"fraternizing"

[u/alzike]

[u/grichardson526]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_fraternal_kiss

[u/Trashman56 → u/grichardson526]

John Communism invented communism so he could kiss boys without being called gay.

[u/TheDeltaOne → u/Trashman56]

He's even more based than I thought. He just like me fr fr.

[u/Odd_Satisfaction_328 → u/TheDeltaOne]

Finally an idol I can look up to. 

[u/MakIsTop → u/grichardson526]

TIL that we still do that in Poland as a greating and that it's a thing still left over from the communist regime (maybe without the kiss on the mouth, but still)

[u/Neon_Ani → u/MakIsTop]

without the kiss on the mouth?? you guys need to fix that asap

[u/ViSaph → u/MakIsTop]

To be fair it came from an already existing custom for greeting loved ones in many European countries, it's just the Soviets made it more universal instead of something you'd only do with friends and family.

[u/Mr_Lapis → u/grichardson526]

I get some things are purely platonic but I think some of these guys are more into it than others

[u/agressiveobject420 → u/grichardson526]

Beat me to it!

[u/chaosgirl93 → u/grichardson526]

"And they were comrades."

[u/CaptainBlobTheSuprem → u/grichardson526]

Kremlinology sounds like a made up study of Russian entities living in liminal spaces

[u/BedFastSky12345]

Just kissing the comrades after a long war 🤷🏼

[u/Th3B4dSpoon → u/BedFastSky12345]

If you don't kiss them after the war, are you even comrades?

[u/Del_ice]

One day this photo will stop being reposted here. One day, but not today...

[u/Forsaken_Box_94 → u/Del_ice]

One of these days I will combus-

[u/Nipplasia2]

They were frat mates

[u/garaile64]

To be fair, not all kisses are romantic in nature.

[u/ViSaph → u/garaile64]

True and likely this one wasn't given the Soviet custom of kissing close friends in greeting, it's just funny how passionate this one looks lol. It's common where I am to greet or say goodbye to friends and family with a hug and a kiss, that's not what seems unusual to me, I kissed my grandma every time I saw her right up until she died and that certainly wasn't romantic, it's the force they're kissing with here that makes you look twice and wonder if it actually was just a friendly kiss.

[u/restorian_monarch → u/garaile64]

Yeah, but that goes beyond 'la bise'

[u/kimiko889]

Nothing wrong with kissing the homies 😂

[u/HideFromMyMind]

As opposed to an identical kiss?

[u/Injvn]

Are we not all a little bit gay comrades?

[u/Neon_Ani → u/Injvn]

speak for yourself, i'm incredibly gay

[u/Calathil]

I ship it

[u/alt-alt-alt-account]

“r/SapphoAndHerFriend trying not to reinforce toxic masculinity by implying every display of male affection is gay” challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[u/terrible_username1]

r/achillesandhispal

[u/ScrabCrab]

Wanna defeat fascism and then kiss? 👉👈

[u/chaosgirl93 → u/ScrabCrab]

Of course, comrade!

[u/Practical_Eye_9944]

Officers fraternizing with enlisted?!? The scandal!

[u/ilikecacti2]

That’s gay

[u/stroganoffagoat]

Fraternizing leads to frotternizing

[u/yaboii_cc]

Make love not war!

[u/PerceiveEternal]

I’m not the only one who thinks that guy on the left looks a little bit like Vince Vaughn, right?

[u/SkyeMreddit]

It’s just like the Boston Marriages of the 1800s. Lets them be gay in secret by being assumed to be platonic friends

[u/HoneyHills]

I know that breath is insane