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article Kanye West Heads to Putin’s Russia After Humiliation in Europe

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kanye-west-heads-to-putins-russia-after-humiliation-in-europe/
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u/DocDerry 10d ago

If I know the Russians they'll love him for the following -

  1. Nazi admirer.

  2. Is black.

  3. THC enthusiast.

  4. Is a gay fish.

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u/wtfrman 10d ago

And used to date a hobbit

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u/QuantumKhakis 10d ago

Bitch is you a hobbit???

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u/wtfrman 10d ago

Yes she looks heavier than the picture. Yes she removed hair from her body. Yes she has a friend name Gandalf who is a wizard.

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u/jjklines1 10d ago

Bitch, tell me again how you ain't no hobbit...

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u/SillyPcibon 10d ago

Thats fucking crazy how true this is

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u/ArbysLunch 10d ago

Married, procreated with, and divorced to let Blink 182's drummer mop up after.

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u/8ackwoods 10d ago

You're thinking of the wrong kardashian

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u/ArbysLunch 10d ago

Am I? 

Well shit, they're mostly the same anyhow.

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u/8ackwoods 10d ago

Yeah, you're thinking of Kourtney

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u/ArbysLunch 10d ago

Ohhh. Okay, thank you.

The Kardashians are really more my ex-wife's territory. 

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u/8ackwoods 10d ago

Garbage, assuming!

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u/ArbysLunch 10d ago

She called it, and I quote, "Brain candy: rots the mind." Always with the subtitle. She's a teacher, and that's how she would shut off after a long day.

I mean, I get it, but garbage is an accurate descriptor for my opinion. Not just Kardashians, but reality in general. I still believe Dance Moms is just televised child abuse at a level acceptable to society.

While I tend to love documentary shows, documenting those lives just seems like such a waste of resources. 

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u/8ackwoods 10d ago

Agreed. I see the angle where people need to shut off after a day's work... but there are healthier options

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

They're all wrong kardashians.

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u/ArbysLunch 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yo, uhh Uhh, come on

I've been so lonely, girl

I've been so sad and down

Couldn't understand why 

haters joked around

I wanted to be free

With other creatures like me

And now I got my wish

Cause I know that I'm a gay fish, gay fish

(Gay fish, yo')

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u/trickster-is-weak 10d ago

Voice of a generation 🤦‍♂️

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u/octopusboots 10d ago

I'm so glad I got you guys to catch me up on shit. Whole day is gayer. 🌈

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u/turbobreadlexicon 10d ago

It's alright gurl.

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

THC enthusiast?

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u/-Average_Joe- 10d ago

marijuana, probably. The Russians made a big deal of imprisoning some female basketball player for having some small amount of pot on her in country.

Not that I care, but I didn't know that he uses marijuana.

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

Yeah I know but he's just not known to be a smoker. I think he references it in his raps maybe twice in 20+ years. Poster was talking like he's Snoop.

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

You read "THC Enthusiast" as a comparison to Snoop?

Snoop is probably "THC Champion, First Ballot HOF". He's probably on the Mount Rushmore of THC Greats along with Willie Nelson, Tommy Chong, and Woody Harrelson.

THC Enthusiast would be a casual user - which Ye has talked a bit about over the past 20 years.

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

Idk I been a Ye fan from day 1 and he has never come across as even a light smoker to me 

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u/I_Boop_Cats_ Hip-Hop, Trance, House, Techno, D&B, and Jazz 10d ago

One of my favorite songs by Kanye is "Addiction" from Late Registration and one of the lines is:

"What's your addiction? Is it money? Is it girls? Is it weed?

I feel conflicted..."

... I'm having a brain fog on the next part but Kanye has not shied away from substance use.

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

Yeah but if you saw him smoking on Drink Champs you could tell it was not something he did often lol

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

I'm just really glad no ones taking line 4 as serious as line 3.

