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Joined: 13 Mar 2017 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 1 day ago
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Bobko   
29 Jan 2024
Life / Polish people and TV Series - so good and hilariously spot on :) [99]

I finished watching 1670 yesterday. I watched it in Polish audio, with English subtitles.

In the end, I enjoyed it very much. My favorite character was the xenophobic homeless nobleman, Bohdan.

Polish humor is very similar to Russian humor. I was watching the series with an American, and many moments where I would explode laughing - they did not understand.
Bobko   
26 Jan 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

the level of delusion in Russia as to their standing in the world.

You have to admit we're doing well enough, being 20X poorer and smaller.
Bobko   
26 Jan 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Another thing he asked me, is what would an American equivalent of Russia look like, if the USA was the USSR - and it similarly collapsed.

I really liked this question.

I told him it was like Texas separating (Kazakhstan), California (Ukraine), Massachusetts (Belarus), and then IL, IN, WI, MI, MO, OK, TN, ND, SD, ID splitting off as well (the Stans and the Caucasus). Basically, the East Coast minus Massachusetts, is what Russia would be. I tried to match it up to the population loss, and economic potential remaining, in the aftermath of 1991 for Russia.

So then, of course, he said that from that perspective, our current war seems insane. You probably know what I told him then.
Bobko   
26 Jan 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

I had a young person (a teenager), ask me some interesting questions recently.

We were watching Ost Bloc military parades, as one does with his brother on a Thursday afternoon. At some point he asked me: what were these Polish/Romanian/GDR/etc soldiers feeling, marching in front of their "puppet" leaders? Did they feel pride, like we did? Did they always know it was an elaborate kabuki theater, and they were essentially attack dogs of the Kremlin?

It made me think, for a second. I told him, that in my opinion these were still "Leaders", with a capital "L". The only person higher in authority than Jaruzelsky, can only be some Brezhnev, but not any other citizen of the almost 300M USSR.

This prompted a second question - did normal citizens then, have a hierarchy of their own amongst themselves? For example, could a Soviet tourist come to Warsaw and act like a complete boor, and annoy all the Poles through his arrogance? Again, I told him that in my opinion, this was a ludicrous concept. If anything, we are seen as slaves, and a people that suffer from a myriad self inhibitions. It's hard to imagine, a Soviet citizen striding around anywhere as a colonial overlord.

So then, we returned to the question of the parades, and if they were authentically uplifting for the people involved. I told him, that it was a good question, and the answer is likely yes. Of course, I also explained that his idea of them as "attack dogs of the Kremlin" was much too simplistic, and that in actual practice they often did refuse to do things or outright rebelled.
Bobko   
25 Jan 2024
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Do you know what the real difference was between what you term a noble and szlachta? Money

Not just money.

If he was a Kniaz, that's a different level entirely.
Bobko   
24 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

Now,let us use Christian tools, science, reason, critical examination of the evidence and so on..

Now this is interesting.

Do you mean Jewish tools? For what can breed such skills better than infinite Talmudic analysis?

Do you say that the Muslims, with their many jurist schools, do not practice the same?

I ask in good faith, can you argue why Reason is Christian?

remember the title of the book or the author?

Padraig Lenihan "Consolidating Conquest: Ireland 1603-1727"
Bobko   
24 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

What is the difference between paganism and any other religion?

Only that Paganism is informed by the 200,000 years of Homo Sapiens lived experience, while "religion" is a synthetic creation by power hungry individuals.
Bobko   
24 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

What a poster hath created... let gnome man tear asunder!

Alright, alright... ok.

all twats are stupid regardless of their IQ.

This is not an indictment of Christianity, but an attempt to show traces of Pagan thought in popular Polish attitudes towards religion. As a good Christian man, you should only support this.

Let us stamp out the last bits of the old world, so men like Crow, with their Svetovids - can never hope to have a chance at breaking us. Fortify thine soul with the armor of Christ.
Bobko   
24 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

Irish history and mythology are pretty much inseparable

I discovered this for myself, when I read a history of the Settlement of the Pale, from an Irish perspective. It was a hilarious read, not unlike what the Ukrainians publish today about their history.
Bobko   
23 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

I will accept that Islam is a religion rather than just a mental condition

If Mormons are a religion, than Islam deserves to be one too.

Just a reminder, Mormons believe that after his resurrection, Jesus flew through the troposphere from the Middle East, all the way to North America - where he had made a bunch more Apostles from the Indians. Then, millennia later, a man in Upstate New York discovered this entire history by reading Egyptian plates, which only he could read (whilst the plates were placed at the bottom of a top hat), using special "seer" stones.
Bobko   
23 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

The story is that there was a great battle between us a long time ago and we finally agreed to share the place and not interfere with each other.

Sort of like Jews, but with wings.
Bobko   
23 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

What are you on about?

You said you don't see any contradiction between believing in fairies, banshees, and leprechauns - and believing in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In doing so, you gave a heart attack to half of our respected readership.

Best not to advertise the strange customs of your godforsaken island.

oh master of witicisms!

These are not witticisms, but low-effort puns.

I can produce 5 off the top of my head.

1) Gnome of Thrones
2) Gnomeo and Juliet
3) The Gnome Ranger
4) Gnomeland Security
5) Gnome Alone
Bobko   
23 Jan 2024
Life / i went to poland and killed myself [13]

I hope others who hate Poland will follow your example.

