News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]

Anyway, never mind. I see, what is posted there on random chat. Ok, you're Polish. I though otherwise, because of your nick. My nick also sounds foreign, but I'm Polish from South. Let's stick to the topic.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]


I did it through the website called "unsee.cc". It was there for a quite short time, though.
Tell those people, who sent their photos on this thread, please, they need to be safe.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]


You have never seen my photo, though. Mods deleted it for my safety.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]

If my ego was about to be born, it wouldn't be Poland. It would be the West. Maybe I'd look different e.g. I would be Asian, Black or with blond hair, but Poland would be the last country I wished I was born in. If I had to be born in Saudi Arabia or North Korea, please, abort me.

I always declare myself as a patriot, but it's merely because of my family and the sacrifice a lot of Polish people did, in order to save their land... The economy in Poland is pretty bad, to be honest. And I hate the Catholic Church.

I didn't wish to be placed in the planet Earth, though.

But I understand, it's a sensitive issue, though, as there are many philosophical questions about abortion. I think far-left exaggerates with the exact time, when abortion is allowed to be done, they push it too far, until 6th or 9th month is way too much for me, though.

I'm personally a virgin, I never had any sex, I'm 21 years old.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]

Because of that, I would have to immigrate from this country, probably. I'm so sorry.
I support abortion until the 3rd month of fetal development.

Life / "Weird" "Strange" "Unique" Polish Customs [36]

I don't know, probably Śmigus-Dyngus is unique for Poland.

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [91]

Well, I personally think that singing in English is pretty inauthentic, to be honest. I think there should be compromise between singing in Polish and English. I would be happy, if everybody sung in Esperanto or any other conlang.

But maybe for instance Riverside, as well as the other 90s/2000 Polish prog bands, don't catch me, because they are not like my favorite 70s prog bands, much and they seem to be boring and church-like to me, IDK. I prefer SBB and Exodus. I think passion in music is what is lacking in Polish music industry.

I know I said that Polish is an awful language for singing, because of the fact it doesn't sound like pre-war Polish, like Eugeniusz Bodo used to sing, e.g., but at least it feels like at home.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

@Dirk diggler
@dolnoslask



The thing that you both were talking about is probably "boxy tip". Google that. Allegedly a lot of Slavic people have a rounded tip like that.

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [91]

Yeah, but that's all, since then there aren't many.

I remember that I stated somewhere that Polish people don't consider musicians "real musicians", unless they go to the music school and music academy, necessarily public. It's great for classical musicians, but for rock musicians like myself, it's a pretty backward attitude, in my opinion. That makes them similar mentally to East Asians.

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [91]


That's a good one. Shame there are no animated movies from Poland, since the fall of Communism. Only Tomasz Bagiński seems to make those, but the plot of those movies is always dark and gloomy.

Like, where is the Polish equivalent to Madagascar, Shrek, Ice Age etc.?
Also, I'd like to see more film adaptations of Polish fairy tales, for instance about Wawel's Dragon or maybe some new inventions that would be welcome?

Of course I also would like to see some Fantasy and Sci-Fi movies, too.

Ok, you might respond to my comment, but let's stick to the topic of music.

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [91]


Not much interested, particularly with Maroon 5.


Yeah, Polish cinema used to be good during the communist days, nowadays it's some kind of a joke.


Same here in Poland.


That's true.

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [91]

Yeah, typical music schools or music lessons at public schools, so typical.
@delphiandomine

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [91]


That's very sad that Polish people have that attitude, even when it comes to something easy like singing.
I had an experience, where some false notes were derided, even though it was because of fatigue. Nobody believed me that I know how C, C#, D, F#, Bb sound like very well, yet because of my exhaustion, I was ridiculed.

People here have an obsession with "clean and trained vocals". Because, if you don't sing like it, you are uneducated who never went to music school.

It's not that I'm not self-conscious about it, I know good singing demands a lot of practice, but I had an unfortunate experience with overly critical band members, when I had an unsuccessful attempt at forming a rock band. Ironically, a person, who couldn't sing at all, told me I'm a bad singer.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

I don't know why I feel this way, but Polish swear words like K-bomb or P-bomb are totally ruining the beauty of this language. Is it because swear words in Polish sound harsher than in English?

