Food / Is brain-damaging vegan fad growing in Poland? [176]

Vegetarians will eat dairy products. Strictly speaking no seafood or fish.

Vegans will not consume any products of animal derivation. Strictly speaking won't wear leather or silk either:

vegansociety.com/lifestyle/nutrition/

Food / Is brain-damaging vegan fad growing in Poland? [176]

A vegan diet adhered to correctly is actually very healthy, but that means being very disciplined and organised and making sure you are eating the correct combination of foods to ensure you are getting the right nutrients.

Many young people with good intentions take it up because they don't want to eat animal products, but not having done the research they think they can survive on stuff like crisps and coffee on a daily basis. Also if you aren't prepared to increase your intake of fruit and veg then forget it, it's not for you.

Having said all that there are plenty of omnivores and carnivores with damaged brains.

Language / Differences in Polish and English idioms [69]

One of my faves:

Polish: "Między młotem a kowadłem"

English equiv: "Between the devil and the deep blue sea"

Meaning: in a desperate dilemma; faced with alternatives which are equally undesirable

History / Maus by Vladek Spiegelman - animals to represent Poles? [68]

I think the Nazis should have been portrayed as pigs, since they were as ludicrously power mad as the pigs in Orwell's "Animal Farm".

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

Thank-you very much for this information - it probably explains why I've been having trouble with asthma, I guess it's in the genes.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

My father's surname was Charczuk. My mother's father hated it and told him to change it because it's Ukrainian. Is that true?

History / Is this the moment for Poles and all Slavs that they apologise to their old Gods? [8]

I get what you are saying, but still don't see why we need to apologise. What's done is done. People were forced to convert from one religion to another under threat of death. What choice did they have?

Anyway there are those who see old Gods/Goddesses as simply archetypes in the subconscious not actual living breathing separate entities. Isn't that just a remnant of Christian dogma - God an old man living on a cloud ?

History / Is this the moment for Poles and all Slavs that they apologise to their old Gods? [8]

I don't understand what you mean. What do they need to apologise for?