"I Went to Poland and Killed Myself" could be a good title for a novel, or alternative rock band.

There is already a song by an American rapper about going to Poland:


Bobko   
23 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

Proto-Germanic was spoken in c. 500 BC-200 AD

Are you saying that the Proto-Germans polluted the environment, and had much anal sex? Alternatively, are you saying that there is a connection between Russian religious practice and the emergence of Old English? What are you saying?

My point was simple, and empirically confirmed. For example, when I go to stay at an alpine lake cottage - I can drink AT LEAST twice more than I can in the city, and still not have a hangover in the morning. I drink, say 300-400 grams, then I take a dip into the ice cold lake water. Energized after a swim, my appetite makes itself known. This allows me to eat more delicious grilled meat, which in turn allows me to drink again. In this way, the cycle continues, in glorious 360 degree lucidity.

If I tried to do this in the city - I would die.

Now imagine if I was drinking in Ancient Rus.
Bobko   
23 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

the Eastern Slavic religion at the time, also forbade excessive drinking for just about anyone

Define "excessive drinking". Is 3 buckets of honey mead considered excessive? Perhaps for you, even two buckets of medovukha is too much?

Our ancestors grew up with crystal clear air, and unpolluted water streams. The birds and bees were numerous, and anal sex was still not invented. That means, that in those days a man could easily drink three times more than a man today, and still wake up feeling ready to take on the day.

I struggle to understand your post.
Bobko   
23 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

wouldn't see any contradiction between the two belief systems and neither do I.

Another fairy lover.

Russians in general struggle with the concept of Christianity and morality and God, but you go fully Marxist BS

Russians chose Christianity, because it allowed drinking alcohol (also they were very impressed with the Hagia Sophia). Islam and Judaism were no good, because we love pork very much, and there are many delicious shellfish in our waters.

From Wikipedia:

The Primary Chronicle reports that in the year 986, missionaries from various peoples representing various religions arrived in Kiev, trying to convert Vladimir to their religion. In 987, after consultation with his boyars, Vladimir reportedly sent envoys to study the religions of the various neighboring peoples whose representatives had been urging him to embrace their respective faiths. Although in both stories Vladimir ultimately rejects all options except Eastern Christianity, he hesitates and does not convert.

So as you see, we have a deep and nuanced understanding of Christianity.
Bobko   
22 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

ER. It never occurred to these morons that they can pray while their kid is being treated by the guys a lot smarter than Jesus.

F*cking hell... don't get me started.

Jesus does not know how to cure advanced cancer with metastasis.

Smart people at Merck that develop immunotherapy medications, may have a chance - however...
Bobko   
22 Jan 2024
Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]

Today, I was disgusted to read about the proliferation of gnomes throughout Wroclaw, Poland. First appearing in 2005, these deformed creatures now fill the public spaces of this city. It speaks of the depths of Poland's spiritual nihilism, that people find these things "quirky" and "fun". The same country that produced Jan Pawel II, now allows a folkloric abomination to sit on the grounds of a cathedral (I'm not joking).

In some ways, this can be blamed on the legacy of the PRL... However, it's also clear that this would never be allowed, if men in power studied well their Bible.

Gnome worship is problematic, for at least the following reasons:

1. Idolatry Concerns (Exodus 20:4): The Second Commandment warns against making and worshiping graven images.

2. Distraction from God (Matthew 6:24): The Bible cautions against serving two masters.

3. Guarding Against Worldly Attachments (1 John 2:15-17): The New Testament advises believers not to love the world or the things in the world. My friends, gnomes are most certainly of *this* world, and not the Kingdom of Heaven.

4. Prioritizing Eternal Values (Colossians 3:2): Another piece of scripture, wherein Christians are encouraged to set their minds on things above, and not on earthly things.

To understand better why gnomes are manifestations of evil, I suggest reading some literature about their origins and proclivities. It will quickly become apparent to you, that they are neither "quirky" nor "fun". We must protect our children from them, just as we protect them from the globohomo invasion - focusing their attention back on the living message of the Christ.

To be honest, gnomes are just one thing which I find explicitly satanic about life in Poland. This is why I wanted to create this thread, so that I may continue covering the subject.

Thank you.


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Bobko   
21 Jan 2024
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

15 years of hard labour.

A szlachcic could not be made to serve hard labor. He essentially lived as a free man, but on Sakhalin.
Bobko   
21 Jan 2024
News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan wasnt a proxy war either by the same definition.

It was. The West used Pakistanis and Arabs (like Bin Laden), to infiltrate Afghanistan and fight the Afghan and Soviet armies. They supplied them with Stinger missiles, ATGMs, communications equipment, intelligence, and money. They also trained and advised them.

In Vietnam, we did the same thing. We armed, advised, and supplied the Viet Cong.

It's a proxy war, when one of the sides does not put boots on the ground. Just because there are no American boots on the ground, does not mean the US is not a participant in this war.
Bobko   
21 Jan 2024
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

1) The Russian and Polish delegations during the first plenary session of the Riga Peace Treaty negotiations in 1921.
2) The Polish delegation
3) Polish wax seal
4) Head of Russian delegation, Adolf Joffe, meets head of Polish delegation, Jan Dombwski.


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