“Ukraine is game to you?”
That’s pretty much the same (incredible) vibe we’re seeing from the Ukraine resistance over the past week or so. From President Volodymyr Zelenskyy standing his ground and declining to be evacuated by the U.S. to his emotional EU speech that prompted a standing ovation to the molotov-cocktail grandma who declared, “Let those Russian sh*ts come here,” it’s clear that Ukrainians are not to be f*cked with, at least, not lightly.
Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to push his troops toward targets in the Ukraine, of course, which means that he never watched this classic Seinfeld clip that’s currently making the social media rounds.
It was all there on Seinfeld! 😳 pic.twitter.com/qmUWQ898LH
— keerthik śaśidharan (@KS1729) March 1, 2022
Ah yes, the sight of Cosmo Kramer declaring that Ukraine is “weak,” “feeble,” and a sitting duck,” and “we’re playing a game here, pal,” all while a fellow subway passenger, a Ukrainian man, ain’t having it.
“How bout I take your little board and smash it!” is exactly what Kramer (and Newman) deserved at that moment in time. Naturally, people are enjoying looking back while joking about how Seinfeld predicted global affairs, decades into the future, but hey, the late 1990s followed a few years after Ukraine officially held itself out as independent of Russia, so of course, Kramer was behind the times. And yeah, Seinfeld may have been ahead of its time in this way. Whatever the case, people are enjoying how those board-game pieces flew all over the place.
I'm tired of The Simpsons predicting everything, how about we give Seinfeld some credit?#Ukraine pic.twitter.com/Uvl0e46XJo
— 𝕃𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔-𝕏 (@logicbot3000) February 24, 2022
I just watched the Seinfeld where Kramer and Newman are playing Risk on the subway, and a Ukrainian man tells them “UKRAINE IS NOT WEAK”. pic.twitter.com/wi5TdVsGjJ
— Desdemona Rose Garden (@DesdemonaRoseG) February 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/mindfulvegan_ca/status/1497710220268634114
https://twitter.com/therealbakimos/status/1498200516538474500
I keep thinking of this Seinfeld episode. #Ukraine is neither weak, nor a game. I'm seeing way too many people talking about this war like it's some kind of video game. This is very real, and it's not a joke.#UkraineUnderAttack 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/cASZyrJHxS
— Nicola Spurling (@NicESpurling) February 26, 2022
#Russia really thought they were going to take #Ukraine with ease. They should have watched Seinfeld. They woulda learned Ukraine not weak. UKRAINE WILL SMASH YOUR GAME pic.twitter.com/PmbrhvwV1P
— Jeevin Gill Comedian (@jgillcomedy) February 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/tomyarduk/status/1498414855652462594
Timely Seinfeld flashback on Ukraine :) pic.twitter.com/8czqsR2aPF
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) February 27, 2022
Perhaps Putin’s game will be shaken up in the same manner.