Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]

The winner is a scary looking individual. Most likely mentally ill too.

Travel / Where do Polish people fly to for beach vacations in the winter? [34]


Not too sure about stats, but it is quite popular for canadians to travel to the Caribbean in the winter. These week long getaways are not that expensive.

Life / What's the best Polish radio station? [36]

Get "tune in radio" on your smart phone. You can search for PL radio stations.

UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [437]

Personally I find the british (mostly the english) irritating because they are quite cocky. Maybe Poles in the UK have noticed the same.

USA, Canada / Why indian origin woman as Miss America and never Polish origin? [40]

Why an indian won? Your answer, in 2 words is: political correctness.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]


No surprise here, only you know who can have a genocide.

Travel / Hard Candy - Krakow, Poland - reviews? [131]


I ran into a couple of scenarios where bartenders tried ripping me off in poland and other countries. My tactic for situations where you are escorted out of the bar to a bankomat to withdrawal cash is to either just run away (i'm fast) or to leave the bartender some money (ex: 20zl / drink) and then run away. Never had any issues with the police. Once i didn't have my bank card on me and only about 50zl in cash.

As a rule of thumb, i never bring my VISA to a bar and usually my debit card as well, however it is set so I can't withdrawal more than $100/day. I also only keep maybe $200 in my chequing account while the rest of my savings are in the savings account. My debit card is set so i can only withdrawal from my chequing account. I can adjust my chequing account balance via online banking.

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [219]


It is quite possible that joining Hitler could have produced the bloodier route.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

I wish we had gun laws up here that would allow us to use guns for self defence purposes.

Love / My Polish wife's family hate me. Maybe it is because I'm black. Advice needed. [87]

Your situation is not uncommon in Poland. I've even seen black men/women have the same problem in canada and the US.

Life / The Best Things About Poland [24]

In no particular order,

- strong family life
- Polish society is not infested with the political correctness disease. Yes i do realise this is coming to poland by way of the EU, but at the moment they're ok.

- 3rd world immigrants are few and far between - no race riots (ie: LA, london, paris), hardly any foreigners leaching the system (huge problem in canada, politicians scared to do anything about it for fear of the PC police), no affirmative action, don't have to worry about some of these violent prone groups attacking Poles (see crime stats vs race in USA), don't have to worry (yet) about the erosion of the Polish culture as a result of the flooding of the country of totally different people.

that's it for now

Language / POLISH 18 - 30 years old know MUCH BETTER ENGLISH language than their own native language! [102]


They may think so, but in reality the level of english in PL is low.

News / The quality of Polish media coverage [50]


Why can't any media outlet give us straight answers?

Have you been living under a rock? Do you know what bias means?

UK, Ireland / Any Polish Muslims in London? [30]

Why would a non-Muslim want to contribute to a Muslim cause?

Love / How to find Asian Girlfriend in Poland [56]

There aren't very many asian woman in Wroclaw. There is a vietnamese community in warszawa numbering in the 10s of thousands though.
But you would be better off going to asia or western europe.

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]


I want to see countries that are overpopulated to work on reducing their population. It's really sad to see European countries dwindling in size whereas women in developing countries are popping out kids like there's no tomorrow.

History / Poland's undying debt to Polonia [76]

What about French and British promises to help Poland in 1939? Not that there was anything the limies could have done vs the Germans, but I just thought I had to say this.

Notice how all the polish pfers living in pOland don't ever say anything negative about the polonias help to their families who stayed in Poland.....

Always has to be the Brits stirring up trouble.

News / Dirty deeds of foreign guys in Poland [98]


So i guess it was fun for them since they are British tourists in Poland, not outsourced exterminators hired to deal with these "pests."


^ Sounds like they were enjoying it.

Are the brits tired of shagging Polish prostitutes and urinating in the rynek? Have they found a new past time now?


Kinda reminds me of a limey in poland who was caught molesting little children last year i think. There was a thread about it on here at the time.

