Weed maybe, after all it's part of Randy's culture. I would rather think it's an issue with cliché and not knowing enough about our continent.
And i'm in no way condescending about it Randy, it's just you can't know everything and it's easy to be manipulated by cliché.
We all are in a way.
Look, even educated people from USA think about us in term of cheese, wine, olive and beer... it's not false but it's forgotten most 'luxury' cars they buy or dream about are from Germany or Italy and my own country is specialized in weapons production and leader in nuclear plants... and if we look at the 23 country's you'll find things in each of them...
Oh my god, i think i prefer cliché about my country in the end...
And Randy, next time you take a plane, take a look at the brand of it. If it's AIRBUS, then it's a joint effort of Europe's country in design and craft, as was the Concorde ( limited view of Europe however in this case... and with some country which I miss now they decided to live their own path).
And i'm in no way condescending about it Randy, it's just you can't know everything and it's easy to be manipulated by cliché.
We all are in a way.
Look, even educated people from USA think about us in term of cheese, wine, olive and beer... it's not false but it's forgotten most 'luxury' cars they buy or dream about are from Germany or Italy and my own country is specialized in weapons production and leader in nuclear plants... and if we look at the 23 country's you'll find things in each of them...
Oh my god, i think i prefer cliché about my country in the end...
And Randy, next time you take a plane, take a look at the brand of it. If it's AIRBUS, then it's a joint effort of Europe's country in design and craft, as was the Concorde ( limited view of Europe however in this case... and with some country which I miss now they decided to live their own path).
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Being able to tell where they like to ferment stuff is not the greatest judge of education. And also, please don't confuse education with intelligence. My remark, while tongue in cheek, does have a bearing in observation
Firstly, those from mainland Europe do not mind using the term 'continental' to differentiate from the islanders located on their coast, as in France. Aligning with the continent this way is a statement that the nation recognises that it is part of the continent of Asia. Europeans do not generally make the same distinction for the continent of India, even though;
This is true of different regions of India yet the whole continent is referred to as Indian and the same goes for Africa and African
I can see that you appear to be smarting from my remark with the number of edits that you are doing. There is nothing wrong with being an Asian from the Asian continent and Asian online malls such as Ali and Temu have items made and shipped from many Asian continental countries such as Ukraine, Russia and Poland. I have even seen drivers from Belgium on Ali
My ancestors are not from the Asian continent but are often called Asian. I don't mind, close enough according to studies in world genetic distribution
Europe is part of the continent Eurasia. In my language we have 2 words for continent. The first translated a "world part" which Europe is, it is situated in continent Eurasia. India is not a continent, India is also part of Eurasia.
Europeans travelled the world by sailing the seas and brought civilization elsewhere.
Europeans travelled the world by sailing the seas and brought civilization elsewhere.
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Then you would have to deal with these statement present online
These are wiki excerpts and clearly show that Eurasia is the name of the landmass as an incorrect social construct, and also that India is a distinct continental plate by itself that is currently pushing against the Asian continent
An incorrect social construct, never knew that. New online social science teaches a thing here and there.
Anyway the statement that when one is buying from Europe then one is buying from Asia is also an equally incorrect social construct.
Anyway the statement that when one is buying from Europe then one is buying from Asia is also an equally incorrect social construct.
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... and genocide (wether that is civilized might need some further discussion, but not here 🙂 ).
Maybe we should differentiate by plate tectonics. That is the madness behind india's status.
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By that thinking the levant , Arabian peninsula , and turkey should also be a separate continent.
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Oh oh thinking outside the narrative.
May I politely suggest to go ontopic again as I hear the guards footsteps coming this way. Lights out!
May I politely suggest to go ontopic again as I hear the guards footsteps coming this way. Lights out!
The ONLY place on earth that has a true mantle remnant sticking up in central Oman. Nice rare earth to grow Frankincense on.
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Back to the narrative is WHO makes the good $hit ? That would be the choice of the business model they adopt.
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I'm in no way mixing intelligence and education. And i disagree about your view on people able to tell where fermented stuff are liked or not ( i hope you talk about beer and not all cheese as they are not all fermented...): it's a clue of understanding/being in the know of cultural facts. As such it is acquired knowledge = education.
We France are an Island? Is this what you are trying to say? In a way from a cultural point of view you are not far enough from reality imho ( how many Laic republic is there in the world?), from a pure geographical pov we have Islands as part of our country, some close to mainland ( Corse, Ile de Ré, ile d'Oléron, Belle ile en mer, etc,etc,etc,...) some far far away ( Ile de La Réunion or Tahiti)...
