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Posts by Oathbreaker  

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Oathbreaker   
4 Sep 2021
Love / Dating a Polish guy. Do they cheat and have multiple women? [50]

@ellamei
It's normal to communicate with people, via apps or whatever. Going to dating sites however while being in a relationship? That's a no go, sleeping with other people while in a relationship is also a no go. After swearing to stay loyal, then have sex with someone outside the marital bed? It's a no go, no matter which sex it applies to.
Oathbreaker   
3 Sep 2021
Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

@James0820
Being extremely motivated (being part of your life mission etc)
It's entertaining for you (while watching a movie with subtitles in a language your proficient in)
Practicing it in daily life and have no mental barriers in using it.

Knowing the grammar etc makes it easier to master it. (We all know the pain of grammar tho)
Oathbreaker   
3 Sep 2021
News / Poland hopes to attract hard-working, trouble-free immigarnts - Ukrainian, Belarusians and Vietnamese [139]

@johnny reb
Situation is different, Belarusian state is involved in Poland. The state of Mexico isn't exactly planning any possible invasion with their army near U.S border. Think Zapad

The Wehrmacht used military exercises as an excuse to arm and prepare soldiers before the invasion of Poland 1939. Suddenly something happened (staged by the NSDAP) that "Polish soldiers" attacked a radio station and executed Germans there. (It was prisoners dressed as Polish soldiers)

Which lead to the beginning of the invasion and the sense of being attacked in the perspective of German society (defensive war vs actual offensive war)

The danger of Mexico invading U.S soil is extensively less then Belarus/Russian army invading Poland
Oathbreaker   
28 Aug 2021
Life / What's the immigration status in Poland? [12]

@mafketis
Correct
Problem is that the PiS wishes to show It's responsible and stands firm. (Which is the role of the state btw) while Lukashenka tries to play smart and do some payback.

We will see how it will continue, hopefully Lukashenka will allow humanitarian aid to enter. Problem is that humanitarian convoys were used to transport factory equipment from eastern Ukraine to Russia. So it would be a huge propaganda defeat for Russia.

Russia sending fake convoys vs Poland sending real humanitarian convoys

I wouldn't be surprised if Belarusian or Russian tv will portray those Polish convoys as bad as possible
Oathbreaker   
28 Aug 2021
Food / KETO DIET - is it known in Poland? [30]

@Cargo pants
Working out is important, it's a smaller part of your health tho. Doesn't help if your building up good muscles and burn energy if your organs are getting worse.

The yo-yo effect you speak of comes out of the calories in-calories out mentality which is wrong.

The less you eat (calories wise) the less you will burn internally over time. If you eat little calories and stop exercising you are gonna become a land whale very quickly.

I would suggest eating as many calories as possible, and fewest possible meals per day.
Having your body used to burning a lot while digesting food, leads to burn a lot of stored energy when not eating. You need more then 15 hours to START burning your storage fat, otherwise your body will scream for carbs all the time.

Your eating habits are important (if you want to eat mostly fats, avoid bacon and low quality fats. Fats from quality meat, like cows or oxen that haven't been added hormones etc)

Research has shown that athletes tend to have high performance but, very bad health. Check it out yourself, do a scan of your internal organs to see if your healthy.

With that lifestyle you mention I highly doubt it
@Cargo pants
Oathbreaker   
27 Aug 2021
Food / KETO DIET - is it known in Poland? [30]

@johnny reb
Why bother? I have a strong immune system now, I worry more about side effects then building up resistance as I am healthy
Oathbreaker   
27 Aug 2021
Food / KETO DIET - is it known in Poland? [30]

@johnny reb
I love vegtebables! Only need to spice it and add some fat to it (non-heated olive oil or butter)
Honestly people don't know what they are missing out
Oathbreaker   
27 Aug 2021
Food / KETO DIET - is it known in Poland? [30]

@johnny reb
I take magnesium (pills?)Tabletki
But, if I had a bathtub I would for sure do your method as the body absorbs it better that way. So I have heard.
Oathbreaker   
27 Aug 2021
Food / KETO DIET - is it known in Poland? [30]

@johnny reb
Which is why good quality salt with water is good to avoid anything bad, it prevents headaches or generally feeling bad. On KETO the body just flushes out nutrients cause there is no sugar to hold on the water.

