History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Sorry, but I just have to comment on this:


I only throw away clothes if they literally fall apart. If I know I won't wear some clothes anymore I either give them to my female cousins if they're in a good shape, leave them at my grandma's so they could be used when working in the field or in the garden or as rags for cleaning or I donate them to charity. It's also always been a kind of "tradition" in my family that women would leave their kids' clothes for younger kids in the family. The same with toys - they'd be passed on to younger generation. Even nowadays if I know that I won't wear some shoes and they're in a good condition I give them to my aunt who has the same shoe size as me.

My mother doesn't throw anything at all, because she's very tight-fisted.

You could say that in my family nothing goes to waste and it's the women who take care of that.

I do have some clothes that I haven't worn yet, but I don't throw them away - they're waiting patiently for their turn :)))

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Btw, my boss looked like a younger, prettier and slimmer version of Beata Szydło, but with blonde hair and without the usual Szydło's brooch:



I didn't know that Szydło is a "butch lesbian" :D

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


No, I didn't write that I don't care about "harmful impact it is having on the environment" (which I'm sure is lesser than that of all the plastic that is being thrown away by both men and women :)) That comment of mine was an answer to this: "Women are still the largest segment when it comes to buying and following fashion trends."

Fashion industry provides work for many people and that's a fact.


No, I don't really know what such a f*cked up misogynist like you has in mind, so please, explain it to me :)))

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Not really, firstly, I asked you whether "wearing jeans and trainers when going shopping or to the park is "revolting" to you".
Secondly, when I wrote that I can't imagine my life without jeans and trainers I didn't specify when and where I wear them, so I didn't change any "setting" or "my story".


You either have no experience of living with a woman or American women differ greatly from Polish women (which I doubt that they differ that much).


I already explained it to you that I worked in a big company with heterosexual men and women working there and the boss that was directly over me wasn't a butch lesbian, but a heterosexual married woman. Do you have reading comprehension problems? :)


What a coward you are! :) Are you that ashamed of where you live? Why? 🤔

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


LOL
Well, you're wrong, as usual :) She was married to a guy (who was an alcoholic, unfortunately) and was feminine, it's just she dressed modestly. And it was a big company, so of course there were men working there :) Her boss was a guy, for example.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


I didn't lose any argument and I didn't change any setting. I didn't write when and where I wear jeans and trainers. I only wrote that I couldn't imagine my life without them (as in - if they didn't exist at all) and not that I wear them all the time and everywhere o_O


That usually pertains only to menstrual pads, but I'm guessing that a guy like you who's never been with a woman doesn't know such things :)))


Depends what you mean by "revealing clothing like that". If you mean being half naked with a tape put over your breasts then I certainly haven't seen it anywhere.


Where? Where does it happen "all the time"? Do you have any real life examples from your own experience? :)


But that's not a secret - I often write where I live - Poland, Holy Cross region, Kielce :)

Now your turn - where do you live, Poloniusz? :)))

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

@Torq, that's a pity if being a decent human being "bores" you. That's not very Christian of you.

Remember:

"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."
(Matthew 7:12)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


I know what you mean.


Grow up.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


No, I think that making fun of people's looks is in bad taste and is a proof of bad character. You're simply being a bully.


I wonder how would you feel if a bunch of women would made fun of your looks :)


Yeah, it's easy to make fun of other people's looks, isn't it. Weakling.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


That's a low life comment. How about you post your photo, so we could have a laugh too :)


You can post your photo too, Mr Beautiful :)))

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


No, that's what you're doing here:


Yes, really. We're discussing work place environment now and not street protests.


I asked you first. So, where do you live? Are you ashamed to admit where you live? :)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


It's not "pedantry". I'm honestly curious what bothers you exactly in the way people dress and why.


Wearing jeans and trainers when going shopping or to the park is "revolting" to you?? :D 🤦


Maybe in the US. I haven't noticed such a problem where I live. Where do you live, Poloniusz?


I worked in a 21st century corpo and the dress code depended on what kind of job you were doing. The management was wearing typical office attire and IT people - pretty ordinary, casual clothes - nothing inappropriate or revealing though. My female boss had short hair and wore bland office attire, no make up and no jewelry even.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Yes, but "lack of modesty, courtesy, self-awareness, and taste" may mean different things to different people.


Again - this is subjective. So what does it mean to you?


