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yurishtoday at 1:58 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yes, he wanted to insult the person. The word портянка is sometimes used in the Internet by Ukrainian nationalists to offend pro-Russian users.


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infinite_spintoday at 2:47 PM

Thank you! I found this wiki article and learned something new about foot protection today too.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Портянки

cyclopeanutopiatoday at 6:57 PM

> nationalists

No, not nationalists, just regular people who all wish that Russia finally ceases to exist.