USA, Canada / What Airline do you take to Poland from Chicago? [105]

@jon357

That's kind of how midway, another airport around here, is set up. They only have like half a dozen airlines with southwest pretty much dominating that airport. Its fairly large too. I use that airport for domestic travel bc their rates tend to be cheaper for whatever reason. Pretty much all the flights at midway are domestic with the exception of a few flights going to Canada and Mexico.

USA, Canada / What Airline do you take to Poland from Chicago? [105]

@jon357

Ya I know its not like lots exclusive terminal.. They use it but some do dozens of other carriers for international flights.

Idk if they even have their own gates but they might. Like every airport I've been in the gates at ohare are numerical its not like there's signs that say lot gate, klm gate, Turkish. However it is possible the same airlines may use the same gates or perhaps rent them. It would seem simpler though rather than constantly moving gates esp if the carrier has several flights throughout the day. Idk I'm not privvy to airlines working and their arrangements with airports.

Love / What do you think of Polish girls? [40]

@Towarzysz

I wouldn't agree with that totally. Its just that polish girls tend to be a bit more prude and enjoy a longer chase a more than western girls. Classier imo. The ones who spend most their lives in Poland as opposed to those who lived abroad tend to go for polish guys. However the ones who lived or even spent a bit of time in places like uk Germany us etc tend to be more open to dating non poles. Generally polish girls from what I've seen go for white guys although there is more relationships now where the guys Indian north African west African Italian Spanish etc. This was extremely rare even like 10.20 years and and still fairly rare but it is more commonplace in the larger cities. I wonder though if For me personally I've never had an issue with meeting women in Poland. Also there's many single polish girls in their 20s but generally mid/late 20s appears to be when they get hitched. I have noticed esp in the cities that more and more young people get married and have kids later much like the us bc they want to enjoy their careers travel explore different options meet people etc

Love / What do you think of Polish girls? [40]

@Towarzysz

That's about right. Even the poles that go to college often meet someone while they're doing their degree and will get engaged. From what I've seen though most get married after they finish. Again just my experience everyone's different. In the countryside its not unusual for a woman to be married and have 2 or 3 kids by the time she's in her mid 20s.There's a lot more divorce than there use to be in the west as well as in Poland. Yeah my parents pretty much gave up on the idea of me getting married anytime soon. My extended family still bugs me about it though lol. I tell them I'm not interested in settling down till I'm where I want to be with my career and till I find a girl that I could actually see myself with for a long time. Up to this point it hasn't happened. Even in the past when I've had longer relationships after the 1 year mark I get antsy and bored. I can see myself sooner having a kid than a wife

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

@Ziemowit

Hahaha first time I heard that.

People get way too butthurt over stupid stuff. I chalk it up to not having enough responsibilities and more important things to worry about. I guess when you're on welfare living in moms basement or government housing you have more time to complain about things that offend you.

Calypso I believe is a sort of afro carribean music genre. Perhaps that's why the black dude? Idk...

USA, Canada / What Airline do you take to Poland from Chicago? [105]

@jon357 the business class on lots dreamliners isnt all that special imo.

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

No. To my understanding the polish blood laws as far as citizenship is concerned is if your parent(s) and possibly grandparent(s) are/were polish citizens and you can prove it. Contact the embassy or consulate for the most accurate info.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

There's a kurw@ eye care as well. Naturally a bunch of poles wrote reviews because they thought it was the funniest thing in the world

USA, Canada / What Airline do you take to Poland from Chicago? [105]

Actually delph the klm air France lounge is available to lot business class and star gold members. At least in Ohare other airports may be different. Lounges aren't all that great imo. Idk I usually fly coach and rather just spend the extra money on a nice hotel shopping bar hopping etc.

USA, Canada / What Airline do you take to Poland from Chicago? [105]

OP most likely is long gone and never to return.. Just like most people who come, open their first thread which gets turned into s fight, and don't post again

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

Yes if its used against a black person negatively. No if its used in other ways. For example when I was younger I was in polskie harcerstwo and people all had nicknames one of whom was malpa. Its often used to insult African soccer players at matches. Not just in Poland but in Ukraine Russia serbia and many other e euro Slavic countries. The soccer hoolis tend to be a lot more openly racist than most Slavs tho.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

@gumishu

Yes malpa has a racist connotation. Murzyn does not. It literally means monkey. That tends to be the most common racial insult towards black in e europe esp Slavic countries.