I have no idea what this means. You mean wearing sportswear?


I am yet to see obese people walking in the street with their naked bellies hanging out. Is this what it's like in the US?

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


And nowadays soldiers and police officers wear them too, so you'll have to learn to live with that, I'm afraid :)))


I will, because it's the same mentality - appearances more important than comfort and common sense.


Bullsh1t. There's still a dress code - in the street and at work and for different occasions, etc.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

@AntV, that is a rather general statement, so I'd appreciate some examples of what you mean. 🤔

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


lol
Tattoos have been present in many cultures around the world for thousands of years and ignorant people like you behave as if prisoners have invented them :)))


In the past people cared more about appearances. I remember how my mother would obsess over me getting my clothes dirty when I would go out to play outside in the playground when I was a kid, because "what neighbours will think". I hated it. I felt free only at my grandma's in the countryside, because noone would see me in the yard and I could play as I wanted to.


Meaning?

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


In what kind of neighbourhood do you live, if women there dress in a "revolting" way? lol Or better yet - which country? 🤔


You're sick from hate towards women. Get help.


So? Someone is making money on making those clothes.


It's not that I "love" them, but I simply can't imagine my life without them :)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Not in Poland, imho... People here don't come to the store in the mornings wearing pyjamas :)

In all honestly however, even though I like it when people dress nice, I prefer it that nowadays comfort is more important than superficial appearances. 🤔


Eww...


Yup. Of course, those two ladies in the photo probably weren't washing them themselves - their servants were doing it for them...


Why only on women? How about half naked men on the coast coming to stores and restaurants like they're still on the beach? 🤨

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


And ugly. Grandma clothes. 😒
Also - unpractical, because those long skirts would get dirty quickly during autumn and winter time.


Exactly.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

@Torq, no, I'm just bluntly expressing what I think about your comment :)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Sorry, Torq, but this is a nonsense comment... That was over a centaury ago. In case you haven't noticed - a lot changed in Europe during one century lol


You mean what went wrong with your head? I don't know, you tell me - it's your head after all... 🤔

News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [549]

@gumishu, not necessarily. Giving them a visa and them staying in Poland are two different things, as we found out, especially if that would happen during the period of 8 years. It would also depend on where someone lives - big city, a town, a village, etc.


Well, even in my local Biedronka I've seen in more recent years groups of young men that look like they're from Pakistan/India/Bangladesh (and I live in Kielce and not some big city like Warsaw). My guess is that they're probably students, but who knows what other people might think...

News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [549]


I don't think it's as easy for an ordinary person to verify how many visas were given to foreigners or how many money were "drained from the Polish state budget by VAT fraudsters" as is looking around you and checking whether your own country in which you live is "in ruin" or not lol

News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [549]


Because they were stupid? I honestly don't know how anyone with half a brain could believe that "Poland in ruin" bullsh1t.

Language / Why is the Polish language so difficult? [309]

@gumishu, um... no... My comment was actually conveying the opposite... (= I actually agreed with you) o_O Drink some coffee, maybe you didn't wake up yet :P

Language / Why is the Polish language so difficult? [309]


Yup, just like their weddings aren't meant for tourists :):





"Hej piykne dziywcyny i śfarne chłopoki" :D

Language / Why is the Polish language so difficult? [309]


Well, I'm trying to understand what you mean... Do you seriously think that Poles cherish highlander culture and dialect only because they want to have a nice experience as tourists in the mountains? lol


Honestly? Personally I don't care... They don't have to use their dialect when talking to me. And it would be easier for me to understand standard Polish anyway.

I'd like them to retain their culture and dialect, but not for "touristy reasons". I'd like them to preserve it, because it's cool and beautiful and part of Polish heritage and what makes Poland more interesting.


I'm sure the fact that Poles like the culture of Polish highlanders helps them preserve it at least to some extent. Maybe it would be different if people looked down on it.

Language / Why is the Polish language so difficult? [309]


"Jesteśmy" is easier to pronounce and "sąśmy" sounds a bit funny/outdated, imho.


What do you mean?

Language / Interesting Polish tongue twister. [69]


I've said it correctly at the first go, but, as often with tongue twisters, I had to focus a bit more.


This one is rather easy actually! xD

History / Russian Greatness - and its Polish Contributors [76]


So it happens that majority of Poles would laugh at Bobko's comment, not only a few PF Poles :)