Johnny FD

The simple fact that is undeniable, is that Russia attacked and invaded Ukraine. Everything else is a byproduct of that. I'm going to stop responding to idiots who keep trying to justify what's happening in Ukraine or inside of the war right now. Idiots are waste of time.

@Arsnaq @altoona1776 Stop talking out of your ass and making excuses for Russian warcrimes and Chechens doing the same.

@JohnnyFDK @altoona1776 But you don't find the same justification for the Chechens as you do for the Ukrainians. And yet, conditions in occupied Chechnya are harsher than in the occupied Ukrainian territories. Chechens can't even leave their homeland because all countries deport them as Russian citizens

I spoke with a Russian girl from Moscow here in Thailand, she confirmed that none of her friends have had mobile internet in Moscow for the past 2 weeks. They're using a VPN to get around the telegram/instagram ban, but are afraid that Putin will shut down the VPNs. She and everyone she knows is holding out, refusing to install MAX (the government spy messenger). But she knows that one day they may have no other choice. Yet she's going back to Moscow anyways, and although she dislikes Putin, she claims to be "apolitical" and does nothing about it. This is Russia in a nutshell. A country full of people who you can slowly boil like a frog. Will the people revolt before they become China or even North Korea? Think it's impossible? It would only take 10% of Moscow residents to have 1 million protestors in red square, overtaking the Kremlin. Ukrainians did it in 2014, despite being arrested, shot, and beaten by Yanukovych's masked forces. Will Russians rise up and do the same? I doubt it. These are going to be an interesting next couple of months in Russia, as I've said before, Russians don't care about the ethic minority and poor living in the provinces and 2nd and 3rd tier cities. Nothing will happen until the lives of Muscovites are affected. Now it's happening. Let's see what happens because of it.

@KareemRifai Good. YouTube is banned in both Russia and China, there's no reason why we should allow their paid propagandists to spread misinformation on our platforms that their citizens can't even legally access.

In the past 24 hours, YouTube has taken down the channels of a Russian propagandist and a Chinese propagandist. They are very unhappy.

@FinalCutTile I'm glad she is nice because that's the worst fried rice I've ever seen. I live in Thailand. 😂

I have been going to this Thai food place for 12 years now. It is good, but thats not why I go there. The reason I go there religiously is because the little Thai lady owner. She is an absolute treat, always happy, always smiling, always wants to know how my jobs are going and wants to see pictures. She gives me a Christmas card every year with 1 free meal, she has ordered special peppers to make my extra hot fried rice even hotter 😂 Just being around her for the 3 mins I'm in there each week is like a reset, it changes my entire day because her happiness is so contagious. Even tho I tip well, I still get the better end of the bargain, because I really cant put a price on how much her aura heals my soul when I am in need of it. 🫶

@gatesofgehenna @Ania_In_UA Mobilization is 100% Russia's fault for forcing Ukraine to need to defend itself. Again you are in the wrong.

@JohnnyFDK @Ania_In_UA It’s hard to feel happy when Ukrainian men are being taken en masse off the streets every day by Zelenskyy’s press gangs, then tortured or killed if they refuse to sign a contract.

I had to scroll for a looong time...

One of the most favorable scenarios for Russia would be a prolonged, low-intensity war in the Middle East, steadily draining U.S. air defense and other resources, while continued instability in Hormuz keeps oil prices high enough to support Russia’s struggling economy

Trump is NOT my President. 🇺🇸

Two things can be true at once: U.S. forces are performing brilliantly at the operational and tactical levels while U.S. political leaders are demonstrating remarkable incompetence and incoherence at the political and strategic levels. The latter may undo the gains of the former.

This is what "Russian Liberation" looks like. If Russia never came to Ukraine in 2014 and then again 2022, this Woman and Child would had been living happily in their home, with power, water, and all the comforts of being able to travel freely to the EU on vacation. But Putin couldn't have that, it was "historically russian territory" and if it can't be part of Russia again, it can be destroyed. Like a jealous Russian ex-husband who burns down your house because you separated and started dating a guy from the Europe who promised you a better life.

Russia has been spreading misinformation about Ukraine for 4 years now, and unfortunately there are people who fall for it. Their tactics change, but the propaganda remains the same.

@altoona1776 @Arsnaq Many have. But first they are inundated with Russian propaganda to trick them into thinking it's Ukraine's fault and that Russia is somehow there to liberate them. The ones who revolt often are tortured and killed. Slave armies have existed for centuries, Russia repeats it.

@Arsnaq @JohnnyFDK And one armed, those forcibly recruited Ukrainians can start killing Russians. They are going to die anyway in a suicide assault. So might as well trying to kill Russians.

The only ones being humiliated are the Chechens themselves. There are no Ukrainians fighting on the russian side. They are a tiny minority and usually either Russians who were born or immigrated to uKraine and the ones who were forcibly conscripted as their homes were occupied in East Ukraine.

@JohnnyFDK @altoona1776 This is, of course, not true. Despite being forced to work due to the occupation and repression, the Chechens behave brazenly and humiliate Russian soldiers at the first opportunity. Unlike the Ukrainians fighting on Russia's side, there is ample evidence of this.

US and UK tourists are varied, there is a huge difference between the upper class and the lower class. But in general, they are welcomed as they are mostly very friendly...even though sometimes they come across as annoying so. Also they spend money and Americans tip generously.

@JohnnyFDK I've been around 65 countries. What do you think about US & UK tourists..?

I’ve been to 50+ countries. No one hates Canadian, Mexican, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Korean, Taiwanese or Japanese travelers. Yet tourists from Israel, Russia and Mainland China are universally hated everywhere. Why is that? Is it justified based upon their behavior?

Russians have their head in the ground and think everything that has failed in their country is the fault of the West.

@NevenaNikolova7 No. I'm generalizing basing on the majority behavior. You're here hating on Americans and defending Russians while on a VPN and hiding behind a fake, anonymous profile.

@JohnnyFDK Yet you generalize for the people you do not like :-) There are nice people everywhere and there are idiots everywhere. Pick the person, not the nation.

@elonmusk It's slightly better I guess, compared to 3 months ago. But no where as good as Twitter was 3 years ago if we're going to be honest.

Algorithm is better today than 3 months ago?

@dekondra Yes you're right, I could had added them to the list as well.

@JohnnyFDK You forgot Indians 😬

Americans are mostly welcome everywhere in the world, as you have a mix of them. Yes some are loud and obnoxious, but they are also generous tippers, spend money, and most are very friendly, even if it's sometimes annoying over the top. So no, American tourists are not universally hated.

@JohnnyFDK You missed the US-citizens...

Wow congrats to Russia for having the most disabled athletes in the world. After over a million causalities in the war they started invading Ukraine, it turns out many of those who are now permanently disabled, lost limbs, or are otherwise made invalid are completing in the Paralympics. This is the state of russia.