Gweiloman

So, when you wrote A dear Russian friend of mine once said that we mistakenly think they are Europeans, because (at least in most of the republics) they look ethnically Europeans. your dear Russian friend is mistaken because Russians don’t just look ethnically Europeans, they are in fact genetically Europeans. Ethnically AND genetically Europeans. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, is it a chicken? Lol.

Notice also how it is almost always the western world that throws around pejorative like the bad guys, the axis of evil, barbarians (Netanyahu), jungle dwellers (Borrell) etc. Much like many posters on here calling others shills, apologists, propagandists, orcs, without contemplating to think that they are are as guilty as the other side.

One man’s terrorist is another man;s freedom fighter. Most westerners I know think everyone else are terrorists. Like @connda said, hubris and hegemony.

First you say that they are Mongols, not Europeans and next you say that they are ethnically Europeans. Make up your mind.

Why would Russia want to attack Lithuania? It is however interesting that NATO is contemplating the possible defeat of Ukraine… He said it in the context of a possible defeat of Ukraine

Are you aware that Ukraine has been receiving lots of aid from NATO countries? Without the weapons and ammunition, Ukraine would have been subdued long ago. For all intents and purposes, this is a military engagement between nato and Russia except that there aren’t official nato troops on the ground. It is a testament to Russia’s military might that they are still able to advance strongly, with only a little help from their friends.

Are you saying that if Russia drops a nuclear bomb on a non-NATO country such as Ukraine, NATO would then retaliate with a nuclear attack against Russia? For your information, if the US drops a nuclear bomb on say Laos, China won’t do anything as it has a no first strike policy. China will only respond with nuclear weapons if it is attacked by nuclear weapons. This is what a country that believes in peace does.

Sadly, my links are not allowed on here as it goes against the narrative. In any case, you don’t have the capacity to believe anything that goes against yours…

Another wonder weapon . Nothing but the Hope strategy is still going strong. Or maybe not. Biden (and Blinken) have both cancelled their trips to Germany and the “piss” summit has been cancelled as no country is willing to hold it. Expect the Zelensky curse to strike again soon.

It’s not just Iran. I think you will find this sentiment in most of the Global South countries.

Mongols as in Genghiz and Kublai Khan? They (the Mongols) are revered as great and ferocious fighters. The Chinese built the Great Wall to try to keep them out. No wonder the casualty rate is 6 Ukrainians to 1 Russian.

Seems like geo-economics is not one of your strongest subjects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_developed_countries#:~:text=The following 45 countries were,%2C Guinea-Bissau%2C Haiti%2C

Hopefully Nancy won’t think it’s a beautiful sight to behold when she sees the eventual inevitable destruction.

I'm one up on you @KhunLA. My vipers come on automatically when it rains. I do hate the fact that I have to pull a lever to open my car door or that I have to push a button to lock it. Why can't these Chinese make a car that can read my mind?

What has the Chinese government done to you that you despise them? Not that it really matters as the majority of the 1.4 billion Chinese that lives there are happy with THEIR government. Admittedly, I'm not too fond of rude, obnoxious and pushy tourists too, regardless of nationality. Never heard of white devil but very familiar with red-haired devil. And the 2 most prominent people to use the term barbarian were Netanyahu and (jungle) Borrell (implied). Wasn't that long ago that native Americans were referred to as savages.

Don't feel too bad. They're not for everyone.

One thing that hasn't been mentioned is V2L. There are multiple ways to take advantage of this. Power outages in Thailand are not uncommon. They sometimes last for a few hours even. Just plug in your essential appliances such as TV, router, fan, fridge, microwave oven, coffee maker, ice making machine etc and you're good to go for days. Another tip for the budget conscious who have TOU is to use the car battery during peak hours and recharge at off peak. 7 baht vs 3 baht. A no brainer (anti EVers excluded of course).

Depends on your perspective obviously. Lifted over 700 million of it's citizens out of extreme poverty, exporting deflation to the world, helping poor countries in Africa to develop and prosper. Sounds a lot better than selling weapons that kills millions, don't you think?

I believe that UBS recently bought and stripped down a BYD Seal and their conclusion was that legacy automakers such as Toyota are in real trouble. @JBChiangRai has the link to this report, I believe. Is something propaganda when it's true? Asking for a friend. Anyway, you've proved that racism is alive and well.

Good post. Yes, some of these so called ADAS still have quite a ways to go before being being really useful and practical. In your instance above, the car probably calculated that you were already too close to the car in front for the speed you were doing but as experienced drivers, sometimes we know better. I would like to point out to the anti-EV crowd however, that these systems are found in most new cars and not EV specific.

Some charging stations are available for free charging only during off peak hours (22:00 - 09:00 weekdays and all weekends and public holidays). Some others are available 24/7. Sometimes, during busy hours, there is a queue. Sometimes, you can arrive and start charging immediately. Luck of the draw, especially when it’s free.

Well, I’m glad that taxpayers are also subsidising poor sods like me.

Not so with either my Haval or BYD.

So says a poster who has no idea of what he’s talking about.

It seems that apart from antiquated mindsets, there are a lot of ignorant minds out there. With the possible exception of a few remote places in the middle of Nakhon Nowhere (my sympathies if you live in one of these locations), there are plenty of public charging stations available.Within about 10 kms of me, there are over 10 charging stations. BUT, it doesn’t matter even if there are hundreds. I don’t need to use them. This is one of the beauties of an EV. You don’t need to go out of your way to “fuel” up your vehicle. Get home, plug it in and voila! job done. Yes, it may take 8 hours to charge an EV from near empty to near full except that EV owners almost never do that. This is the mindset of ICEV owners as they try to minimise the number of visits to a petrol station. You have a Toyota hybrid, non plug in. Sorry but you don’t have the best of both worlds. Your puny electric battery needs to be constantly charged by your gasoline engine. All that your “electrification” does is to give you a bit of a boost. You can hardly drive one or two kms on battery power alone.