Well, I suppose it is because I find the pre-war variant of Polish, which was sung by Eugeniusz Bodo, more beautiful.

youtu.be/2xlKRtF9FkE

Language / Polish language would look better written in Cyrillic Script? [212]

I think it would look more interesting, as transliteration is probably the most fun part of it.
But I doubt my fellow Polish people would like to bear a stigma of being "Eastern".

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [91]

@JakeRyan16candle
I'm not lying, actually this is how the music industry in Poland looks like, escpecially for rock and jazz musicians, like me.
Unless I'm wrong in few places, correct me then.
How we say in Poland "Western prices, Soviet salaries".

Polish people want to move anywhere in the West.
The culture in Poland is practically non-existent, regardless whether it is state-funded or private.
I'm afraid the inferiority complex rules over Polish people, that's why we don't achieve much success in the mainstream as accomplished musicians, artists, scientists, actors etc. Poles don't support each other, simply.

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

@jon357
Sorry, I'm a 21 year old girl, I was always a bit ignorant at history, even though I had a couple of good grades, but I like learning more about Polish history.

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


I heard that noble food was diverse and taking influences from many parts of the world, we are not talking about peasant cuisine. Ah, ok, you already told about the nobles. I heard that communism contributed to the unification of Polish cuisine.


I prefer not telling, but I live in Southern Poland.

@jon357

History / Vilamovian language - now that's something interesting [24]

@jon357
I'm not worried, I was seeking some advice, to be honest. I could learn any language I wanted, I just gotta have some proper resources that allow me to do that.

Besides, I won't learn million languages a day, even though I always wanted to...

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

I'm Polish and I think a lot of Polish food is exceptionally delicious. I wish it was more diverse, like in the First Polish Republic.

But at the same time, I think a lot of Polish cooks are inventive with the food here.

History / Vilamovian language - now that's something interesting [24]

@jon357
I'm pretty awful at speaking languages, but I speak Polish, English and Esperanto fluently. I took French in junior high school and I know a little German and I can understand Russian. I talked with a couple of friends from Czechia in Czech. But honestly, I'm pretty bad at grammar.

I'm devaluating myself in this, though. I'm just afraid of complex grammar in any language. Polish is complex enough to me, even a torture.

History / Vilamovian language - now that's something interesting [24]

Bumpity bump, because I wish I could speak Vilamovian. I don't know, where is the proper dictionary for such language. Can someone please help me with it?

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [91]

Well, there always has been a problem with music in Poland. First of all, disco polo and rap seem to be the most popular genres of music, second, a lot of Poles are ashamed of singing in front of public, not mentioning playing instruments, third, a lot of musicians I think, can't make a living out of their music, fourth, there aren't many music clubs in Poland, even prior to pandemic there weren't many of them, in Gliwice, we only have Silesian Jazz Club... Anyway, that was my experience and I'm a rock musician.

Life / Are hipster undercuts popular in Poland? [14]

Yes, the undercut is actually the most popular haircut here in Poland, when I'm walking down the street. It's kinda annoying, to be honest, but that's their choice.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

@dolnoslask
I know, I read the mod's message on "random chat" much earlier. Thanks.
Yes, it was pretty positive to me. No worries.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

@Dirk diggler
Yeah, that is a good reason for doing that. Ok, I have what I wanted, though. Thanks.
Just leave the messages that were written to me about my look. I like re-reading them from time to time.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

Anyway, I posted those photos on Unsee, on purpose.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

Shame that the moderators merged my photos onto this thread, I could have more fun with those.

Oh, somebody deleted my photos. Well, never mind, I'm gonna have some fun with it, later.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

@Dirk diggler
I think I also look Hungarian, though I don't have any known Hungarian roots.


Yeah, also pretty close. Polish Gorals are apparently of Vlach descent, from what I've read. My surname actually suggests some Romanian descent, even though it ends with "-owicz"

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]


@Dirk diggler
Balkan is pretty close. Ukrainians are blond, I think, but maybe I'm wrong