The Off Topic Topic

[Duque de Bragança]

For the autobahn/autostrada debate (autostrade was the original French word for autoroute motorway), Italy has a pretty good claim as well and it was under Mussolini.
Wrong dictator. 

[Maladict]

To be honest, I'm not exactly sure who either Dua Lipa or Rita Ora are. 

They're two British pop singers, both of Albanian Kosovar origin.

I am: out of touch

[celedhring]

Dual IPA? Is that some kind of craft beer?

[Syt]

Well, that's convinced me.

[alfred russel]

Well, that's convinced me.

Ominously, most land mass is already in North America...the southern hemisphere is already filling up with water.

[Tamas]

Well, that's convinced me.

Now see this is the stuff that has to be fake. Nobody can be this stupid.

[grumbler]

Well, that's convinced me.

Now see this is the stuff that has to be fake. Nobody can be this stupid.

It is always very hard to detect what "flat earth" stuff is sincere and what is satire, because the line is indistinguishable without diving into who is posting/proposing it.

[DGuller]

I've read a conspiracy theory that flat earth theory was a training exercise for Russian trolls, to test the effectiveness of their influence tools.  If it works on something so obviously stupid, then it can work on anything you want some people to believe.

[Syt]

Full size: https://i.redd.it/2ui7te64yz3a1.png

I know about half of these artists by name, and could name a song for about a quarter of them?

Also: @ Iowa

[Razgovory]

I got the weirdest ad on Youtube.  Date Slavic women.  Wait, what?  Is this like a mail order bride thing?

[Josquius]

I got the weirdest ad on Youtube.  Date Slavic women.  Wait, what?  Is this like a mail order bride thing?

A budget version.
You don't get an actual hot Russian shipping to your door. Instead you get a bunch of photos of one and some guy in Nigeria RPing as her over text.

[Tamas]

There was news about the new car market skyrocketing in the UK (what recession?!) and there was this bit:

Plug-in electric vehicles made up more than one in four (27.7%) new registrations, with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) taking their largest monthly share of the new car market in 2022.

Am I right to assume that "battery electric vehicles" are hybrids i.e. vehicles running primarily on petrol, just rebranded for marketing purposes?

[celedhring]

There was news about the new car market skyrocketing in the UK (what recession?!) and there was this bit:

Plug-in electric vehicles made up more than one in four (27.7%) new registrations, with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) taking their largest monthly share of the new car market in 2022.

Am I right to assume that "battery electric vehicles" are hybrids i.e. vehicles running primarily on petrol, just rebranded for marketing purposes?

No. BEVs are "pure" electrics. They don't have petrol engines. What you refer to are HEVs.

[Tamas]

What's the difference then how are you charging a BEV if it cannot be plugged in?

[Josquius]

I'm probably going to need a new car next year.
The prices make me cry.

On the fence over the electric vs old petrol car is better debate.