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Posts by Sebastian  

Joined: 16 Feb 2010 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 9 Apr 2012
Threads: Total: 6 / Live: 2 / Archived: 4
Posts: Total: 108 / Live: 39 / Archived: 69 		From: Canada
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Sebastian   
16 Feb 2010
Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

Hello everyone!

I found a forum with Polish people on it which is good. There are almost no Polish people in my school so I think this website will be good :) I am new to this site and I hope I am following the rules as of now. I also hope this post is in the right section (culture and society).

Now guys. Please don't flame me. But as of now I am not too proud of being Polish and its bothering me and I don't like it. I know I may sound stupid, but what's bothering me is that Poland is being run by a bunch of idiots. The economy is not great and all my relatives who live in Poland always ***** and complain on how bad it is over there (low salary, high costs for food etc). They always tell me how the roads and buildings are poor and how they wanna leave because its so bad over there. Its strange because All of my friends, whether they are Italian, Romanian, Czech, Greek, Swedish, French, they are all proud of their nationality but I'm not and I hate it. It really frustrates me when you see Italy, Greece, France and the UK having all those beautiful and historical sites and people visiting them but with Poland its like nobody gives a **** because its not as flashy as those other Western European countries. I'm feeling pretty down and maybe you guys can enlighten me. If you guys want to call me an idiot or a moron, thats fine. I understand if you guys are upset or angered by this.
Sebastian   
16 Feb 2010
Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

I don't think most will take it well. Its not like I hate Poland. There are things about Poland I love, but at the moment I am not too proud. I'm from Canada by the way.
Sebastian   
16 Feb 2010
Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

your relatives seems to be a bunch of grumblers, sorry about that.

No worries

As for tourist attractions, well it seems that you don't know much about Poland...

I'll keep that in mind, thanks for the advice.

Maybe I am lazy, but thanks for the advice.
Sebastian   
16 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]

I'm mainly Polish and 1/8 German. I don't look Polish at all lol. Most of my friends tell me I look English/Scottish or just Canadian. The only thing about me which looks Polish is my bright blue eyes, thats about it. I don't have high cheekbones or defined facial features. My face is a bit round and I don't have a aquiline nose or anything. I also have dark dark brown head hair and my facial hair is orange/blonde, which is kinda odd considering my head hair is dark brown.
Sebastian   
17 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]

I have fair skin and I am quite tall (183cm)

Same thing with my family. All the women on my dads side of the family are over 5'11". I'm 6'1" so I'm not that much bigger!
Sebastian   
17 Feb 2010
Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

As all countries, Poland is not, has not and never will be a perfect country - however, open up your eyes to the past achievements of Poland and you will be proud sooner than you think.

I understand what you are saying. Maybe I should crack open a history book or two. Sorry if I sound ignorant lol. But thanks for your advice.
Sebastian   
12 Jul 2010
Genealogy / I'm polish and have a darker complexion - WHY? [78]

I noticed the same thing. My moms side of the family is like that. They actually look more tan and a bit Mongol. I know, its wierd. They have tan skin, black head hair, the men are not hairy, and have dark brown eyes. My dads side is more pale, blue eyes, light brown hair and a lot hairier. I'm somewhere in the middle.
Sebastian   
10 Nov 2010
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Wojewodzic. Apparently, here is the meaning of it. I got it from wikipedia

In medieval Poland a Palatyn (Palatinus) was initially the highest title at the King's court. Later, every local Prince had his own Palatinus, often the actual ruler of a Duchy. With the partial reunification of the Kingdom the ducal Palatini remained in their place and ruled the former Principalities (now renamed to Palatinates, Palatinatus) under the King. The title got merged with that of Wojewoda (Dux Exercituum, Herzog). A son of a Palatinus was titled Wojewodzic (Palatinida) and would often become a Palatinus at his father's death, but these titles never became officially hereditary and formally remained granted for lifetime by the King. Today, the palatinal families (rodziny wojewodzińskie, descendants of the Palatini), remain the highest strata of Poland's aristocracy.
Sebastian   
15 Jan 2011
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

Sobieski is my favorite Polish vodka. Belvadere in my opinion is overhyped. I find Chopin to be much better than belvadere.
Sebastian   
13 Mar 2011
History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

The German people are the most vile & disgusting people to ever live.

Racist

The German people deserve only extinction from the planet.

