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Bobko   
27 Aug 2023
Life / Was Legionella in Poland a biological weapon attack? [22]

As mentioned, Legionella does not affect most healthy people. I just Googled it, and less than 1% of people exposed to it, become sick.

Those most at risk are the very old, and those that are already sick.

This seems like a strange choice of a biological weapon. No?

If I were in charge of Russian biological warfare in Poland - I would use conjuctivitis, also know as pink eye. We send a group of say... 1,000 Russians disguised as political refugees. Each will be tasked with farting on the pillows of their Polish host families while they are away at work. Since "pink eye" spreads like wildfire, 1,000 such cells could in rapid order collapse Polish society.


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Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]

This title is the stupidest tiltle ever written

I don't know, I like it. It inspired me to create my Gdańsk thread.
Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [239]

...this sounds more like a RuSSian joke

How about you actually tell a joke?

Are you like all women, in that you magically have no memory for jokes, but can remember in a micro-second what somebody said 13 years ago during a heated argument?
Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [239]

@Paulina

My god... This will be my last attempt.

A Polish father is sending his son to the grocery store.

- Remember, you have to buy three things: bread, milk, and butter. You got it? THREE THINGS - repeat after me...

After some time, his son returns from the store with a hockey uniform and hockey stick.

- Now! Didn't I tell you to buy THREE THINGS? THREE! Is it so difficult to understand? Where is the puck?
Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [239]

Let's try another one.

A Polish mother hands her son his lunchbox, as he is about to leave for school.

- Synek, I've put there some bread, some kielbasa, and a box of nails.

- Mom?! Why?

- What why? It's simple... you put the kielbasa on the bread, and then you eat it.

- But the nails...

- The nails? They're right here.
Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [239]

@Paulina

Dearest Paulina,

This joke belongs in the rubric of absurdist/surreal humor.

According to Wikipedia:

Surreal humor (also called surreal comedy, absurdist humor, or absurdist comedy) is a form of humor predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical. Portrayals of surreal humour tend to involve bizarre juxtapositions, incongruity, non-sequiturs, irrational or absurd situations, and expressions of nonsense.

In this case, there are several elements:

A) A cow emerges from underwater.

B) The cow addresses the fisherman, and instead of expressing any surprise or other appropriate reaction - he proceeds to try to be helpful in regards to the cow's query

C) The cow disregards his helpful response, and replies instead with a non sequitur.

The joke invites you to think about both the mundane and the eternal, as well as the nature of class relations in pre-war England.
Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Life / Was Legionella in Poland a biological weapon attack? [22]

So its not like AIDs?

Having AIDS is a great way to get killed by Legionnaire's Disease. Most people are totally unaffected by it, but those with a suppressed immune system get absolutely wrecked.

There is no vaccine for it.

Fun fact: it's name has nothing to do with the Roman Empire, but instead the "American Legion" organization. One of its branches had a mass outbreak amongst its members.
Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [239]

A Polish man is fishing along a riverbank.

Suddenly, a cow emerges from underwater, and asks the man:

- Pan Fisherman, can you tell me which side of the river this is?

- Which side do you need?

- I don't care, I'm wearing galoshes.
Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]

Being a gay russian immigrant in New York,I would live where all my homies are

Hi friend! It is amazing we have the same name... well - almost.

Do you by chance enjoy eating curry, or make involuntary "oinking" sounds when especially happy?
Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Travel / Being Straight and Visiting Gdańsk [20]

We have enough of our own fruitcakes already

Please stay on topic. This thread is about whether it is advisable for straight people to visit Gdańsk.
Bobko   
25 Aug 2023
Travel / Being Straight and Visiting Gdańsk [20]

I think you are confusing stay with penis

I've never confused the two in the past, but here you may actually be right. Having a longer penis, and spending less time in Poland - seems like a win-win...

Back to the drawing board.

I would avoid the nightclubs though, trust me on that one...

Damn... A lot of heterophobia in Polish night clubs?

I can imagine the scene. From across the bar, some muscular gay guys yelling in my direction - "Hey pussy lover - you lost?", or "You won't find any tits here, you jerkoff!"

If you take your girlfriend with you and buy her a strap-on

This. This is surely the thing missing in my life.

Unlike lengthening penis, and shortening stay in Poland - this seems like a total lose-lose. I have to deal with living with a woman AND getting pegged in the a$s. Truly the worst of both worlds.

Bonasera, Bonasera... what have I ever done to you, that you treat me so disrespectfully?
Bobko   
24 Aug 2023
Travel / Being Straight and Visiting Gdańsk [20]

Hi everyone, I am from Russia and am traveling to Gdańsk for a penis-shortening surgery.

How accepting and tolerant are the people of Gdańsk towards the straight community and is it safe?

