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Why...?? ;O They can look nice in case of casual look...

I like those made of fabric with floral patterns - they look cute :):

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@Alien, I think that "coffee or tea" could mean that she's more of a café person, rather than a bar/club person... 🤔

And what if she would like to go for a milkshake or ice cream? ;D Or a warm waffle with whipped cream and chocolate sauce... ;O In what kind of category would she be put by a man then? Infantile? :O Gluttonous? lol Suffering from calcium deficiency?? ;D

I've recently tried bubble tea and I liked it, btw :d 🧋

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Really? Why is that? I thought you like drinking lol Also, a woman who isn't into drinking wouldn't be likely to be into a guy who's a heavy drinker, I think...


A more likely answer in real life would be: "I'm not that much into drinking alcohol." And then the guy would ask: "How about a coffee or tea then?" And the woman would say then: "OK" :)

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I haven't observed or experienced this "fact" during my education.
I was always one of the best students - at primary school, at secondary school, at high school and at the university and even at private art classes and at private English classes.

And yet - I have the same views as Lenka.
Also, Lenka is intelligent and logical, so I personally doubt that she was a bad student.


How is the potential of smart kids being "artificially limited"? Smart or gifted kids simply do more - and that's often encouraged by the teacher. My art teacher at secondary school could see that I could draw and so she talked me into joing her free extra art classes after school. She inspired me to go to art school.

My Polish teacher at high school wanted to make me take part in the so called olimpiada.
As for English - I decided to take private English classes at high school on my own, because I liked English and wanted to be better at it. This didn't end there though - I was also consciously watching news, films and TV series and reading books in English, because I knew that will help me improve my English (and because I simply enjoyed it).


Exactly. So there's "selection" taking place later on. Everybody knew what were the best schools in my city and all the smart kids wanted to get in. I'd be trying to get in one of them too if it wasn't for the fact that I chose an art school (to my Polish teacher's great disappointment lol :)).

And, of course, there were entrance exams for my art school - from art subjects. There was drawing and painting exam, sculpture exam (I had to take private classes before that, because I never did any sculpting) and history of art exam (and, again, I took private lessons with a former teacher from that art school to increase my chances). Besides the entrance exams they were also looking at your previous academic results. The best results from both exams and previous academic results would land you where I personally wanted to be - at "painting and gilding" specialization. So, you can imagine how beyond happy I was when I got in :)))

News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]

The tragic series continue:

A Spanish soldier died during NATO exercises in Poland involving the use of live ammunition :

rp.pl/wojsko/art40222851-tragedia-na-manewrach-nato-w-polsce-nie-zyje-zolnierz

And today a body of a GROM soldier was found after the search that lasted since Wednesday. The experienced diver went missing during underwater exercises near Westerplatte. His death will be investigated by an independent committee.

RIP 😔🕯️

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Maybe I'll read it later out of curiosity, but I have no time now for reading propaganda of some "Republican, conservative and Catholic" club. Give me stats, data - from reliable sources.

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In case of certain group of men (usually right-wing, nationalist or Muslim) that "complementary" usually translates into - women are only good for what men think women are good for.


Those differences don't make women unable to work in professions. Women aren't just able to give birth, raise kids and do laundry. They're capable of much more.

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No, I only share my personal observations, impressions and conclusions. I'm also sharing with you how the stuff that men like you are writing makes me feel as a woman.


Nope. If a woman wants to be a chef at a restaurant it's because she wants to be a chef at a restaurant and not because she wants to be a better chef than a man or because she hates men :)))


Nope, I still don't see any poll being posted by Torq :)

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That's not what men like you and AntV are saying :) Men like you are saying that it would be better if women didn't work, because men would have higher salaries then :)))


I wouldn't have anything against that IF men would be as likely to take care of their kids, household and grandkids (and to the same extent), elderly parents and their disabled adult kids as women are.


I wouldn't have anything against that IF men switched their roles with women in taking care of kids, household, grandkids, elderly parents and disabled children.

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@AntV, if I'm wrong then why views of men like you always somehow get close to the way Islam views and treats women?

