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5 Oct 2010
USA, Canada / EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN NYC DISRESPECTS POLISH AMERICANS! [88]

The real kicker is that despite the worthy peeps they refuse to honor, they somehow felt the need to celebrate killer Commie Chairman Mao...

The Chinese tell us to turn on the lights, we turn them on. When you're a trillion in the hole to somebody...
convex   
5 Oct 2010
Life / Disco Polo - No No No No No! [95]

Now see this. And it's the top shelf of refinement as goes for the genre, believe me.

disco punjab, awesome :) I can't believe I let that run for over a minute...
convex   
4 Oct 2010
Life / Diaspora, what do you miss from Poland? [15]

Here's an idea. I'll be in Polska for another couple of months. What do you miss from Poland? I'll take some pictures for you and post them, what a deal :)
convex   
4 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]

He resents the assumption that he has to buy into our system. He does not agree that "you have to join it to change it."

You don't have to buy into it in order to work within it to gain your "freedom". You do however have to understand how it works in order to even have a chance of getting out of it.
convex   
4 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]

After all the talks of goals, and education, and sacrifices, my son said: I want to be a poor fisherman. I do not want my goal to involve sitting most my life in front of a computer, like you do, mommy..

Need to further explain the implications of being a poor fisherman, and how he will be dependent on others in order to continue his lifestyle. Teach him about how the system works, and push him towards living independent of the system. Dunno, maybe I'm just insane, but hey, it works. Spending all day fishing is a great goal :)

are you sure that bankers don't use drugs?

That's my point :)
convex   
4 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]

extasy =/= meth

Granted they are both amphetamine based CNS stimulants that release the same wonderful chemicals in the brain, they do so in a different manner. I wouldn't equate the two.

even amphetamine =/= meth.

Same here, meth is a hell of a lot more potent as a recreational drug because the body absorbs more of it into the blood stream, and it sticks around for longer.

What is funny about stimulants is that they more or less just cause the release of the same chemicals that we'd otherwise get by holding the hand of a loved one, riding a roller coaster, eating your favorite food, hearing a funny joke... Ah, strange world we live in.
convex   
4 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]

People took 4 pills at once and they got speed...

Trust me here, BZP ≱ meth.

I don't understand, so you would let your kids to use drugs?

I'd inform them about the effects, and wouldn't demonize it. If I had a successful and happy kid (never gonna happen, don't exactly live a kid friendly life), and that kid happened to do coke or have a drink every once in a while, who am I to tell that kid what to do do?
convex   
4 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]

Banned in dozens of countries anyway so unless it's mass moral panic, I'm sure the stuff isn't exactly harmless.

Well, the justice department in the US says that it is 10 to 20 times less potent then amphetamine, which puts it a bit under dextroamphetamine as far as harmfulness, which is completely legal.

justice.gov/ndic/pubs11/11052/index.htm

So yea, more idiotic drug policy hysteria.
convex   
4 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]

Yes but kids and young people tend to experiment even if the thing is something risky. It has nothing to do with intelligence but with being young. What would you say if you're kids were taking it? Would you still talk about Darwin's theory ar work?

I'd educate them about it, instead of demonizing it. Educate those kids and let them know that they need to get their life in order before they can do things like drugs, go on vacations, sit around and play playstation all day. I think that society sets the bar way too low for kids and tries to babysit them all the way through life. A little bit of responsibility goes a long way.
convex   
4 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]

a rejuvenating "bath salts" - a little ceramic container with a custom combination of legal stimulants in white powder form!

That is how they are sold over here, probably BZP. In the US it's already on the "same as heroin" list.
convex   
1 Oct 2010
Life / Disco Polo - No No No No No! [95]

Because it's not only that, there's some great hiphop out there. There is also terrible commercial "rap".
convex   
1 Oct 2010
Life / Poles - what other nationality would you say you are most like? [125]

I'll send you "Węgierski łącznik" - excellent
book on Polish-Hungarian common traits and ties between our countries.

Not well enough for it to be worth the time, I'll read some write ups on it though :)

Also, genetically Poles and Hungarians are very similar...

There was a thread going a while back about genetic similarities, if I recall correctly, Hungarians had a fairly healthy Balkan and Germanic mix. Will have another look.

Sociological research and numerous surveys conducted by Hungarian and Polish
scientists point to similar character traits and attitudes to various aspects of life
in Poles and Hungarians.

That's interesting as I would peg them more as being closer to Germanic and Romanian culture.

Do you know any Hungarians?

Yea, I just got an apartment in Debrecen (work...). But then again, it's one of the centers of Protestantism in Hungary..
convex   
1 Oct 2010
History / No Nazi puppet regime in Poland? [45]

There was a window where Poland could have taken advantage of the fist of "friendship". I'm with you though, it would have only bought time if nothing else.
convex   
1 Oct 2010
History / No Nazi puppet regime in Poland? [45]

Hitler would treat Poles better if they would be willing to cooperate or at least not resist and fight.

Limited time offer only, act quickly, supplies are limited!
convex   
1 Oct 2010
Life / Poles - what other nationality would you say you are most like? [125]

But that could be said for any country.

Culturally, they seem more Germanic with a splash of Balkan thrown in there for good measure.

Czechs are more pragmatic, I think, Poles are hot heads, probably like Hungarians ;)

I agree with the first part, but I think the Hungarians are quite pragmatic as a people.
convex   
1 Oct 2010
Life / Disco Polo - No No No No No! [95]

Can anyone explain the inordinate intenstiy of anti-disco polo sentiments tto this poor, ignorant PolAm?

Because discopolo is that bad. Mindless droning listened to by mindless drones. I'm completely certain that discopolo has turned an entire generation of brains into a soft mush. Stupid lyrics put to generic beats for the sole purpose of breeding.
convex   
1 Oct 2010
Life / Poles - what other nationality would you say you are most like? [125]

You don't find any similarities apart from the drinking?

You don't think that the drinking cultures are different?

I was only stating the obvious :)

I'm curious about the Hungarian association, other than historic ties, how are Poles and Hungarians more similar than say Poles and Czechs?
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1 Oct 2010
Life / Poles - what other nationality would you say you are most like? [125]

did you know that biggest ratio of population being member of communist party was in czechoslovakia? czech are free market compared to poles socialist? definitely not true.

Then vs. now is probably an important differentiator.

Funny thing is that, although they are our neighbors, we don't know them at all. We know more about the French or British than them.

Do you think the geography of Slovakia played a role in that? Kind an isolated people?
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1 Oct 2010
Life / Poles - what other nationality would you say you are most like? [125]

Most certainly NOT. Soviet loving commies.

I guess being invaded by all of your neighbors in support of communism kind of puts you into a position of being a bit more subservient. Still, Slovaks seem culturally very close, much more so than other neighbors.

as Austro-Hungarian. Hubsburgs were not Hungarians, were they?

They couldn't have acted without the support of the Hungarian parliament. The Monarchy wasn't absolute.