Your spot on with the sugar causing inflammation, pausing body's focus on other areas until it's "done"

High fat intake should help with the hunger when you eat.

@Novichok
That is a problem but, with high fat amount. You get enough calories to not go hungry. I don't know what to recommend for people above 40 y.o age group tho as I haven't checked it myself.

What wife has to say... That's none of my business and too much of a minefield for me to recommend anything!

If it's dizziness it's most likely lack of electrolytes, I would google it I were you and add quality salt to some water while drinking (very small doses, your taste buds should guide you)

Himalayan salt or sea salt should work
Oathbreaker   
27 Aug 2021
Food / KETO DIET - is it known in Poland? [30]

healthy.

Then I recommend KETO, OMAD/Intermittent fasting. It has done wonders for me personally boosting and improving my health to such levels that I am now rarely sick and generally feel safe without having to worry about COVID even.

Used to catch the cold like 3-4 times a year, now it's 0 or once a year. Used to have 116 kg (mostly fat) then I shrunk to 78 kg within a 1,5 years. Now I weight 83 kg with muscles building up. Doing pull ups push-ups without a sweat.

I sincerely recommend it, hope for Vincent to live long and prosper. Don't want the forum to go away
Oathbreaker   
27 Aug 2021
Work / Tourist business idea - Would non-Poles be interested? [4]

As many of you know I moved to Poland in February with the intent of joining the Polish military. Alas I have to wait one more year before applying again (formalities like that sucks...)

So I have been looking for things to do, work, writing a book... Whatever I feel like doing while waiting...

So I have come up with a business idea as a tourist attraction! Wondering if any of the non-Polish users here on this forum or future guests who would like to share their opinion about it.

There are many internet nerds out here (hello btw), and I know for sure I would love doing what I am going to propose so... Here it comes!

Hero's guild

Those of you who know anime/manga/mmorpg/rpg/fantasy games&movies
(You name it) have heard about questing, partying up and generally have a good time with party members while on journey together.

Some like to compete against each other, others just to socialize together and some even just living it out.

So I have come up with a concept of creating a real life "adventures guild" naming it: "Heroes Guild", it would provide services to the local town (my current idea is Warsaw as it has an good communication app with gps function) but, any city/town/village who would allow/back it legally would suffice really. Everything from looking for lost animals to helping out with various things that people need help with would be given out in the form of a "quest" on a "questboard" organized by the guild itself with close co-operation with the local authorities (maybe even a governmental worker present in the building).

This would provide a "goal" for tourists or local kids/teenagers/interested to go around and explore the area organized by the guild which would also promote crafts made cloth&gear for fashion/use purposes from local tailors&blacksmiths.

The local authorities would only have to pay for the upkeep cost of the building until it would have enough of a client base to afford all the costs itself.

Basing it's economy on promoting various craftsmanship and sponsorship from any private company interested. (Which then would be possible to offer the customers the possibility of certain sets of cloth/gear if promoting the company while "adventuring" (example having metal armor fashioned with Coca Cola instead of heraldry and a red tabard with Coca Cola written on it)

What you guys think?
Oathbreaker   
22 Aug 2021
News / What is strategic meaning of Poland in Europe and in the world? [59]

You penetrated me for wrong map? Not sensible at all.

He can always propose new maps with Kosovo being part of Albania too. It's practically reality, why not make it formal as well?

If your thinking about future, use updated maps. With or without Kosovo. Poles are sensitive to maps reminding of past partitions. As a Serb you should understand what Ironside felt seeing it.

Just like seeing Yugoslavia on map, but with western parts missing with name Austria or Italy on it
Oathbreaker   
22 Aug 2021
News / What is strategic meaning of Poland in Europe and in the world? [59]

In the world and Europe it's a non-threatening "no mans land" between Germany and Russia. Last two times they had a shared border... We had two world wars, being most bloody for both Germany AND Russia with the most recent one.

It's in Germany's and Russia's interest for none of them controlling Poland and have distance between each other's. (Which is in Poland's interest as well as Poles desire a free and independent Poland)

Throughout history most of Poland's military has been used eastward due to Poland's sense and feelings of belonging with the Catholic community (rest of Europe, until times of reformation and definitively not very much after the partitions)

While it's in Russia's interest to keep Poland weak enough for it not to be an invasional threat towards herself (lesson learned from times of troubles)

While also keeping Poland strong enough to avoid military invasions from Germany and co-operate on threats towards other Slavic states as to gain recognition and influence among the most slavic nations.

