Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]

It's hard to understand you, Jon. When I was trashing BoJo, Truss, and Sunak you rushed to their defense.

Perhaps this was because I tied this to the demise of Britain...

Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]


This sentence made my brain explode. I see you are trained in the dark arts of sophistry. I shrink back from this challenge - you have me defeated.

Goddamn.

Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]


Usually, I try to assume that people's mistakes are unintentional.


No.

Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]


That you did, but missed the point in the process.

If you talk about "bias moderating", you are talking about moderating various flavors of bias. That is, you are exhibiting bias, I am exhibiting bias, and poor Vincent has to parse through it in an attempt to strike some middle ground. I believe what you were trying to say is that Vincent's moderation itself is "biased". That is, Vincent is exhibiting bias by deleting certain posts and not others.

Does this make it clear to you? "Bias moderation" and "biased moderation" are totally different things, but you use them interchangeably which makes me think you don't understand the distinction.

Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]

@johnny reb

"Feed back" is a phrasal verb, what you are looking for is the noun "Feedback".

Also, this is the second time I'm correcting you re: your use of "bias" instead of "biased". You sound like a recent Cambodian immigrant at an ESL class.

How does one manage to live in the United States since birth, and still not master the basics of the country's language?

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

@Miloslaw

Like I said, it seems his plan is to replace Putin - pulling one of the most epic switcheroos of history (maybe Stalin can compare, or Catherine). I think, like most people, Putin thinks this is hilarious - but is also extremely tired of all of Lukashenko's antics. I really think that the protests in 2021 were Kremlin-engineered. In other words, I don't think Putin is a very big fan of the man.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

This old mustachioed cockroach can last a long time...

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


Belarus is already part of the Union State with Russia, a member of the ODKB, CIS, Customs Union, and Shanghai Cooperation Organization. It does not seem to bother China, that Belarus has divided loyalties. This tells me that it should not be a problem for China if someone is a member of NATO also. In fact, after some 10 mins of research right now, I learned that China has in fact bought the largest port in Greece (Piraeus). Recently, also, China bought a share of the largest port in Germany - despite protests from Scholz's party. So... this argument of yours does not work.


I think... that Putin allows this idiot to think he duped him, each time, for yet another $10-15B in exchange for promises of integration that he does not plan on following through on. The hope is that at some point we can be rid of this idiot, but that the things he agreed to will have to be honored by the Belarussians. Two years ago we had a chance to get rid of him, but he went full Rambo/Saddam, and the moment was lost.

As for Lukashenko himself, I think his plan seems to be to become president of Russia, and then later for his son to be the next president of Russia. I think this is the whole appeal of the Union State for Lukashenko - that it gives him a path towards becoming leader of Russia. I pray to God this scenario never comes true.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


I read this often... but I still don't really understand why. Seems like a strange partner, for as large a country as China, to act in the role of "outpost". Why not focus on some kind of Spain or Greece to turn into a puppet? At least they have access to large ports, and are situated on major shipping lanes. Belarus is in the far east corner of Europe, completely landlocked, and run by a man with an IQ of about 80. His neighbors are not exactly influential either, and don't do much trade with China.

I suppose he's the only guy that is willing to spread his legs for the Chinese and that is the only reason. Also, he is a quasi-communist, and maybe this appeals to them too.

P.S. - I forgot that Chinas oldest ally in Europe is Albania, so it's not so unusual for them to ally weird countries that don't seem to represent much.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Lukashenko is being treated to a 3 day state visit in China. Even Xi will make himself available. It makes me curious what the Chinese want from the Tractor Man-in-Chief?

Ideas:

1) Consult with Lukashenko on the subject of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine (For what? What does Lukashenko know that the Chinese do not?)

2) To aid Belarus in surviving the current sanctions regime. Belarus is often viewed as China's outpost in Europe, and it may not be in their interest to see him face an unhappy populace.

3) To sign agreements where China will transfer large quantities of weapons to Belarus. In this way China avoids Western criticism for arming Russia, but the net effect is the same.

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


Not camouflage, but genuine attempts by us at learning some new tricks. Didn't work out.

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


They blocked our pipelines, tied their progress to talks in Ukraine. Then, when the war finally broke out, "they" attacked that infrastructure, destroying it. With the same breathtaking hypocrisy as we had become accustomed to, they blamed the NS2 explosions on us.

Our entire approach to Ukraine was a trade-based one. We wanted them to join our Customs Union. Their president agreed. Then a Maidan started. The Ukrainian people decided to trade a very real customs union and promises of billions of dollars from Russia, for a mere "Association Agreeement" with the EU. They toppled the president that signed deals with us, and unleashed war.