USA, Canada / Rodeo Ben the "Polish Cowboy" [50]


Kind of hard not to notice this, especially when someone's name is BERNARD LITCHTENSTEIN.

History / What do Poles owe to Jews? [586]

Jason, also keep in mind that Jews collaborated with the soviets during the 1st world war/polish-bolshevik war as well as the 2nd world war when a large chunk of poland fell into the hands of the soviets. Countless poles died and/or suffered because of this treason.

Life / Scars of Communism on Polish culture. [55]


No.
I've met a few foreigners/people of polish decent who have noticed the same thing while visiting poland.


That may be because you can't speak polish.

Life / Scars of Communism on Polish culture. [55]


This is true to some extent. I think the partitions also "scarred" Poland/Poles.


Actually it is estimated that there are 20 million Poles outside of Poland (not sure how "Pole" is defined here: ie both parents Polish? second gen Polish?).


False. It actually made people think outside the box (ie: how to deal with shortages/how to acquire goods, "kombinowanie").


I agree. I sometimes feel like a criminal just walking into a store. I think its common in many euro countries.


Stealing and cheating was part of daily life during the communist era and the partitions. People don't need to cheat/steal to live anymore, but some do and most like to take precautions against would be thieves.


Overall Poles don't react to someone else's success the same way americans/canadians would, for instance. I think some (Poles) feel what you said ("wish it would catch on fire") but others would be very jealous. Either way, the reaction is negative.


They do queue. I found polish queues to be really annoying as people tend to stand very close, front to back, in most cases touching. It is impossible to have a foot or two of space between yourself and the person behind you ... IMPOSSIBLE ... especially when there is an old babcia standing behind you. And when you leave some space between yourself and the person in front, the people behind you get nervous and quite often i would hear "why doesn't he move forward, there's plenty of room."

Life / Television in Poland - embarrassingly bad? [44]


Every country rips off american tv shows. The US is (unfortunately) the epicenter of tv/pop culture/entertainment.


Canadian tv is so bad, so few people watch it that the government has to subsidize (ie steal tax payer money) these shows (ie: "the little mosque on the prairie" - no joke that's the shows title) to ensure that there is canadian content on tv.


Speaking broken english is my biggest pet peeve in Polish TV. They think they are "cool" when they say something in english yet in reality they are butchering the language and making themselves look stupid. I believe they do it "na pokaz" to show that they can "speak" the "international language."

UK, Ireland / There's not a lot wrong with Poles in the UK. There's just too many of them. [72]

Well if you dont want to see so many Poles, then you can try to encourage the UK government to bring in more blacks and pakis.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


You are the one who is manipulated.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Anti semitism has been a problem all across europe, not just Poland. However you have to keep in mind that Jews were welcomed to Poland several hundred years ago when western Europeans were engaged in pogroms. There was little anti semitism.

Anti semitism became a more serious concern after the partitions of Poland. And also keep in mind how polish jews were not always the innocent angels. They did collaborate with the Soviets which resulted in terrible consequences for the Poles, many could not forget this and as a result jedwabne took place.

It takes 2 to tango.

History / Poland and Britain started WW2 [307]


Stopped reading at this point. Poland was no threat to Germany.
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Language / The shame! I can't pronounce my Polish wife's name (Ola) [69]


Anglophones are not very good at pronouncing foreign names, most poles know this so don't worry too much. Take some polish classes.

Life / 200zl mandat and 3 points for not wearing seatbelts? [75]


I live in canada, limey. There's no need to shoot, a ticket to a cocky limey such as yourself will suffice. Sounds like you think you're above the law in Poland.

Life / 200zl mandat and 3 points for not wearing seatbelts? [75]

100m or 100km - it really doesn't matter how far you drive, you always need to wear a seat belt. It's the law. I'm glad he fined you, solid cop. Go ahead, lose respect for a cop who does his job. You're just bitter that you got fined.