It's definitively better for Russia to work with predominately slavic countries compared to Germanic, Turkish or Chinese.

Problem is that due to inner slavic rivalry and brotherly squabbles, neither Czech. Rep, Poland or Ukraine (Yugoslavia could have potential if it still existed) have enough strength, power or influence to be taken seriously by Russia.

U.S.A got U.K, Germany, France and Scandinavian countries as closest cultural support. While Russia is quite isolated in that regard.

Poland also offers verbal mediation between greater states (demographically and economically speaking) as Poland has been easily isolated on a European level and lack any threatening potential on a global scale.

Increased influence of Poland in... Africa would be rather a curiosity compared to Chinese influence investments out of the difference in magnitude and possible outcome.

Poland has so much to rebuild internally that even a country like Lithuania or Slovakia aren't planning or preparing plans to avoid an possible invasion by Poland.

As also mentioned earlier in the post, Poland has enough to have an population of 120 million people agriculturally. With newer technology possibly even more, so need for expansion is dramatically reduced and needs for development is far greater.
Oathbreaker   
4 Aug 2021
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [198]

You mean a pressure

It's a way to test a man, his masculinity. A women can only lead a man to his downfall, only for the purpose of checking what type of man he is. It happens on a subconscious level which they themselves rarely understand.
Oathbreaker   
4 Aug 2021
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [198]

Really?

Yes, there are more single mothers growing by the numbers, divorces and and state marriages (who are easily diveorceable).

Not to mention questioning the role of how society should be run, paternal or maternal. Which also plays into the perception of men's mentality. Until men (18+ males) become a father figure for a real son/daughter. Many still remain with a son like mentality, looking for guidance and doing what is expected of him. Only changing who is legitimate to guide him when his biological father seems to be outdated or not knowing enough about his life around him and his situation and his challenges.

Which is why for a man having God as father is paramount, as to not be lead astray by wicked people abusing the situation or for the men to feel isolated. A women being a lot faster sensitive is able to remedy the situation faster (which is learned of said dangers as teenager by being excluded/included/excluded repeatedly)

While a man reacts far slower and isn't conscious about that process at all, blaming his surroundings only and not taking steps to improve his situation.

Such group mechanics are in place biologically (the beast factor). It's important not to give in to it, while many do cause they aren't able to look at it objectively as there are a lot of unstable emotions being run through ones perception about it.

This boy clearly didn't learn social rules, or followed social rules of a fringe group which saw such behaviour or emotions and steps like hate/revenge/sadism/banditry as okey

Which has to be countered. How? I don't know
Oathbreaker   
4 Aug 2021
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [198]

@Ironside
He either learned it from his dad, or his dad was missing in this picture. Otherwise I have a difficult time understanding it at all

Fatherless sons are a danger to any society, even more so then those that are wrongly raised by an idiot. Cause the fatherless ones tend to group up together, then it only needs one bad apple to lead them cause of their lack of a masculine role model.

Society thinking it's smart to downplay the fathers role... I don't know what to write
Oathbreaker   
3 Aug 2021
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [198]

@Paulina
Are you really surprised? Those kind of people are walking monsters... blaming the victim, don't mind evildoers performing obscene sacrifices, partakes in anything that can be described as unholy.

They think there is a war between the sexes and are blind to what their doing to people, I only imagine what world I want for my future son&daughter. Those kind of people to not want a good environment for them as most of them don't even want children and prefer to use people without thinking of the consequences.
Oathbreaker   
2 Aug 2021
History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]

@Lenka
It was all an underground movement, orders were slow to reach out. Right before the uprising even delayed, top brass didn't have the amount of authority as you are imagining it.

Most of the fighters didn't even know personally anyone of the top leaders. What is that you wanted them to say? Call off the uprising? They tried, didn't work. They heavily criticized for calling it off, damned if they do, and damned if they don't.

They didn't have many options, it was either start the uprising or leave the civilians to their fate. (Most of the civilians died I know) at the moment of the decision making they didn't know what would happen at what scale.

If I were one of the leaders I would have thought that Germans would purposely back off as to buy time and to create tension among the allies as much as possible. Instead Hitler decided to flatten Warsaw as to dishearten other cities in Europe from rebelling as well.

