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Matchanu t1_j9tw9hn wrote

I know this conflict is still VERY real and unfolding, but watching the invasion happen in real time over social media was so surreal.

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KaiserToster t1_j9u9mk3 wrote

I remember that day very well. Which is weird considering my memory is so bad that I don't remember what I was doing 2 days ago LOL

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Awwesome1 t1_j9ubn7y wrote

Major world moment. Shapes the course we're on. All of us, and we're just spectators, some of us actors.

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TheIntrepid1 t1_j9wvqrz wrote

“We are but Kings or Pawns…” a man once said.

“…Emperors, and fools.”

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yugosaki t1_j9vbwjx wrote

Our brain most strongly remembers novel experiences. If you've done the same thing over and over again it all kind of blends together, but something new sticks out. This is also why time seems to pass more quickly as you get older, you're having less novel experiences.

Watching the invasion realtime is something none of us have experienced before and was really stressful for most people. It was also smack in the middle of a time where most people had really boring day-to-day lives due to pandemic restrictions, so it REALLY sticks out.

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Osiris32 t1_j9w5at9 wrote

Watching traffic cameras all across northern Ukraine, seeing tank columns roll through real time. And then the cameras started to shut off, one after the other.

It was a fucking weird period of time. And not a terribly happy one.

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spartaman64 t1_j9ulitk wrote

yep i was following a osint discord and someone said 3 hours before the invasion that a russian minister leaked that the invasion was going to start at 3am. and then at 3:12am ukraine time someone else pointed out that theres heavy traffic on google maps at the ukraine border

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johndavismit t1_j9vob1a wrote

Was this an osint discord related to the invasion, or more of a general osint discord?

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spartaman64 t1_j9vp1xt wrote

General osint but they had a channel dedicated to the invasion

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TheOnlyKnight t1_j9undyk wrote

I remember staying up on my phone the night of Feb 23rd. I got notifications that tanks were rolling minutes after it started. I was probably one of the first few thousand people outside of the region to hear about it, which astounds and scares me.

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xmsxms t1_j9vacoq wrote

Plenty of people in other timezones didn't have to stay up

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