History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


Isn't it amazing how far russians will go to avoid any kind of responsibility or blame (even when they are not personally involved at all)?

Very infantile and revealing.... (yet Kania loves this culture?)

History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


Stop pitching... you've made the sale! It's not us you need to convince of this, it's Kania....

History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


Sweet summer child.... this is russia.... only the say so of the tsar is needed.

Then the people believe (if they know what's good for them).

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]


In what sense? I know they want to turn Poland into a vassal state of russia again (like Orban is busy doing in Hungary) but I don't see that resonating with voters....

Food / Stuffed Polish peppers & stuffed mushrooms - recipes [22]


Also...


As part of the farsz or on top? I mix the parmesan in with the meat and egg and breadcrumbs etc (which I learned on the pasta grannies youtube channel).

But standing up is also fine.

Food / Stuffed Polish peppers & stuffed mushrooms - recipes [22]


They look wonderful!

I stuff them just with meat farsz (which includes dried onions and parmesan cheese and some other stuff) and then serve them with rice.

History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


Massive lack of self-awareness? Massive lack of empathy? As a people... they seem to lack a theory of mind... they sincerely don't understand how they are perceived or how their actions are interpreted... I remember before the full-scale invasion began they thought the world would be impressed by them....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind

News / Hołownia - a rising star in Polish politics? [94]


Dość kłótni, do przodu!

I might translate it as 'Enough fighting, let's move forward'...

But given that it's Hołownia I have the idea it really means 'Don't criticize me!'....

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


I'm not paid... it's a personal mission caused by my (now) deep hatred of everything russian, a repulsive death cult of a country (nb. before Feb of 2022 I didn't think much of russia one way or another.... I doubt if I'm the only one turned into a proud russophobe because of your idiotic attempt at recreating a rotted empire and your hope of ethnocide.....

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


So? A lot more russians think that an independent Poland is a mortal threat and they should nuke Warsaw....

Why are you worried about Ukrainians?

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


listening to russians again.....

It's been slow because the west hasn't seen fit to give Ukraine sufficient air coverage and Ukraine doesn't do russian style meat assaults.... russia would just sound thousands of soliders into mine fields to clear them....

But...

twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1697289861361815858

Along with russian mismanagement of lines of defense (I posted an analysis earlier) things are slowly picking up.

And.... Ukraine is brining the fight to russia and russia has no answer beyond it's usual tactic of blindly firing at civilians....

Supposedly a big mobilization is going to be announced in russia in a couple of weeks (sending people with debts to the front).... how are they going to train and arm them?

why does russia hate its own citizens so much?

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


Not inevitable at all...

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


Might wanna look at that math again.....

I agree that some kind of Polish-Ukraine union is a very dumb idea.... The best result would be something like Sweden and Norway, mostly friendly sovereign countries with similar but distinct languages with provisions that make work/education in the other country especially easy.

News / Hołownia - a rising star in Polish politics? [94]


He's kind of an empty suit.... he talks but doesn't really say anything.... I don't know what he wants except that he really wanted/wants to be president....

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]


I could easily imagine it being used as an abbreviation for 'an Irish coffee"

"I'll just have an Irish, please".... I haven't heard it but it's easy to imagine.

Do you have irish coffee in Ireland? What's it called? Coffe?

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]


Almost right... they need to invite putain and manage to get him terminally sick.... and then not only does the war in Ukraine end.... it stops the next several wars that russia wants at the same time...

And watching russians backtrack about how they were always against the war but..... (lame excuse lame excuse lame excuse) which will be effin' hilarious.

the problem is russia... no other country.

Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]


Best pizza I've ever had was in a hotel restaurant in Lanzarote... they had a dedicated pizza station that turned out small hand made pizzas (12 or so inches across) without tons of topping and they were completely addictive. The crust was amazing and the few toppings really complimented each other. My favorite had blue cheese which works remarkably well on pizza...

Bak in my student days a mainstay was a deep dish by the slice place that I went to at least once a week... their star was the.... broccoli slice... it sounds awful but it was really great. Two slices with a side of garlic rolls was heaven.