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I'm sure that men in Afghanistan say that they only... EVER... want what's best for women and girls :))) That's a LIE though. They mainly want what's best for men.


Because you are until you prove it with a poll :)

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And I explained it to you why I think it's a bad idea, so why are you pretending that you don't know why?


My impression is that you do. Of course, it may be not only that - it's possible that it's mainly about having control and power.


Oh, really? Have I or feminism invented countries like Afghanistan? They don't exist? lol

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I think it's possible that it would make men and women more of "aliens" to each other than they are now, imho. And where it would end? Universities should be segregated too? lol

Btw, why do men like you have this need to separate yourselves from women and eliminate them from all kinds of fields and roles in society?


Worked up about what exactly?


And I don't buy patriarchy, misogyny and sexism and I'm not only bored, but fed up with it.

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Intellectually, financially, prestige-wise. University professor earns more than a primary teacher and there's greater prestige connected to it.


How many of them were women and how many men? :)


Those are basics though. Not "interesting" enough for men, clearly :)


Women are better at "giving" and "nurturing", because they're being conditioned to be like that from an early age. In my opinion (and not only mine) it has more to do with nurture rather than nature. And, btw, we had a female primary teacher that shouldn't be let anywhere near children.

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I somehow can't see men wanting to teach them :)))


Because of how they were being treated by some of the teachers and fellow classmates.


That's not how it was when I was attending my compulsory education.


Again, that's not how it was during my time.

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I haven't experienced this. During my education the least intelligent and the academically unsuccessful were the nice ones. It was the more intelligent "alpha boys" from "good homes" and liked by teachers who were the biggest bullies and a$$holes.

And, btw, it was in secondary school when kids misbehaved the most in my experience. Most of them - even the girls (I mean talking in class - stuff like that). Our biology teacher ended up with mental breakdown ;O High school was a heaven in comparison lol


No bingo here. During my time it was the "retards" who were suffering. Noone was adapting to them.


Hehe... Oh, men are welcome to try the teaching profession - but why don't they? :D
Again, my experience - at my primary and secondary school 99% of teachers were women. At high school - math, physics, history and most of art subjects were taught by men.

University was the most balanced - I'd say it was 50/50.

Conclusion? Men don't want to work with younger kids... "Surprise, surprise"... 🙄


Haha... You f*cking lazy, selfish a$$holes... As usual you want to leave the worse for women.

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How do you know that? Can you imagine what would be happening in the countryside, for example?


Nonsense. I went through all the stages of compulsory and non-compulsory education and the fact of it being compulsory for others was in no way "detrimental" to my education lol

Another thing you seem to be forgetting about is that education has yet another purpose - not only preparing future employees. It's also preparing future voters... and future parents... and just future adults in general.


Provide a link to a poll conducted among teachers or you're talking out of your ass :)


No, I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy :)

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In reality though it is not kids who decide about that. It's their parents.

And that leads us to Lenka's point number 1:


And that's enough of a reason to make education compulsory. Anyone who doesn't understand this is an idiot for me - sorry.


Really? I didn't notice anyone calling Novichok "vulgar" for calling people "morons" all the time :)))

Again, sorry for being blunt, but that's what I think - your take on compulsory education is idiotic for me. And especially concerning considering that you're a teacher. You'd rather I pretended otherwise? Or should I put it more "nicely"? :)))

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You could say the same thing about Hitler, Stalin or child rapists, so I think you know where you can shove this "brilliant" comment of yours.


No, I'm not. I'm simply not blindly RuSSophilic like you and I get my moral priorities right.


I do notice good things. Once or twice I even enumerated all the characteristics of Bobko that make people overlook what a f-ed up, lying Putinist sociopath he is :) But since I'm a moral person I can't overlook this.

