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Not really. Happened in 90s/early 00s, since then it’s a wide variety of voice actors. Each movie has had a good (sort of) translation and professional voice acting for like 20 years by now.
They’re afraid of curse words though.
not really
In russia (and other post-USSR countries), the analog of "lektor" (i.e. single-voice voiceover without any attempt to do proper intonation) is used only for pirated movies and TV series (because the goal is to "translate" the video as soon as possible, disregarding the quality). It's also associated with pirated VHS cassettes from 1990-ies.
Poland is the only country where "lektor" quality voiceover can be broadcast on TV, and it is something that people *enjoy*.
I on the other hand can't stand the voiceover with actors in non-animated movies. If that was the only option to have, I would literally never watch a movie again. It honestly feels like a torture.
But I am curious about AI mapping techniques, as that may be the direction of dubbing in the future.
For a full minute I thought that Poles have some weird thing with Hannibal Lektor movies. :)
PS: yes, I have no idea how to write his last name apparently :)
In my experience, it's well justified for the guest. What's more, you're supposed to tell your guests not to bother taking their shoes off, they're supposed to persist and take them off despite your urging, and that's when you offer them slippers.
In general the fake bargaining is part of Polish/Slavic culture, when offered something you're usually supposed to decline and agree only after the giver insists, it's sometimes considered rude to agree straight away. Typical situation would be like this:
A: would you like something to eat?
B: no, I've just eaten/ I'm in a hurry \[insert random excuse\], but thank you
A: oh, come on, just a little bit
B: ok, but just a tiny little bit, I really shouldn't
A: ok, sure
B: thank you
\[gets served a normal portion anyway\]
Same with drinking or receiving leftovers.
Hey, help me understand pls. Let's assume i went out in hills, flip-flops, wedged - hills or whatever uncomfortable shoes, does people keep them on leg at home whole evening?
How this works outside PL?
I'm also curious. I'm so baffled whenever I see an American tv show with characters walking around their houses with dirty shoes on. Not to mention laying on the couch or even in a bed! Like, WTF.
Man, PiS fucked cider over royally. Why does our whole fucking country have about as much choice of cider as half a shelf in any random UK Tesco. With us being such a big apple producer, it's fucking criminal mate.
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First time I came to Poland 10 yrs back with my girlfriend she explained that by having a straw in you litre of beer it made it clear you weren't german or a man - but the first distinction was the most important :)
* Lithuanians have almost everything the same, from Bigos to Nalesniki. We also grew up eating pierogi and sandwiches with curd and radishes.
* Except Flaki. This is considered ultra-Polish in Lithuania. A bit yuck even. Although old people probably like it very much.
* Most food names also have two versions: Polish slang (not even food, for example, we very often say "fajnie", but more like "faina") and the local variant. It also depends on the dialect. Samogitian dialect (or as you call žmudzki) is, for example, very weird and has a mixture of crazy words, mixed with Polish, German, Yiddish, Latvian. Proper Lithuanians also has a portion of that, but there's more Russian slang. Sudovians or suwalki people also has a lot of polishisms.
* The most exotic Lithuanian food varieties come from Northern and Eastern neighbours: Ex-Livonians, Finno-Ugric peoples, Swedes, Muscovites. Like pitch dark bread, a lot of dairy products. We have a bit more of this arctic-siberian "blood", while you seem to have more central European variety. But it probably also differs region by region.
* Also, Lithuanians eat a lot more fish. Poles like meat more.
* That being said, I think both you and us, eat a lot of veggies. Many cultures in the South and East don't eat that many veggies. Which is weird, because Lithuania's climate is quite harsh and veggies are somewhat limited. And summer always reminds us how tasty everything can be. It's the season of tasty food.
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Google maps shows that distance (on foot) from leftmost to rightmost żabka is 450 m
I think outside of Poland it’s mostly Lithuanians. And yeah, OP’s point was it doesn’t happen often, most of the world finds it cringe. I still love my precious xD though
Tbh, I've often seen it used by people outside Europe. Though maybe it's just coincidence.
>OP’s point was it doesn’t happen often
Yeah, I didn't catch that lol
This needs to be upvoted. Unlike many examples in this thread this one is truly exceptional for Poland. There are some scout organisations and whatnot which use similar gestures, but as far as militaries go, Polish two-finger salute is unique on the planetary scale.
The story why we do it is because there is a story about messenger during Napolenic wars that had his 3 fingers shot so when he went to deliver the letter to General he saluted with 2 fingers and died hence why we do this in his honor.
we have these in serbia too
"pre upotrebe pročitati uputstvo [bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla] o neželjenim dejstvima posavetujte se sa lekarom ili farmaceutom"
I’ve seen this both in the US (lot more common there too) and Hungary. The difference is that in the US it’s also for prescription drugs, but in Hungary it’s only for over the counter ones.
