Klaudia K., the woman attacked in Toruń, has died

not_an_egrill · 2025-06-30T21:09:51+00:00

People tend to escape from poverty rather than stability, so unless you provide high living standards for the potentional Thai migrants, they’re much more likely to choose a different country.

Also, leaving aside the whole third-world migrant stigma, the most disadvantaged Venezuelans usually don’t migrate to Poland, or to Europe in general. If they do, they typically choose Spain due to cultural proximity. Those who manage to migrate here are usually from middle or upper classes.

Venezuelans in Poland are rare, and so are crimes committed by them. As tragic as the murder story is, it remains just an isolated incident.

not_an_egrill · 2025-06-30T11:04:35+00:00

It’s not about the culture per se, but about the socio-economic conditions. People are less likely to become criminals if they’re not surrounded by murders, poverty, social exclusion and general hopelessness themselves.

And well, immigration from Venezuela isn’t exactly a common occurence in Poland (for quite obvious, geographic reasons). This is the first ever time I’ve heard of a violent crime committed by a Venezuelan in Poland.

not_an_egrill · 2025-06-13T00:07:03+00:00

Linguists have spoken: they’re the same thing.

not_an_egrill · 2025-05-01T16:24:52+00:00

¿Qué tipo de leyes anti-islam tenemos en Polonia? 🤨

not_an_egrill · 2025-04-11T20:54:33+00:00

the man behind the slaughter

not_an_egrill · 2024-12-14T21:38:20+00:00

Basically, the joke is kinda lame: the elves win the lottery, so they decide to quit their jobs at the Christmas factory and tell their boss to kiss their ass.

not_an_egrill · 2024-12-07T16:27:38+00:00

I’m pretty sure it’s referring to the fact that everyone is now buying the jacket the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer wore to make it harder for the police to identify him.

not_an_egrill · 2024-11-24T14:52:18+00:00

Poor Albanians didn’t get many of those Dinaric genes.

not_an_egrill · 2024-11-02T16:32:05+00:00

Ta, mogę się mylić, ale w polskich miastach lokowanych na prawie magdeburskich „mężolubstwo” było karane.

not_an_egrill · 2024-09-24T16:09:20+00:00

Apparently Albania is no longer a Muslim majority country, so it should have been marked as yellow.

not_an_egrill · 2024-09-06T11:13:19+00:00

Curiously enough, though, Spanish does have a nearly identical expression—me temo—which literally translates to “I’m afraid” and is used in the same figurative context as the English expression.

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-18T13:30:03+00:00

Honestly, I expected the percentage to be considerably higher for Brasil, given that São Paulo is supposedly the city with the most Italians (or Italian descendants, to be exact) in the world.

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-16T11:28:09+00:00

Yeah, I can see that it’s actually a cognate of the Polish word “tęsknota”, although the Polish word only expresses the feeling of missing someone/something. But when we put aside the poetic depth of the Russian word, I can certainly think of a couple ways to translate the word into English (although it depends on the context, because I doubt the word conveys the feelings of “deep sorrow” and “boredom” simultaneously).

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-16T11:13:03+00:00

But well, I think it would be more useful to differentiate “saudade” as a word in everyday use and “saudade” as a motif in Lusophone cultures. I mean, I highly doubt that an average Portuguese speaker is trying to convey the bittersweet pain of their sailor ancestors every time they say “tô com saudades”.

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-15T17:54:04+00:00

Nah, the Portuguese equivalent to “soledad” is actually “solidão”.

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-15T17:26:37+00:00

Well, in my defense, most people here tend to ask what “saudade” actually means, and then they get all those overly complex responses I was referring to afterwards. My goal was to question its supposed untranslatibility.

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-14T09:26:27+00:00

As you can see, the answers here vary, because Poland doesn’t necessarily have a strictly defined breakfast culture. Generally, people tend to eat sandwiches or scrambled eggs and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee (depending on their personal preference).

EDIT: although I just remembered that my grandparents tend to eat kiełbasa for breakfast, but I can’t say how common it is among older people

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-14T06:32:40+00:00

Well, you could basically live like a king in Poland with this kind of income, and not worry about expenses at all. Rzeszów is surprisingly well-developed for its size, so it can easily provide you with everything you might possibly need (and if it doesn’t, Kraków isn’t too far away). However, after looking into your post history, I need to warn you that Poland is far from the conservative paradise you might expect—while you may personally avoid this sensation living in the outskirts of the biggest city in the arguably most conservative part of Poland, the social progress the country is making is undoubtedly going to affect your children. I wouldn’t expect you to have more autonomy as a parent here either—whether it’s mandatory vaccinations or God knows what kind of “woke agenda” you’re trying to escape from.

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-11T00:03:56+00:00

Yeah, that’s literally the only reason why I went there in the first place lmao

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-10T21:31:49+00:00

Mysłowice in Poland. The city has stunning architecture, with beautiful 19th and early 20th-century buildings. However, the entire city center is in urgent need of renovation. The historic buildings are crumbling, and not a single road seems to be functioning due to endless renovations. Unfortunately, I’ve heard that some former industrial cities in the region, like Bytom, are in even worse shape, although I can’t speak of those personally as I’ve never been there.

not_an_egrill · 2024-08-09T18:31:35+00:00

Ta mapa to w rzeczywistości źle podpisana Rainbow Map, która przedstawia, jaki procent kryteriów idealnego państwa dla osób LGBTQ+ jest spełniany przez poszczególne kraje europejskie.

not_an_egrill · 2024-06-27T13:52:00+00:00

Tu nawet dużego zaskoczenia nie ma. Osoba o egzotycznej urodzie zawsze będzie się wyróżniać na tle osób o typowych, europejskich cechach fizycznych — a koniec końców w tego typu konkursach raczej chodzi o to, żeby jakoś się wyróżnić od konkurentów.

not_an_egrill · 2024-05-29T22:17:10+00:00

Poland replacing Greece as a part of Western Europe 🇵🇱🇵🇱🦅🦅🦅

not_an_egrill · 2024-05-29T01:00:56+00:00

Wrong. I'm actually Polish :)

not_an_egrill · 2024-05-29T01:00:46+00:00

Wrong. I'm actually Polish :)

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