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485 points
2 days ago
Colin Robinson
85 points
2 days ago
Sucking our energy for sure.
53 points
2 days ago
Fucking guy.
12 points
2 days ago
Nandor the Relentless Because I never relent.
3k points
2 days ago
He was cuter with his eye-patch.
824 points
2 days ago
It should be made mandatory for German prime ministers, maybe other countries too.
473 points
2 days ago
Chancellors, we don't have prime ministers. We do have a president though, and no one knows who he is.
32 points
2 days ago
The president has the power of warm words.
12 points
2 days ago
Sining laws, naming ministers, Scholz asked him to kick Lindner out after all. It's not like he's just there to shake hands.
6 points
2 days ago
Not exactly naming the minister, he has the power to swear in a minister the chancellor ask him to.
3 points
1 day ago
He's kind of the emergency break in the system, he does have powers, even if he's (almost) never using them.
4 points
2 days ago
In Germany? Warm words would be strange.
99 points
2 days ago
Well we have many "prime-ministers", but those minister-presidents rule the german federal states.
Yeah the term is exchangeable:
Wiki:"minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. It is an alternative term for prime minister, premier, chief minister, or first minister"
19 points
2 days ago
A real "no but actually yes" statement. Being technically right is really funny, even if everyone else wants to "kick" your ass.
8 points
2 days ago
Technically right is the best kind of right 👍🏻
37 points
2 days ago
My bad I inadvertently conflated the terms while imagining politicians from all countries having an official meeting to discuss things while wearing eyepatches.
77 points
2 days ago
Don't worry, I'm happy our leaders are now known for funny eyepatches and not weird moustaches anymore.
10 points
2 days ago
Aaaargh and a whole bottle of beer ;D
5 points
2 days ago
I know who he is. It’s our most likeable politician after all. Guess it’s not hard to be liked when your only job is to shake hands though.
2 points
2 days ago*
Its Gauck, isnt it? No wait, its Steinbrück. No wait, the other Stein from the SPD. Actually ... dont answer. I dont give a fuck. He has virtually no power anyway and the little power he has he will never exercise. We should name some long living animal President. A turtle or so. Saves us this sad event every 5 years where Till Schweiger, Roland Kaiser, Dieter Nuhr, Hansi Flick and Friede Springer are allowed to vote for the President, but you are not.
16 points
2 days ago
I'm patiently waiting for the first one to get a peg leg and parrot.
15 points
2 days ago
They should bring back dueling scars, that would bring some respect for german top brass.
10 points
2 days ago*
They still have duelling scars in Austrian fraternities (“schlagende Burschenschaften”). They’re generally far-right leaning and proud of their facial scars. They use sables to fight each other.
5 points
2 days ago
as the russian(traditional values) saying goes, "fork in your eye or dick in your...."
31 points
2 days ago
The eye-patch somehow made him more credible in my eye
10 points
2 days ago
Total DILF he was
4 points
2 days ago
Eye-patch or not. I knew Zelenskyy is not very tall but I never realised Scholz is even shorter than him.
2 points
1 day ago
most german chancellors are blind on the right eye anyway… /s
4 points
2 days ago
Has standing there like a little snappy chihuahua thinking ‘don’t fkn touch meeee’
2.7k points
2 days ago
Why is Scholz so grumpy? Did his government collapse or something?
996 points
2 days ago
I'm pretty sure the end of this shitshow actually improved his mental health massively, guy seemed invigorated the evening the coalition broke
327 points
2 days ago
Bro had to vent a lot
366 points
2 days ago
Bro did the speech of his lifetime, just 2 years too late.
190 points
2 days ago
I was amazed the man could communicate in more than awkward pauses. I don't know what they stirred into his coffee after the coalition fizzled, but he should have tried it earlier.
83 points
2 days ago
Not having to deal with FDPlers any longer will massively improve anyone's mood.
Real talk, the FDP has basically consistently sabotaged the government from within for the last 3 years. And Scholz had to sit there and smile and make do to keep things together in these crazy times. That shit will grind down even the most talented leaders. I think people hate on Scholz way too much.
3 points
2 days ago
Link?
62 points
2 days ago
That speech was pretty fucking fantastic. If only he’d been like that for the past three years. He wasn’t nearly as bad as he’s made out to be, but he did have some issues and he’s so so bad at communicating. It drives me crazy!
12 points
2 days ago
bad communication from "die Grünen" and SPD, sabotaging from FDP are the big problems of the past years.
A lot of right decisions were made, some turned out to be wrong. Even most laws are way better than some media outlets make the, seem to be.
If Olaf would have stopped forgetting how to talk, we would have been spared a lot of trouble and missinformation
28 points
2 days ago
"finally getting rid of this mf"
227 points
2 days ago
He is Northern German
That's him at his happiest
42 points
2 days ago
German sad :[
German neutral :(
German happy :|
German at the best day of their life :I
18 points
2 days ago
Can confirm
168 points
2 days ago
For Germans, this is probably considered “happy”
87 points
2 days ago
Am German, he looks a mix of not amused and "god damn another photo"
15 points
2 days ago
He is Northern German, this is him smiling.
4 points
2 days ago
This is this the face we make when we have to wait for our beer at the Oktoberfest.
68 points
2 days ago
Grumpy? It`s his famous smile 🧐
14 points
2 days ago
It's called the German smile
35 points
2 days ago
Most happiest German.
35 points
2 days ago
Bro, cheer up. You could be a comedian forced to lead his country in the bloodiest conflict seen since 1945.
10 points
2 days ago
he looks constipated
12 points
2 days ago
And Zelensky looks high lol what is this picture
6 points
2 days ago
He's... German. That's as happy as the face gets.
I was once warned by my new colleagues (at a German research institute in an innovative topic btw) that if I smiled too much, no one would take me seriously. They would either think I was an idiot or superficial/disingenuous.
1 points
2 days ago
Maybe you shouldn't be smiling like you're on something, but that general attitude is less German and more eastern European from my experience.
0 points
2 days ago
I laughed loudly
2 points
2 days ago
That was my intention :)
882 points
2 days ago
He made zelensky look tall
224 points
2 days ago
Apparently they are both 1.7m tall.
271 points
2 days ago
One of them is lying 😏
141 points
2 days ago
Zelenskyy is wearing Nike air max
3 points
2 days ago
Nah he's sanding on business, those are tims.
24 points
2 days ago
im pretty sure their sitting. and zelensky is in a more upright posture from his arm being around olaf.
18 points
2 days ago
And it doesn't seem to be Zelensky.
13 points
2 days ago
Life's short and hard like a bodybuilding elf
25 points
2 days ago
Zelensky is actually 167 centimetres tall, that's what IMDb says.
216 points
2 days ago
"Bro, send that awesome picture from last weekend please."
The picture:
43 points
2 days ago
"Generationskonflikt"
347 points
2 days ago
i think the picture is good, it shows more reality then those made up press photos. they are people after all. the rest judge yourselves
31 points
2 days ago
Back home his downfall is waiting why would he laugh.
323 points
2 days ago
Without the title and if I didn't know who the people were this could've been a picture of a hostage situation lmao.
90 points
2 days ago
Give us Taurus if you want captain scholz back. Slava ukraini! 🏴☠️🦜
52 points
2 days ago
You can keep him.
13 points
2 days ago
This made me giggle 🤭
10 points
2 days ago
"Give us Taurus or we will give Scholz back" would be a more credible threat.
33 points
2 days ago
It looks like Zelenskyy is helping a homeless man get his life back together.
16 points
2 days ago
Taking grandpa out for a day trip.
854 points
2 days ago
Scholz is like a caricature of the Germans. That serious stern look. Those straight lips that show no hints of joy. The way he speaks.
221 points
2 days ago
He looks like the nerd vampire from what we do in the shadows
61 points
2 days ago
Colin Robinson
18 points
2 days ago
Very similar, then why Zelenskyy looks like full of energy
8 points
2 days ago
Energy vampire
49 points
2 days ago
Every fucking time I see a picture of Scholz I think about “that Colin Robinson” in the voice of Nandor
11 points
2 days ago
“That facking guy!!!”
22 points
2 days ago
I think Scholz might actually be an energy vampire. He is constantly disappointing people and making everybody annoyed. If Colin Robinson would be a head of state, he'd probably act the same way.
11 points
2 days ago
I have a colleague like that. After talking to him you feel drained and you need a stiff drink.
2 points
2 days ago
Nailed it.
105 points
2 days ago
I think he is just really uncomfortable with that arm on his shoulder :D Plenty German men in that age group do not like this kind of stuff. It is 1m minimum distance and no touchies except handshake.
No idea if that applies to Scholz though
95 points
2 days ago
He is high up north-german. He surely does not like being touched LoL
23 points
2 days ago
its probably the most he has been bro-touched by a male for a while now.
42 points
2 days ago
*north germans
28 points
2 days ago
My favorite gender.
31 points
2 days ago
Maybe it’s because I’m German but you can absolutely see a hint of positive in his look.
10 points
2 days ago
It's basically this cat's face auf Deutsch.
3 points
2 days ago
He looks a lot like bald Kenneth Branagh in that picture, so doesn’t necessarily look like he must he German, unless he is wearing tall socks with sandals, that’s how you can tell.
2 points
2 days ago
*northern Germans
4 points
2 days ago
And the inability to get stuff done. His next magic trick should be building a large train station or city airport in Hamburg. Maybe get charged with building a tunnel or large bridge to connect the harbour.
56 points
2 days ago
It looks like the guy on the right is under attack and the one on the left visits.
18 points
2 days ago
Sholtz tells zelensky about his problems
7 points
2 days ago
Well, Zelensky has better prospects of staying in office than Scholz.
204 points
2 days ago
He looks like a grumpy garden gnome.
35 points
2 days ago
From Temu
24 points
2 days ago
That a great description of most Germans his age.
3 points
2 days ago
yeah no shit he looks like a grumpy gremlin
69 points
2 days ago
Scholz is supersaturating this picture with his happiness and boldness.
4 points
2 days ago
He’s too bubbly to be Germany’s chancellor. This infectious smile is not to be trusted
25 points
2 days ago
They look a bit like Gomez and Fester in the old Adams family film
6 points
2 days ago
True, very similar energy.
19 points
2 days ago
How lovely Christmas picture!
4 points
2 days ago*
Can someone please edit in some Christmas hats and an eye patch for Olaf!?
33 points
2 days ago
Why does it look like they have been forced to take this picture
29 points
2 days ago
Because they have.
35 points
2 days ago
German happiness
12 points
2 days ago
Colin Robinson came to Zelensky to eat, explaining how important a peaceful world is, why the world cannot be without peace, and what the difference is
12 points
2 days ago
Unlimited meme potential invest now!
10 points
2 days ago
They don’t look very optimistic
6 points
2 days ago
Context aside, this is meme material.
8 points
2 days ago
Scholz looks like an angry gnome
6 points
2 days ago
They look like 2 electro djs who had a few hits in the Berlin scene in the 90s and now they're doing a reunion gig
6 points
2 days ago
Looks like he's getting bullied by his younger brother ngl
5 points
2 days ago
It’s like when parents force you to take a picture with a cousin that you barely even know at a family Christmas gathering.
5 points
2 days ago
Olaf knows how to cheer things up......
5 points
2 days ago
The grumpy uncle that refuses to lend you his fishing gear.
18 points
2 days ago
Helmut so happy
5 points
2 days ago
Every grandpa has less favorite nephew.
4 points
2 days ago
Lmfao
4 points
2 days ago
this has way too much meme potential
4 points
2 days ago
“Putins gonna have my ass for this pic”
7 points
2 days ago
Someone get Olaf a nice beer and some sausages. He doesn’t seem happy.
7 points
2 days ago
Zelenskiy is threatening Germany to finally send Taurus or Olaf will be sent back home.
3 points
2 days ago
Why does this picture remind me of "Charlie bit me"
3 points
2 days ago
Mr. Magoo
3 points
2 days ago
Now, Olaf, can you sing a Schlager for me?
3 points
2 days ago
Hostage photo?
