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Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [817]
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2 days ago
Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [305]
Is it necessarily the entire fault of those from terribly underdeveloped,
emerging nations in Africa, Bangladesh etc. to desire life in countries
such as Poland, Sweden, The Netherlands or Germany, with bustling
economies, gorgeous women, all the trappings of social prosperity??
Cut 'em some slack, for goodness sake!
Is it necessarily the entire fault of those from terribly underdeveloped,
emerging nations in Africa, Bangladesh etc. to desire life in countries
such as Poland, Sweden, The Netherlands or Germany, with bustling
economies, gorgeous women, all the trappings of social prosperity??
Cut 'em some slack, for goodness sake!
Lyzko
2 days ago
Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [817]
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Lyzko
27 Mar 2025
Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [817]
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27 Mar 2025
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26 Mar 2025
Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [817]
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26 Mar 2025
Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [817]
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25 Mar 2025
Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [817]
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Lyzko
21 Mar 2025
Language / Slavic languages words similarities with Polish [240]
Actually, the root "-pom/-pam" is related in Polish as well, e.g. "PAMietac" (to remember)
and "zaPOMniec" (to forget)!
Actually, the root "-pom/-pam" is related in Polish as well, e.g. "PAMietac" (to remember)
and "zaPOMniec" (to forget)!
Lyzko
17 Mar 2025
Food / What Polish foods do foreigners generally not take to? [139]
'Guess it all depends once again on the foreigner. Me? I can
digest just about anything in whichever country I've either visited or
lived in for more than two or so months.
Certain Polish seafood dishes I found an acquired taste, I must admit!
However, I can honestly say that there is no Polish food I haven't
thoroughly enjoyed when I got used to it:-)
'Guess it all depends once again on the foreigner. Me? I can
digest just about anything in whichever country I've either visited or
lived in for more than two or so months.
Certain Polish seafood dishes I found an acquired taste, I must admit!
However, I can honestly say that there is no Polish food I haven't
thoroughly enjoyed when I got used to it:-)
Lyzko
13 Mar 2025
Lyzko
12 Mar 2025
Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [193]
NO journal is completely "objective"! There's always and always will be biased reporting, that's only human,
although formerly the NYT tended to avoid such more than currently.
NO journal is completely "objective"! There's always and always will be biased reporting, that's only human,
although formerly the NYT tended to avoid such more than currently.
Lyzko
12 Mar 2025
Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [193]
It once was, Johnny, when "Punch" Sulzberger was the Editor-in-Chief
and Theodore Bernstein did all the prootreading.
There was always Bill Safire's column:-)
It once was, Johnny, when "Punch" Sulzberger was the Editor-in-Chief
and Theodore Bernstein did all the prootreading.
There was always Bill Safire's column:-)
Lyzko
11 Mar 2025
Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [193]
Reports vary. Gosh, even the NYT's not trustworthy any more.
"All the news that FITS we print"
lol
Reports vary. Gosh, even the NYT's not trustworthy any more.
"All the news that FITS we print"
lol
Lyzko
11 Mar 2025
USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - (Who can I sponge from the most?) [42]
...spoken with true jealousy!
You say the same about Sweden, the UK, anywhere in which
the common citizen is given a fair shake. Surely these countries
are far from perfect. Sure beats a plutocracy though.
...spoken with true jealousy!
You say the same about Sweden, the UK, anywhere in which
the common citizen is given a fair shake. Surely these countries
are far from perfect. Sure beats a plutocracy though.
Lyzko
10 Mar 2025
Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [193]
I understand he isn't officially a US citizen,
perhaps a dual South African, although here again
a double standard!
Even the late John McCain was bad mouthed by
our press for not being born on American soil,
although he WAS on US territorial waters:-)
The overarching point here is that Musk is
charged with "trimming the fat" of so-called
no-show civil service jobs, right?
What about his own job, a lazy desk spot
with an inflated salary which doesn't have to
depend on supporting a wife and family.