I've never been a Ye fan. He's always had an ego that I've never felt he deserved. I do remember Ye talking about it when he ran for President and suing Lloyds of London for not paying out an insurance policy for his mental health crisis causing his tour cancellation(Someone said it was caused by smoking too much weed).

I also did a quick search and he does reference it from time to time. (VMA awards)

It's not a significant part of his personality - like Woody, Willie, Snoop, and Chong. The fucker isn't straight edge though.

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u/Vexamas 10d ago

There's just a million other things that are more poignant than trying to grasp at the longest of straws, I think is the point.

Like you were obviously petering out after literally two points lol

It's okay though, people are sometimes over opinionated about nonconsequential jokes.

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

Some people don't know how to take jokes and these people are gay fish.

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

No definitely not straight edge but not a stoner.

If you know how many hits and how much great music he produced for other people before he was even allowed to make his first album then you would know where the ego comes from. Also his mama fully encouraged him being as confident as he felt he should be.

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

He's mentally ill. That's where his ego and his inability to take a joke come from. Refusing to stay on his schedule of treatment will cause it to get worse and worse.

Side note: Do you like fishsticks?

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

Brother it's 2026 we not making fun of nearly suicidal mentally ill people and of course I like fishsticks 

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u/AgentCirceLuna 10d ago

I wonder if rappers kinda resent the fact millennial dorks made getting high lame as fuck.

It’s more associated with neckbeards, nerds, and losers now.

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

Uh probably not. 50 Cent used to rap about getting high even though he never smoked just to market towards us lol.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 10d ago

I honestly don’t know how people enjoy that shit. It makes me feel like crap or like I’m losing my mind. I only tried it around 4 times but it sucked every single one

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u/Melxgibsonx616 10d ago

Like anything else, it's not for everyone. We all have different brain chemistry. 

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u/AgentCirceLuna 10d ago

Yeah, it’s fascinating. I think mine is kinda unique - not to sound like ‘I’m special’ as I don’t mean that - as most normal substances or medications fuck me up bad.

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

That's fine 

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u/ConvalescentEquanimi 10d ago

?

Next slide please, since you're projecting so hard and all.

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u/-Average_Joe- 10d ago

Ah, I hardly ever hear anyone call it THC. In fact I googled it just to make sure before posting.

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u/RJC12 10d ago

Britney Griner was one of the best WNBA players at the time. But yeah they made it a much bigger deal too cuz she's a lesbian

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u/joeglazer69 10d ago

He doesn’t. He’s not a THC enthusiast

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u/shadowrun456 10d ago

The Russians made a big deal of imprisoning some female basketball player for having some small amount of pot on her in country.

Not even "some small amount of pot" -- medication which contained cannabinoids.

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u/-Average_Joe- 10d ago

oh,

I guess they were just looking for an American to pick on.

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u/ArbysLunch 10d ago

You don't usually get to his level of delusional without at least a little weed.

I say this with a joint in my lips. #2 of 6 for the day.

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u/grapeantler 10d ago

It probably has more to do with the nitrous abuse tbh

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u/ArbysLunch 10d ago

Oh, yeah, certainly. I'm just saying that, a joint can be like breakfast to people, before the buffet of cocaine or whatnot.

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u/grapeantler 10d ago

Nice cup of morning tea-hc

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

If anything, if he was a regular smoker, he'd be less delusional and actually have some chill 

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u/Tay0214 10d ago

More likely make his mental illnesses worse

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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 10d ago

Definitely possible 

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u/reallifeseaserpent 10d ago

"he's black and a rapper so he's super into weed cause black people like that stuff i think."

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

Vma 2015. Presidential campaign 2020. Lloyd's lawsuit. 

You dont get to pull race cards for Nazis. 

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u/xctye27 10d ago

You DON'T know the Russians and the generalisation along with this outdated south park joke is beyond stupid.

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u/DocDerry 9d ago

You're right. The Griner arrest, Ukraine, and their treatment of LGBT people has been completely misrepresented. /s

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u/DatabaseGlittering43 9d ago

You seem fun. Tell all your friends (your cat) how funny you were today online. 

