History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Back home, there is a young guy who stands in front of a university with a traffic cop baton. He helps all the students park their cars.

In the beginning he had a pretty primitive stick, but eventually he got a real baton powered by batteries and with lights. One of the students must have made him a gift.

He's there every single day from probably 8 AM until 5 PM, helping people park. He takes his job extremely seriously.

Even a crazy Russian, craves bureaucratic power.

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History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


One aspect of cultural shock for me in America, is their treatment of crazy people.

There are so many of them on the streets, in the parks, and on the subway.

In Russia, it's very rare to see one by himself, out and about.

At first, I thought that this says something about how Russians are a shame-based culture. That is, people are embarrassed of their mentally ill relatives, and basically keep them locked up at home. Americans seemed more humane in comparison, taking them out, and even letting them roam about on their own.

Now I think, it must be something to do with how f*cked up public healthcare is in America.

So question is, what are Polish attitudes towards mentally ill people being outside unaccompanied?

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Some of them have been impressive, for sure. I don't think it's wrong to admit this.

Azov, for all the hatred directed towards it, has earned respect in many corners for their stand in Mariupol. It's not unusual, in Russian telegram - whether MoD or old Wagner - to read positive things about Denis "Redis" Prokopenko - the leader of the Azov brigade during the stand in Azovstal.

They fought like Russians, which is what they are - however lost.

There are some other Ukrainian commanders that earned a grudging respect, but there's many more that are good only at executing the criminal orders originating from the Kiev PR machine.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

No, Franciszek Łoś.

I enjoy learning these biographies.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Just like Jaruzelski.

An impressive guy.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Where did he die?

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History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


My man, it's a fact. Google "Russia Ukraine Peace Boris Johnson". Google "Russia Ukraine Merkel Minsk". Google "Russia Ukraine Arakhamia Podolyak Peace".

Ukrainians were willing to do a deal. Dumbass Johnson swooped in, and told them "we're gonna fight, not negotiate."

Like good puppets, they did not question the lord's rationale.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


Well, you know we believe they started it. So let's agree to disagree.


I'm doing important work exactly where I am now.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


Tough **** indeed, here I agree with you Lenka.

Btw, when can we expect you to take your position in the trenches of the Donbass? Did you already prepare your helmet?

There are many other women there, so you won't be alone.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


You told them to keep fighting, it's all on you.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


What the hell is that, and how does it work?

New term for me - "concern troll". A form of gaslighting?

In any case, no one is as good at trolling as the Brits and Americans. Russians are junior league trolls, compared to the grandaddies of all trolls.

Is what America did to Ukraine "concern trolling"? They feigned genuine concern and solidarity with the Ukrainians - got them to kill half a million of their best men, wreck half their country - just to get dumped shortly after. That's peak trolling.

I think Poland should be familiar with this type of trolling, due to some recent experience.

Genealogy / Former Poland PM Donald Tusk - A Kashub or a German. [71]

@Torq

Lechina Empire sounds very funny in Russian - Лёхина Империя (Лёха is a nickname for Alexei).

Kinda like Tommy's Empire, or Mike's Empire.

P.S. - I wonder if Slavs are the only ones that suffer from such severe megalomania? I never heard of a German claiming the Christ was German.

Genealogy / Former Poland PM Donald Tusk - A Kashub or a German. [71]


We may live on the peripheries of Great Slavia, but we are no figment of the imagination, brate.

It is funny, that I have to educate you like this... We too, have our authors. One such luminary is Anatoly Abrashkin. He wrote one of my favorite books - "The Arian Roots of Rus'".

In this book, Abrashkin explains in clear terms the true origins of the Russian nation. For example, the ethnonym "Rus", as he explains, is tied to the name of the chanters of Arian religious hymns. He traces the beginnings of the Russian nation from the moment it first emerged as the Arians from amidst other Indo-European tribes in the 5th-4th millennia BC, and then places Ancient Russian history into a wider context, beginning with Sumeria and Ancient Egypt.

The book examines in detail the genealogies of Russian gods (Baba Yaga, Yarila, Kolyada, Ivan, Marya, etc.) and relevant mythological parallels. It also conclusively dismantles the spurious "Khazar" and "Norman" theories on Russian origin. Finally, Abrashkin provides convincing evidence regarding the Russian ethnicity of Christ.

After reading this book, it will become clear to the reader that Russians were among the first nations to develop civilization, and have continued to play a decisive role in the development of humankind ever since.

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History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


It's not every sport, where being in your 20s will give you an advantage

Not for diving, skiing, aerobics, figure skating, and dozens of others.

Maybe it gives an advantage in boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, basketball, soccer, and running.

I'm not sure when human males reach peak performance, to be honest. Based on myself, I would say probably 27-30. After that it's downhill.

But the distance between a 20 year old and a 30 year old I think is only truly apparent in combat sports. For avoidance of doubt, I mean that 30 year olds are generally stronger than 20 year olds in combat sports.

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]

@pawian

I am lost for words. You are simply some kind of Mother Theresa.

If people like you were in power then, it would be Ukrainians apologizing to Poles now.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


No such thing existed in the Soviet Union. Not in East Germany. Or in Cuba.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


And in the shining city on a hill, they did not even know what doping was.

It's why, even in despotic Russia, I had to read about Sammy Sosa, Lance Armstrong, Tyson Gay and others.

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History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


Oh it tickles!

By the 80s, we were routinely smashing you.

What's more, even in 1992 and 1996 our already mixed teams were dominating.

You had to wait till the country fragmented into 15 pieces before you started winning again.

If you add Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan back into the Russian medal count (since it's mostly Russians anyway) - you'll see we are still quite a bit ahead of you.

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


Hello Pawian, it is your reflection speaking to you from the mirror.

Your entire argument re: the supposed "colonization" of Ukrainians is ahistorical dribble.

One thing Ironside always explains well, is the relative shades of historicity. You cannot analyze events in a vacuum. Context must always be taken into account.

I will also admit, I don't like your argument about Poles having to apologize, because it makes me feel you think we should apologize to the Ukrainians as well. For what?

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


God, why?

Let me rewrite my sentence:

"Even in Nazi Germany, German athletes shook hands with African athletes."

Better?

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


No.

The Americans f*cked our entire Olympics by not showing up. Everybody knows, that those two countries are always on top of the medal count. That's why, nobody takes the results of 1980 seriously, because Americans were not present.

Well, guess what. We can ruin your Olympics as well.

This was not about sportsmanship, but sabotaging a whole national event into which billions were invested.

I think we were reasonably upset, for them not showing up.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


Assh*le. The Americans did not come to Moscow in 1980. Apparently, because they were so upset we invaded Afghanistan.

That's why we did not go to LA in 1984.

You don't wanna see me, I don't wanna see you.


Where did I write Hitler? I meant the athletes.

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


Oooh. Most interesting.

I will get this book.

I join Ironside and Kania, in asking you - why are you still so bad at history if you read so much?

I respect that you were consistent in condemning the Ukrainian invasion, and the bombing of Gaza equally. This was a little bit of a surprise. It tells me, that maybe you are not an empty demagogue.

However, I still disagree with 99% of the things you say.