And this is why certain folks go off the deep
end and start ranting or shooting.
I understand he isn't officially a US citizen,
perhaps a dual South African, although here again
a double standard!
Even the late John McCain was bad mouthed by
our press for not being born on American soil,
although he WAS on US territorial waters:-)
The overarching point here is that Musk is
charged with "trimming the fat" of so-called
no-show civil service jobs, right?
What about his own job, a lazy desk spot
with an inflated salary which doesn't have to
depend on supporting a wife and family.
And this is why certain folks go off the deep
end and start ranting or shooting.
Lyzko
10 Mar 2025
Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]
"Theophilis Thistle, the successful thistle sifter after sifting
a thread of unsifted thistles through the thick of his thumb.
Success to the successful thistle sifter!"
If that doesn't give Poles a run for their money, nothing will.LOL
"Theophilis Thistle, the successful thistle sifter after sifting
a thread of unsifted thistles through the thick of his thumb.
Success to the successful thistle sifter!"
If that doesn't give Poles a run for their money, nothing will.LOL
Lyzko
7 Mar 2025
Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [193]
A doozy because it's a fact???!
Why so in denial, johnny?
A doozy because it's a fact???!
Why so in denial, johnny?
Lyzko
7 Mar 2025
Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [193]
Musk is merely the sick manifestation of the entire Trump administration aka regime!
He wouldn't know a Constitutional right from a Constitutional wrong if he tripped and fell
over it in broad daylight, folks. Probably hasn't even read it, although he's more articulate
and well-read than his boss, that's for sure. Point is, among other things, he's not even
a citizen. He's a multi-billionaire, so what?
Trump's team's breaking all rank with American history and it's only a matter of time before
it blows up in their faces!
Musk is merely the sick manifestation of the entire Trump administration aka regime!
He wouldn't know a Constitutional right from a Constitutional wrong if he tripped and fell
over it in broad daylight, folks. Probably hasn't even read it, although he's more articulate
and well-read than his boss, that's for sure. Point is, among other things, he's not even
a citizen. He's a multi-billionaire, so what?
Trump's team's breaking all rank with American history and it's only a matter of time before
it blows up in their faces!
Lyzko
3 Mar 2025
Po polsku / Language Exchange - spotkania po francusku i po polsku w Krakowie [4]
Dobry wieczor!
Tak, ciesze sie bardzo na to, polepszyc moje znajomosci francukiego:-)
tarsape@gmail.com
Dobry wieczor!
Tak, ciesze sie bardzo na to, polepszyc moje znajomosci francukiego:-)
tarsape@gmail.com
Lyzko
26 Feb 2025
History / Were Marx, Lenin and Luxemburg right about capitalism? [44]
Communism in the end is far too idealistic to work effectively!
The profit motive and the spirit of competition are natural human
instincts, survival instincts, if you will.
Of course there are the clear excesses of capitalism, look at the post-Reagan
Era, in particular, Donald Trump or the fictional character Gordon Gecko ("Greed is good").
However, it's part of human nature to want to excel and strive to continually do better.
Communism in the end is far too idealistic to work effectively!
The profit motive and the spirit of competition are natural human
instincts, survival instincts, if you will.
Of course there are the clear excesses of capitalism, look at the post-Reagan
Era, in particular, Donald Trump or the fictional character Gordon Gecko ("Greed is good").
However, it's part of human nature to want to excel and strive to continually do better.
Lyzko
25 Feb 2025
Lyzko
24 Feb 2025
History / Benefits of being Polish nationalist: is there any? [17]
Perhaps, Maf. You could be right about that one.
Perhaps, Maf. You could be right about that one.
Lyzko
24 Feb 2025
News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [575]
Merz' victory says a great deal though about Germany's shift towards the Center,
if not the Right. Thankfully though, not the far right, at least as yet.
Merz' victory says a great deal though about Germany's shift towards the Center,
if not the Right. Thankfully though, not the far right, at least as yet.
