... am I the only one who had to hit google news to find out what's going on in Ukraine right now?
It's pretty mainstream news if you are in Europe.
I'm in south america and it is on the news too
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#22For the past four days I have been looking at this non-stop streaming channel of the revolution. Really crazy that we can do that nowadays http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-action-spilno-tv
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I only found out yesterday. US news sources are too busy talking about some polar vortex junk.
NPR has been covering pretty decently.
Indeed, and Google News has had headline items for a while. I've heard about it here in the US at least 5x a day for the past few weeks.
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#24... am I the only one who had to hit google news to find out what's going on in Ukraine right now?
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#25Am I the only to find jokes like "What is the ETA for the completion of the revolution?" and "Is there an issue for the revolution? Can we label it as a blocker?" inappropriate?
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#26Am I the only to find jokes like "What is the ETA for the completion of the revolution?" and "Is there an issue for the revolution? Can we label it as a blocker?" inappropriate?
Some people start making fun of everything that does not affect them.
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#27The revolution will have internet access? This I didn't predict.
Heard about the "Arab spring"? [1] That was three years ago.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring#Social_media_and_th...
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#28Am I the only to find jokes like "What is the ETA for the completion of the revolution?" and "Is there an issue for the revolution? Can we label it as a blocker?" inappropriate?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallows_humor
Either that, or they don't understand what a revolution really, truly means for those involved.
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#29Am I the only to find jokes like "What is the ETA for the completion of the revolution?" and "Is there an issue for the revolution? Can we label it as a blocker?" inappropriate?
Yeah. It's an extremely serious situation and there are people who are injured and dead. fre5h's reply was fantastic and darkly funny, but the people trying to turn it into a running gag are being deeply tasteless.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one that did this. I felt like a horrible person for a second! Ha
I suspect that by and large it's the lack of media coverage that's the problem, not the public.
To be fair, the media covered the protests pretty well when it started and there was the possibility of joining the EU and thumbing their noses at Putin... there's just been a bit of typical fatigue on a long-running political story lately.
I just hadn't learned how much it had escalated.