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Russian Soldier plays an abandoned Piano (imgur.com)

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[–]Ho_Bear 56 points57 points ago

Fake, it's not even plugged in.

[–]Jorgemeister 2 points3 points ago

its a trap.

[–]Cixelsid 1 point2 points ago

There is a sniper nearby ready to blow his head off.

[–]DonkeyDongRacing 2 points3 points ago

Fake. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 and there were no digital cameras back then. Also, it's only early autumn and yet in the picture it's clearly winter. Also, I'm not even looking at this picture because I don't even have a computer. I'm not even human. I'm one of those weirdly shaped popcorn that aren't decently popped and are about 95% corn-shell. In conclusion, this is fake as hell and as gay as maximum gayness.

[–]flyingthroughspace 0 points1 point ago

I know I've seen this before somewhere...

[–]SimilarImage 83 points84 points ago

Age User Title Reddit Cmnt Points
2 months Wolfszeit I bet all he was thinking of, was home. here 94 1045
11 months mjhowie Russian Soldier Plays Abandoned Piano here 43 418
1 year Ravenloft The Pianist here 69 435

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[–]Comrade_Falcon 4 points5 points ago

The use of the word "an" is worth over 800 karma.

[–]treycook 17 points18 points ago

Whatever, I enjoyed it.

[–]TrogdorLLC 6 points7 points ago

"Get out of here, Stalker!"

[–]flipzmode 9 points10 points ago

Why is there an abandoned piano?

[–]Mister_Muffins 89 points90 points ago

Presumably it was abandoned by somebody.

[–]Don2k12 41 points42 points ago

Or the piano was just fed up from being fingered all day.

[–]The_pedo123 4 points5 points ago

ಠ_ಠ

[–]cckynv 22 points23 points ago

iirc, WW1/2 soldiers used to boobytrap things like pianos, off-kilter picture frames, and other items that one would find a material connection to. If it reminds you of home, then you'll most likely be drawn towards it. You'd play the piano, or straighten the picture frame, and set off the mine. A cruel tactic, but a smart one too.

[–]iGotChubs4You 6 points7 points ago

This isn't WWII, though. That man has a kalashnikov which wasn't made til after WWII.

[–]disco_dante 1 point2 points ago

1974 or later to be precise

[–]iGotChubs4You 2 points3 points ago

Wikipedia says production started in 1949

[–]DrBoomkin 1 point2 points ago

For the AK47, but it seems this is an AK74.

[–]iGotChubs4You 0 points1 point ago

Ah, my mistake.

[–]emp- 7 points8 points ago

should do that with; fixies, pabst cans and such

[–]deprivedchild 3 points4 points ago

MacBook pros and Diana/lomography cameras, too.

[–]emp- -1 points0 points ago

i think, at least every other soyalatte/mochafrappucion place could do with a good ol' drive by every now and then.

[–]deprivedchild 3 points4 points ago

"Yeah, uh, I'd like a double mcfrapple Chicago mochiaddo please"

Can't they come up with smaller names? It's just a fucking coffee.

[–]emp- 0 points1 point ago

This would be the perfect time to bust out: Denis Leary on Coffee [Lock N Load]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f_dxLiuXuw

its from 1997

[–]Boner666420 2 points3 points ago

Really? Kill people for being trendy?

[–]killtheslackers -1 points0 points ago

They would be martyrs - the hipster objective is to go underground.

[–]deadlyspoons 3 points4 points ago

You mean like this?

[–]moparornocar 0 points1 point ago

Do Re Mi Fa So La BOOM

[–]kalleguld 0 points1 point ago

This was also boobytrapped, but it just set off the camera.

[–]pitchblack2035 4 points5 points ago

IT'S A TRAP

[–]BerryGuns 2 points3 points ago

Sometimes they would be rigged with explosives so that when curious soldiers tried to play them, they would go off.

[–]messiahcakes 1 point2 points ago

That's so sad. Who wouldn't feel an irresistible urge to play an abandoned piano in a war-torn forrest?

Monsters.

[–]BerryGuns 0 points1 point ago

Precisely, it's a pretty clever tactic.

