Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile?

Hey Dude,
Have you never heard of dual nationality? I'm of Polish origin, born & educated in Britain, but made the error of moving to Poland back in the 1990s, back to my roots so to speak. First year or two was OK, a novelty even, but then reality began to sink in.

As I said before, I now believe moving to Poland has been the most serious error I've ever made in my life... and I've made a few. (Such as wasting my time posting on this board it seems...)

I'm Polish -- don't dig politics though. People think they actually make any decisions while in fact politicians pull all the strings.

I don't recall saying anything or responding to any of your posts..except for maybe 1. My comment was geared more towards the people that come here and feel the necessity to type BS in all caps with no explanation or validity to any of the posts. Like freddy. At least you'll stay and voice a valid opinion. Very few may agree but we're all different and do have other views on life. I think at some points I may be just as guilty by posting some 1 liners here and there...but hey, I'm bored at work sometimes.

What exactly is forcing you to stay if you're so miserable? Are you bound by child and wife?

And what's wrong with being American anyway?

How right you are! I'm not interested in politics myself, especially Polish politics, which is even more full of sh1te than British politics.

All the same I'm slightly alarmed that you don't know anything about the date when Poland's fairy tale dreams became true, and Poland became part of Western Europe...

1 May 2004 is when all your compatriots, especially all the clever and more active ones, began packing their bags to head West.... for the streets of London, all paved with gold, as Dick Whittington did in the nursery rhymes. Or perhaps there isn't a Polish Dick Whittington - a Rysiek Witkowski?

Most Americans think Helsinki is the capital of Stockholm... They don't have a clue what's going on anywhere outside of the USA. And they don't really seem to care either...

I never use caps, except to STRESS a point.




Something very much like that. And also the fact that if I cash in my Polish appartment, all I'll be able to buy for it is a small shed in Kingston upon Hull. There won't even be the space to house my priceless collection of rare Polish beer bottle labels...

Ahem, sorry instead of 'priceless' read 'worthless'....

So lets go people keep smiling!!!

Geeeee.... here we go again. Antimonopole - I think you're very angry about something in your life and stuff completely unrelated to you bothers you more then it even matters. First of all, you're saying you're Polish but lived in Uk and now in Poland... whatever. You have control over your life and SHOULD actually change it instead of bitching about it, if it's so terrible. You are actually making all of us here miserable with your depressing, over-generalizing, exaggerated, negative attitude.
By the way, whatever your nationality or origin is... I wonder if you know what's going on in China these days (hopefully you know, since you never mentioned being an American).

Another cheerful Pole..

Actually Marzena, I went to China 2 years ago. And boy it's even more miserable than Poland! It's a terribly dispiriting place. Really, really miserable. Much much more miserable than Poland. In comparison, Poland is like Capri or Ibiza! Actually China is probably even more miserable than Russia.... and that's really saying something.... There are few places in the world worse than Russia!

I'm so glad that China has not yet applied for membership to the European Union. I couldn't bear another 600,000 mainland Chinese immigrants in the UK on top of all you futsking Polaks...
(Most Chinese immigration has been from Hong Kong, but HK Chinese are all really cool... mostly because they had British rule for 99 years, and learned to be civilized... And HK Chinese food is delicious, which is more than I can say for mainland Chinese which is ghastly.)

So in summary, I think communism has really screwed up a lot of countries. Russia, China, Albania, and of course Poland....
Another 2 generations and you Polacy z Polski may all recover your normal civilized senses again... you may even become humans....
Unless you actually make a conscious effort change that is, which is unlikely with dupeks like the Kaczynski twins at the helm.

Just make an effort to smile and be cheerful and the rest of Western Europe may yet open its arms to you all...

I'm just amazed at how seriously you are all taking my comments. It's just another symptom of how the Communists have got to you all.

For futsk sake you Polaks have no sense of humour! You are worse than the Germans!

In fact, I think I will change my nationality to German. And my name too.
"Obnoxious Von Dumbass" - doesn't it sound good?

I think I would prefer to be German rather than Polish. The Germans take themselves less seriously than most Polacy z Polski! And I must say I've had a lot more fun in Germany than I ever had in miserable Poland. And the Germans take themselves much less seriously than all you dumb Polaks.

Auf Wiedersehen, all you sad sad people!

AntiMonoPolo#1,

I don't usually resort to this: You are so full of shite.

Yeh Dudes.

Some days.
In fact most days. I wish I would love to have been born echte Deutsch....

Deutschland, Deutschland uber allles, uber alles in der Welt!
Deutschland, Deut.....

Hey dude,
Guvno rules the world

It's a sad sad thing none of you have a sense of humour.

Another legacy of communism...

Don't take things so seriously! Or are you all really so humourless?
Has the humour gene been bred out of the Polish population?
Perhaps all Poles with a humour gene were shot at Katyn?
What a great shame....

Just look at the present Polish government:
Kaczynski, Giertych and .... gosh I've erased his name from my memory. I'm sure you all know who I'm talking about. ... Yes, that wonderful man..... Lepper!


Deutschland, Deutschland uber allles, uber alles in der Welt!
Deutschland, Deut.....

Ahahah it is so funny, your sense of humour is so great




NOT

Hello Ola123.

Now where did you think up that original name?

Are you German by any chance?

Awww your name is much more original than mine - anti-pole, yes very original. But I think pole-anti-pole would be more suited to you.

AntiMonoPole#1
I don't know what you're trying to achieve here by posting provocative comments. not getting banned I hope since some of your posts actually have some value.

Panie Tlum,
I'm having fun.

I live a very boring life in Warsaw. I miss people with a sense of humour. This town is the land of the living dead....
Like I said earlier. I think people in Poland, as a result of 50 years under the commies, now have a humour gene missing.

So I am having fun. Especially laughing at how seriously you are all taking my crazy posts....
And I'm getting my own back at having to put up with all you miserable Warszawiacy...

Ban me. Great. I won't have to waste my time here.
But I'm only a guest, with a constantly changing IP, so you can't ban me... I can come back any time, with another name, (perhaps AntiMonoPole#2) unless they ban the whole of Warsaw from posting!

Why do you still live in Poland if you don't like the fact people are miserable there and don't have fun?

Hi Tlum,
Read the posts earlier in this thread. All will become clear.

I have a vast, unique collection of Polish beer bottle labels, and can't imagine moving them all to another country.... where they will, of course, all instantly become worthless.

Anyway, I'm having fun here tonight! (In a sad reclusive way of course, but fun all the same)

joke will not help.

Just go out tonight and have fun.Few drinks, more beer bottle labels to collect ,some laugh.

I can't believe everyone in Warsaw ( about 2 million) is miserable?

You you just sit at computer and .....

Thanks Iwona.
That's the first good answer I've had all evening!

Have a good time tonight....

AntiMonoPole#1

After sharing your misery with people of this forum, don’t you feel better?
I want you to know that you have friends here. Friends who will listen to you carp.

You complain that Poles are too serious and do not smile. Reverse that.
When walking the street of Warsaw, SMILE at the people you see.
Start a trend, craze, fad.




P.S.
I was thinking of sending someone to check on you, to see if you were ok, since we have not heard from you for a while.
P.P.S.
Changing your last name to Dumbass, I still think it is a great idea.

So this is what you are doing for fun, eyy...? Damn dude, no wonder that you are lonely in a city of almost 2 000 000 people...

I agree. It's soooo you! Frankly, I don't think that any other word could possibly depict your personality in a more accurate way than Dumbass does!

Twoje zdrowie!

By the way I think you are a all a singularly boring bunch of folk.

Why don't you go all out and get a life.