Lyzko
24 Feb 2025
History / Benefits of being Polish nationalist: is there any? [17]
There's one heck of a difference between being a nationalist versus a patriot!
The former is usually an unthinking jingoist, my country right or wrong as opposed
to the latter, one who acknowledges both the good and the bad in their history,
strengthening the strong point in order to make them stronger, rather than sweeping
the negative under the rug and blaming internal criticism on the perennial "foreign
enemy", always a convenient scapegoat.
Poland has had a truly glorious history; Chopin, Mickiewicz, Mme.Curie, Apollinaiere, Casimir
Funk, Jan Karski, Karol Wojtyla etc.. That history has also been marred by the likes of
Roman Dmowski, Moscicki, even Gomulka, responsible in large measure for the "brain drain"
from Poland to the West during the end of the '60's!
Germany too, a nation of wondrous contribution to the world, many unrivaled in science, music, research
and the visual arts....and then there was Hitler.
The US has accomplished much within a scant two-hundred-fifty years, among these achievements its
Constitution, the promise of human equality, Thomas Alva Edison who ushered in the modern world,
Abraham Lincoln, whose Emancipation Proclamation remains a beacon of freedom to all.
However our greatness has also been seriously flawed by our history of violence against the Native
Americans, the unrelenting, persistent bigotry towards the Black man and non-white aka European
foreigner.
I therefore consider myself an American patriot, but not a nationalist.
There's one heck of a difference between being a nationalist versus a patriot!
The former is usually an unthinking jingoist, my country right or wrong as opposed
to the latter, one who acknowledges both the good and the bad in their history,
strengthening the strong point in order to make them stronger, rather than sweeping
the negative under the rug and blaming internal criticism on the perennial "foreign
enemy", always a convenient scapegoat.
Poland has had a truly glorious history; Chopin, Mickiewicz, Mme.Curie, Apollinaiere, Casimir
Funk, Jan Karski, Karol Wojtyla etc.. That history has also been marred by the likes of
Roman Dmowski, Moscicki, even Gomulka, responsible in large measure for the "brain drain"
from Poland to the West during the end of the '60's!
Germany too, a nation of wondrous contribution to the world, many unrivaled in science, music, research
and the visual arts....and then there was Hitler.
The US has accomplished much within a scant two-hundred-fifty years, among these achievements its
Constitution, the promise of human equality, Thomas Alva Edison who ushered in the modern world,
Abraham Lincoln, whose Emancipation Proclamation remains a beacon of freedom to all.
However our greatness has also been seriously flawed by our history of violence against the Native
Americans, the unrelenting, persistent bigotry towards the Black man and non-white aka European
foreigner.
I therefore consider myself an American patriot, but not a nationalist.
Lyzko
24 Feb 2025
Po polsku / Niemcy maja nowego kanzlerza! [13]
Friedrich Merz wreszcie wygral wybor. Co myslicie o Merz'a jako kanzler?
Czy on ma wplyw pozitywny na gospodarke Polski?
Friedrich Merz wreszcie wygral wybor. Co myslicie o Merz'a jako kanzler?
Czy on ma wplyw pozitywny na gospodarke Polski?
Lyzko
20 Feb 2025
Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [185]
In fact, I know plenty of youngish Brits who typically say, "I've gotten tired of
our PM" etc...
In fact, I know plenty of youngish Brits who typically say, "I've gotten tired of
our PM" etc...
Lyzko
20 Feb 2025
News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [575]
My country right or wrong has historically been a recipe for disaster aka defeat!
Nazi Germany's the prime example. Trump's hybris will follow suit, trust me.
My country right or wrong has historically been a recipe for disaster aka defeat!
Nazi Germany's the prime example. Trump's hybris will follow suit, trust me.
Lyzko
20 Feb 2025
Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [185]
"Gotten" is perfectly acceptable English.
"Gotten" is perfectly acceptable English.