Ukraine invasion

[Rabulias]

Never bet against the guy who cut his chops working, and commanding a spy organization.

Yeah. Musk wins the match but is later found dead in the locker room, of no obvious cause....

 

[Ryujin]

Yeah. Musk wins the match but is later found dead in the locker room, of no obvious cause....

More likely drops dead in the ring, apparently from the breeze of a near miss punch.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I dunno. Putin is 71 years old, and Musk is 50. Musk claims to have some martial arts training (as does Putin). A judo match might be a thing. (Relative) youth vs experience.

Edited to add: More than likely this is just a way for Musk to get PR and keep his name in the news. :-/

Musk's "martial arts" training is at a dojo. Putin's is probably from killing people with his bare hands. Youth and reach is definitely in Musk's favor, but I don't think it would beat Putin's killer instinct. Besides, Putin would probably have him poisoned before the match started, like a true pro.

(Tongue is firmly in cheek in this conversation, I hope everyone knows! Also: You beat me to it.)

 

[Sacrosanct]

Musk is an idiot. He would lose. Badly, and quickly. There's a big difference between practicing in your dojo or for competition and practicing to kill. Putin would be ruthless and go for the throat, engaging in "dirty" maneuvers that you don't learn in a dojo.

It would be like all those guys in the first year of UFC who thought they were tough guys because they were karate black belts or ninjas (yes, there was a ninjitsu guy), and went up against street fighting grapplers. Rude awakening is an understatement.

 

[J.Quondam]

Musk should have challenged Putin to a "trampoline" race to the moon instead. A little reminder of the collapse of the once-vaunted Russian space program might warm Putin's heart.

 

[JEB]

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[Imaculata]

What part of Poland are you in? On another site the Polish poster is right near the border and an airfield. He's said that it's been busy since the "special military operation" started.

I'm in the Netherlands, but some of my Ukrainian colleagues are in Odessa.

 

[Mannahnin]

Musk is an idiot. He would lose. Badly, and quickly. There's a big difference between practicing in your dojo or for competition and practicing to kill. Putin would be ruthless and go for the throat, engaging in "dirty" maneuvers that you don't learn in a dojo.

It would be like all those guys in the first year of UFC who thought they were tough guys because they were karate black belts or ninjas (yes, there was a ninjitsu guy), and went up against street fighting grapplers. Rude awakening is an understatement.

6'1" or so vs. 5'7", 50 vs 71 is a major physical difference, and who knows how long Putin's been out of actual practice. He may be as much degraded in operational effectiveness as his army. Those karateka weren't getting beat up by septuagenarians.

Impossible to really know for sure who would have the edge, as it's in Putin's interest to maintain his mythology even if hasn't actually grappled in years.

Still silly as hell of Musk to try to arrogate to himself the role of Ukraine's champion.

 

[Zardnaar]

I'm in the Netherlands, but some of my Ukrainian colleagues are in Odesa.

I worked with some Russians via Odessa.

Joke (via r/Ukraine).

Alexei "Hey Sergey are we invading Odessa today"? Sergey: "Shut up Alexei and keep swimming"!

 

[Morrus]

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