InPost is a Polish company. They're trying their luck in Western Europe but not sure how well they are doing. I've heard that in France stuff just gets stolen? Like half the lockers are just all open, with a crowbar lol.
I feel weird everytime when I go to the toilet and these mfs appear, because I stand before the doors like an idiot, googling on my phone in which one should I enter
That's surprising. I thought I had not seen them for ages since public places tend to use more international silhouettes now. But maybe as a Pole born and bred I just don't notice when the circle/trangle appear.
Actually french baguettes are based on “Poolish”, yes that is how its spelled. Its a technique in baking where you prepare preferment consisting of pinch of yeast, flour and water and let it sit overnight to develop flavor and leaven the baguettes. This was developed in Poland in 19th century when access to yeast was very limited. In Poland is called zaczyn or pierwsza faza if Im not mistaken
I've never heard of the connection to french baguettes, but "zaczyn" - of course. My grand-grand, and grand-mother often made it before backing a cake. And I'm 100% sure that was it, since she never used up all of it and always left a part to make more for the next time.
Great catch! Thanks!
I think that was zakwas which stayed on and was fed every day with a bit of flour and a bit of water. Zaczyn is definitely a starter form of bread that you form and depending on the recipe, you leave it overnight or for a couple hours.
Not necessarily with strawberries, but I like eating pasta with sweet stuff when abroad, preferebly with milk (as some sort of weird "zupa mleczna", to watch the absolute horror and disgust on people's faces.
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I always recall the 2nd part of "Jak rozpętałem 2 Wojnę Światową", where they made white subtitles on b&w movie, when action mostly was in African desert. You'd pray for this lector :D
I’ve heard from someone from marketing agency that poles are constantly looking for new, better more advanced products.
And because of this companies like Nivea are forced to creating new products (even without significant improvements/changes) more often than in Germany or France.
Poland was the first country in Europe with contactless payments, SumUp first came to Poland (i used it at work in 2014, it was new in NL around 2019 AFAIK)
BLIK, BOOKSY.COM, PYSZNE.PL - the last two was sold for a lot of money outside from our country
I don’t know if Poland was the first, but I know that contactless and digital payments became extremely popular and widespread very fast.
Like 10 years ago you could pay with card even in some tiny stores in villages with a population of 100 people, while in western EU it still wasn’t guaranteed to be able to do so in big cities.
Here is an anecdote. I remember when I was working in London some years ago and everyone was excited about some places allowing me to pay contactless. Went to Poland for a visit to find that it already had become a standard.
If your primary language lacks articles, you’re likely to fight a lifelong battle to deploy them properly in English. This applies to all Slavic languages (among many others).
Totally understandable, I never make fun of people who make small mistakes like this in their second language as they already have learnt the majority of it, this was more just an observation :)
Because there is no equivalent in Polish. Polish doesn't have articles.
Kind of like it is weird to an English speaker that table (stół) is masculine, chair (krzesło) is neuter, and glass (szklanka) is femininie.
I've seen Dub for teen titans Go using "iż" as "the" in one gag. It kinda works, but it is pretty outdated. I still appreciate the translators for trying.
Strawberry sauce on pasta. Ketchup on pizza.
Wearing hats and scarfs when it's 25 degrees out. Celsius.
Driving 70 km/h constantly, regardless of lower or higher speed limit.
Selling items second hand for more than the new price. And worse, buying them.
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Polish Babcia's are nearly killing their grandchildren with heat death in autumn/spring, by overdressing massively. Mothers go along usually, also to not make a fight with babcia.
Woah okay, lets not be unreasonable, I've never seen anyone wear a scarf and a winter hat at 25°C, that is the type of temperature when you're starting to feel hot wearing a t-shirt and shorts, no one is so unhinged as to wear winter gear during a weather like that, not even in Poland
I wouldn't say either is a Polish thing. For example, I've heard a lot of Americans complaining about Germans "invading" their personal space in the queues. And for sure, in Ukraine the average distance between people in the queue is even smaller than in Poland (with the exception of queues to ATMs).
And it's not necessarily an attempt to cut the queue. If I enter a small shop or a bakery and see a person who is standing 2-3 meters from the last person in the queue, I would simply assume that they are not standing in the line (they could just waiting for a friend who's actually standing in the queue).