I was really hoping to extend my stay and do some sightseeing whilst there, but am concerned if it's safe to go out - including to a few night clubs?

Thanks in Advance :)
Bobko   
24 Aug 2023
Off-Topic / Udmurts - what lovely people! [10]

I noticed there have been a lot less mentions of Udmurtia on this forum, since this thread was created.

I quite enjoyed the clueless way in which the term was thrown around. As I believe I mentioned, it's like calling every Englishman a Scouser. Illogical, meaningless, but kind of funny.
Bobko   
18 Aug 2023
Off-Topic / Things We Love [330]

old 'hot toddy

Great drink in the mountains, even when not sick. Better than than hot wine the Germans drink, when skiing.
Bobko   
18 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

Seeing those inbreeds from Galicja, that hasn't turned up that well - has it?

You are a good guy. Would love to buy you beer in France or Poland.
Bobko   
16 Aug 2023
History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

Russia will not hand over few or just technology

This is probably possible. Start by signing agreement with Rosatom (the world's largest nuclear power corporation, building the most nuclear reactors around the world), to build a Polish NPP or a couple. If it works for Hungary, it should work for Poland.

This would give Polish scientists and engineers time and invaluable experience in operating and maintaining a nuclear power plant. From there, it is really a technical step, and some serious investment, for Poland to be able to build the facilities necessary for weapons grade enrichment.

However, Russia likely would not be comfortable with Poland keeping fissile materials, would want them returned for burial in Russia. Also, unless it did this secretly, Russia could not help Poland build the enrichment facilities.

We were trying to help Iran and look what happened. Jews keep blowing up the place, killing the chief scientists, and Iran is sanctioned like it is not on Earth but some orbiting body.
Bobko   
16 Aug 2023
History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

Whether Poland would got it on it own, would bought it or would have been given those nukes , that is not importand. It would only set different timetable or/and conditions.

Poland would have to make many changes, before Russia would be willing to provide it with nuclear weapons. Let's look at existing examples of people sharing nuclear weapons.

The closest example of someone simply giving someone else nuclear weapons, together with the keys to them, is Britain and the United States. Meaning, Britain was simply allowed to purchase American Trident ICBMs, and is more or less in control of them. This unique situation exists for a long list of reasons, but perhaps the main one is that the Brits already had their own nukes before (and had at least the theoretical ability to continue making their own). Britain and the United States are also exceptionally close allies, sharing a common history, having fought together in the two most important conflicts in modern history. It is impossible to imagine the UK threatening or extorting the US by means of nuclear brinksmanship.

The other examples are of the United States stationing nuclear weapons on the territory of key allies such as Germany or Turkey. It doesn't mean that the Germans or Turks can use those nuclear weapons at will. Even if those countries are attacked themselves, the US will have the final say in whether or not they can be used.

Then there is the example of Belarus, which is also merely making its country available for hosting Russian nukes. Whatever Lukashenko says, it's not his to threaten others with. However, the nukes ARE in Belarus, and this IS important. Problem for you Poles, if you want the nukes from us, is that Belarus and Russia are a part of something called the Union State. Are you willing to enter that level of intimate partnership with us? Because I think that's the only way this will happen.
Bobko   
15 Aug 2023
History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

have you give up on the idea of Poland and Russia becoming if not friends but not enemies?

Just got distracted by American matters. I did not give up on the idea, and continue to view it seriously.

However, nuclear weapons cannot be the "only" answer. Russia will be the first country that will have problems after giving nukes to Poland. We are a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. We would become even more sanctioned, by possibly a much larger circle of countries.

Poland would also face extreme problems. Getting kicked out of NATO, and the EU could be just the start.

We have to start slow, but always move forward. Maybe even the day for sharing nukes will come, but much has to be done before.
Bobko   
15 Aug 2023
History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

The US and Russia should be partners

Thank you!

I have this theory, that I've been carrying around for a long time - that Russia and the US have more in common, than what sets them apart.

1) We are both, "of Europe", but also very clearly not "European". To them, we are their primitive cousins, and sometimes they remind us about this.

2) The "Frontier" played a huge role in the shaping of each country's mindset. The Americans had Manifest Destiny, Conquest of the West, cowboys, and homesteaders. At the same time, Russia moved East towards the Pacific, through similarly desolate lands. Instead of cowboys we had Cossacks. Instead of homesteaders, we had our own peasant settlers.

3) Both countries have an idea, right or wrong, that they have a special role to play among the people's of the world.

4) Both consider Europe weak, effeminate, and rotting.

5) We are both a little bit worried about the monstrous size and appetite of China.

6) As people, I think we are both very open, simple, and hospitable. You get what you see. This is why I think in personal relations, Americans and Russians get along very well.

All the above, is not to say that America is closer to Russia than Poland. Think about that :)