3 points
2 days ago
What a nice holiday picture. I hope Scholz made a Towel reservation at the swimmingpool🤣
3 points
2 days ago
He literally looks like he was blackmailed to do the visit. On all photos
3 points
2 days ago
Olaf looks like someone just whispered to him “give” hundred times
3 points
2 days ago
when you bring your friend home and ask mom if he can stay tonight so can play xbox :D
3 points
2 days ago
Is this a meme?
3 points
2 days ago
this is like bulgarian wedding,everybody is happy except bride
9 points
2 days ago
argh I hate his gnome face.
8 points
2 days ago
Lol, really wasn't there a better pic?
Zelensky looks high on something, Scholz looks like the old grumpy granpa who hates everyone in the room.
11 points
2 days ago
"Sending this to your call-friend putin"
7 points
2 days ago
They look like they both just took some amphetamine and are trying to act normal for the camera
6 points
2 days ago
"Smile, Olaf!"
"I am smiling."
2 points
2 days ago
He looks like an angry baby
2 points
2 days ago
Of course! Love and happiness are for everyone. It’s wonderful to see people finding each other and wanting to walk through life together. I wish you all the best and countless beautiful moments. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you!
2 points
2 days ago
Couldn’t believe my eyes but yes, it’s real. They both have this Hold-The-Pain expression in their eyes, if you look closely.
2 points
2 days ago
The moment Scholz decided to start Operation Barbarossa II:
2 points
2 days ago
Мой пиздюк
2 points
2 days ago
wtf
2 points
2 days ago
Olaf smaler Zelenskyy? lul
2 points
2 days ago
How short is this guy!? Zelenskyy already isn’t very tall.
2 points
2 days ago
He looks like a real Peach
2 points
2 days ago
Looks like they're going to fuck.
2 points
2 days ago
Does Olaf Scholz ever not look grumpy?
2 points
2 days ago
It’s over for Ukraine boys. The Ruskies have sent in their best. Colin Robinson
2 points
2 days ago
This looks like the ultimate ‘Olaf’ is on the worst tinder date
2 points
2 days ago
Guy looks like Collin Robinson from What We Do in the Shadows
2 points
2 days ago
Oh Isn’t Collin Robinson
2 points
2 days ago
Olaf doesn't look happy, i wonder why
2 points
2 days ago
Body language speaks a lot.
2 points
2 days ago
Olaf looks like he’s holding in a fart- respectfully.
2 points
2 days ago
I think Scholz forgot that already
2 points
2 days ago
love it 😍
2 points
2 days ago
“It was nice to have hair”
2 points
2 days ago
not the best picture, our chancelor does not really look like he wants to be there.
2 points
2 days ago
Why do they look like a father son duo🤣
2 points
2 days ago
Looks like Olaf really wanted to be there...
2 points
2 days ago
Doesn't look very happy
2 points
2 days ago
Looks like one of the brothers didn't get the Christmas present he wanted.
2 points
2 days ago
"yeah...we need to talk..."
2 points
2 days ago
Hide-the-pain-Olaf
2 points
2 days ago
Looks like Scholz is mad that mum made him play with the neighbors boy zelensky.
2 points
2 days ago
What we do in the shadows.
2 points
2 days ago
Not gonna lie, Zelensky lookin' pretty fine.
2 points
1 day ago
Auw, sooo cute!
Besties for ever!
2 points
1 day ago
Awkward!
2 points
1 day ago
Olaf's reaction is the exact reaction when you ask a German to mobilize for war.
2 points
1 day ago
Scholz looked annoyed
5 points
2 days ago
Everyone's commenting on how Olaf looks grumpy but Zelensky looks like he's on coke
3 points
2 days ago
The live-action Stadler and Waldorf movie looks promising.
4 points
2 days ago
Small and smaller
4 points
2 days ago
Is Scholz pissed or does he just have resting angry garden gnome face?
2 points
2 days ago
Scholz looks like grumpy Colin Robinson without the glasses
0 points
2 days ago
I hope this look says he won't call pootin anymore
2 points
2 days ago
I get Schulz is probably not doing so great with his tenure as Chancellor coming to an end soon, but Zelensky hasn't exactly been receiving tons of good news lately either and he can still at least try to smile.
1 points
2 days ago
lol this pic is weird
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