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


They have a new nickname now.... 'dog eaters' (zjadacz psów_

some memes:

konfederacja spokesman has his picture taken with his dog...

twitter.com/ZespolBrauna/status/1695439939683402172

today's dinner is seafood!

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when mom packs you a lunch for the Sejm

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when you order a hotdog and they bring you a wiener in a roll....

twitter.com/ZespolBrauna/status/1695121504919306512

Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [239]


The fisherman thinks the cow is going somehwere and is trying to be helpful to tell it what side to leave on...

The cow assumes that the fisherman is asking because one side is easier to get out of (stony) than the other (muddly)

But.... the cow was just expressing idle curiosity and has galoshes so that it can leave either side equally well....

Here are a couple of old Polish jokes (that I learned before I know what/where Poland was)

Q: Did you hear about the Polack who died while raking leaves?

A: He fell out of the tree....

Police officer at the scene of an accident: Didn't you see the yield sign?

Polish driver: Of course I did... I yield and yield but that other car just kept on a comin'!

(this was probably an old Hillbilly joke repurposed as a Polish joke when those had a brief renaissance in the early 1970s)

Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]


Now I remember.... gadać and 'quoth' (is that part of quote or a separate form?)

Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]


Does the delivery guy still get paid in that case?


Hütte

I'm going to assume they're all related....

A couple of weeks ago I found another weird cognate pair in Polish/English but I forget what it is... I'd thought the word was romance (then remembered it's not in Spanish or Italian).....

Not being able to remember is driving me crazy...

Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]


Anyone know off the top of their head if chata and hut are cognates like chleb and loaf are?

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


Often how it's used, but the literal meaning is jądra (though a lot ruder) which I did not know for many, many years.... sometimes it would be confused with bullock - a young male bovine.... though in the UK it's had its bollocks removed and in the US it hasn't.... so.... lots of potential for weirdness there....

I have the idea (maybe jon can elucidate) that for many years it was a general expletive (like k**wa in Polish or f**k in the US) used to express anger or extreme feeling but not meant to be understood literally....

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


An Irish guy I worked with long ago mentioned reading an American novel where an executive pats his secretary 'on the fanny'.... He thought that was a bit too.... personal (he was kind of a prude so his recreation of his initial reaction "Oh my!" was hilarious).

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


Funny story... since 'bollocks' isn't used in American when the Sex Pistols first album came out most people didn't understand the title.... (and/or thought it was a british way of saying bvllsh|t which I guess.... makes some sense).

I don't remember when I learned the anatomical meaning of the word but it was probably after moving to Poland....

the british meaning of 'fanny' also came as a surprise (since it only refers to the buttocks in American).

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]


a truly inferior intellect, his sad illusions of adequacy.... just sad....

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


After knowing about what a sham and con it is... I'm not gonna be silent just because it doesn't directly affect me.

It's one thing if an adult, after counselling, decides to go through this. It's very different if confused young people are being pushed toward with no idea of the longterm consequences..

guy gets orchiectomy (castrated) and wonders where his sex drive went....

twitter.com/Sargon_of_Akkad/status/1694046691869987226

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


But nonetheless you the purpose and utility can be surmised..... the pictures I posted are created by scraping a large portion of skin from the arm or leg (it doens't grow back) and creates an hommage to a phallus... that does not get erect (though it can be inflated in order mimic one or have erotic sensation... though if the c|itoris is left sexual sensation is still possible... oh and the whole process is subject to all sorts of complications which require extra surgery....

Wouldn't counselling be a better, cheaper option?

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


I'm waiting for a good explanation for why this is considered 'care'..... (CW: very trauma inducing pictures... )

twitter.com/redpilledhomo/status/1694030685483192566

twitter.com/WitchKraft3/status/1691808000451674617

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]


I'm sure PiS is working on that...


russians on the whole are deeplyh ashamed of ordinary russians and despise them, so of course they want to hide them away on public occasions....

I'm reminded of a youtube video a few years ago of a Ukrainian immigrant who was at a party at the school his daughter attended....when kids were dancing the parents who were present joined in and started dancing with them (not just with their own kids but with the kids as a group)..... said that Ukrainian teachers would never, ever, ever allow anything like that.....