I feel sorry for the black players. They train and work to be a valuable teammate and yet they still are called monkeys and have bananas thrown at them during games. A Jerusalem soccer team had a similar issue. They recruited two Chechen Muslims and even though they scored goals and were all around good players the Israelis wouldn't accept them and taunted them non stop. When one of the Chechen players scores a goal the soccer fans Or more specifically ultras left the game in protest right after. They didnt come back for future games. A small group of a few dozen supporters created some anti racist group and cheered the team on but their numbers were a fraction of the ultras. Attendance at games was basically non existent as ultras tend to be the vast majority of fans that go to these kind of regional league matches. One of thebultras did come but only to unroll a banner which read this is the cost of betrayal. The ultras criticized the management for having 'arabs' on the team. The 2 players were chechen, not Arab but that's another story. One of the other players, an Argentinean catholic, didn't receive the same treatment and stood up for the chechens.

Well eventually they got rid of the Chechen players. No seats were selling and the team was totally demoralized. They went from being one of the top ranked teams in their league to one of the lowest ranked.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

An acquaintance from Poland arrived in the us and want to the doc with my family and i. He tried to explain his condition or whatever to the doc in very broken english as he was a fob. The md was a black guy. So after some frustration he said 'ta malpa nic nie rozumie!' meaning this monkey doesn't understand anything. The black doc replied 'malpa rozumie, malpa rozumie' meaning the monkey understand the monkey understand. The guy was so embarrassed but the doc wasnt like all that angry bc he understood the guy was very frustrated. Eventually they were able to communicate. Apparently the black doc spent some time in Poland and picked up quite a decent vocab.

It always amazed me whenever id run into someone from like China Vietnam Italy india or wherever and they speak damn near perfect polish - even better than me. The number of these types of people keeps growing. Even in this lil podunk town where a cousin is a teacher said she has a chinese girl in her class as well as a few other foreigners

Food / Origin of the pierogi [127]

They're more or less the same food. If anything they would have come from ancient Poland and kievan rus. Each Slavic country has their own versions of pierogi. Like Russian pierogi, those filled with meat, are very popular in pl. There's ones filled w cheese (most common), potatoes, meat, blue berries, strawberries and I'm sure other filled in other countries.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

@gumishu

Same. I don't even mind the more secular westernized Muslims as I know quite a few. What bugs me is the ones that leech off the system, refuse to work, refuse to assimilate, and spit on the laws and customs of the countries that graciously took them in, gave them housing, gave them food, educate their kids, and give them money. And worse of all there's hundreds of thousands of them now thanks to Germany's come on come all policy back in 2015 where Merkel basically invited in any migrant that can make it to Germany creating havoc both there and the transit countries. Now they've had enough of all the problems that this 'cultural enrichment' brought and want to spread it out all over Europe. These people are so eager to aggressively push their Islamic laws and customs on a secular European country. Even worse, every few weeks they commit atrocious mass murders. The smaller crimes like drug dealing assaulting women pickpocketing people assaulting reporters that come to do an episode on some infamous majority Muslim area don't get reported but they happen non stop especially near train stations and subways where huge crowds of young migrants congregate. Cops have gone on record saying they've arrested the same migrants 20 30 times yet they just end up getting released and go right back to the subway to sell drugs, steal, and harass European women. In their mind European women are fair game and deserve to be raped since they're ****** for not wearing a headscarf

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]

@Crnogorac3

Putin is awesome. Russia is perhaps the last standing power that is resisting destruction of Christianity, the traditional family unit, patriotism, etc. Plus the guy has balls of steel. Russia has a smaller population than Nigeria and an economy roughly the size of Brazil - yet when he speaks everyone listens.

