Comments by "David Ford" (@davidford3115) on "RealLifeLore" channel.

  1. I'm sure that was excellent beef. Unlike most of the meat from the west, free range animals tend to be healthier and leaner with much less fat.
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  2.  @Vitalis94  Noting special except that many famous German philosophers came from there. Such intellectual giants like Immanuel Kant. Then you have the fact that before the rise of the Prussian elites, it was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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  3.  @thirstyfajita4115  Not always. Texture is a component of flavor, as black pepper proves. Ignoring the fat, the major difference between Brisket, Tenderloin, and Top Sirloin actually comes down to texture.
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  4.  @joemamaobama6863  Or because the policies that lead to this ecological disaster came out of the Kremlin. Local control and decision making only really started after 1991.
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  5. Because most of the policies that lead to this ecological disaster were directed from the Kremlin. Local control over the area only really started after 1991 when the USSR broke up.
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  6.  @chemkatungalag6834  No joke. Nearly one in ten Asians have direct lineage to the Great Khan. That is a dirty little secret that the ethnonationalist Chinese "purists" don't like to talk about. And ironically, he and his immediate family were patrons of the Eastern Christan Chruch in a similar manner to how Cyrus the Great was the greatest benefactor to the Jewish people during their exile. Pax Mongolia was a time of great prosperity and peace eclipsed only by Pax Americana after WW2. The West could learn much from the horse nomads of Asia.
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  7. Yes and no. The USSR wasn't exclusively Russia and Russia is not all of the USSR. But almost all decision making came from the Kremlin rather than the local Commissariat.
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  8.  @fx3dv2vg7m  Nice apples to oranges false analogy dude. You equating the USSR with Czarist Russia shows gross intellectual dishonesty. Incidentally, folks like to claim that RUSSIA defeated Hitler and the Nazis. Why ignore the other Soviet Republics? It is absolutely appropriate to equate the USSR with Russia rather than Ukraine, Kazakhstan or the rest. Do keep in mind that it was often Russian troops that kept the local minority populations in line, even in the nominally "minority-majority" Soviet Republics.
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  9.  @chemkatungalag6834  Cherish that detailed genealogy. Knowing your ancestry and heritage keeps the memory of your forebearers alive. And yes, the Great Khan is arguably THE most prolific man in history. He likely has more living descendants today than anyone else in history, including father Abraham.
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  10. I would like to see a video following this about the Europoid Mummies of the Taklamakan Desert. Blondes and Redheads buried in plaid in the middle of a Chinese desert along the old silk road. For a further head screw, their mitochondrial/matrilineal DNA is from East Asia! Edit: The narrator is incorrect about the Tarim basin's time of settlement. The aforementioned mummies such as the Beauty of Loulan and the Beauty of Xiaohe were contemporaries of Father Abraham.
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  11.  @Kimito_Lioku  The original poster's was talking about having some of the best beef sourced from Mongolia. I pointed out that some of the best tasting beef is going to be the lean stuff which most of the rich snobs typically look down on. When you cut off the gristle, the only real difference in the cut of meat is texture. Hence, most of the prices are not justified. If you can't follow that, then I can't help you.
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  12.  @f.b.lagent1113  Not the same thing. The Great Khan didn't try to exterminate entire populations because of their ethnicity.
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  13.  @M0butu  I didn't disagree with the premise that Konigsberg wasn't beautiful nor that it did not attract painters and artists. I was simply slapping down the false claim that there was noting importation nor special about the city. Oh, and Petrograd (Leningrad) IS a Baltic city as the Gulf of Finland is a part of the Baltic Sea.
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  14. The Russia Soviet dominated the USSR. Nearly all decision making came from the Kremlin rather than the local Commissariat.
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  15. You do realize that the Russian Soviet dominated the USSR until its breakup in 1991? And until then, nearly ALL of the decision making was made by the Kremlin, not the local Commissariat. Only after 1991 can you truly start placing blame on the locals.
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  16.  @citytianyu  You are equivocating (logical fallacy). Don't get me started on Pocahontas aka Liz Warren aka Liawatha.
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  17.  @citytianyu  Are you done throwing a hissy fit like a 5-year-old? Try making a coherent argument instead of throwing a temper tantrum.
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  18. The problem with Russia has always been bad leadership. There have been good ones, but they are rarely allowed to reach heights of power where they could make a change for the better.
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  19. Lop Nur in China.
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  20.  @Lilhajxjk274  The Russian Soviet dominated the Union. Nearly all decision making came out of the Kremlin, not the local Commissariat. So, you are making a distinction without much of a difference.
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  21. Indeed. Aramaic didn't have a distinct alphabet of its own, it simply used Hebrew or Greek as its written form much like how many languages today share the same written script. Two things they should have added to that written part. The first is Egyptian Hieroglyphs as well as "vulgar" Egyptian both of which were not translated in the modern times until the discovery of the Rosetta Stone which allowed us to translate them first into Greek. The second is that Hangul, the Korean written script is the most recently created written language specifically for Korean and came into existence in 1443 at the direction of King Sejong the Great, 4th ruling monarch of Choseon Dynasty Korea.
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  22. Except the Salton Sea was created artificially, and completely by accident.
