Off-Topic / I am a Pariah: My Horror Story [44]


I already said they are not the all the same. But there are some weird breeds of them, and around here is one of the places.

Believe me, I have tried to think of everything in existence that could possibly rub people the wrong way.


Uuum yes. Maybe not every single one, but I've had countless people target my ethnicity in a semi-derogatory way. Some don't even have any idea that white ethnicities exist outside of Irish and Pilgrims. They think you're un-American if you're not just like them. This part def is not an exaggeration.

For example, I've been called a ditz, a white geisha, had one guy as me if I'm Polish and laugh (this was in history class) and had to deal with people whispering right in front of me, "She's a chuck", "I know."

Who knows, maybe they weren't talking about me, but they would look over at me and laugh.

They probably were calling me chuck because I have a jewish sounding last name (but is not really jewish). So they are probably not targeting my polish ancestry in particular, but they get the idea that I'm not all waspy like them and I'm treated as an outsider that gets demeaned and humiliated.

Off-Topic / I am a Pariah: My Horror Story [44]

Sometimes, especially when they're immature.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [656]

You're probably right, but when I see that chin defect I always think Slavic hehe.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [656]

Yes, it is much more subtle in her than it is in me. Mine got more pronounced into adulthood.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [656]

It's just the lighting, mine is like one degree more pronounced than hers.

Off-Topic / I am a Pariah: My Horror Story [44]

Yes, I'm about a year away from finishing up my diploma (it took a couple of jobs and some careful thinking to figure out a skill that I could put to good use) and about another semester after that from finishing my Associate in Applied Science degree. I'm worried about being considered "overqualified" so I may not finish my A.A.S. I will have to do some more research and put some thought into it and maybe consult a career counselor. I just wish that I had more spare money so that I could travel to prospective places I might want to live. It will probably be at least another 2 or 3 years before I move though because I have to get some job experience where I can get hired and I have to save up money for moving expenses and all the stuff I'll need for my apartment.

Oh I know I will have a lot of opportunity to live where I want being either a medical secretary or a medical records technician, that's part of why I picked that job. I'm not saying the US isn't a diverse place, I KNOW that traveling in the U.S. can be like going to a different country sometimes lol. There's every kind of people in America. I've lived in the city before where all the black folk are, and it gets very bothersome after awhile. Most don't even want to associate with you anyway. Why do you think there is so much white flight into the suburbs? I don't mind if there is a black community, I just don't want them to make up a really large percentage of the population. Actually, I'll have to say though, the poor latinos are almost more annoying than the blacks, so I would rather there be a larger black population and little or no hispanic population than a little bit of both like you get in the south. I know that these people have culture and education, but when you go somewhere with a high minority population there are more undesirable people than the educated ones make up for.

Of course Pittsburgh is charming, upstate NY has some really nice spots, there's some things I like about Chicago, Virginia Beach could be a possibility because the economy is good. Unless I could get over the idea of moving West, that's pretty much it though so I guess I don't have too much to pick through.

USA, Canada / Chris Gets Dumped on the Bachelorette for Being Polish! [52]


Like Scarlett Johannson plaster face.

Off-Topic / I am a Pariah: My Horror Story [44]

Yes, and so does Chicago.

Life / Why are Poles in other countries called "Plastic Poles"? [168]

I am a Plastic Pole.

Life / Why are Poles in other countries called "Plastic Poles"? [168]

It means you look Polish, but you're not really an authentic Pole haha. It's like, if you saw a manly looking guy who was really domesticated by feminism, he would be a "Plastic Male."

Off-Topic / I am a Pariah: My Horror Story [44]

Everyone these days has problems with men :) When you are not socially affiliated, guys avoid you because the girls control the guys, and they forever ostrasize other women who try to run their own ship. If you are meek and desperate and cooperative but you're a boring person or something like that you might get some social affiliation. I like other people and am interested in them, but I'm anti prosocial. Having female friends requires commitment to cooperation, women who think on their own terms are always alone. It's a no brainer when you consider the circumstances, my personality, and understand what the people are like around me.

Also, most men could care less if a woman is intelligent. In fact, I know that a lot of guys intentionally pursue women they think are dumb.