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]

@Crnogorac3

America was a wonderful idea at its beginning - i.e. Bill of Rights, Constitution, a bunch of puny colonies defeating the worlds strongest superpower of the age, etc. It was still pretty good until policies (like the Open Immigration Act of 1965 by Jacob Javitz, welfare, social security, and a general expansion of the welfare state), politicians (Clinton, Bush, Obama, and the like) along with lobbies destroyed it all. Its all b.s. now. If someone really wanted to make something of their lives and work hard they could manage to have a decent existence and afford a home and car without being taxed to death. Not anymore. Even a college degree and full time job won't guaruntee that you'll be able to afford a cheap 2 bedroom apartment let alone a small home. America has been on a decline since the 60's/70's/80's when certain policies were put into law - it just took time for them to affect the common person. Then came NAFTA, inflation, and further degradation of the values and traditions that the country was founded on. Since the recession, the problems have accelerated even more and imo it's too late to fix the system short of purging all the bureaucracy, lobbies, and all the other b.s. All this distraction focusing on gay rights, tranny rights, BLM etc are all just a distraction from the sorry state that the country is in. We need a fresh start, a start from scratch if we want to really make America great again like it was after WW2 till the 60s/70s.

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]


I do. I'm not afraid of sharing my thoughts. Everyone that knows me knows I'm a fan of Putin. Actually many Poles view Putin as a strong leader and are jealous that the US doesn't have leaders with balls anymore. Trump is better than the wussy Obama, but still no match for Putin. Putin emphasizes patriotism, the family unit, and Christianity. Certain policies and laws show that. He is a man's man. While Russia undoubtedly has problems, it has come a very long way under Putin's leadership. The Russia of today and the USSR/90's and early 2000's Russia are way different entities.

To me, I would like nothing more than Poland and Russia, along with all Slavic nations for that matter, to put old B.S. aside and form closer ties as we are all Slavic Christian brothers and sisters afterall. We all share a similar language, culture, and religion. This fighting of Poland/Ukraine/Russia/Serbia/etc to me is awful and totally divisive of the Slavic world.


You know nothing about me so don't pretend you do. If Russia and Poland ever went to war I would gladly lay down my life in defense of Poland. Poland is my motherland first and foremost and will always be against any sort of threats to its sovereignty, culture, traditions and its people. Nonetheless, I would like nothing more than Poland to form closer bonds with fellow Slavic nations. While it is unlikely atm, especially under PiS as Russophobia is a sort of state sponsored movement, I would prefer for Poland to have closer relations with fellow Slavs. Miedzymorze to me would be ideal as its unlikely that attitudes against Russia amongst EU Slavs will change.

As far as 'progress' and 'western civilization,' Russia as well as Slavs in general, are able to claim many 'firsts' in a wide variety of fields. The sort of 'progress' I see in the west is men turning their genitals inside out and being called heroes on magazine covers. The only progress happening in the west now is progressively destroying the family unit, Christianity, tradition, patriotism, and national identity.

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]


Same... but I find Poland a good middle ground or perhaps even a place like Hungary, Serbia, etc.. Poland has the western feel of Germany without the Islamic terror and issues that have arisen with the huge levels of migration along with the patriotism, family values and faith that is being promoted in Russia without the high levels of corruption.


The relationship that Russia has with Muslims, especially Chechens and former Soviet countries, is generally good now. Putin first and foremost promotes Orthodoxy, the traditional family unit, and especially patriotism in Russia and a belief of a greater, revived Russia. Most of the Muslims who live in the large Russian cities are economic migrants from old Soviet countries - not people from places like Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, etc. These individuals often have Russian sounding names and frequently fill the low wage low skill type of jobs - kind of like Ukranians in Poland. Nonetheless, many Russians don't like them but they are generally accepted as part of Russian society. Putin and Kadyrov have a good relationship as well. This was an area full of separatism and Islamic terror but Putin and Kadyrov spread a message that Putin's Russia allows the Muslims to have their religious freedom, build their mosques, etc. but they are nonetheless Russian citizens. This relationship works very well. Chechens are actually among the most patriotic Russians and among the fiercest fighters. Loads of them fought in Novorossiya and serve in the Russian forces.

@Ziemowit
The day Poland switches to the Euro is the day they hand over near complete control of their fiscal policy to people outside Polish borders. I pray that never happens and they use the zloty till the end.

Nightwolves: Putin's hairy biker gang - Journeyman - leader of the nightwolves, a former surgeon, describes the situation and putin quite well...
youtube.com/watch?v=94e8-3S-HoY
Too bad that Poland wouldn't let them cross through the borders despite overwhelming support from fellow Polish bikers including Road Runners and RR affiliates.

