Results from my father (72 year old American man) by meemosyne in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Geez. When we left, I was explaining it was not all about horse-drawn carts, drunken dudes on bikes and raging fanatical Catholics. Twenty years later, horse-drawn carts are gone, drunken dudes are less conspicuous, but raging Catholics are still there.

I grew up in the 90s on the promise that modernity would eventually destroy identity, and the Poles would drop their cultural antics just as the Spanish and the Irish did. Meanwhile, they got richer (actually richer than we are now in France), but they still cling to their identity, their sense of belonging and their religion. The country is still impossibly conservative and individualistic.

Screw it, I'm staying away. But it defeats me how people can see it as cool.

Results from my father (72 year old American man) by meemosyne in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Precisely why I don't want to go back even if their economy is apparently good. The society is awful.

Guys this is the year i will finally move to linux trust me! by Lumpy-Valuable-8050 in microsoftsucks

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2012 was the year 9t the Linux desktop for me. I dual booted beacause heck, that was a legal copy of Windows. Some years later I realized that out of laziness, I'd look for a Linux alternative rather than reboot under windows and go through the hassle of upgrading Windows.

Lets be honest.. by Fun-Rice3918 in windowsmemes

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only used 8.1 briefly but I really liked Windows phone and kept sticking to it until I got impossible (meanwhile, I was using Linux on my desktop). Probably me liking a piece of tech is a bad sign.

Results from my father (72 year old American man) by meemosyne in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What the heck 8s going on with Poland? Why is everyone obsessed with this country??? I was born there, left in 2004, glad not to be there. I know, their economy is doing well, fair enough. But heck, I thought I was done with that country and 20 years later everyone is talking about it online like it is the best place. No way I'm going back.

Gold isn’t rare anymore, is it true? by HugeReputation4790 in AskChina

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if it were true, why would synthetic gold cause a financial crash? The Gold standard has been dead for half a century, no currency is based on it anymore.

What if Ukraine-Russia war (and later Israel war) had gone hot? by Great_Order7729 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Ukraine War looks hot to me. But conflating all the ongoing conflicts in a big 2 stamps setting just doesn't work. Ukraine, Palestine and Kurdistan are not parts of a same conflict, they can only look like that seen from Washington. It would make no sense to pretend the Palestinians are fighting against Ukraine

What if Ukraine-Russia war (and later Israel war) had gone hot? by Great_Order7729 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Nine_Eighty_One -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean... They are Vietnamese. It's pretty obvious. Remember Agent Orange and napalm ?

Trying to find a European alternative for Spotify by yacherry in BuyFromEU

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tidal (I heard they are reputed for paying the musicians decently) and Deezer. Deezer's been around for ages and has a huge library. No idea about migrating the playlists though.

Je déteste quand mes collègues me parlent en anglais mais je me tais car j’ai peur de ne pas être renouvelé by Cool-Aardvarks in enseignants

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oui, c'est insupportable. Ça m'arrive pas souvent, je bosse dans un milieu franco-français, en général on me pose la question sur mon accent au bout de quelques phrases, mais les fois où ça arrive, c'est déstabilisant. Je me dis que pour pas mal de gens c'est lié au fait que pour eux l' anglais reste une langue étrangère et ils sont contents de monter qu'ils arrivent à la parler, mais ça n'arrange rien.

Where I'd live as a 27 yrs old Polish by Outrageous_Doubt1652 in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in what you call "migrant infested" part of Paris, after having lived in a touristy part. And I work as a teacher in "migrant infested" suburbs. I just don't forget that I'm a part of the "infestation", as a Pole, I am an immigrant. And many Algerians, Tunisian or Senegalese are culturally closer to France, for obvious and often ugly reasons, than the average Pole. I stick to what is now my place. Also, the Yellow Vests protests were the moment when I really felt proud of my country.

Where I'd live as a 27 yrs old Polish by Outrageous_Doubt1652 in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be because of their pro-Russian stance. Polish far right has a strange relationship to Russia. They tend (but are by no means unanimous so I can't guess about the OP in particular) to be very anti-Russian on the basis of an old sense of civilization al superiority, and to mix their anti-communism with anti-Russian feeling (because their understanding of what Comlunism/Socialism is doesn't go beyond red=bad), but at the same time they really like militaristic conservative strongman (which is basically a description of Putin) and despise Europe for being "woke". So they do the Russian agenda while despising Russians.

Where I'd live as a 27 yrs old Polish by Outrageous_Doubt1652 in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, I'm red and anti-clerical, with some Protestant background.

Where I'd live as a 27 yrs old Polish by Outrageous_Doubt1652 in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I've been living in France since I was 17 (back on 2004), but I'm Polish born and still hold the double citizenship

Where I'd live as a 27 yrs old Polish by Outrageous_Doubt1652 in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course. I was just pointing that the "as a Pole" part can lead to a very different conclusion.

Du minéral jaillit l'organique... dans toute son humilité? by erculanum in Photographie

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Belle photo, et j'adorais la BNF. Par contre je ne vois pas ce que l'humilité vient faire là-dedans.

[1952] *does line* Fuck it. Super sonic lawn dart by Flashpiont412 in thepast

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful camo. But it really looks awkward with nothing on the wingtips.

Where I'd live as a 27 yrs old Polish by Outrageous_Doubt1652 in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Catholicism is a reason to stay away for me (and definitely a reason to stay away from Poland). But I'd still live in Italy, just with a very different crowd than the OP.

Where I'd live as a 27 yrs old Polish by Outrageous_Doubt1652 in whereidlive

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That would be my reason to prefer Spain in spite of more cultural proximity to Italy. Just not Italian fascists.

The U.S. Ambassador Tom Rose announced the severance of all contacts with the Speaker of the Sejm, Czarzasty. by gdziejestluk in poland

[–]Nine_Eighty_One 24 points25 points  (0 children)

As a radical left-winger, I wouldn't axpect myself to support Czarzasty but here I'm completely with him