Back to geography, in my view you are mixing many things together and pick the one you prefer. 😉
In no way Europe is part of Asia: there is a clearly defined border which is located in Istanbul Turkey, Bosphorus strait. Which is ironic as EU never accepted Turkey to be part of EU with fallacious excuses ( imposes strict rules to Turkey to be candidate to enter EU - they asked before 2000- and then saying there is too much cultural differences for them to enter... such hypocritical behavior)...
This is the south border, eastern one being Ural mountains in Russia.
This is the classical definition of europe. From a geographical pov, this is part of SUPERcontinent called Eurasia or Eurasia/Africa.
The issue with geographical is it doesn't take into account cultural or geopolitical which are part of the definition imho.
You are way to definitive in my view: i had professor at University which thought India was a continent by himself. Their view wasn't conventional at that time (30 years) ago but as all human related science there is rarely definitive answers and things can move. That said i don't get your pov about Africa. Are you thinking Africa is a country?
I don't know what 'be smarting from my remarks' does really mean Randy. I've got some automatic translation but i'm not sure the real sense of your sentence is going through.
I edit my post to add things, try to be more accurate. You already know that as we already interacted many times. Don't forget we are not all native english speakers and translating things can be difficult.
Please rephrase what you were trying to say please.
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I would not dismiss China's capability to produce good or very good products. There is a lot of very smart people in there able to do very nice products there is no question about this imho.
The issue being it to cost ( almost) as much as in other places in the world.
I would rather incriminate an economy model which favor mass produced low cost items rather than the place producing them. This is what should be questioned imho. Impact on long term for the whole model, including our planet. Iow, the people who buy such products are as responsible as the one who produce them.
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China just happens to have the raw materials to create modern electronics. This also comes down to plate tectonics.
India "ramming" into the Asian plate thrust all those rare earth goodies right into China's lap.
Anyone making electronics anywhere else is still held hostage to some China supply chain.
Neodymium is a prime example , without China - your screwed.
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Besides that the west is hampered by high costs for safety, separate garbage streams, recycling, high wages, PBMs, certifications, this years documentation method and the audits, workers rights, DEI, gender problems and other important issues.
Sometimes we are so busy with all that that we forget what our core business is 🙂
Sometimes we are so busy with all that that we forget what our core business is 🙂
By Islanders off the coast of France, I mean the British Islands.
India and Africa are also continents and have different regions where folks look distinctly different and have differing cultures, yet the world refers to all the folks on those continents as Indian or African. If it's good enough for them, its good enough for the Asian continent. Political borders are only vaporware
I feel that you find my tongue in cheek remarks upsetting. Nothing personal but it's a good thing as I hope folks realise that there are many honourable Asian members on the forum. Bad products are not limited to Asia. In Australia, we have a saying that Italian cars come with factory rust and many such
I like the Ali format. It works very well for non-Chinese new entrepreneurs. Have a look at the mentoring and fostering programs available in Shenzhen for people from across the globe to come and find tech help to develop their ideas into products that are then produced in the factories and sold across hundreds of drop-shipping stores
Temu does seem to not offer the best of the Ali range but has been great for little bargains like things that babies grow out of very quickly. Ali on the other hand is only now just beginning to shine and I can cite many examoles of smaller operators developing superior products to some current flagships in the fishing tackle industry. I have recently completed torture tests of a new venture in the super spin reels category and my conclusion was that the item was a level above the Shimano Stella and Daiwa Saltiga series of Flagship super spinners which cost a bit under $2k here. The test reel is now $240 retail on Ali and sold by the manufacturer directly from that Ali store. I also find this the case in some pro mobile audio gear with the gorilla class of SQ subs and class D amps
I'd rather use Amazon because of their much better no hassle & free returns with the refund to your account once you've posted the item.
I avoid Aliexpress except from a few connectors and voltagee regulators where there is less chance of a return being necessary.
Sligthly off topic. Ebay's removal of selling fee for private sellers is a welcome move and shows that they are feeling the pinch fro m rivals
. (& now, not just for clothig)
This saved me about £22 on the sale of my Quad 306 at the weekend.
I avoid Aliexpress except from a few connectors and voltagee regulators where there is less chance of a return being necessary.
Sligthly off topic. Ebay's removal of selling fee for private sellers is a welcome move and shows that they are feeling the pinch fro m rivals
. (& now, not just for clothig)
This saved me about £22 on the sale of my Quad 306 at the weekend.
Temu sells low cost clothing and malware.
Hardly a competitor for the actual infrastructure and distribution.
You can sell " direct" problem is a real truck and real person takes it to your doorstep
Hardly a competitor for the actual infrastructure and distribution.
You can sell " direct" problem is a real truck and real person takes it to your doorstep