We tried every instrument of the civilized West to tempt the Ukrainians. I suppose they saw us for the orcs we were - in the end. When we ran out of the novel approaches with which we were admittedly unfamiliar, we went back to what worked for us in the past. Brute force.

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

@pawian

Well this is sad, what can I say.

Work / Are Poles workaholics? [128]

In antiquity Slavs were popular as slaves. Just as the Africans in the New World, Slavs were valued for being able to work hard, if not for being hard workers. Slavs seemed to be able to take on more punishment, and complained less than Greeks or Romans. Good beasts of labor, essentially. They were also valued for the unusual hair and eye color by Mediterranean standards.

So if history is any use, then we can say that Poles, as Slavs, are good at dumb labor demanding great physical exertion. After, it is important for them to lie down, and take a nice nap.

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]


Oh come on... I don't believe you. Bulgarian and Russian are closest to each other, outside of Belarusian and Ukrainian. Both are languages heavily influenced by Old Church Slavonic (which Byzantine Bulgarians invented). So I think I can judge the difficulty of the jump from Bulgarian to Polish...It's definitely nowhere close to Hungarian, which might as well be Japanese to me.

As far as reading goes, I've just trained my brain to transliterate all the Polish hissing sounds (the sczzzz, dzzzz, bzzzzz) to letters a normal human being would use, and everything becomes readable.

History / Poland and Britain started WW2 [307]


Keep daydreaming, baboon. Our grandchildren will have V.69 of this discussion.

Off-Topic / So you guys think there are a lot of sociopaths in Poland? [68]


Empirical observation demonstrates that the two are far from incompatible... one of the many reasons I steer clear of this opium, for the people.

A more nuanced response from you than usual. Good job, piggy.

Off-Topic / So you guys think there are a lot of sociopaths in Poland? [68]


Hoot, indeed. You decided to be Johnny Fag today instead of Cargo Pants?

Off-Topic / So you guys think there are a lot of sociopaths in Poland? [68]

@johnny reb

You're the worst church leader I have had the occasion to meet in my life.

Off-Topic / So you guys think there are a lot of sociopaths in Poland? [68]


You f7&king pig...

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]

Yes, I'm sure. The image I posted is from the Russian company Rot Front (founded 1826). Poroshenko's company, which is much larger, is called Roshen.

UK, Ireland / What English food would you serve a Pole? [83]


It's because they all belong to the same people. Here's an article that claims that 9 pub chains own 50% of all pubs in the UK.

Source: oxforddrinker.camra.org.uk/2022/02/the-nine-pubcos-who-control-over-half-of-all-pubs/

One of the companies, Stonegate, alone controls 4,470 pubs. That's really sad, to me, but I suppose its better that those pubs are continuing to be operated, rather than simply shut down once family can't be bothered to keep shop.

Off-Topic / So you guys think there are a lot of sociopaths in Poland? [68]


I actually guessed Pawian's name by accident, one time. He swore me to secrecy.

UK, Ireland / Why Poles will never belong in England [283]


Yes, I was quite amused by this. Does England know that it owes its wealth to Poles? Why Poles, and why not Pakistanis, Kenyans, Jamaicans, or the Irish? The English themselves - are they just passengers?

Life / How much unemployment should I get [7]


In the state that I live in, the maximum weekly benefit from unemployment insurance is $504. The minimum is $124. This is NY state.

During the pandemic there were additional benefits paid out to the unemployed.

Nowhere do people get $4K.

Bottom line: you are an idiot for even framing the question the way you did, because Poland is a country that is far, far less wealthy than the United States and you are lucky to get anything. Don't like your small unemployment benefit, then move to Norway or Switzerland.

Life / How much unemployment should I get [7]


So you want to make more money than the average working Pole, while doing f&ck all, and prefer to use as comparison a country that has a 2X higher cost of living?

How is Poland supposed to fund this generous program, especially when Sralec gets the word out to other people that you can skip working, and still make more money than the people that actually work? They tried this experiment in America during the pandemic. It led to historic inflation, and a lot of working people being pretty pissed off.

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]


Good. Now I can stop pretending to like it, when speaking to foreigners.

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Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]


Wait, are you telling me that Poland invented Bird's Milk? I thought we invented milking birds?

News / Mr President Joe Biden comes to Poland again [173]


There was a time when American politicians were able to think many steps ahead, and routinely bamboozled their opponents. In the case of this looming specter of a war with China... it seems like something my 5th-grader niece could've thought through with a pencil and a piece of paper.

The plan has been devised on the go, and little thought has been given to contingencies. Maybe that Scholz was not such an idiot after all, and it was a mistake to run behind the BoJo train?

News / Mr President Joe Biden comes to Poland again [173]


Not quite an "Ich bin ein Berliner" moment, but it should do if Grandpa is planning on running in 2024.