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jon357   
16 Apr 2020
Life / What are the best cars to buy in Poland? [64]

Can one find well-kept old cars in Poland

Not really; the second-hand market isn't great.

Are imports from abroad like Italy available

People sometimes import from various places; Belgium is quite popular for that.
jon357   
14 Apr 2020
News / RUSSIA TO MAKE PUBLIC THE KATYN FILES... [274]

Most Polish not consider Jews to be Polish

So what; there are certainly plenty of Jewish Poles, regardless of your obsession.

Brit-ish is a Hebrew word for Covenant-Man

Purely a coincidence, albeit a nice one.

There are few more sombre subjects for Poland than Katyn.

Quite. However as all threads, it degenerates into racism.

As Kapryś said, some of the victims of the Katyń crime were Jewish Poles.
jon357   
14 Apr 2020
News / RUSSIA TO MAKE PUBLIC THE KATYN FILES... [274]

a majority Jewis

Irrelevant. Russians are Russians, regardless of that. Just as Poles are Poles, whether they have the heritage of Moses, German roots, Scottish roots or are Catholic, Protestant or have no religion at all.
jon357   
12 Apr 2020
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Of course my real problems started when I ran over it with a rototiller. Bad move.

It really spreads and takes hold; a bit like mint, once you've got it it's there forever.

If you don't like it too hot, leave it for a while after grating and before preserving.
jon357   
12 Apr 2020
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

The best stuff with a good kick comes from freshly grated horseradish, a one you pull out of the ground yourself.

Always.

Polish foot is bland

Compared to India, Mexico etc, it is certainly bland; people like the idea of 'łagodny' here. It isn't for nothing that the word 'majonez' is used as an intensifying adjective now, in the expression "git majonez".

A while ago, I was at a very formal dinner in a hotel in Kato. The people there were mostly Poles, a few people originally from other countries, France, Ukraine and me. They served two soups, one was a very good zupa grzybowa, the other was a sort of thick and sweet puree with coconut and pear, basically baby food. The Poles were all saying how wonderful the baby food was, whereas the rest of us thought it was awful and enjoyed the zupa grzybowa.
jon357   
12 Apr 2020
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Before coming to Poland I hated horseradish and Polish horseradish is still the only type I can stand

I'm the opposite; used to quite strong horseradish, the kind traditionally served with roast beef back home. We always had quite a bit growing on the farm.

The stuff here is OK, especially if it's prepared as ćwikła, though very very mild.
jon357   
9 Apr 2020
History / Polish citizens in Vichy France? [13]

Lille was not part of Vichy territory, and neither was Paris.

They were occupied.

In the south, it would depend entirely on whether or not they were a. French citizens and b. Gentile.
jon357   
9 Apr 2020
History / Polish citizens in Vichy France? [13]

It was possible during II RP for members of the Polish diaspora to become Polish citisens

Whether coal miners from the hinterlands around Lille did so is less likely than the Paris community. Some families retained cultural links with the 'old country'; most did not.
jon357   
9 Apr 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

Some news here for Polish speakers. Obviously not yet confirmed, though if true, it's likely to have an effect on political life. Perhaps we're seeing that effect now.

wiesci24.pl/2019/05/20/kaczynski-umiera-prawnik-z-tvp-twierdzi-ze-prezes-pis-ma-nowotwor/?fbclid=IwAR3--FpF80Ct8g-m8uSVPtW0PoXgYvEVQ0TAr7l3Q4Zel40u_TrRw61-ssM
jon357   
9 Apr 2020
Life / What is Poland going to be like in the 2050s? [72]

Complety devoided of any value whatsoever. Created by deviants

So you're pretending that some art is ' Entartete Kunst'...

Funny thing is that he is only known for that:

You really think he's "only known for that"? Perhaps by you....

'The pinnacle of European civilisation' was probably rather earlier than that. In any case, the next century belongs to the East.
jon357   
9 Apr 2020
Life / What is Poland going to be like in the 2050s? [72]

a modern conceptual art.

Over a century old, not 'conceptual art' and intended as a p1sstake. But never mind reality...

Don't compare Europe and European people to a 3rd world countries. Everything is different about us:

Less than you pretend to think.

If anything, what you call a 'welfare state' will increase, in part due to an ageing population. 500+ shows that Poland is also moving in this direction.

Universal Basic Income may well be something we see more of in the future. Should nearby countries adopt it, it is hard to imagine that there wouldn't be pressure in Poland for this.
jon357   
9 Apr 2020
Life / What is Poland going to be like in the 2050s? [72]

Video games...........Watching TV

Much the same thing.

contemplating Mona Lisa is passive, listening to music is passive

The cognoscenti would certainly disagree with that little gem of wisdom.

I'm still giggling at your choice of the 1917 Fountain. You could hardly have picked a worse example if you'd tried, since it is a hugely popular piece which was intended to (and succeeded in) outraging the art establishment. It also led directly to pop art, also hugely popular.

And you're still trying to go off topic.

The first step would be to eliminate welfare state so people would start relying on their families

Economic predictions suggest the opposite, that commonweal will progress; this is underpinned by all dominant economic and social trends over the last couple of centuries. You also assume that people a. have extended families and b.can depend on them for material support.
jon357   
9 Apr 2020
Life / What is Poland going to be like in the 2050s? [72]

like works of Shakespeare or tragedies written by Sophocles was popular with - and intended for - the masses

Yet patronised by the cultured and stands the test of time. Lower culture hasn't survived. Something as passive as video games will at best stay as fresh as forgotten 1950s TV shows.

Interesting that you post a photo of Rrose Sélavy's best known work (which the masses queue up to see) while ignoring a whole corpus of creativity tat has certainly stood the test of time, especially his best known work which wasn't the popular caprice that you depict. You also demonstrate a weak understanding of contemporary art.

However you are trying to go off topic.

In the 2050s we are likely to see a very different Poland; there will have been rampant inflation before then, as well as a declining and aging population. Games, I suspect, will not be their priority.
jon357   
8 Apr 2020
History / Polish citizens in Vichy France? [13]

There were certainly coal miners in North-East France who had come (often on foot) from Silesia. That was of course occupied France and they presumably had French citizenship (and most if not all would have been born before Polish citizenship existed).

Even in the area covered by the fascist Vichy regime at that time, Polish residents were likely to be citizens of places other than Poland which only became a legal entity 20 years before.
jon357   
8 Apr 2020
Life / What is Poland going to be like in the 2050s? [72]

There nothing more artistic than shaping new ideas in

Casuistry about popculture.

Ephemeral too; in 20 years time there will be something that has superseded them.
jon357   
8 Apr 2020
Life / What is Poland going to be like in the 2050s? [72]

Quality in art is subjective

And qualitative; most post-1989 output in Poland is unfortunately of too poor a quality to generate revenue outside a small home market..

Sure, we can appeal to more universal values and sell those products globally

That hasn't happened; video games and other youth products aren't quite artistic output and are a hugely changing market...

there.also.should.be.an.exclusive.works of art which are only fully understood by the native society creating a strong sense of belonging to the same nation.

There's no particular reason for that.

Poland does have creative possibilities; they achieve their best in co-productions under the supervision of others and this works well..

As a film location though, there are great possibilities.
jon357   
8 Apr 2020
Life / What is Poland going to be like in the 2050s? [72]

ust think of all those low shores in Netherlands and Scandinavian countries that will be flooded by rising level of water.

Plus a lot of northern Poland.

After all, Warsaw would be satisfied to have Winter palace.

It wouldn't, and won't happen.
jon357   
7 Apr 2020
Life / What is Poland going to be like in the 2050s? [72]

Kamerdyner

That one was a rare exception, good, though not excellent and a limited market outside its own territory.. The popular music here is generally bad, with a few high quality exceptions like The Saturday Tea.

The theatrical scene here is largely pedestrian, pre-Osborne even, and though there are some good opera performers, opera here only really works at its best when it's a co-production supervised outside Poland. Almost always with Cardiff and Brussels for the obvious reason. There will be more of that in the future, however I don't see vast changes in the next couple of decades.

I don't think either (unless a new Kieslowski or Holland comes along) will ever be anything Poland is noted for. Tulia is liekd here, however has very limited export potential.

Scientific research and education, especially if isolated from free-market economics, is a a possible area for the future.

Film locations are something we'll see more of; there are already Bollywood films that are partly shot here, since with a bit of dressing locations can look like almost anywhere in Europe, and of course there's the infrastructure in Lodz. It might not be the next Vancouver, however there's some money to be made.