The Pole is happy when someone else cries...

southernThreads: 116 Posts: 10,959 Joined: May 17, 07 ♂	Aug 3, 08, 07:23 #31
Guess: The Pole is happy when somone else cries... So next time in Poland I will cry a lot to make them happy.

Wahldo	Aug 3, 08, 17:25 #32
southern: So next time in Poland I will cry a lot to make them happy. Hmmm.. you'll be too busy chasing women.

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Aug 3, 08, 17:44 #33

i've seen Poles having a giggle at someones misfortune, and i have definitely seen the Brits do just the same so really it's not a rule with us Poles. even if i really dislike somebody and they are going through a tough time i don't find it funny. laughing at someone cos they slipped on dog poop is not horrible is it? lol. everyone gets jealous, the Poles tend to be less emotional/sympathetic but that really depends on the person. some people like to pretend they are tougher than they really are. and some people are little sh*ts who just loathe everyone cos they have more luck in life.

tomekThreads: 1 Posts: 147 Joined: Jun 12, 08 ♂	Aug 3, 08, 17:46 #34
The Pole is happy when somone else cries... .... and only Germans have a word for it, "Schadenfreude".

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Aug 3, 08, 17:50 #35

JustysiaS:

i've seen Poles having a giggle at someones misfortune, and i have definitely seen the Brits do just the same so really it's not a rule with us Poles. even if i really dislike somebody and they are going through a tough time i don't find it funny. laughing at someone cos they slipped on dog poop is not horrible is it? lol. everyone gets jealous, the Poles tend to be less emotional/sympathetic but that really depends on the person. some people like to pretend they are tougher than they really are. and some people are little sh*ts who just loathe everyone cos they have more luck in life.

you can't use yourself as an example as your an honory Brit now you know :):)

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Apr 5, 09, 16:25 #36
Yet again, this is something which I haven't seen. Probably because I don't look for that kind of thing. Justy put it beautifully, it's human nature and by no means confined to the Poles.

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Apr 5, 09, 16:31 #37
bringing old threads back to life Sean? lol omg how long ago was that??? :D it depends what kind of misfortune we're talking about. nobody should laugh becuase someone lost their home or their relative died etc., that's just wrong.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Apr 5, 09, 16:43 #38
And why not? Some of the drivel I see here defies belief.

freebirdThreads: 3 Posts: 638 Joined: Jun 8, 07 ♂	Apr 5, 09, 16:48 #39
Seanus: Isn't this true? some are and some are not

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Apr 5, 09, 17:03 #40
Exactly, freebird, exactly :) Summed up in a nutshell.

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Apr 7, 09, 05:47 #41

Guess:

It's a known fact: the Pole is happy when his neighbor or even a friend has bad luck. Why is that?

I'm new to this site and after trawling through all the rubbish (much of which i've been laughing at), i think you all need bringing down to earth with some hard facts. Poland is not a wealthy or influencial Country. Unlike America, Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy etc, you have not managed to spread your Language and culture around the world, and that says alot about a people and Country. All of the above is down to a deep complex, you know deep down inside that just about everyone else in Europe and North America have been more successful than you have been, and that is why you enjoy seeing people when they are not at their best....The only way you can compete!

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Edited by: Nathan Apr 7, 09, 06:22 #42

RoadKing:

managed to spread your Language and culture around the world

Where do Germany and Italy spread their language - the Alps? Does forcefully spreading culture like Brits in North America and Spanish in South America or Russia absence of culture used to spread in the Soviet Union is a beacon of success? Regarding the complex of gloating over your neighbor, when he feels bad, may have the roots in what you say, but also, I think, it is based on the fact that success sometimes was due to as*-lic*ing of invasive forces which made those people contemptible and others cheered on their failure. When your are under foreign regime as many times happened to many countries (not to far-aloofing islands of Britain and America), even to get a job and become rich depended on your "lingual" skills. Therefore, those who didn't used that skill had a deep contempt to those "able". Eventually success became deeply intertwined with that notion and persists sometimes today. Nothing unusual in it. Normal human psychlogical response built over centuries. Should it be worked on - in order to discard - by anyone who has it? If person wants to improve himself spiritually and mentally, it would be a good idea.

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Apr 8, 09, 07:52 #43

RoadKing:

I'm new to this site and after trawling through all the rubbish (much of which i've been laughing at), i think you all need bringing down to earth with some hard facts. Poland is not a wealthy or influencial Country. Unlike America, Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy etc, you have not managed to spread your Language and culture around the world, and that says alot about a people and Country. All of the above is down to a deep complex, you know deep down inside that just about everyone else in Europe and North America have been more successful than you have been, and that is why you enjoy seeing people when they are not at their best....The only way you can compete!

It's like a butterfly effect really. Whenever Burger King opens it's new joint somewhere in America, a Pole trips somewhere in Poland and we all take a good laugh. This restores this fragile clinical balance in the world. Good post Roadking.

