Food / Eat goulash from a cat and a steak from a dog in Poland! [114]


LOL

Those weirdos from Konfederacja couldn't pick a better time for this ;D:

USA, Canada / Using maiden name as middle name [21]


Ah, I see, now I get it...
I'm not sure if it will help in your situation, but you can simply get rid off the second name in Poland:

bezprawnik.pl/usuniecie-drugiego-imienia/

USA, Canada / Using maiden name as middle name [21]


Well, this is weird, to be honest... Why did you do that?


But earlier in your post you wrote that you changed your second name to your maiden name...
Sorry, but this is confusing...


I have no idea, I'm afraid... I've never heard of something like that... Maybe contact a Polish lawyer who's dealing with such stuff...

Law / Complicated story child birth surname issue [6]

@desperate, I did some googling and this is what I found:

adwokatmalecka.pl/blog/uznanie-czy-ustalenie-ojcostwa/


No, it's not too late, actually - quite the opposite. You can take this to court, but only after the child is born. The court will order DNA paternity test.

The lawyer didn't tell you that?

Law / Complicated story child birth surname issue [6]


To be honest, I doubt that people on an internet forum (especially that this one isn't very busy/frequented) can tell you more than a lawyer would...

Apparently there are NGOs in Poland helping men to execute their father rights, so maybe try contacting one of those, because I personally don't know how this stuff works...

Btw, are you sure it's your child? Because she's acting weird... Did you do something to make her want to kick you out of her life and insult you on daily basis or is she mentally unstable/toxic?

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


Not really, some cities/regions in Poland are more tolerant and some are less.

Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [228]


It's a classic so it's possible it was on this thread already:

A Pole, a French and a German are standing over a cliff. The devil tells the French guy to jump off the cliff:

- I won't jump! - answers the French guy.
- But it's fashionable these days! - says the devil.

The French guy jumped.

Next the devil tells the German to jump.

- I won't jump! - answers the German guy.
- That's an order! - yells the devil.

The German guy jumped.

Finally, the devil tells the Pole to jump.

- I won't jump! - answers the Pole.
- Don't jump! - says the devil.

The Polish guy jumped.

lol :)

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


Then you should have made note of that, especially that people often don't check the links Crn3 is posting.


It did. This thread is about visiting Wrocław while being transgender.

Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [228]

@Bobko, OK, this one makes more sense, but:


...this sounds more like a RuSSian joke :P

Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [228]

@Bobko, again - I don't get it...

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


Well, this thread went off topic long ago...

Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [228]

@maf, thanks for the explanation... I still don't find it funny though...




OK, but what does it have to do with Poland? It's neither a Polish joke nor is it about "Polish culture, people, etc." and this is what this thread is about...


Does it or are you joking again? o_O lol


I do get this one lol

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]

@Alien, you live in Germany - have you heard about this issue?:

https://polishforums.com/travel/transgender-visiting-wroclaw-73459/14/#msg1924923

Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [228]


I thought you're Polish too... :O


But since we don't understand the joke, we're not getting any joy from it anyway...


What's the point of sharing a joke, if you only care about your own entertainment?

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


This is very disturbing, but you made it sound as if it was happening all over Germany, while from what I understood it was only two or three daycares:

foxnews.com/media/german-daycares-promote-sexual-exploration-rooms-children-engage-sexual-games

"Following intense public backlash, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Education in the Lower Saxony state capital said, "The educational concept in this form endangers the well-being of the child."

The head of the nursery group's management company later said their head office had not approved the letter. The kindergarten then canceled the project."

Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [228]

@Bobko, I don't get it...

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

Tomasz Stala got a first place on Konfederacja's electoral list in Częstochowa:

vibez.pl/myimpact/antysemita-homofob-i-rasista-tomasz-stala-liderem-na-liscie-konfederacji-6934317232081856a

He's an anti-Semite, homophobe and a racist, who published a book with Hitler's quotes and is selling T-shirts with such slogans as: "We don't want Jews, homosexuals, abortion, taxes and the European Union" or "Om nom nom nom... anti-Semitism drank with mother's milk."

Surprise, surprise... 🤮

Travel / Krakow is better than Prague [11]

@jon357, yes, but according to the article the guy didn't pay the fine, so it was turned into 2 days in jail. He paid the fine eventually and so he didn't have to go to jail.

Travel / Krakow is better than Prague [11]

@Alien, yes, you read correctly lol


Actually, the court did. The guy "turned himself in" already - he paid the fine:

tvn24.pl/krakow/krakow-22-latek-przeklinal-w-miejscu-publicznym-sad-wydal-za-nim-list-gonczy-poszukiwany-zaplacil-grzywne-7306326

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]

@Crnogorac3, this thread is not about the US.

Mods, this thread should be on the main forum. Could you move it there?

Life / In Poland on holiday - need help with bad case of homesickness [108]


Umm... I am relaxed... o_O I am not sure why you reacted in such a way to what I wrote. You asked whether I heard of this guy and I answered and shared what I think of this method. It wasn't anything personal... I understand that you thought that maybe I'll find it useful and I thank you for sharing that information.

As for "bollocks" - sorry, I'm not an expert on British English slang, etc. I thought "bollocks" is mild - to me it sounds funny and harmless :)


Yeah, that's what I thought too lol

Life / In Poland on holiday - need help with bad case of homesickness [108]


Yes, if some "method" claims to cure everything then it usually means it's bollocks... I googled this method in both Polish and English and I've found nothing in any serious media.

