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  I'm not a young person but I'm incredibly high and the phrase seems to be a natural progression from "Taking the L," or taking the loss. You don't just gotta take the L, you gotta eat it, too!
context: The rouble lost about 8% against the dollar last week and is on course for a monthly decline after an oil embargo and price cap came into force. The finance ministry has said the recent slump was related to recovering imports. >
  
  But, but, but , I thought the Russian government said the price cap wouldn't do anything! >
  
  Perhaps they're right, because maybe the rouble is already worthless. You can't make a worthless currency more worthless. * taps forehead  * >
  
  I don't understand the end game. Show the world your military sucks. Have your military destroyed. Sanctions upon sanctions. Lose companies and tourism. 
  And then, GREAT SUCCESS? >
  
  There were a few goals, all failed except one (and that one is still a fuckup for Russia)
  Firstly: prevent the expansion of NATO, catastrophic failure.  Finland and Sweden will join by the end of next year.
  Population increase, catastrophic failure.  Russian demographics are a shitshow and they wanted to add the 44 million Ukrainians to boost their population, especially is the child baring ages.
  About the only goal that they kinda succeed at is preventing Ukraine from developing the oil and gas industry in Donbas (home of the second largest proven oil/gas reserves in Europe).  Of course, the reason they wanted this was to maintain their hold on Europe’s energy sector, which they have now lost even though they managed to prevent Ukraine from entering the market. >
  
  
  About the only goal that they kinda succeed at is preventing Ukraine from developing the oil and gas industry in Donbas
  
  A Pyrrhic victory but without the whole "victory" part >
  
  Russia just invented the pyrrhic defeat? >
  
  I think the kids today would call that "eating the whole L" >
  
  Might you please be so kind as to explain that phrase?  Urban Dictionary and Google have not been helpful in this case.