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]

@Alltimegreat1

I doubt youd like Belarus. I've been to minsk and didn't particularly like it. Very gray and pretty poor for a european country. I found that the average Belarussians were even poorer than average Russians. Plus you'd be very suspect as an English speaking westerner. Youd probably have the KGB which still exists there checking up on you and keeping tabs even though ypud most likely be of little threat. I'd sooner chose Poland Russia Serbia Hungary etc.

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]

@Alltimegreat1

I was only there for a few days. It was cheaper than Poland in terms of food, drink, nightlife, hotels, etc. There was a big divide between rich and poor, not as noticeable as in Poland.. Kind of like ukraine where youll see a horse and buggy sharing a suburban road w a new Audi.

@mafketis

No I just don't like punk a$$ b!tch excuses fpr men. That's why the western EU was taken over by migrants so easily. Even the cops were too afraid to crack a few skulls to let them know they're in charge and a result the migrants burn cop cars and police stations at will. Now the migrants realized that and as they say 'European men have lost their fertility.' Such things won't happen in countries like Poland Russia etc where we let foreigners knows you're guests in our land and must abide by pur rules. What happened when a tunisian stabbed a pole? His property was promptly destroyed and torched with our beautiful girls cheering the guys on and police standing a block away not bothering anyone. The Tunisian is lucky he was already arrested or he would've been torn apart by the mob

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]

@Alltimegreat1

No, none just about everyone was local with the exception of a handful of central asians, poles, Russians and some french italians that came to trade. This was around the time Russia took over Crimea and was sanctioned. Im willing to bet now its mainly just locals n a few russians and central asians. Back then European goods were brought to Belarus by truck convoys, relabeled as Belarussian goods, and resold to Russia at a 300-500% or more markup.

All the locals and russians or asians I came in contact with spoke some dialect of Russian and the W and Central Europeans who came to trade would hire a translator (usually an English/Russian speaker) for like $10 a day.

Most the immigrants in Poland are from Ukraine and a small amount from the rest of Europe. There's an increase in Indians that work in it or study in our unis but they're generally alright and don't cause n e issues plus they contribute to the economy. There's very few Muslims or blacks aside from the occasional tourist, student, small biz owner, etc

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]

That is correct. Average people are making like $250 $300 or so a month in Minsk. A person making over $1k a month would be considered wealthy in Belarus while in Poland such a salary would be on the low/lower middle end in the cities. In the rural parts people may make as little $100-$200 a month.

It's really not all that much cheaper than Poland. Like if you shop at the markets for food it'll be slightly cheaper than Poland or roughly the same price (much cheaper than Germany though for things like food, drink, etc.) but many imports are even more expensive than PL, Germany, etc. From what I understood from speaking with one of the locals is that they live in their commie style bloki rent fee although who actually owns the flat is murky. Anyway they pay like a small tax to the government each month for living there. I think this is a vestige leftover from when USSR broke up and things were privatized. I can't really recall because you'd have to take like several millions rubles on just a trip to the supermarket or mall and again this was like 2 years ago when I went.

Downtown Minsk itself is very clean, safe, homogenous with cops patrolling on every corner and has tons of modern amenities like any western city - shopping malls, luxury cars, western goods, theaters, sports arenas, etc. However, go a bit outside of minsk and everything is gray and poverty stricken.

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]

@Harry

A couple of halal joints doesnt mean poland has a large muslim population. Compared to the overall population there are very very few. Warsaw as the capital will have more than the other cities. Nonetheless the number is still far smaller than other w euro cities like paris London brussels. You'll never see dozens upon dozens of dudes w huge beards or ninja women like you would in western eu. I'd say there probably isn't more than 100k Muslim residents/citizens in Poland - 30k lipkas 30k 40k Chechens, rest from north Africa/middle east. Most of the Muslims in Poland are well assimilated and don't cause problems. You don't see Muslims establishing sharia courts, massacring locals, walking w signs calling for sharia and death to those who insult Islam like in w Europe.

Law / Polish Husband Left me for another Woman / Abandoning his Wife [7]

It sounds like you're pretty much screwed... Imo I'd go back to Korea if I were you and get the divorce taken care of there. You won't be able to do that in PL, UK, etc. if you're marriage certificate is from Korea and you never did the proper paperwork there. Your English is excellent and you can easily get a job teaching English there or if you have another skill/education in something else focus on that. Most important thing imo is to just move on and forget about him. Take it as a tough learning experience...Be thankful you guys don't have kids - then it'd be a big problem. I'm sure you'll find a guy that will respect and cherish you in the future.