Here are some opinions:

forum.gazeta.pl/forum/w,22,15803056,15803056,Dr_Zenni_metoda_leczenia_tarczycy_skuteczna_.html#A


Because there's no cure for Hashimoto disease. If you develop hypothyroidism due to "Hashi" (and I did) you have to take the artificial thyroid hormone for the rest of your life and that's it. You also suplement certain stuff like selenium, vitamin B12, witamin D3, omega−3 fatty acids and avoid certain stuff, like iodine, for example.

Life / In Poland on holiday - need help with bad case of homesickness [108]


I've never heard of him... It sounds like some charlatan stuff... If his method worked on all the stuff he claims it works, he would get a Nobel Prize in Medicine...

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]


I don't get your point. There's nothing "wrong" in having loanwords in a language. Humans have been using them for a very long time. It's perfectly normal.


There's no such thing as "American language". You're using English language. And I don't care about your personal preferences concerning languages.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]

@Novichok, not from "American", but from English language and, yes, of course it has been happening more "recently" not only in Poland, but all over the world, including in RuSSia.

English words connected to computers (or new technologies in general) often become loanwords in other languages.
It's no different in RuSSian language.

For example, "computer" is "komputer" in Polish, but also in RuSSian ("компьютер"):

citilink.ru/catalog/kompyutery/

The same is with words like "the internet":

Polish: internet
RuSSian: интернет

...or "processor":

Polish: procesor
RuSSian: процессор

And here you have another two loanwords in RuSSian - from English "internet provider":

moskvaonline.ru/providers

RuSSian "интернет-провайдер" is a direct calque from English language.

So why is this happening? Here's the answer:

research-journal.org/en/archive/7-38-2015-august/english-borrowings-in-russian-language

"There are many borrowings from different languages such as French, German, Italian but today more and more English words appear as mostly English speaking countries lead in many spheres such as:

computer technologies: file, monitor, byte, processor and many others.

finance and economy: broker, dealer, budget, balance, banknote and others

politics and diplomacy: president, prime minister, parliament, liberalism, impeachment and others

sport: sprinter, football, basketball, wrestling, tennis and others"

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]

@Novichok, you are truly an idiot :)))
There are words from many languages in Polish language, not only from English and it's normal. Languages have been influnced by other languages for centuries.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]


No, I am not o_O It's clearly Putinists who are obsessed with the US on this forum.


It's all over the world like that (including in RuSSia), not only in Poland lol

And liking something or being influnced by something from the US isn't the same as "obsession". In Poland we don't spend our days obsessing over the US, which seems to be Putinists' favourite pass time lol


Yes, Novichok, I'm not a retard like your fellow Putinists and I don't blame others for everything.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]


Read the thread title - this thread is not about the US. You people are seriously obsessed with that country lol
If you want to discuss RuSSia vs the US then make your own thread or go to the thread about the US.


I've seen those videos already and I've read comments. Those people are drug addicts that refused to get help:

kobieta.onet.pl/wiadomosci/nazywa-sie-ja-ulica-zombie-kensington-ave-opanowali-narkomani/1d6gmq0

This is just one neighbourhood in Philadelphia that looks like that and this is not how the US looks like in general.

Having said that the US have bigger drug abuse problem than Poland, but so does RuSSia (not to mention AIDS epidemic that results from drug abuse among others).

You probably won't see people camping out like that in the streets in RuSSia, because in RuSSia drug addicts instead of getting help - they get arrested and sent to prison:

dw.com/en/drug-addiction-in-russia-draconian-laws-instead-of-help/a-51193559

And if you want to compare substance abuse in the US vs RuSSia (2023) then there you go:

fherehab.com/addiction-statistics/

"In The U.S. 5.47% of the population had an alcohol or drug use disorder, second only to Russia with 5.93%.

For prevalence of alcohol use disorder, the U.S. ranks 3rd (2.04%) behind Russia (4.73%) and Ukraine (4.69%)."

Top 5 countries with the biggest drug abuse problem (2023):

michaelshouse.com/blog/5-world-countries-with-the-worst-drug-problems/

1. Iran
2. Afghanistan
3. RuSSia
4. the US
5. the UK

thehill.com/opinion/international/4088951-russia-is-losing-in-ukraine-because-of-its-army-of-addicts/

"Amid the escalating issue of substance abuse in the military, the involvement of the Wagner Group is worth considering, as they recruit members from penal colonies populated by convicts with drug-related offenses."

I'm guessing that due to war substance abuse problem in RuSSia will only increase.

If I had to choose where to live - in RuSSia or the US, I'd choose the US. If I had to choose where to live - in the US or Poland, I'd choose Poland.


Of course not. But RuSSia's problems have defenitely a lot to do with Putin.

Travel / Kielce and the area - amazing Polish Pocket Knives live there [105]


Some of the interiors of the Palace of the Kraków Bishops in Kielce:

Travel / Kielce and the area - amazing Polish Pocket Knives live there [105]


That's a good girlfriend/wife :)))


That's cool :)))


It's the best preserved in its original form early Baroque palace in Poland :)

I've visited it many times with my class when I was at art school, because it's a National Museum at the same time and there are paintings of most famous Polish painters exhibited there. Besides the permanent exhibitions there also temporary exhibitions. I remember that some years ago I visited the palace during the Night of Museums and there was a temporary exhibition of Wojciech Siudmak paintings. I loved the way the palace looked in the evening all light up and the quiet, evening atmosphere when I was walking through those empty old rooms :)))

The Palace of the Kraków Bishops in Kielce:

The front:





From the side:



From the back:



The garden: