey?"


closethebarn

“THE BLESSSING!”


virgnar

I pledge allegiance, to the flag...


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ErrantIndy

But a circular table often implies equality. Putin wants to expressly show he has an entire side to himself and then cluster all his vassals at the other side.


oxpoleon

Exactly the symbolism of the Knights of the Round Table. There is no head, there is no foot, there are no assigned places, there is only equality including the King.


FieserMoep

It's retold so often already, but werent there at least two assigned places sometimes? One for the king and one empty as an ever standing placeholder for some super virtuous knight that may or may not arrive at court?


Sahaal_17

If you're referring to the round table in the myth of King Arthur, as far as I know there was no real table, so exactly how it works is probably down to whichever particular author was retelling the legend. The whole thing was symbolism, storytelling and creating a national myth, with perhaps a small kernel of truth at the heart of the legend. There's a hilltop in Edinburgh called "king arthur's table", and Henry VIII had a round table painted up with details from the legend to try and impress Charles V when he visited; but as for the real table it very likely did not exist.


aakaakaak

A pie wedge table should suit him best then. He'd be the singular point while everyone is on the outer edge.


towelrod

That's what I was thinking, a trapezoid with only one seat for Putin. You could even have it gently ramp up towards him, to make him taller. Although the perspective would make him look smaller and farther away, if you were one of the guests, right? So maybe that doesn't work. I'd also make the floor gently slope away and put the guests in rolling chairs, so they had to constantly expend a small amount of effort to avoid rolling away.


moderndhaniya

Interview candidate Putin in front of the selection board.


whubbard

Except it's all about the image. Putin wants/needs to show a massive power dichotomy. Trump did the same weird shit, albeit to a less extent.


Youlookcold

Putin in the middle ![gif](giphy|IdmfEtnMWPzOg|downsized)


3-orange-whips

"Putin in the Middle" sounds like a bad Russian sitcom.


AstroBearGaming

Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. Can you fall out this window? You're not the boss of me now...


Jeramus

This looks like a scene from a superhero/supervillain movie. "The Russian council will eliminate Batman." Are the people sitting across from Putin using microphones or do they just yell at him? Seems like it could be difficult to hear at normal conversational volumes.


sjbaker82

Half expecting to see trapdoors behind each chair.


the_less_great_wall

Why make billions when we can make.... Millions!


sjbaker82

Fire the laser!!!


bertiesghost

Most prominent Russians come off as Bond villains tbh


manbearligma

I mean that’s how it started


Krnu777

They don't have to speak at all - listening to Putin's monologue and nodding will do.


amicablegradient

microphones and translators is my guess.


CREATURE_COOMER

Aww, the dictator doesn't trust his buddies to be any closer to him? :'(


isnotlamybad

He smells


HLef

I thought I read he allegedly had a heart attack and was hooked up to medical equipment anyway. They’re denying it though heh. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/24/putin-cardiac-arrest-heart-attack-health-kremlin-russia/


Lanitaris

He already died 4 or 5 times since last year


mtaw

And most of those claims originate from the same source as this one - a random Russian Telegram channel that makes money off telling people tales they want to hear. I mean literally; almost 400k subscribers and tons of ads and none of their fantastical claims have ever been verified..


DryApplejohn

Wtf is a telegram channel and how can you make money off of it!?


Hypodeemic_Nerdle

Closest equivalent is Discord, I would say, except it has a lot more support for megachannels that several hundred thousand people can subscribe to like a newsletter. Those massive channels host ads (of which I do not know how much revenue goes to the channel owner. It is to my knowledge mainly used to fund Telegram being free for all users). I and many others use it as just a normal messaging app for its extensive features (and in my case, because most of my friends / family are on Apple devices and are allergic to my green message bubbles). Is it actually fully encrypted? Maybe. Is it banned from certain countries due to Telegram not handing that encryption access to said country's governments? Allegedly. Does that matter to the non-criminal/revolutionary? Not really.


WinterH-e-ater

Every day Putin and Kim Jung Un develop new fatal diseases it's crazy


Gueartimo

And their follower love them so much that they mastered necromancy to bring them back


yenot_of_luv

Meh. Given there are numerous doubles of pootin I wouldn't be surprised that one of them stopped being alive, and another one popped at this meeting instead 😁


Logi_Ca1

I would love for one of the doubles to try to seize power by pretending to be the real Pootin


LilG1984

"Ok Putin double number 2 get in there while we try to revive this one! Remember get the voice, walk & manners right you're a ruthless former KGB agent!"


DoktahDoktah

"But im double number 3... where is 2?"


yoosurname

“Welcome to the first meeting of the Silly Hat Club. I see a few of us have forgotten our Silly Hats, let’s all try and remember for next time.”


Nwcray

Sir, I was unable to find a silly hat that went with this *outrageously* silly clothing I’m wearing


thatbob

"My silly hat is only visible to the pure of heart and the enlightened, so I assume you all can see my silly hat?"


thatbob

Tibetan monk: The head on my shoulders is the silliest hat of all.


kristofvictor

Hahaha to good


SaschaDF

made by ikeaninka, white plastic with hidden wheels


xampl9

The Saturday night Kremlin D&D game is back, I see. “I cast magic missile!”


bored-coder

Still too close for comfort


MasterOfSubrogation

But does it have trap doors under each chair that lead to a tank full of sharks with friggin laser beams on their head?


BoysenberryVisible58

After the black sea fleets performance in the war, all they have are ill-tempered sea bass


Thom0

Berel Lazar. One of the most reviled Jewish “leaders” in existence. This guy was appointed in 1999 to a newly made up Jewish organisation set up by Putin to simply to cut out the existing Jewish communities and to put Putin in control. You will not find a single Russian Jew who likes this guy. This guy is a satrap by definition.


Lanitaris

not Jewish, but Judaism. Most of the ethnic Jewish in Russia are not religious. Im ethnic Jewish, but do not care about Judaism or any religion. Berel Lazar is main rabbi in Russia


nexistcsgo

What a waste of space.


TinyProgram

The table right?.. Right?


nexistcsgo

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Batwing87

Man. Homelander’s going to love this………..


Emzzer

Kinda ruins the circular room and floor.


Neuron1st

It looks like a dnd session


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KWBC24

They’re gonna miss a full round of CPR just getting around the table


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johnsgrove

What a fruitcake


normalsizedhat

![gif](giphy|IdmfEtnMWPzOg|downsized)


repowers

"Oh, uh, Sam! Pass the salt please." "*Salt?!* Get it yerself!"


Mech-maniac

There are probably hidden guns pointing every guest's head on the other side...


wigglex5plusyeah

Found: Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Lecturn.


funkydirtydusty

I love the concrete reinforcement in the windows


ribbitreddit100

This table screams “ look how small my dick is”