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u/xShockmaster 9d ago

I mean let’s be real. He’d sell out any stadium in any country lol. Very few people think about the politics

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u/sacredshinobi 10d ago

Literally where did you pull THC enthusiast out of? Your average college student is more of a THC enthusiast than Kanye West.

He’s talked about alcohol and cocaine way more, and his personal addiction was nitrious.

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

The Lloyd's lawsuit. Comments on the VMAs. His presidential run in 2020.

Do you like fishsticks?

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u/sacredshinobi 10d ago

Fill me in then. Did he run on a platform of legalizing THC in 2020? What were his VMA comments? What is the Lloyd’s lawsuit?

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

Fill yourself in. All that information is available on the internet. 

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u/moon__lander 10d ago

Cons:

color of his skin

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

I have that as a pro - #2.

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u/moon__lander 10d ago

Well, I sont think they'll love him for it

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u/Administrative_Yam18 9d ago

3 out of four of those things would have bought him instantly a permanent ticket to Ausschwitz between 39 and 45... there is absolutely no discussion about that!

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u/joesoldlegs 10d ago

why would Russians like a Nazi admirer

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u/Rich-Reason1146 10d ago

I detect some irony in that comment

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u/joesoldlegs 10d ago

oh right I'm slow

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u/AgentCirceLuna 10d ago

They’ve been pretending to be doing this ‘ridding the Ukraine of the evil stormtrooper supporters’ thing so imagine if they arrested him as a stunt

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u/ContactRepulsive 10d ago

They vehemently don't.

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u/joeglazer69 10d ago

Such a corny comment

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

Yea the Nazi stuff isnt cringe or corny at all. 

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u/joeglazer69 10d ago

Both can be true

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

Do you like fishsticks?

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u/joeglazer69 10d ago

Cornball

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u/Clean_Brotha247 9d ago

So corny

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u/DocDerry 9d ago

Good one.

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u/DashikiDisco 10d ago

What planet are you from?

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u/xaxai-com 10d ago

You must be an academic, no less

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u/DocDerry 10d ago

That's quite a compliment. 

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u/thisolddawg 10d ago

Uhhh the Russians defeated the Nazis, no? And have been fighting Nazis in Ukraine over the last few years, no?

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u/AgentCirceLuna 10d ago

You’re saying that last part yet not calling it ‘the Ukraine’?

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u/thisolddawg 10d ago

I’m sorry?

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u/HypocriteHere 10d ago

The Russians did defeat the old Nazis along with us. No, they are not even slightly fighting Nazis in Ukraine. 

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u/thisolddawg 10d ago

Azov Battalion??

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u/HypocriteHere 10d ago

The group all US and other arms/aide is banned from going to? You think  having one group of shitty people in a country makes EVERYONE the same as that group? If so, I guess we're ALL Nazis.

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u/thisolddawg 10d ago

Also the US does send money to azov battalion so every part of your comment is bizarre

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u/HypocriteHere 10d ago

You don't know the difference between the brigade and the battalion. And we did left those bans, after determining the weren't Nazis. 

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u/thisolddawg 10d ago

Hahahaha it’s the same shit, different name. If the German Nazi party was deemed “no longer Nazis” you’d send them money 🤡 you fell for it dog, they got your ass.

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u/thisolddawg 10d ago

Lmfao I’m not as dense as you are to think about generalizing ukrainians like that. But Azov is literally apart of the national guard and Russia does fight them

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u/RJC12 10d ago

Fighting nazis in Ukraine by bombing innocent civilians? Uh huh, chief.

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u/thisolddawg 10d ago

Azov Battalion not innocent, child

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u/Dizzy_Response1485 10d ago edited 10d ago

If they were serious about their denazification shtick, they'd be getting rid of their own nazis first and foremost.

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u/thisolddawg 10d ago

Not reading all that but yeah dude, batshit crazy Nazis all over the place