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Posts by Bobko  

Joined: 13 Mar 2017 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 19 Dec 2025
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Bobko   
21 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [747]

Here's an investment tip for you Ukraine lovers - buy Ukrainian war bonds.

Specifically, buy Ukrainian GDP warrants. Explainer can be found here:

reuters.com/world/europe/how-do-ukraines-gdp-linked-warrants-work-why-do-they-matter-2024-09-11/

But in a nutshell, these benefit Ukraine to the extent that they don't demand much servicing while Ukraine is down on its knees. However, if Ukraine grows back beyond the level at which it was when they were issued, then you get a share of all Ukrainian economic growth above that threshold.

If you are optimistic about Ukraine, this is the best opportunity to put your money where your mouth is.

If Ukraine wins the war, joins the EU, and has oceans of money invested into its reconstruction - you could earn more on this, than any other play in the market.
Bobko   
20 Oct 2024
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]

Jap

Racist!

I bet 90% of those complaints are about some nonsense like LGBT BS or abortions.

Can't speak for the others, but the Russian cases definitely have a bunch of people arrested at Pride Parades. A lot of Chechens too.
Bobko   
20 Oct 2024
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]

European Convention on Human Rights

Speaking of the ECHR, guess what country is in the top 3? That is, top 3 in terms of how many times their citizens complained to the European Court of Human Rights?

Ukraine!

Number 1 is Turkey (not sure what they are even doing in this organization), and number 2 is of course my beloved Russia.

Poland is number 7. The UK doesn't even appear on the list.

Considering that Poland has a population 4X smaller than Russia's, then on a per capita basis it seems Poles human rights are violated only slightly less often than those of Russians ;)


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Bobko   
20 Oct 2024
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]

Kremlin trolls to sow ferment between Poles/Polesses and their allies: Westerners, Baltics or Ukrainians.

The world does not revolve around Poland, you baboon.

Can you explain why you are looking for these signs, again? Is that not "sowing ferment"?
Bobko   
20 Oct 2024
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]

If you hope your antiBritish propaganda works on me

If anything I defended Britain here, saying you will find no overt evidence of anti-Polish discrimination by businesses.

Since when???

Google and ChatGPT are your friends!

However, because I love and respect you so very much, here it is:

1.Equality Act 2010: This law prohibits discrimination on the basis of several "protected characteristics," including race and nationality. The part of the sign targeting "Poles" would amount to racial and national origin discrimination, which is illegal in providing services, including in public spaces. Discrimination against people based on their nationality or ethnicity is considered unlawful in the UK.

2.The Race Relations Act 1976 (now largely absorbed into the Equality Act): It previously governed racial discrimination and would have similarly made this practice illegal.

3.European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (incorporated into UK law by the Human Rights Act 1998): The anti-Polish sign would violate principles of the ECHR, particularly Article 14, which prohibits discrimination on grounds such as race, ethnicity, or nationality.

So... at least since 1976 you can't have a sign that says "NO POLES".

Please direct us to all the 1,000 pages on this forum where Brits are complaining about Poles

Are you purposefully being thick? That's like 25% of this forum.
Bobko   
20 Oct 2024
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]

am searching the net for info on rental signs like NO IRISH NO DOGS addressed at Polish migrants

Why?

First, it's illegal. It violates the European Convention on Human Rights, and probably many UK laws.

Times have changed.

In the time period when you could see "No Irish" signs, it was not illegal.

I think even in Myanmar, today, you can't put up a sign saying "No Poles".

So, you won't find what you are searching for. Also, again, why are you searching for this? Is this forum not enough, where you can find probably 1,000 pages of Brits complaining about Poles in their country?

Who needs signs when there is a whole ocean of hatred on the internet?
Bobko   
15 Oct 2024
Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [195]

its sound good to you because you are retarded.

Ironside has a Hemingwayan ability to deliver even the most complex messages in easily accessible form.

an alien body in Poland after 30 years` emigration.

Who needs Russians, when Poles have so much love for each other already?
Bobko   
13 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

A self portrait:


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Bobko   
13 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@GefreiterKania

1) CMS Neuf fighting aboriginals from horseback is very good.

2) Ironside drinking "Roman Dmowski Vodka"... very nice

3) Konstantin in a pink suit on Red Square is very good too
Bobko   
12 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

Here's Crow

Hehehe
Bobko   
12 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

0_0 ...

BB in his helmet, while debating Ironside. Getting ready to run.


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Bobko   
11 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

will generate much greater return than the already discovered point of agreement.

You are a very smart ant.
Bobko   
11 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

and wrong 75% of the time

Being right 25% of the time is actually not bad at all.

If we talk about economics or meteorology - then 25% is already decent.

If we talk about venture capital investing, then being right 25% of the time would make you one of the richest people in the world - in short order.

If we are discussing drug discovery, then a 25% hit chance would be a miracle for any pharmaceutical company.

What's most important, is that the upside from my 25% of truths, must be higher than the downside from believing in my 75% of falsehoods.
Bobko   
7 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Things We Love [332]

it"s the death factor for other road users that I object to.

Come on, Lenka...

Are you 100% every day?

Do you always feel you know and understand what is happening around you?

Do you feel that those that love you, and are around you, are the ones that truly KNOW YOU?

Do you not feel sometimes that there is something more, that God in his awful wisdom has prepared for you?

Maybe... there are no answers to these questions.

But if you want to get lost - speed is the answer. If I meet you one day, I will take you to a track day.
Bobko   
7 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Things We Love [332]

that is stupid shyt that can kill people

The "death factor" is what makes you feel so alive.

It's the same when I do cave or wreck dives.

Being in that environment, means controlling your emotions completely. It means that every action is deliberate, and everything is informed by concerns of safety for your companions.

Short of going to Ukraine, and experiencing the trenches, this is the closest one can come close to the feeling of being alive that the soldiers get.

Many of those crazy motherf*ckers don't want the war to end, because it will mean the end of their "pleasure".
Bobko   
7 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Things We Love [332]

We are talking about what Bobko loves....speed.

When you go fast, everything else recedes into the background.

Being a hairline away from death makes you feel more alive, than sitting down for dinner with the girl of your dreams.
Bobko   
7 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Things We Love [332]

I liked speed, too, when I had my MGBT. 110 in 55, no problem.

I love speed, dunno why.

If skiing, I go straight down the hill like a rolling stone.

If riding a bike, and going downhill - no breaks.

Horses - only gallop.

Cars - try to beat the Google Maps estimate by at least 30%.

Going fast is something that must sit in a boy's genes since he's born.
Bobko   
7 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Things We Love [332]

what are the things you love

One thing I love, ever since I was a child, is speed.

They say that Russians and Poles love to ride fast. Maybe this is true.

Many Poles in rally and formula.
Bobko   
7 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / Things We Love [332]

I love sunsets as they help me reflect on my day.

How poetic.

What do you think about it during these reflections?
Bobko   
7 Oct 2024
News / Polish vodka as a mean of protest [49]

@Ron2

Yeah no argument from me on that front. My point was simple - alcohol contains a tremendous amount of energy.

If you drink 300 grams in one day, you can basically not eat at that point. You already received your daily caloric need.
Bobko   
7 Oct 2024
News / Polish vodka as a mean of protest [49]

As far as I know, vodka, whiskey, tequila etc. contain 0g sugar.

Yeah, with one very small problem...

Ethanol is incredibly energy dense.

One gram of ethanol has a caloric value of 7 calories. Sugar contains only 4 calories per gram.

You can literally run an internal combustion engine on ethanol, that's how "energetic" it is. It contains only slightly less calories than gasoline.

Also, despite not being a sugar, ethanol is prioritized by the liver over glucose during metabolism. This could raise your blood sugar level as well.

Sorry - I drink a lot myself - but wanted to chime in with this little bit of science.
Bobko   
3 Oct 2024
Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [621]

Jokes aside, I wonder whether Jews wouldn't be better off in Madagascar

They still have an entire Russian oblast waiting for them. It's larger than Israel in size, and it has as neighbors only China and Korea - ZERO ARABS.

We didn't change the name, or the flag, or anything. It's all there, waiting for them!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Autonomous_Oblast

The flag does look a little strange, by modern standards, but they can change that if they want.


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Bobko   
3 Oct 2024
Love / How to make a Polish guy happy? (we're moving to Mexico) [51]

It's my posting while doing chores that's at fault

I know, I'm just a stupid troll.

It's not to me tbh. To me it's the commitment that matters

It certainly "aids" in being committed, when you realize that it's not just a stamp in your passport - but a potential claim to half your property and savings.

People will try harder to save something, when there are strings attached. Also, everybody wavers now and again - and for some people it's helpful that they gave a vow.

Kind of like a doctor or a solider in a moment of crisis, may be guided by their oath. When there's too much going on, and too many factors to consider - the remembrance of a vow may act as some rudimentary compass.
Bobko   
3 Oct 2024
Life / Beavers and the Polish Question [7]

Tusk simply needed a scapebeaver. Typical

It certainly seems so, but this time he chose the wrong target!

That being said, it was a little annoying to read this from the Pablo Escobar of beavers:

"We Germans have a better way of protecting the country's levees..."

He just simply could not avoid putting things in such terms, could he? Why can't the focus of the conversation remain simply on beavers, without introducing subtle digs at Poland's backwardness?

If you have good advice on what to do with beavers - say it - but don't tell me how everything in Germany is done much better. Am I wrong?
Bobko   
3 Oct 2024
Love / How to make a Polish guy happy? (we're moving to Mexico) [51]

And my cousins went into a relationship after both of them having different partners

Is it normal in Poland for cousins to enter relationships? In some countries it may be considered strange, or even taboo.

On the other hand, I see no problem in two male cousins dating for example. As long as it's just dating, and not marriage (marriage is a holy institution). Because you are gay, you cannot make kids anyway, and this means that inbreeding need not be a serious concern.

Nobody is hurt, except grandma who might have a heart attack.
Bobko   
3 Oct 2024
Life / Beavers and the Polish Question [7]

I have written on this forum in the past, quite extensively, about relations between beavers and Poles.

Videos on YouTube indicated a certain friendliness (linked below), however recent news I am reading from Poland suggests that things have taken a significant turn for the worse.

Pan Donald Tusk has declared a war on beavers - no less.

Quoting from Politico:

"Sometimes you have to choose between love for animals and the safety of cities, villages and the stability of dikes," Tusk said, adding that infrastructure must be defended from beavers and that the government will allow any action, within the law, against beavers to safeguard levees.

"Do whatever you have to do, I will defend these decisions. The dikes are an absolute priority today," Tusk said.

Ja pierdolę, what is this skurwysyn talking about? How about you do your job of properly investing in flood prevention, and do not blame the noble beaver?
In what normal country does the prime minister attack beavers in the aftermath of a flood instead of his incompetent bureaucrats?

A reaction did not take long to follow. Bavarian expert, Gerard Schwab - known as the Pablo Escobar of beavers - has already said to Pan Tusk: "Hands off Poland's beavers!" In confirmation of what I argued above, he said the following:

"We Germans have a better way of protecting the country's levees, he added approvingly. "You just put mesh wire on the surface of the dike, a little bit of foliage and grass on top, so you can mow the dike and the animals can no longer dig in.

On the other hand, if they build a dike from scratch, they can make it out of gravel, preventing the animals from making holes, because as soon as they start digging the gravel comes down and there's no longer a hole."

Yes, Tusk, you stupid son of a goat - build better dams instead of blaming beavers who cannot speak up for themselves.

For now, that is all I had to say on the topic. I would like to hear what fellow forum members think about this scandal?



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