You sir, are a fuckwit. Its Polish people like you who make me ashamed to be Polish. Wow. Just sad. Let me guess, you supported the Kaczynski's, right?
Sebastian   
13 Mar 2011
History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

He can express himself, but wishing an ethnic group to be extinct is ******* stupid, and I can't believe you are defending that. Do you honestly think Germans of today actually want Poland to be wiped off the map? The vast, vast majority of Germans, practically all of them with the exception of some skinhead nutcases, are ashamed of what Germany did to Poland. All the Germans I have met in my life in Germany have been nothing but good to me, and had no grudges against me. For gods sake, get over it.
Sebastian   
8 Apr 2011
Life / Are Polish roads really this bad? [237]

Western Polands roads appear to be getting better, and by 2013 there should be much more motorways and roads of good quality. However, eastern Poland still has ****** roads, and construction has not even started over there.
Sebastian   
8 Apr 2011
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]

Italian pizza is the best pizza I ever tasted. Sorry, but Polish pizza is garbage. Also, Zapiekanka is an insult when it comes to pizza. No tomato sauce, and its just mushrooms, cheese and an assload of ketchup, smothered all over the bread. Sorry, but its nasty. Yes, I'm Polish, but I'm realistic. We are not the best in everything, and I'm not going to say that everything Polish is the best.

If you want real pizza, Italian, French, and Chicago/New York pizza is the way to go. Chicago deep dish pizza mmmmm :)
Sebastian   
18 Apr 2011
Life / How is red hair viewed in Poland [37]

I've seen many Polish women die their hair colour red-orange, and usually very short on the sides and taller on the top. It looks bad imo.
Sebastian   
30 Apr 2011
Life / Why Poles have so pro-emigration attitude? [85]

Its because the money is better elsewhere. its about time the government actually creates NEW jobs and starts paying everybody decent money. If not, then people will continue to leave.
Sebastian   
30 Apr 2011
Life / Why Poles have so pro-emigration attitude? [85]

I hope EURO 2012 will give Poland a better impression to people around the world. Unfortunately, I don't think Poland will ever be as big of a tourist attraction like France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria and other western European countries. The only famous attractions we have are Krakow and Zakopane, and even that isn't too well known.
Sebastian   
30 Apr 2011
Life / Why Poles have so pro-emigration attitude? [85]

I don't like calling Auschwitz a tourist attraction. But the thing is, how many people outside Poland know about Warmia-Mazury? We don't have anything, all we have to offer tourists is Krakow. One of the reasons as to why Western Europeans don't visit the Tatra's is because there is no point. They have the alps, which are bigger, better and more beautiful than the Tatra's. The Tatra's are only popular to the Polish and the Slovaks. krakow, however, is a gem :)
Sebastian   
20 May 2011
Language / Is Polish amongst the best-sounding languages in the world? [123]

Not even close. Polish is not an ugly language, not at all. But it's not the most pleasant language to listen to. I often hear Czechs say Polish sounds like baby talk, and Polish say that Czech sounds like baby talk. After listening to both languages, I can honestly say both languages sound babyish, to an extent. The thing I can't stand about Polish is that it has too much cz, rz, sz, dz, and the different types of Z's. When one speaks the language quickly, thats all you hear. IMO, Polish sounds better when spoken slower.

Most beautiful languages apart from English, in my opinion, are

Italian
Spanish
Russian
Brazilian Portuguese
Sebastian   
20 May 2011
Language / Is Polish amongst the best-sounding languages in the world? [123]

LOL, my Italian friends say the same thing! (about lack of vowels). But Italian is beautiful, and I love how they have hand gestures for everything hahaha! But Italians are some of the friendliest people I ever met.
Sebastian   
27 May 2011
News / Poland reveals its new super car. [56]

gtspirit.com/2011/05/26/polish-arrinera-automotive-previews-supercar/

Did any of you guys check this car out? It's cool, but for ***** sake, couldn't it have been more original? It looks like a carbon copy of a Lamborghini, especially the outside.
Sebastian   
12 Aug 2011
Love / Why do so many Polish girls dye their hair BLACK? [124]

Yup. But black hair looks good on some of them, but not all. What I can't stand though is when they dye their hair completely red. and when I mean red, I'm talking about that bright red/orange, like a marker. It looks so fake and stupid. Poor fashion sense imo.

Oh, and women with black hair, green eyes and tan skin= the best :)