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smurf   
15 May 2016
News / Moody's credit rating of Poland unchanged, but outlook slumps [64]

Isn't Poland's one of the highest in Europe?

pweeg answers this perfectly

unless you can find a better metric, GDP will continue to be used.

There are better, fairer metrics, but GDP is used becasue it's so vague. It's a bit like Catholicism y'know, nobody really knows how to explain it properly but we're told it's a good thing so we go with it ;)

But yea, seriously though there is a far better measure that economists and governments don't use becasue it shows a true reflection of a country's economy:

socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi

But isn't Western Europe's GDP much lower than Poland's?

No, not really
ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/eu/forecasts/2016_spring_forecast_en.htm
smurf   
15 May 2016
Love / Wedding invitation to work colleagues? How common in Poland? [4]

like most of you, I have a handful of colleagues that are good(but not close) friends and rest are rather acquaintances.

Invite who you want, if people have a problem with that then fuq 'em, that's theur problem. Maybe if they'd been cooler to you they'd have been invited ;)
smurf   
14 May 2016
News / Moody's credit rating of Poland unchanged, but outlook slumps [64]

The Polish economy in 2016 is expected to grow by 3.6%,

Yea, I wouldn't really be boasting about that but yea, good luck if you think that's good.

generous injection from the government's pro-family fiscal program, which amounts to roughly 1 per cent of GDP

Also, anyone that relies on GDP as a measurement know zilch about economics.
GNP or NNI or GPI would be far better and the reality is so-called economists don't use those figures because they show a true refection of a county's economy.

You can have a read of this and it explains it very well, it's pretty old though, but yea, countries have been pulling to wool over the eyes of people for years becasue people just blindly believe that GPD is a good indicator

softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Casino_capitalism/Number_racket/gdp_is_a_questionable_measure_of_economic_growth.shtml

You prob won't bother though coz you're PiS shill and worship at the alter of PiSlam
smurf   
14 May 2016
News / Moody's credit rating of Poland unchanged, but outlook slumps [64]

That would have supplied the opposition with more ammunition with which to discredit Poland's democratically elected authorities

LOL

it was the opposition's clamorous street protests and its attempts to internationalize an internal dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal that created the impression of a country in disarray,

lies

although Poland's economy was and remains robust

Yea, sure

it lowered the outlook on Poland's A2 rating amid fears that plans to lower retirement age and a child-benefit program would place a considerable financial burden on the budget

Finally, some truth in your post
smurf   
13 May 2016
Work / Szczecin - 10.000 Gross salary for a couple with child [7]

If you can provide me with a break down of the most common costs of living for a family of 3 I will appreciate it.

numbeo is what you want.

numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Ireland&country2=Poland&city1=Dublin&city2=Szczecin

I had a look there and it says

You would need around 7,263.13zł (1,645.75€) in Szczecin to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 4,400.00€ in Dublin (assuming you rent in both). This calculation uses our Cost of Living Plus Rent Index to compare cost of living. This assumes net earnings (after income tax).

I compared Dublin coz that's where I lived most of my life.....also, your name is Kelly so I'm guessing you're Irish too. But yea, use the wesbite and compare where you are to Szczecin

Personally 7 grand would be OK if you didn't have dependents, on that kind of money your wife's gonna need to get a job too. Look, you'd survive on it, you definitely would, the only thing is you wouldn't be living the high life and your ability to save money month to month wouldn't be easy.

I wouldn't move here for that kind of money. Like do you seriously think it's going to be fun having a 3 person-family living on less than €1600 a month?
smurf   
6 May 2016
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]

I can not understand people having a problem with someone who prefers their own sex instead of what's expected by society

It's becasue they're projecting their insecurity with their own sexuality.

Anyone who 'hates gay's is really just afraid that they might be gay themselves.

A series of studies recently published in the prestigious Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found higher levels of homophobia in individuals with unacknowledged attractions to the same sex, particularly when they grew up with authoritarian parents who also held homophobic attitudes

From here: psychologytoday.com/blog/the-sexual-continuum/201204/are-homophobic-people-really-gay-and-not-accepting-it
Here's a short video about the study
youtube.com/watch?v=KOsRiH0-E6A

So, yea, there we have it, proof that homophobic people come from crappy families and are themselves a little bit gay :D :D :D
smurf   
5 May 2016
UK, Ireland / A new mayor in London: opinion of Polish people in the UK? [317]

Shadiq will win easily, it's not even a contest:

betfair.com/exchange/plus/#/politics/market/1.107728324

I think it's great for London, Boris Johnson was a laughing stock in the position so Shadiq has a lot of work to turn it back into a positive role.

However, I'd bet that voter turnout will be pathetic
smurf   
5 May 2016
Love / Polish Wedding present - how much money for the couple? [40]

I don't need to rely on BS found on YouTube and consorts to "judge" people I do NOT know, like some of you do here ;)

OK, you're gone off the deep end now, I don't know what the Youtube reference has got to do with anything, but yea, sure, whatever floats yer boat like

The young couple will know how much each person gave them and they will tell everyone els

Naw, come on. I got a ton of money for my wedding off some people, less off others, one stingy pair of rednecks didn't give anything, but I'd never, ever tell who gave me what to anyone else, that's simply ludicrous

The whole giving of money bit just seems wrong to me.

Well, the thing is:

Generally Polish weddings cost 50-80 thousand pln

Exactly, so the 'happy couple' need all the financial help they can get
smurf   
4 May 2016
Love / Polish Wedding present - how much money for the couple? [40]

As to socalled French "arrogance"

So, it's OK to generalise the Polish, but not the French?
Haha!
Anyway, I said

I love the French, never once met a French person I didn't get along with :)

So, I wasn't saying the French were arrogant, but thanks for proving my point, generalisations are bullsh!t and insulting and pointless.