I can't honestly understand anyone criticizing the decision making at that moment. It was tons of unknown factors, little communication and no internet or satellite footage.
Oathbreaker   
2 Aug 2021
History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]

@Lenka
Many of these teenagers even defied their parents, the youth growing up after ww1 Poland were extremely patriotic, many of the youngest even inspired by their older generations. I have a hard time imagining them listening to any rational advice.
Oathbreaker   
2 Aug 2021
News / Poland Sports News [1079]

@amiga500
Good for her, she might have been threatened severely as a means to perform better. Most likely they overdid it, so now she is too scared to go back to Belarus is my guess
Oathbreaker   
2 Aug 2021
History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]

@Lenka
Kids were mostly used as mail ordinance, very few had any weapons. Many whom had lost parents and had nobody else, it was definitely hard to refuse their eagerness to help out in that situation.

If you mean the teenagers, many of whom were robbed of their peaceful youth and no school prospects, only thing they had learned was hate and destruction in the most brutal war in a very brutal situation.

If you had been there arguing with the teenagers, you would most likely had been ignored or asked to leave the city
Oathbreaker   
2 Aug 2021
History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]

@Novichok
only the far right elements suspected it really. Which is why many fought through Czechoslovakia to enter west allied territory to survive after the uprising. At first Germans, passively let them through with vain hope of them teaming up, which was definitive no-go option.
Oathbreaker   
2 Aug 2021
History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]

@Novichok
Stalin was a secretive paranoid person, you thinking that anybody knew what he was planning before opening the Soviet archives is delusional. It was suspected that the Soviets wanted to control Poland for themselves. Yet you think that opposing the Soviets was the main/only argument for the uprising by how your presenting it.

It was one of the shittiest situations in history, just like landing on Iwo Jima. You can complain all you want about that situation too, doesn't change the fact that it was impossible for the American leadership to predict the losses that were there either

Hats off and cheers for Oathbreaker knocking the Top Dog off his horse.

Ehrm... Thanks? I try not to pull off anyone as my pulls can be rather hurtful. Which many posters here on the forum can testify to, mostly cause of my clumsy ness.
Oathbreaker   
2 Aug 2021
History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]

@Novichok
1. Main enemy was Nazi Germany in 1944, you seem to ignore years of occupation, mass excutions and terror as if nothing had happened.

2. The Germans planned to turn it into a war zone (fortress city) and fight the Soviets off as much as possible. Prolonging the war by fighting with fixed defenses in a dense city near a riverbank. Only an encirclement could have helped if anything, yet it would take a long time before the Soviets would "liberate" it. The casualties would be tremendously high either way, just look up Stalingrad.

After the Warsaw Uprising, the logistical worth of the city wasn't worth defending it at all as everything had been destroyed. All logistics, infrastructure and civilian logistics (active stores, bakeries, magazines, railways etc) was utterly ruined. Making defending the place a very bad idea without expensive repairs, and the Germans had no help whatsoever with that from locals who were either transported to camps, escaped or died.

I honestly can't imagine Warsaw surviving much better, if only a bit better. A remake of the city would had to be done either way after the war.

3. Oh no! What a dementia old pops just like his president! Now we are done, unless you want more.

Radom is a totally different scenario and geographical location. Besides Warsaw uprising was part of a larger operation, where AK helped ambush German frontline troops along everywhere possible, shortly after having their officers arrested and soldiers drafted into the people's army.
Oathbreaker   
2 Aug 2021
History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]

@Novichok
It was 1944, most of Poland was occupied by the Nazi's of course it was a political move.

Your blaming victims for resisting tyranny and mass murder. calling them stupid, yet you yapp about people being stupid listening to the U.S government while certainly, you would be a gigantic hypocrite just like the Soviets if people suddenly rose up against the COVID restrictions.

I just can't take you seriously as you seem to only want to degrade the resistance fighting against the Nazi's. As if Soviets were the only ones doing it...
Oathbreaker   
2 Aug 2021
History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]

@Novichok
Same to you... You really think Warsaw would be spared? It would have turned to a war zone either way, only reason cities like Cracow got spared it's cause the Nazi's thought of them as German cities. And as one concentration camp after another got liberated, they started to think twice about their actions and the future waiting them.

So you can cut out your emotional one sided love for everything Soviet and get a grip on reality