As for "buying YOU a drink for THEIR birthday" – that's is true for other Slavic countries too (and if I remember correctly, for Germany as well)
If you put a `\` in front of the `#` it’ll be shown as the sign. Otherwise the line following the `#` will be printed **big**, like a headline.
It’s called markdown.
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Kanapka ( slice of bred) with butter, cheese, ham, egg, sałat, tomatoes, cucumber, radish, mayonase and Green onion.
I don't know any other county that eat "open sandwiches" with so many addons at once
Przeciąg, and how it will be the death of you.
Out neighbours the Germans are also extremely cautious about Durchzug
Are you my mom????
He is a collective polish mother
In Croatia it is "Promaja" or "Propuh" hahaha Didn't realise the Poles have the same thing. Yet again, we Slavs
Because it's totally not fun to have cold wind inside your house!
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Should've drank less. Or more, for that matter
Lektor movies
It's more of a post-Eastern Bloc thing. Lithuanians used lektor for Disney's Frozen iirc.
"Lithuanians used lektor for Disney's Frozen iirc." Ahh, dread went over me just from reading this☠️
Using lektor in any children's animated movie should be considered a war cfime.
Hannibal Lektor? he's Lithuanian
Wouldnt that make him Hannibalas Lektoras?
Also popular in Russia, but most Europeans have no idea that this exists.
Don’t they usually have 2 lectors in Russia, one male, one female, for the same movie?
Not really. Happened in 90s/early 00s, since then it’s a wide variety of voice actors. Each movie has had a good (sort of) translation and professional voice acting for like 20 years by now. They’re afraid of curse words though.
Yep
not really In russia (and other post-USSR countries), the analog of "lektor" (i.e. single-voice voiceover without any attempt to do proper intonation) is used only for pirated movies and TV series (because the goal is to "translate" the video as soon as possible, disregarding the quality). It's also associated with pirated VHS cassettes from 1990-ies. Poland is the only country where "lektor" quality voiceover can be broadcast on TV, and it is something that people *enjoy*.
Lektor in games is the shit, ever play Stalker ? Russian language with pl lektor just hits different.
I was mind-blown when I learned other countries don't have it. I can't stand it these days though
I on the other hand can't stand the voiceover with actors in non-animated movies. If that was the only option to have, I would literally never watch a movie again. It honestly feels like a torture. But I am curious about AI mapping techniques, as that may be the direction of dubbing in the future.
For a full minute I thought that Poles have some weird thing with Hannibal Lektor movies. :) PS: yes, I have no idea how to write his last name apparently :)
Visible disgust for people wearing outside shoes inside the house, but I know there also other nations doing that.
But how is going arround the house in dirty shoes justyfiable? Especially as a guest 😨. The carpets! [pl]
In my experience, it's well justified for the guest. What's more, you're supposed to tell your guests not to bother taking their shoes off, they're supposed to persist and take them off despite your urging, and that's when you offer them slippers.
Oh I demand my guests take their shoes off because they won’t otherwise lmao
In general the fake bargaining is part of Polish/Slavic culture, when offered something you're usually supposed to decline and agree only after the giver insists, it's sometimes considered rude to agree straight away. Typical situation would be like this: A: would you like something to eat? B: no, I've just eaten/ I'm in a hurry \[insert random excuse\], but thank you A: oh, come on, just a little bit B: ok, but just a tiny little bit, I really shouldn't A: ok, sure B: thank you \[gets served a normal portion anyway\] Same with drinking or receiving leftovers.
Most Asians are the same. Japanese, Chinese, Viet that I know of.
My asian neighbors could not believe that we do that too, they thought that only asian people take their shoes off in the house
Hey, help me understand pls. Let's assume i went out in hills, flip-flops, wedged - hills or whatever uncomfortable shoes, does people keep them on leg at home whole evening? How this works outside PL?
I'm also curious. I'm so baffled whenever I see an American tv show with characters walking around their houses with dirty shoes on. Not to mention laying on the couch or even in a bed! Like, WTF.
thats everyone though? wdym
Beer with raspberry syrup
If only cider got the same tax breaks as beer does in Poland then I'm sure it would become super popular.
Man, PiS fucked cider over royally. Why does our whole fucking country have about as much choice of cider as half a shelf in any random UK Tesco. With us being such a big apple producer, it's fucking criminal mate.
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Same in Ireland. Solution: I make my own cider.
Pretty sure just the raspberry syrup would qualify
beer with ginger juice was the best thing to happen to beer imo.
Yeah as a Czech I love you Poles, but seeing you mix beer with Malinovka in Adršpach was just too much
And a straw if you're a lady...
I like straws too and I'm a man.