News / Poland's deputy minister Szmit resigns due to fatal road accident statistics... [11]

The driving is flat out scary in some parts of Poland. I have a car there I use whenever I come visit (primarily for road trips) but I still prefer to take cabs especially in the city or have my cousin drive. Driving outside of the cities isn't as scary if you're driving slow but the roads can still be bad and you never know when some dog, tractor, or something else is going to pop up driving through the wioski.

News / Poland's deputy minister Szmit resigns due to fatal road accident statistics... [11]

@Roger5

I had several similar experiences, both driving and being a passenger. My cousin who I hang out with the most is studying to be a vet, is a vegetarian and a huge animal lover. One time we hit a wild dog and he insisted on taking it with us. He nursed it back to health and the dog still lives with him. He's partially blind though and the accident messed up his stomach or digestive tract and he can't really poop on his own. My cousin will literally put on gloves and like pull the poop from out of him... now that's devotion to animals lol.. and that's just one of 8 or so that are at his house. They even have their own area in like the basement where he puts them in at night or when it rains.

One time in the the mid/late 90s' I was driving with my aunt and her husband in a little Fiat Cinquento that were very popular back then. We were driving through super thick fog and super slow. Well, as we were driving the usual route from wroclaw to the suburbs and towns around it, there was a bicyclist who was clearly in the cars' lanes. We hit him but fortunately he just got some scratches and refused any medical help. It could have ended way way worse though.

Idk I don't think I can ever get use to like driving in Poland. There's just way too much going on at once and my nerves and adrenaline run like crazy especially when driving around Wroclaw, Gdansk, etc. It's not so bad in the smaller towns but still you have to constantly like monitor the roads and make sure nothing suddenly pops out - especially around blind corners and turns.

One merely could look at the sides of the roads and count the crosses to realize how unsafe driving in PL is.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

@Chemikiem

That's pretty bogus IMO. 4K pln payment to take care of a child with disabilities is nothing. I think that abortion has been overused in the West, but nonetheless I look at it as a necessary evil. There's a lot of situations where condoms break or things happen and imo a child is generally better off being raised in a family that planned ahead.

Is the morning after pill legal in Poland? Is it over the counter (or basically like with pharmacists' permission) like in US?

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Idk that's why I ask. I mean condoms are I'd think the after pill would atleast be available with pharmacist permission or docs RX. I mean codeine is otc in pl

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Ah okay, I thought it was just a one time payment and that's it. That's how I read your earlier post. If the state is going to help the child out more so that they're not aborted prior to birth I can see that being a positive then. But a single $1k payment with no further support would hardly make it worth it..

Generally, I'm pro-women's rights as far as the politics of abortion are concerned. Nonetheless, I feel that it's way overused. If abortion is expanded in PL, I just hope that people aren't going to use it as a crutch. I don't want women, or even men for that matter, to think why use a condom if I can just get an abortion if I'm going to get pregnant.

Nonetheless, the parties that often push for things like abortion, gay rights, etc. often due it because of a grander idea of population control. Of course there's going to be people in those groups who generally care about this cause or that. I'm all for gay people at least being protected and having access to medicine, jobs, etc. without being discriminated. My bother is more that many gays are way too open about something that should be left in the bedroom. I like doing certain kinky things with my girlfriend, but I'm not going to marching dressed like a sex doll or latex or leather costume demanding greater recognition for people with this or that fetish. Sex is left for the bedroom.. and this pushing of a pro-gay agenda which 1%, and at most 5% people participate in, shouldn't constantly bombard young children. Now in the US and even parts of EU in many schools esp if the teacher is liberal will teach very young children, even 7 8 years old whatever about homosexuality. One such indicident was rather famous in Canada as the kindergarten/1st grade teacher openly admitted she was pushing a pro-gay agenda on 7 year olds... That's what I'm against. Idc who someone marries, but leave the type of sex you have for the bedroom not the classroom. Also, don't force it down peoples' throats. If someone wants to live according to principles where they believe marriage is between man and woman, respect our values and opinion - just as we respect your values and opinions.