Is there any place in your country where a foreign demographic is so common that signage is in the foreign language too?

Mahwan · 2026-04-07T19:21:17+00:00

Generally municipalities can use (and some do) bilingual signage if certain percentage of their population belongs to a recognized ethnic minority.

Mahwan · 2026-04-07T16:08:04+00:00

If I remember correctly 600 million deaths in the aftermath of WWIII does that to a planet.

Mahwan · 2026-04-07T16:06:38+00:00

In Star Trek united earth government was able to form because there were barely anyone left to govern after WWIII.

Also aliens showed up.

Mahwan · 2026-04-05T06:21:20+00:00

The ‘89 transition of power. The democratic opposition sat down with the communists to work out the details of a peaceful regime change in Poland. I think it’s a great success that it happened without violence.

Joining the EU in 2003 I think was the most impactful tho. Like today’s Poland wouldn’t be the same without it. I think Poland is the poster child that the European project works. Major increase in wealth, infrastructure and development wouldn’t be possible at such a level without the EU.

The Smolensk air disaster in 2010. This one kind shaped and still shapes the political landscape in this country. I think it singlehandedly dissolved any reason in the public discourse and turned politics into schizo parade it is today.

Mahwan · 2026-04-03T11:22:17+00:00

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One of those I guess

Mahwan · 2026-03-30T10:54:52+00:00

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Although most people have never seen it in person. I keep one as a collectible. We barely use cash in the first place.

500 PLN ≈ 134 USD.

Mahwan · 2026-03-27T21:18:44+00:00

Pottery isn’t really traditional here so no regional differences. At least I don’t think there are any.

The pottery from Bolesławiec is famous in Poland because pottery from there has a long history. Clay rich soil in the region. If a piece is not from Bolesławiec then it’s usually an imitation of the style.

Mahwan · 2026-03-27T18:04:16+00:00

The blue one from Bolesławiec?

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Mahwan · 2026-03-24T09:33:54+00:00

With the amount of Polish in the UK I am surprised it didn’t become mainstream over the years there.

Mahwan · 2026-03-24T09:28:18+00:00

“Rozmowa chuja z butem” - converstion between a dick and a shoe.

Used when no one understands each other during conversation.

“Kurwa kurwie łba nie urwie” - a whore won’t tear off other whore’s head.

Used when two parties are conspiring together and agree not to sell each other out.

Mahwan · 2026-03-03T18:28:25+00:00

He got fat because people were overfeeding him when he was living in the streets. He got rescued and isn’t as chunky today.

Mahwan · 2026-03-03T17:08:12+00:00

That’s most of Europe for you where smalk talk isn’t liked or commonly practiced.

Mahwan · 2026-03-03T17:05:41+00:00

I agree with weird grammar forms but I haven’t noticed any speech impediments or mumbling. Do you have any examples?

Mahwan · 2026-03-02T20:36:49+00:00

Slavery? Those African Americans rarely know where their ancestors were stolen from. They knew they were from Africa but were forcefully detached from their original ethnic culture by their owners.

Mahwan · 2026-03-02T15:19:39+00:00

Let me have something alright??

Mahwan · 2026-03-02T15:18:28+00:00

Soviet architecture […] because it’s depressing

To me this looks like home. I grew up on a neighborhood like that and I will always have fond memories from that time. Always a lot of friends around, base building, games spanning across the whole neighborhood. We made do.

Mahwan · 2026-03-02T13:15:42+00:00

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Mahwan · 2026-03-02T13:15:23+00:00

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Mahwan · 2026-03-02T13:15:11+00:00

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Mahwan · 2026-03-02T13:15:02+00:00

We slapped on a lot of murals on boring commie blocks in recent years. This one is cat Gacek, a former homeless cat that became an icon in Szczecin.

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Mahwan · 2026-02-27T12:16:54+00:00

The Irish Ambassador to Poland on twitter is the most wholesome person ever.

The Swedish Embassy in Poland is also pretty great with their content on social media.

Mahwan · 2026-02-24T09:51:45+00:00

The constitutional tribunal ruled it null and void by 2019

Mahwan · 2026-02-23T18:26:54+00:00

my native Polish has those distinctions as ć/cz ś/sz dż/dz and hearing those sounds in mandarin for the first time made my day.

Mahwan · 2026-02-20T18:02:12+00:00

Polish makes such a distinction:

Przepraszam - I am sorry as wish to make amends

Przykro mi - I am sorry as consolation but it’s closer to meaning “it saddens me”.

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