[–]Vlyn 7 points8 points ago

Use the gif version… we missed the drunken soldier that slammed into it with a motorcycle and the explosion afterwards :-(

[–]HashHound 0 points1 point ago

Nice try Michael Bay.

[–]missiongeek 12 points13 points ago

An amazing photograph.

[–]p222 -4 points-3 points ago

or just staged

[–]sissysub 9 points10 points ago

Still a great photo.

[–]iGotChubs4You 9 points10 points ago

People like you are the worst part about Reddit. Just enjoy the fucking photo.

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[–]RepostThatShit -2 points-1 points ago

Don2k12 posted: Is it just me, or does anyone else think this is kind of /r/aww?..

Nah, he's just urinating on the piano, gotta empty that bladder once you've had your fill of raping 8-year-old girls. So r/aww.

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[–]RepostThatShit 3 points4 points ago

Well aren't you quite the stereotypical inducing bigot

I'd like to see the kind of moral high ground you must be standing on to white-knight the Red Army, but contemporary diving equipment can't reach those depths.

Now I had to quote all your shitty posts because your cowardly ass removed them.

[–]aidiot 1 point2 points ago

There's certainly a note of melancholy in this picture

[–]deltarob 2 points3 points ago

Reminding me of the piano in the abandoned hotel in MaxPayne 3

[–]genericmoron123 0 points1 point ago

Reminds me of the scene in American Pop...

[–]deltarob 2 points3 points ago

this?

if so FUCKING AWESOME. Never seen it before

[–]genericmoron123 0 points1 point ago

Step 1: Get American Pop

Step 2: Watch American Pop

Step 3: ???

Step 4: Profit

EDIT: Not that scene, I can't find it on youtube atm, just watch the whole movie, it's worth it.

[–]deltarob 0 points1 point ago

I get the feeling I'd hate the movie as a whole but that one scene is awesome

[–]genericmoron123 0 points1 point ago

I get the feeling that you need to watch that movie.

[–]deltarob 0 points1 point ago

FINE!

[–]turdburgler42 0 points1 point ago

Time to go to work, Work all day, Search for underpants hey! We won't stop until we have underpants! Yum yum yummy yum yay!

[–]elbenji 1 point2 points ago

There's actually another scene This guys Grandfather is a soldier in WWII and he finds a piano in a bombed out house. He starts playing as a German soldier sneaks behind him. He sees the guy, shrugs and keeps playing and when he's done the German kills him after saying 'Danke.'

It's a realllllllly powerful scene.

[–]TheLightingGuy 0 points1 point ago

ItsATrap.jpg

[–]GaryofRiviera 1 point2 points ago

No stock on his weapon?

This man truly laughs in the face of recoil. He probably uses his Russian Vodka-infused strength to withstand it.

[–]entrees420jeeb 12 points13 points ago

It's probably folded up on the side

[–]Vertigo666 7 points8 points ago

AK74M has folding stock that folds to the left.

[–]GaryofRiviera 1 point2 points ago

I thought they folded to the right, that's normally how I've seen stocks have folded in the past.

Still. One can only dream True Soviet Man can withstand powerful Kalashnikov recoil.

[–]Vertigo666 2 points3 points ago

They fold to the left if you're looking down the sights. There's too much going on on the right side of AKs (selector, bolt carrier moving and case ejection).

[–]Dr_Funkenstein_ 5 points6 points ago

-1 Intelligence, + 1 Strength, +1 Charisma

[–]dorfcally 0 points1 point ago

true soviet care not for recoil

[–]ratatman 1 point2 points ago

Album cover?

[–]WhyNotTrollface 1 point2 points ago

And for one moment, harmony...

[–]omphalos008 0 points1 point ago

And then he got sniped as he gave away his position.

[–]erveek 0 points1 point ago

DO NOT play "Those Endearing Young Charms"

Trust me.

[–]_kvl_ 1 point2 points ago

He's probably playing chopsticks, the internationally accepted song to play whenever you come across a piano.

[–]swuboo 0 points1 point ago

He's not playing it. He's using it as a table while he reads something.

