Life / If I'm agnostic, deist, atheist - can I say that to Polish people in Poland? [72]


100% agree

Even the so called gender equality and feminism are really male in nature - it's not appreciation or understanding of what femininity really represents, but rather a desire to strangle and destroy femininity by making women to think and act like men, being equal to men by being the same as them

A world govern by women would be something completely different in structure than the man's world. Governments and hierarchy are traits of the man's world

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [27]

Aleksander Wolszczan - Polish astronomer, co-discoverer of extrasolar planets

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Wolszczan

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Language / Is Polish amongst the best-sounding languages in the world? [123]


British English sounds more intelligent...

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


My friends from London say so as well, but I'd say in Derby there's still quite a lot of it


So how rude are we in English? :)


It's quite interesting actually - why don't you use sir/madam anymore? The Polish pan/pani form gives us the impression of safe distance from people we don't know very well - I would expect the English with their reserve and necessity of privacy to preserve the use of formal titles

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


:-D I always say the Brits have the greatest sense of humour - that compensates for the lack of positive emotions..


For sure what I said was a generalization and pretty much a stereotype, but I think there's a sort of deeply rooted code of expression/behaviour in Britain that is completely strange to many (if not all) other nations - that's why we see Brits as stiff and standoffish. And I believe that's why the British people see others as rude.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


Very true.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


Exactly


I like you too.. even if you're Russian, Сашенька ;)


Exactly. It's because we're candid - if you ask, get prepared to know how we are :))


:-D


:-D

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


I think the so called rudeness of Poles often stems from differencess in priorities. For example the famous "How are you?" - in the UK asking someone how he/she is is a part of the etiquette. Polish people do not ask "How are you?" unless they are friends with someone - and when they ask a friend, they feel obliged to show the will of listening to how the friend's TRULY feeling. Because what is valued more than political correctness is the genuinity of your concern. If you're not concerned, save your breath. If you ask a stranger in Poland how they are, they'll stare at you - because they assume that you don't really care - why would you? And if you don't care - why do you ask? For Poles there are 2 explanations: either you want to use them, so you pretend to be more friendly than you really are; or you are a nosy person and you just like knowing things that are none of your business.

Actually, it's not like the British people believe that a sales assistant cares about how they feel - but they seem to value the etiquette more than real emotions or concern - everbody knows that the etiquette is empty, yet they are happy to play that game. My theory is that there's very little of real positive emotions left in the British society, so they hold onto the substitute of kindness, cause without it life here would be just unbearably cold.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]


You. Don't. Know. What's GOOD


Yes. But they seem to have only that small baby broad beans, they are not quite the same as bób

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]


me too!!!!
Recently I was reading a Chmielewska's book and the people in the book were cooking/eating bób all the time.. :(

News / If Russia liberate Scotland, what would happen with Polish workers in Britain? [59]


LOL
The only problem is - we don't have kilts... :(

Life / Polish folk-themed pop music? [30]


You are wrong :) I've witnessed plenty of Polish patriotic pride


Relaaax.. I find the tone quite amusing


I know what you mean. Our folk music is sharper, not so easy to fuse with pop sounds. Not only Slavic but all southerners in the world have the special talent for music. I believe, it's the good supply of vitamin D during prenatal life and early childhood

But our pop folk is pretty nice as well. Let's take that Janosik from Zakopane :)

Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]


No, I meant the attention of men. But the attention of women is also a target, just in a different way.


The same applies to women. If they don't get the lesson - maybe they simply enjoy the complications of life :)

Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]


That's a lie


That's a lieWe do that because we feel better with it. We feel better when we get the attention. We need the attention because we are vain...

Life / Cannabis / Weed in Poland... How much does marijuana cost per gram and how easy is to get it? [355]

lol :) Sure, they will know. But will they tell him?

Life / How is red hair viewed in Poland [37]


That must have been the bad influence of Anne of Green Gables :)

History / How much Poles trust to France? [93]


yeah, right. Do you think that because of that Poles today are obliged to trust Sarkozy?

Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]


Of course yes! If I'd been born to A.Hitler's family with A.Hitler's genes and experiences it is out of doubt I would have been Adolf Hitler. Yet we don't judge people (nations) for what they'd have done. Poland did not have colonies and whether it would've had or wouldn't have had them is a pointless discussion. The fact that Poland was expansive and during some periods the Polish teritory was larger than it is now does not equal colonialism.

Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]


According to your logic the American Indians are guilty of extermination of Europeans and Black Africans are guilty of making the white people slaves because sure they WOULD HAVE done it if they'd had the opportunity


I'm sure they didn't tell you we lack ambition ;)

Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]


You must have studied history from books made in the Third Reich

Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]


A fight for territory is not quite the same as colonialism (often combined with extermination of the natives)

Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]


true. I think this is the difficult part in patriotism generally - to stay away from trying to prove that one's nation is superior to the others. Patriotism is often poisoned by BNP/Młodzież Wszechpolska way of thinking.

Personally, I am convinced that it is possible to be proud of one's country and still stay respectful towards other countries. I have met people from all over the world and I love it when they tell me what they are proud of - and I think it's because I love my country in a positive way so I can relate to and understand what they feel when they talk about their national pride

It's like with personal relationships - we can choose the option of envying and hating others or we can choose the option of appreciation and learn from them. And the latter is much more beneficial for everyone :)

Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]


I'm glad to know your opinion, yet I think I have lived amongst Poles long enough to know what I'm talking about.


you should really take a closer look at the British media. Here not only the concept of independent media, but even the concept of professional journalism hardly exists


I wasn't talking about reporting a crime, but about reporting on your coleagues, workmates etc. If you have a sense of honour you should have the guts to speak to the colleague first, if you don't have the guts to speak to them, then you should shut up. Beacuse running to any sort of authority and reporting on your colleague's faults is what kids at school do, not grown-up men.

Obviously I am aware that it takes all sorts in any nation. I simply answered the thread, but you are perfectly free not to share my pride

Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]


Most of all I'm proud of the language because I know that generations of Poles risked their lives and personal freedom to maintain it. I laugh when someone tells me: don't speak Polish - I think: Who are you to tell me to not use the language that was paid for with blood?

That was the most pompous part :)

Apart from that I am proud of my nation's defiant rebelliousness against authorities. I am glad that Polish journalists and the pepole of media still have a bit of a sense of mission. No matter how aggressive a propaganda is, Polish journalists will still say what they think of it and more importantly - they will still think

I am proud that Polish people have a sense of honour and that they believe in not informing on others, and in the case when they do inform, they will at least try to keep it secret, because they realise it is an absolute disgrace.

I am proud because in Poland we still appreciate the taste of freedom. Unlike many western cultures where people live in psychological cages and stay totally unware of it.

There are a few other things as well, but these are the ones which come to mind first

Life / Getting pretty tired of the postal service here in Poland [58]


Well, I can understand fully the reasons why you're angry. Unfortunately I've got bad news - whenever my family sends anything to me or I send anything to Poland we always pay for the registered postage :( otherwise it's likely that it will get lost :(( you may try a different post office - in case if the source of the problem is in your local one. Making a complaint is worth trying - it's a business matter for you after all. If I were you I would camplain to the post office manager - if he/she is a decent person they may really try to do something about it.

Language / Special Polish Prayers / (Funeral too) that stand out [12]

to be honest I can't think of anything originally Polish that would be "outstanding" :) but it got me intrigued - I will be thinking of it, maybe something will eventually come to my mind. I have read some very beautiful old Irish religious poems - but I guess it's not what you're looking for

Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]


No, I'm talking about Africans living in the UK - and not only about the black ones, the white Africans have similar ability to smile when others (Polish, British, and other people of the North) wouldn't even think of smiling.

Life / Poetry and Poets of Poland [58]

I like Zbigniew Herbert's poetry a lot. It seems to be quite Polish in its heroic hopeless faith in certain values :) But my favourite of all times is Bolesław Leśmian. Unfortunately I've come across only a very few translations - maybe due to the fact that the sound of words plays an important part, or maybe because he created a large number of his own words, not easily translated to other languages? But I find that obsessive relation between the sound and the meaning most fascinating and unique.

Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]



grubas has got my point.

Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]


True. But don't you think that the culture of achievenments may stem from the fact that mere living under the European sky is not so fulfilling as it is under the sun of Africa. We are more prone to worry on a weekend at home when it's raining outside that during a weekend at the seaside. We want to achieve when we are not satisfied. the culture of ambitions and goals comes from deep discontent