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  23. And what role would China have in either maintaining or destabilizing the region? Kazakhstan may want to attempt a balancing act between Beijing and Moscow, but Kygrgystan might decide to get in bed with the Chinese if they can guarantee that the Tajiks and Uzbeks not trouble them.
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  24.  @rogerdodger8415  Keep acting like an elitist snob. Most of the prices are not justified.
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  25.  @GillfigGarstang  Grass/pasture grazing beef tends to be very lean and lest fat in the meat. Grain feeding is how you get a lot of the marbling in the meat. Indeed, the Japanese Kobe beef not only grain feed them (rice and sake), but also massage them to further improve the marbling quality. Personally, I prefer the leaner pasture grazing meat. Kobe and Waygu Beef are grossly overrated.
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  26. There is, but it is minor before 1991. The Russian Soviet dominated the Union until the collapse. Decision making was in the Kremlin, not the local Commissariat.
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  27.  @alekxcrafter  Sure, that is a real mature response. Name calling doesn't make your argument, it just proves you have nothing of value to say. "I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher
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  28. Indeed. Aramaic didn't have its own script, it used either Greek or Hebrew for writings.
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  29.  @citytianyu  Throwing in the towel? While I WILL acknowledge that youtube auto-censors outside links, you should actually try debating the merits instead of lazily posting links so that others can make your arguments for you.
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  30.  @Smegmatician  Spoken like an ignorant child. The Torah has been independently confirmed by outside sources. Are you accusing Cyrus the Great of being fictional? How about Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon? What about Pharaohs Shoshenq I, Taharqa, and Necho II? And don't give me this "historical fiction" garbage. That concept is only as old as Victorian Era. Before then, playwrights such as Shakespeare and Homer were considered historically accurate. Indeed, most of Shakespeare's plays are consistent with Tacitus.
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  31.  @Smegmatician  You don't have to because truth and facts don't care about your feelings. Opinions are like buttholes: everyone has one and they all stink.
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  32.  @ranjava5550  You don't have to do the deed yourself to be prolific. Having many sons and daughters who themselves had many children is how one becomes the grandsire of an entire population.
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  33.  @ranjava5550  More empty bloviation and propaganda by cultural Marxists who believe noting is real. DNA testing actually proves you completely wrong.
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  34. All of the decisions in the old USSR were made out of the Kremlin, NOT the local Commissariat. So yeah, when Moscow was calling the shots before 1991, that means it was the Russian Soviet's fault.
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  35.  @MartinEden-dq7mi  Um, the Russian Soviet dominated the USSR. Most of the decision making came from the Kremlin, not the local Commissariat.
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  36. The Russian Soviet dominated the old USSR. It is a distinction without much of a difference.
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  37. The USSR was dominated by the Russian Soviet. Nearly all decision making came from the Kremlin and not the local Commissariat.
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  38. The Russian Soviet dominated the USSR. Nearly all decision making came from the Kremlin, not the local Commissariat.
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  39.  @Lilhajxjk274  And how much representation or influence did they actually have? Not much, really. Most of the "representation" was for optics and appearances.
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  40. Yeah, no. Ecological catastrophes by the Soviet Union dwarf even the worst caused by the US. Why? Because the Soviet government never cared about public outcry the way the US government does.
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  41.  @calitaliarepublic6753  You realize that the American Bison recovered, and in numbers today not seen since BEFORE human migration into North America? Seems to me you chose to ignore that dirty little detail which shows that we HAVE corrected that particular issue. As for the Dust Bowl, that had quite a bit to do with government intervention in the markets creating the economic conditions that lead to the crisis. And it was also resolved in larger part to actions in the private sector rather than the government. Again, you are only telling half the story. Deepwater Horizon still has yet to be fully assessed, and like most things, you hypochondriacs assume the worst and refuse to adjust your stance when later data disproves your hysterics. Nuclear Weapons testing contamination? That is NOTHING compared to the Kyshtym disaster (aka Mayak Disaster). I can forgive you for not being familiar with that incident because it occurred in the 1950s-1970s under the veil of Soviet censorship. Sure, you can go on, but I suspect that like the example you used, they are overblown and exaggerated for propagandistic reasons.
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  42.  @calitaliarepublic6753  Wow, triggered much? And I love how you use the racist "noble savage" to argue your position on the American Bison. Pointing out that the full magnitude of the effects from Deepwater Horizon is not fully known is NOT a non-sequitur, it is pointing out the obvious gaps in the data sets. How about you actually learn what a non-sequitur is instead of trying to use fancy words that you think make you sound smart.
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  43.  @calitaliarepublic6753  And again you bloviate and use your own non-sequiturs to say, "America bad". I got news for you, the fact that the US is the top destination for migrants completely disproves your anti-US narrative. Yes, the US is flawed, but it is far and away better than every other example you could possibly hold up.
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  44.  @calitaliarepublic6753  And again another proof by verbosity and gish gallop But thank you for once again proving that you are just spewing neo-Soviet talking points about "evil capitalist America". Nobody is buying your drivel.
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  45. George Carlin said it best, "The Earth will shake us off like a bad case of fleas". "Ask the people of Pompeii if they think they are oppressing the planet," -George Carlin.
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  46. Indeed. Aramaic didn't have its own unique writing, it used either Greek or Hebrew. I am disappointed that the video didn't mention Egyptian Hieroglyphs not Korean Hangul.
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