I don't know about you, but for me being evil outweighs having good manners and being "pleasant", for example. I won't overlook evil just because the evil person is nice to me lol 🤦

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I didn't ignore it - I pointed out to you that East Asians are hard-working and crazy about education "by default". It doesn't have anything to do with "Russian" or "Western" education systems lol


So is India and Japan lol


You know, I'm honestly wondering whether you're really so ignorant about the world or whether you're so nationalistic and arrogant that it makes you stupid or are you consciously manipulating? o_O

Because according to your logic Japan is full of "engineering talent", because they were occupied by the US lol 🤦

And are you going to tell me that the Chinese invented paper and gun powder thanks to "Russian education system"? ;D

Btw, from what I know communism didn't make the Chinese famous for inventing stuff... They're known for copying Western stuff, actually.


I agree with this and all of your 5 points. Torq is a messed up idiot on yet another front o_O

Off-Topic / Random movies (not Polish) proposed by forum users [95]

One of the comments under the trailer on YouTube for "3 Body Problem" series (but don't watch the trailer... even though it's cool! ;D):

"RickyMagnus87
I found this show at around 12:30am. Did not, could not stop watching till almost 6am lol. So good!!!"

So I'm not alone in this ;D
I hope Netflix will make season 2! :O

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From another thread:


I recommend watching it to anyone, really :) I binge-watched all episodes on Easter Monday ;O Just don't watch any trailers or read reviews - I had no idea what it's all about and that made it more interesting to watch :) And don't be put off by the beginning (it's kind of depressing).

It's based on a Chinese novel, btw (but don't google it before watching! ;D)

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@Torq, you must be living in some kind of alternate reality... lol (or what are you taking? It must be some strong stuff... lol)


No, he isn't o_O He's a lying sociopath. Bobko, ConstantineK and Velund are messed up in their own unique ways, but at the end of the day - they are all sociopathic Putinists.





How is making money in capitalist New York working out for you, btw? :))) Why not China or Vietnam?

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Bobko, are you kidding me? lol The reason is cheap labour that can be easily exploited.


Which ones are you talking about? East Asians are hard-working peoples and crazy about education usually no matter whether they live in communist or capitalist/democratic countries and what "instruction" they got... 🤨


Defenitely not RuSSians. Lying seems to be part of your nature :/

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You mean those millions killed during Holodomor in Ukraine?
Or during the Great Chinese Famine?:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine


Bobko, have you seen TV series titled "The Three-Body Problem" on Netflix (interesting series, btw)? I recommend you watch the beginning of the first episode - I think it will give you an idea about some of the things that communism brought to other countries...


LOL
RuSSia is the protector of its own interests - nothing more than that :)))


As a Pole knowing history I can only laugh at it :)

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]

@Bobko, you made the world suffer.

But I know that sociopaths like you don't care.

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And that's RuSSia for you, unfortunately...


The "Whites" were those who were in power in the first place - they were fighting to keep that power.


But BB... That "oppressive brutality and the decades long bloody mass murder" was done by RuSSians... They did it to each other... It wasn't done by some aliens from space :) And that's my point.


BB... :) RuSSians did this to each other. Noone else did. And I blame them for that.

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@Novichok, there are no RuSSians living in my intelligent Polish head :))) They do reside in RuSSia however, together with a minority of decent Russians :)

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Um...What "two, three" people are you talking about? You think I've discussed with only two, three Russians/RuSSians for 7 years? :)))


Tell that to RuSSians lol


It was RuSSians who created such conditions for themselves in their own country. Noone forced Putin on them. And other countries won't topple Putin from power and so he will stay in power. And after he won't be able to rule anymore he will likely be replaced by someone similar. That's what I meant, among others, when I wrote that German experience differs from Russian experience. Nazis were removed from power by other countries by force - Nazi Germany was invaded, occupied and denazified by others. And communism was imposed on Eastern Germany by foreign power.

Neither communism nor Putin were forced upon RuSSia by foreign countries. And both weren't and won't be toppled forcibly by foreign powers. So, we are going to be stuck with this reality for quite some time most probably.

And resistance is dangerous in RuSSia only because the majority supports Putin. And that's the problem - the majority supports Putin. And those who don't are too afraid or too few to change anything.

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@Bratwurst Boy, but we're discussing reality now, not stereotypes. I wasn't discussing with "stereotypes" for 7 years - I was discussing with real people. Ukraine also isn't being invaded by "stereotypes", but by real people - RuSSians.