[–]DerpVonGroove 0 points1 point ago

I ruined it by upvoting to 1338, sorry.

[–]mddtsk 0 points1 point ago

Heart and soul

I am being fall in love to you

[–]Satin_spear 0 points1 point ago

Way to give away your position!

[–]LikeInk 0 points1 point ago

I just Wtf the little kids face.

[–]WheresUrHeadAt 0 points1 point ago

It looks so melancholic :( Beautiful pic

[–]Trippin_Squid_Arms -1 points0 points ago

Then it gets hit by an RPG. Damn commie

[–]infazz 1 point2 points ago

I loved my piano, but it started to poop all over the house and rip-up the couch. So I loaded it up in the car and told it we were going to the music store.. but we weren't. Instead, we drove down a long wooded road until I found a nice spot, and I let him go. I loved that piano, but I think he's happier now.

[–]Kalashnikov74 1 point2 points ago

For those wondering, picture taken during the Battle of Grozny.

[–]colleenpettit 0 points1 point ago

You and I!

[–]weston127 0 points1 point ago

So eerie.

[–]cA05GfJ2K6 0 points1 point ago

This looks like it's from Marwencol

[–]MRupp 0 points1 point ago

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain...

[–]RandomMandarin 0 points1 point ago

In Surrealist Russia, abandoned piano play you.

[–]Tbird555 0 points1 point ago

For some reason, I got the end of Layla in my head when I saw this.

[–]BravadoApparel 0 points1 point ago

Damn Bruno Mars got far with that thing

[–]Lebowszki 0 points1 point ago

I don't know why but i love this kind of picture.

[–]RedAxis 0 points1 point ago

The solider had watched The Pianist the other day...

[–]hmstiabl69[!] -1 points0 points ago

Boom. Headshot.

[–]hoikarnage[!] 2 points3 points ago

Happy Cakeday!

[–]satisfiedtoast 1 point2 points ago

Happy Cakeday to both of you!

[–]fate_torn -1 points0 points ago

hope he doesnt go max payne on it

[–]Delvil -1 points0 points ago

There is no way that thing is still tuned.

[–]sir0zeke -2 points-1 points ago

Repost!

[–]iGotChubs4You -1 points0 points ago

Shut the fuck up.

[–]RzK -2 points-1 points ago

IVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHA FUCKIN REPOSTS ON THIS MOTHA FUCKIN REDDIT.... today

[–]Stasinze -3 points-2 points ago

Meanwhile, in Chechnya...

[–]bigbadfox -3 points-2 points ago

A reposted comment on a reposted image? Reception! Wait... Repostception! No, that's not right either... Fuck it. You know what I mean.

[–]ThePhenix -1 points0 points ago

Recursion.

[–]overused-meme-alert -2 points-1 points ago

Meanwhile, in Chechnya.

wee-oo-wee-oo.

[–]chrisms150 -1 points0 points ago

It's actually the secret entrance to the batcave.

[–]mvinformant -3 points-2 points ago

Some sniper's going to get his ass.

[–]hopeisnotamethod 0 points1 point ago

"Heart and soul, that's what it's all ab---BOOM"

[–]EAT_MY_BUTT 0 points1 point ago

Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead.

[–]howdoishotReddit -2 points-1 points ago

get this fucking repost out of here, no one wants to see it

[–]BR5497 -2 points-1 points ago

It's at trap!

Dude, how can it be a trap? It a piano

presses key

BOOM

[–]mrbirddog -2 points-1 points ago

Adrian brody anyone?

[–]Socky_McPuppet -4 points-3 points ago

Ha! In former Soviet Union, abandoned piano plays you

[–]bar8393 -1 points0 points ago

damn you for beating me to that punchline! upvotes nonetheless, sir.

[–]flokkiej -1 points0 points ago

booby trap!!

[–]nobliss -4 points-3 points ago

Poor Chechnya... the world loves to hate on Bush/Blair for Iraq but I wonder why it's so easy to forget Tsar PUTIN's war on innocence in Chechnya. Putin's false flag attack on the apartment buildings is textbook KGB treachery. Putin's Russia is not a friend to the world.

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