You British people

I'm not british :D :D :D

If I was getting married and I didn't have the cash, I'd hire the local village hall, make the food at home and ask everyone to bring a couple of bottles of vodka. Job done.

Aye, but everyone in the village would label you stingy and you'd be the talk of the town until the next scandal
smurf   
4 May 2016
Love / Polish Wedding present - how much money for the couple? [40]

Poles would not understand/accept that a friend of theirs living in Australia does not give more

Naw, come on now, it's a family friend.....like if my sister's best friend was getting married back in Galway would I have to give 250euros just coz I know her and I wasn't invited to the wedding?

Naw, no way, I might, might give her 50 euros the next time I saw her, I wouldn't bother with a card.
If you didn't invite me to be with you on your special day then pfft, I'm not bothered.

are extremely materialistic

That's just a sweeping generalisztion and yea, I know you live in Warsaw and most people from there are douchebags but still it's not a nice comment to make. Woujdl you like it if I said that I thought all French people are arrogant? I doubt you would.........I don't btw, I love the French, never once met a French person I didn't get along with :)

Apparently in Poland giving cash seems alright but does it not look a bit "vulgar"?

the problem though is that Polish weddings are far more expensive relatively than western weddings y'know?
An Irish wedding can cost let's say, for exmaple 30,000 euros, but with both people working it's affordable, or at least affordable to take a loan. With Polish weddings that's not always the case and the vast majority are very, very lucky if they break even with their costs and gifts, that's why people give money.
smurf   
4 May 2016
Love / Polish Wedding present - how much money for the couple? [40]

to a friend getting married.

Not a friend, a family friend

Plus the OP isn't going

Hey, your imaginary money, spend it as you wish.

Since OP lives and works for an Australian income, their Polish friends would consider them as tight and insulting if gving what average Poles do give (based upon their incomes).

No, that's simply not the case, they won't expect any gift from you for the simple fact that you aren't attending.
smurf   
4 May 2016
Love / Polish Wedding present - how much money for the couple? [40]

but at least she is not as stingy as you are

So you would give 1000zl to a bride and groom even though you're not going to a wedding?

Yea, sure you would, I really, really, really believe you
Honestly I do
Yes
100%
smurf   
4 May 2016
Love / Polish Wedding present - how much money for the couple? [40]

Or do you think they will exchange it for Euro instead of zloty?

Try to find out where they're going on their honeymoon and get the currency for that country, that'd be a nice touch from you
smurf   
3 May 2016
Love / Polish Wedding present - how much money for the couple? [40]

You were saying 400zł for your nephew's Communion

Yea, but that's coz I had to attend the cringe-y borefest that it was

But yea, he got a fortune, he wanted enough money to buy a laptop, he got enough to buy four!
Fair play to him, I hope he wastes it on crap and annoys his auld pair ;)

I would advize some 400 to 500 zl and if a very close friend, 1,000 ZL. If a good friend, giving a mere 200 ZL would seem cheap.

Naw, come on, he's not going to the wedding, If I wasn't going I wouldn't give a penny.
Think about it, you have a party, you're expecting nothing and your Yankie buddy gives you 200zl you didn't expect.

1000zl! that's crazy, family members don't even give that much.
InPolska, you're obviously very rich :)
smurf   
29 Apr 2016
Life / Poland is safe to visit - "Daily Mail" [100]

As far as I'm concerned all newspapers are shyte.
All are biased, all are under the influence of advertisers and/or owners.
For instance, look how the UK Times and the Sun didn't cover Hillsborough this week. Why?
Rupert f!ckin Murdoch that's why, plus we all know what the S(c)um did following Hillsborough.

The only things you can trust in newspapers are the date and the sports results...and the death notices if it's a local paper

I don't read newspapers and the sooner the whole industry dies the better we'll all be
smurf   
29 Apr 2016
Life / Poland is safe to visit - "Daily Mail" [100]

Daily Mil might jump the gun too early but they are a crucial part of journalism

They sure are, they're the side you don't want to be on.
To me, if you're a fan of the Daily Mail then I know that I don't want you in my life coz you're probably an insufferable geebag

Everybody knows what to expect from the Mail - and it panders to the worst in all of us.

Exactly, it's a rag for social retards
smurf   
22 Apr 2016
Language / Why does Polish form of Nicholas (Mikołaj) begin with an M? [12]

Babbington

Bear?
No, I've never heard that before, thanksfully I don associaye with people who play such 'sports' :D

cottage cheese

What exactly is cottage cheese anyway, I don't know if I've ever eaten it?
It's not that crap that's put into pierogi is it?
Pierogi are lovely but the cheese on its own tastes like cardboard

See how you get on under eight hundred years of continuous occupation by the British in a country the size of Ireland and how much of your culture would remain.

Game. Set. Match
smurf   
21 Apr 2016
Language / Why does Polish form of Nicholas (Mikołaj) begin with an M? [12]

It also begins with an M in Czech, Lithuanian, Slovak and various other Slavic languages so it's not just a Polish thing.

Shouldn't it then be the other way around?
If it's M in most slavic languages then the Russians have gotten it wrong?
Like the way the Yanks can't spell anything properly.
smurf   
18 Apr 2016
USA, Canada / Polish Hosting Etiquette - Who pays? [3]

Since they are staying with us, are we suppose to pay for everything: restaurants, the theme park, etc?

Of course not, 50-50 on everything, or you pay for theme park entrance, they pay for dinner etc.