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Edited by: ShelleyS Apr 8, 09, 10:23 #44

RoadKing:

Unlike America, Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy etc,

I think if you look at the above countries they are all suffering with mass immigration and the indiginous population are very unhappy, I suppose it's price you pay for "spreading" it around! Poland on the other hand, well, I don't really need to spell it out do I!

Road, take a trip to Poland it's a beautiful place, one where women can walk the streets after dark without fear of being raped by some illegal alien ;0) I know where I'd rather live!

Guest	Apr 8, 09, 11:00 #45
So...according to what RoadKing wrote, all Eastern Europeans - Poles, Ukrainians, Czechs, Slovaks, Lithuanians...(beside Russians) - are losers who are happy when someone else cry. Not to mention other less successful nationalities all around the world. Or is this exclusively Polish thing?

Guest	Apr 8, 09, 15:43 #46
An Englishman looks at his neighbours house and wishes to himself that his porch, patio and conservatory were as nice as his neighbours. A Frenchman looks at his neighbours house and wishes his wife were as beautiful as his neighbours wife. A Polishman looks at his neighbours house and wishes it would burn down.

Guest	Apr 8, 09, 16:12 #47
Stereotypes are always a bad thing. Stereotypes are for people without a mind of their own.

ShelleySThreads: 18 Posts: 3,647 Joined: Jun 26, 07 ♀	Apr 8, 09, 16:42 #48
Guest: An Englishman looks at his neighbours house and wishes to himself that his porch, patio and conservatory were as nice as his neighbours. Nah, an Englishmans wife would complain and make him work an extra 40 hours a week in order to upgrade to a better porch, patio and conservatory, we call it "keeping up with the jones" and exists all over the world.

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Apr 9, 09, 03:25 #49

Guest:

So...according to what RoadKing wrote, all Eastern Europeans - Poles, Ukrainians, Czechs, Slovaks, Lithuanians...(beside Russians) - are losers who are happy when someone else cry

Actually i feel sorry for someone if they're crying, but if i know that person would be happy to see me in pain than f**k him, i laugh just to make him realize next time to think before they do the same to someone else

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Apr 9, 09, 04:31 #50

ShelleyS:

Road, take a trip to Poland it's a beautiful place, one where women can walk the streets after dark without fear of being raped by some illegal alien ;0) I know where I'd rather live!

I've been thanks, and your right its a beautiful Country, but compared to Britain, Germany, America etc it just seems fast asleep, maybe to much of one culture, if your not Polish nobody else really knows much about the Country. Anyway i lived in Britain for years and i can say i was never raped by an Alien, so what Country do you live in or do you just read to many tabloids and are brainwashed into thinking everyone in Britain is being raped by Aliens?

Guest:

So...according to what RoadKing wrote, all Eastern Europeans - Poles, Ukrainians, Czechs, Slovaks, Lithuanians...(beside Russians) - are losers who are happy when someone else cry. Not to mention other less successful nationalities all around the world. Or is this exclusively Polish thing?

Forget it mate....Your obviously not clever enough to understand the point i was making!!

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Apr 9, 09, 05:07 #51

RoadKing:

you have not managed to spread your Language and culture around the world, and that says a lot about a people and Country. All of the above is down to a deep complex, you know deep down inside that just about everyone else in Europe and North America have been more successful than you have been, and that is why you enjoy seeing people when they are not at their best....The only way you can compete!

You're right, Poland speaks its own language, just like many other countries in the world, but you can "hear" polish language spoken in many part of the world. I have a slim chance to hear Italian or French on the coast of Oregon or hiking in Colorado, but I did hear polish... :) in many unexpected places
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I agree, Poles are not so affluent as Americans or some other some part of Europe dwellers, but only because the opportunities were not there. It is changing.

There is plenty of competition between Poles in regards to 'material' possessions", but I can see it in every nation. However, in a time of real need, you'll be helped by a polish neighbor more than any other.

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Edited by: PennBoy Apr 10, 09, 00:34 #52

RoadKing:

All of the above is down to a deep complex, you know deep down inside that just about everyone else in Europe and North America have been more successful than you have been, and that is why you enjoy seeing people when they are not at their best....

Son you are an American idiot, one of the white trash that don't know **** about the world only about what someone else tells him and believes it, Poland is relatively poor but its getting better, its not poor like you think, wooden cottages people hungry, the large cities look like western European cities beautifull modern buildings that some American cities can only dream about, cop cars are Volkswagen, ambulences Mercedes benz, trucks Scania or Volvo, trams all brand new not piece of S**t Ford. We dont make 10 or 20 times less than Americans but 2 or 3 times less no more, some jobs in economics or other fields pay even better than in the states, i know its all very difficult for you to believe, because deep down you think you're the smartest wealthiest and the best nation on this planet, BUT, all that i've said is entirely true, just go and see for yourself. Oh and by the way Poland ranks 20th in education America is 25th so ur the stupid ones.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Feb 20, 10, 00:20 #53
Back to the thread. There are some spiteful types like anywhere but I don't think too many Poles laugh at misfortune.

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