The only reason I feel bad now is because I'm alone and I'm stuck here. My experience growing up was both a strengthening one and a miserable one, which shaped my outlook on life in a negative way. Don't worry, I can't forget my past, if I try to it comes back to haunt me with a vengeance. I'm proud of who I am and my FAMILY is and I don't care what people think. I don't need to go to a Polish fest or talk about Polish stuff to be proud of who I am (although it would be fun and interesting) my whole thing is I want to be around people who are genetically like me (share the same mannerisms, do things in a similar way etc.) so that I can truly feel connected to other people. I'm sick of being too white so that people hate me, and then not waspy enough I mean I just can't win. I'm not that Polish by blood, but I'm a lot more similar to them in every way than other group in my ethnicity. Its impossible to understand the stress and misery of growing up in an environment where you are considered abnormal and everything seems alien to what you are taught at home and what you are naturally accustomed to. Genetics are everything. They influence behavior, appearance, personality, what you're good at and what you're not. The Polish element in my ethnicity is strongly pronounced in me genetically for some reason (maybe it's because they're closely bred, that I have more than I think who knows) so I believe I should try to surround myself more with those other people in order to be happy and feel normal and have a strong sense of belonging.


You like philosophy and religion, so we'd probably have some good conversations. In a perfect world...

Deep down I was never ashamed of my Polish background, but I was associating my differences from other people with my misery. My grandfather was the only one of his family to change his name out of shame for being a polack. One gets all weird and desperate when they were in the situation I was in. It's like a surivival instinct to try to assimilate into the crowd.

Language / Polish baby talk [16]

My brother calls my niece lulu. haha!

Off-Topic / I am a Pariah: My Horror Story [44]

I think that I'm too old to learn a language to really speak it in any useful way. I'm not saying I can't learn it, I'm just saying it's not worth it to me at this point. Polish is a very interesting and fun language to speak, but it's not of any use here (maybe if you lived in Chicago). Haha Polish was certainly never spoken in my home, and I don't even think it was spoken in the 1st or 2nd generation families either. We do, for example, use pet names (my nickname when I was very little was "bah") and add a "y" to many words though. I don't think it would make me feel closer to my heritage, or that I even need to but it would have been a neat thing to learn as a teenager.

I think I am considered 3rd or 4th generation, but I inherit 1/8 from my dad's side and possibly another small percentage from my mom's. The reason I know this is because on a genealogical test I keep seeing distant relatives (4th to 6th cousins which I estimate are probably not my dad's) with small amounts of Polish in their ancestry finders. People also say my mom looks East European and on the genealogical apps which break down the sub-groups of different races I usually get values of 37% for the East Europeans categories. If I am truly 1/4 or more Polish and other Slavic groups, I think it's reasonable to see West Slavs or Poles as my people or my identity. Most non East Europeans score some low values of that anywhere from 0-10% so there's probably a pretty wide error margin though.

USA, Canada / Chris Gets Dumped on the Bachelorette for Being Polish! [52]

Yes, he calls himself boocowski.

USA, Canada / Chris Gets Dumped on the Bachelorette for Being Polish! [52]

She never looked Jewish though, even before she had plastic surgery. If there are, they certainly don't come in large numbers. ;)

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [656]


There are plenty of Polish people with pale skin! Look at Izabella Miko, she's paler than me.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [656]


I was just calling it that because technically it is even though it seems more like just a trait.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_chin


Really?! :O Wow, never thought that could be possible. That makes my day! She is considered one of the most beautiful women on earth I think.

I started out with the recessive gene (the jaw assymetry) and then the dominant gene developed into adulthood which presented the fissure. I didn't used to have a fissure at all until I was about 15 or 16 when I was finishing my growth. The model I mentioned had the recessive part but didn't have as much of the dominant part which is more environmenal.

USA, Canada / Chris Gets Dumped on the Bachelorette for Being Polish! [52]

They're probably not very Jewish as in Mediterranean influenced, just by culture.

USA, Canada / Chris Gets Dumped on the Bachelorette for Being Polish! [52]

I like to throw the race card every now and then. I am assuming that Emily dumped chris for a number of reasons, basically because he is polish. 1 she didn't want to raise children with a polish heritage, she wanted to continue her southern belle legacy. 2. She didn't want to convert to catholicism 3. She didn't want to "fit in" with his life, she wants to be in control of everything.

USA, Canada / Where could I go in Pittsburgh that has a high population of Polish-Americans? [39]


Hmm, I hope you're exaggerating. The town I live in is even more boring. I'm not a drinker, and I'm not a sports fan so maybe Pittsburgh isn't a good idea.

I've been reading a lot of comments about how freaky the people are in Pittsburgh. There are mostly hipsters and freaks in their tight little cliques who are not interested in people until they know them. it's exactly what I'm trying to get away from here with the southern baptists and the bohemians/subcultures.

USA, Canada / Where could I go in Pittsburgh that has a high population of Polish-Americans? [39]

Wow, such a shame, def not moving there haha. Never even heard of that show. Unfortunately My parents won't let cable into our house (not even if I pay them for it), so I am limited with the shows I can watch when I'm hanging out at my brother's.

I'm a type of weirdo, but a normal one. A kind of semi-weirdo without a subculture. I'm into my writing and all my little topics and hobbies I like to talk about, and I'm very detail oriented, but I want most of the things normal people want, I dress normal and have normal jobs/major. You could say I'm like an average person, just a wee bit eccentric. I like normal people much more than other weirdos though haha.

History / Need Help - mysterious object identification. Could it be Polish? [19]


Even I knew that teehee

Off-Topic / Loading a photo of Poland from your mobile/cell phone takes 30 seconds, come on! [86]

This is a great thread, keep the pics coming, esp the ones of the towns and university/high school students.

News / Children licking cream off a Polish priest's legs "inappropriate" says NGO [116]

This is why I steer clear of religion.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1303]

All I know is, I don't eat anything pickled or anything that swims. Almost anything else I would eat.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1303]

Whenever I want to diet, I should look at this thread lol.

Love / Why don't Polish women treat education seriously for themselves? [130]

I believe feminism is reverse sexism. Biology creates these roles, they're fixed and part of reality. And let me tell you this, when feminism tries to push women farther away from what would be their natural behavior and role in society, it creates a huge disadvantage. It's a dirty trick and creates a situation where women are expected to hold the world on their shoulders, when that's not really the rational thing in nature because of physical and psychological differences. Who the heck wants to work their butt off their whole life to pay their own way, and then when you do have babies, you're expected to work, be the primary caretaker, clean the house, and make dinner!! The natural roles don't go away, and with feminism rampant in society, men aren't held to a standard and they sit like little babies on the couch and expect you to do what they can't AND pay your own way! Everything is just genetic, I'm sorry it just is and the sexes are more genetically programmed to perform certain tasks (for example, men tend to have a better sense of direction etc.). The differences are slight but it really is more rational for men to be the breadwinners/soldiers and women to be the caretakers. Really there is no "stronger sex" both roles are vital in society. Without children being properly nurtured and taught there is no technology or progress in society. I don't think it's right for women who want to work their whole lives and not be a homemaker to be oppressed by society, but I also don't think it's right for their to be a hideous anti-male bias in the media and a hatred toward women who devote their life to nurturing their family. I truly believe that discrimination against the masculine is a problem in modern culture. It's a tricky sort of sexism, like a slow working cancer.

What is the point of everyone going to college? Tell me what the point is to it? The economy needs a working class to do jobs that don't require education or skill. It is a terrible waste of resources and creates an incompetent welfare state. It makes it so that everyone has to have these stupid little degrees to do anything and getting an education isn't even about ability or skill anymore.

Love / Why don't Polish women treat education seriously for themselves? [130]


It doesn't, but when you spend resources on all the unwashed masses who are too stupid to ever make the resources spent on it worth it creates a bureacratic mess where you have to have a degree to do anything and it's just like a high school diploma, it doesn't mean anything. It takes all the attention in education away from people with actual ability who make the best use of it and levels them with people who don't deserve it.


I'm talking about MODERN CULTURAL feminism. Much different from the movement to recognize women as having equal rights under the law.

Love / Why don't Polish women treat education seriously for themselves? [130]


Yo momma.

Love / Why don't Polish women treat education seriously for themselves? [130]

What I basically mean is that there is a bias against masculinity in the media and the culture that is consequentially caused by the propoganda radical feminists push down people's throats. There really is no clear way to define it, it is just my way of describing this bias in society that I've observed. I call it "cultural" feminism because it's really not about obtaining equal rights, it's about weirdos who hate men because they're men that put propoganda out there and think that if women aren't dominating men then there must be some evil conspiracy to oppress women.