News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


This just makes me merge my mental image of you with Darek from The Office PL: "Jestem niewierzący, ale praktykujacy"

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


Neither do I. My feelings about abortion tend to go back to the idea of natural viability (ability of the fetus to survive outside the mother) in other words, abortion should be more available earlier on rather than later on (roughly after 5 months or so) and in later pregnancy should be very difficult (and mostly depend on health of the mother factors).

No one really thinks of fetuses as human beings... if they did then miscarried pregnancies would require the same kind of paperwork as a live birth. Spontaneous abortion (about 10% of all pregnancies) would be considered a healthcare calamity and require medical inquiries....

Does the catholic church offer funerals for miscarriages or stillbirths? Relatives of a friend had a child that died tragically at 3... and the church were kind of awful about the funeral... refusing a ceremony in the church (only by the graveside).


All human beings think some lives are more important than others. Anyone making claims to the contrary is lying.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


I looks like a cherry and an earlobe... cherry earring? Is that a thing?

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


So you don't believe in genetics.... and you think rapists should be rewarded.


Actually... genetic predispositions have been found for all sorts of things. Nurture can move the dial a bit but the range is set by nature.

Attempts to overcome genetics fail over and over and over again. Recent example:

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Personally, I don't want rapists to reproduce and don't think of early (first two months esp) abortion as 'murder' (and neither do anti-abortion people unless they want to prosecute the woman and abortion provider for murder). It's not something to be taken lightly and the decision should be the woman's. If she wants to go ahead and have the baby then fine, if not, I'm not going to judge.

Food / Where would you take foreign guests for Polish food dinner in Krakow? [15]


Depends on which Americans.... lots of Americans love experimenting and trying new foods.... how do you think things like sushi or fajitas became popular.

The key is not to overwhelm them with too many weird things at once.

And lots of American tourists like bary mleczne.... Bambino in Warsaw almost always has foreigners stopping by despite the very user unfriendly approach to everything. I've heard Americans liking the food fine.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [812]


There are some very disturbed people posting on this forum.... I'm pretty open minded but I prefer it when people keep their paraphilias to themselves.

Genealogy / English versions of Polish given names [35]


Oay Wąż looks Polish but Waz doesn't. that's why I asked how he pronounced it.

Genealogy / English versions of Polish given names [35]


Doesn't look very Polish... how did he pronounce it in Polish?

Food / Poland-Tea or coffee land? [165]


but in everyday usage people just say 'herbata'... they only specify when context isn't enough.... there's also ziółka but I don't think I've heard it in real life...

Life / Grisly crimes in Poland [124]


That is effin' insane.... if you put that into a novel people wouldn't believe it.... I wonder if that's all that was involved.... an axe and burning alive suggests.... stronger and deeper feelings than mere real estate....

News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [396]


I've actually personally liked a large majority of the muslims I've known in real life, both men and women.

I think the religion is mostly nonsense outside of its place of origin (and maybe even there) but most I've known have been lovely people.

But large scale muslim migration to Europe has been a failure in every country that's tried it (in terms of social, economic and educational outcomes) so there's no need for more than scattered individuals in any European country.

News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [396]


Iran and Turkey (two of the most educated muslim majority countries) have very low fertility.... Even Saudi Arabia has low fertility now IINM

News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [396]


Not the first putin loyalist to compare Ukraine to Bavaria.... not today, Ivan.

Food / Poland-Tea or coffee land? [165]


I wouldn't say a "lot".... I personally don't like it, it tastes like weak tea mixed with weak coffee..... brrrrrrrr

I think of it as an ersatz product that developed a following on its own.


Not everybody does but I remember anytime I'd say I wasn't feeling well I'd get lots of recommendations for some kind of herbal tea or other (lipowa being especially nasty and having no discernible effect, ime)

Food / Poland-Tea or coffee land? [165]


Brits (like russians and Turks) seem to use tea more for its stimulant properties (it's a caffeine carrier)

Germans, on the other hand think of it as a general health promotion aid which is why they have so many different herbal things that I think Brits don't even perceive as tea.

Poles split on coffee and tea.

Coffee is for caffeine and tea is for health maintenance and/or home remedies.

So they're more like Southern Europeans using coffee to get revved up in the morning but more like Germans regarding tea.

News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [396]


you mean slaves since they have no recourse against government repression and have to pretend to support retarded russian laws...

you enjoy doing that?

News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [396]


And what have you gotten for it? Why aren't you upset at the russian government for destroying russia's international reputation?

whine whine whine... nobody respects us.... whine whine whine..... russophobia..... whine whine whine.... so tiresome.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


One meaning.

A broader meaning can be found here: wsjp.pl/haslo/podglad/18023/jakby-kij-polknal

"w sposób sztywny, pozbawiony spontaniczności, nienaturalny" (in a stiff, unspontaneous manner, unnaturally) which is closer to the context I first came across it in a detective novel (complaining about a colleague's over-bureaucratic manner of speaking).

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Yes! The whole idea of the thread!

Here's a new one

as if X swallowed a stick

There seem to be two (related) meanings.....

Life / A warning to Poland: Germany's catastrophic immigration policy: 80-90% criminal manhunts are ARABS / foreigner [83]


Ceausescu, or more properly Ceaușescu.... only one ch sound, the second is the sh sound.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [980]

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News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [396]


When has ever _not_ been ruled by criminals who don't mind killing Slavic people?

Really... name the time period and government involved....

Pan-slavism is as dumb as pan-arabism.... you might be able to cobble together something withe countries with generally similar values to Poland but no way can/would russia be involved.

Life / A warning to Poland: Germany's catastrophic immigration policy: 80-90% criminal manhunts are ARABS / foreigner [83]


Socialism means the means of production are owned by the government. There has been no communist government (the means of production are owned by 'the people') only socialist.

And it's been a disaster everywhere it's been tried.

Some people refer to capitalist systems with strong social safety nets as socialist but that's wrong.

ussr = socialist

prl = socialist

'communist' china - socialist

sweden - capitalist

News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [396]


Well there was a martial law baby boom (people with nothing else to do?).

How long did that last?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


Yeah, it's okay but dvpy nie urywa....

Kadayif in the Greek form of kataïfi is a favorite of mine, they wrap it up in little egg shapes with walnuts and honey and orange..

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


I wouldn't count the Hungarian version of pasta and white cheese among them... I think they only have the sweet version.

I love lots of Hungarian food but there are... limitations. They pickle many more different kinds of vegetables than Polish people do (including very small whole watermelons, plums and other things) but they pickle everything in the same sweet vinegar solution so in a way there's less variety.

And tripe was a disappointment...

But I love tarhonya (kind of like Polish żabki or very large couscous but browned in oil before being boiled).

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


It's a regional thing, not just Poland I've seen it in Hungary too.

Easy, quick and filling.

What's not to like?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


To me it looks like a sandwich (dark bread) with some kind of salad... I see carrot, cabbage, not sure what the white strips are. It looks like it's been cooked.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [595]


They seek him here, they seek him there,
Silly trolls seek him everywhere.
Is he in Cork?-Is he in Nice?
That dammed, elusive Mafketis!

News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [396]


By shooting down more airliners? It's the 11th anniversary of russian scum shooting down flight MH17..... and then they proudly posed in the wreckage and held up the toy of a child they killed (technically it might be different russians who shot down the plane vs those that celebrated it).

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