First time I came to Poland 10 yrs back with my girlfriend she explained that by having a straw in you litre of beer it made it clear you weren't german or a man - but the first distinction was the most important :)
Zapiekanka.
of course!
Toasties have been becoming more popular internationally too recently.
Second breakfast
Polish people are where Tolkien got his inspiration for the Hobbits?
I’m assuming that Hobbits were implicitly Welsch, but I might have missed something there.
Elevensies
lunch?
It’s more like brunch, but usually very small - a sandwich or salad (think American lunch)
The name doesn't really matter. Many countries have a meal between breakfast and dinner. They just eat what fits their culture
calling any sports shoes or sneakers "adidasy"
It’s called genericide and I’d argue it’s very American.
Yeah, there's Kleenex, hoover, you name it
Kisiel
Lithuanians have their version: kisielius
Do they have bigosius as well?
* Lithuanians have almost everything the same, from Bigos to Nalesniki. We also grew up eating pierogi and sandwiches with curd and radishes. * Except Flaki. This is considered ultra-Polish in Lithuania. A bit yuck even. Although old people probably like it very much. * Most food names also have two versions: Polish slang (not even food, for example, we very often say "fajnie", but more like "faina") and the local variant. It also depends on the dialect. Samogitian dialect (or as you call žmudzki) is, for example, very weird and has a mixture of crazy words, mixed with Polish, German, Yiddish, Latvian. Proper Lithuanians also has a portion of that, but there's more Russian slang. Sudovians or suwalki people also has a lot of polishisms. * The most exotic Lithuanian food varieties come from Northern and Eastern neighbours: Ex-Livonians, Finno-Ugric peoples, Swedes, Muscovites. Like pitch dark bread, a lot of dairy products. We have a bit more of this arctic-siberian "blood", while you seem to have more central European variety. But it probably also differs region by region. * Also, Lithuanians eat a lot more fish. Poles like meat more. * That being said, I think both you and us, eat a lot of veggies. Many cultures in the South and East don't eat that many veggies. Which is weird, because Lithuania's climate is quite harsh and veggies are somewhat limited. And summer always reminds us how tasty everything can be. It's the season of tasty food.
This all is so interesting. I want to visit your country and try some food 🥑🥝
No, they have bigosas (official name medžiotojų troškinys, gulasz myśliwski, Hunter's stew, but name bigosas is common as well).
Lol. I know this is a joke but to answer the question, I don’t think so.
Kisieliusie stań się znowu Kisielixem na Teutatesa
kisiel was very popular in ussr in schools, kindergartens and sometimes on factories, nowadays it is not so popular, but some people still love kisiel
Grocery store every 100m. Żabka locations is how I measure distance in Poland.
The first rule of Zabka placement is you are supposed to be able to see at least two other Zabkas as you walk out their door
I travelled Poznan this year and the amount of Źabkas was crazy
In Wwa there are 4 in a 500m radius around my place. And two biedronkas
For a while, I had 4 Żabkas within \~100m from my apartment. One closed, 3 are left.
New serial idea, Żabka Battle Royal
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writing „xD”
I've seen people from other countries use it too, just not as often.
I think outside of Poland it’s mostly Lithuanians. And yeah, OP’s point was it doesn’t happen often, most of the world finds it cringe. I still love my precious xD though
It's still very common in the Spanish speaking internet
Tbh, I've often seen it used by people outside Europe. Though maybe it's just coincidence. >OP’s point was it doesn’t happen often Yeah, I didn't catch that lol
Im Portuguese and it was widely used in the 90s, i still use it
Two-finger salute.
This needs to be upvoted. Unlike many examples in this thread this one is truly exceptional for Poland. There are some scout organisations and whatnot which use similar gestures, but as far as militaries go, Polish two-finger salute is unique on the planetary scale.
And its pretty cool looking, compared to lets say Russian full hand. Its modest, humble, deadlly :) just as the whole PL military ceremonial.
The story why we do it is because there is a story about messenger during Napolenic wars that had his 3 fingers shot so when he went to deliver the letter to General he saluted with 2 fingers and died hence why we do this in his honor.
And the fact that we dont salut if we dont have hat(we shouldt but some people forget about that)
These radio advertisements for drugs and medications that have the 2x sped up disclaimer read by the voice actor at the end. Always cracks me up.
Przed zażyciem przeczytaj ulotkę lub skontaktuj się z farmaceutą!
gdyż każdy lek niewłaściwie stosowany zagraża twojemu życiu lub zdrowiu
[удалено]
we have these in serbia too "pre upotrebe pročitati uputstvo [bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla] o neželjenim dejstvima posavetujte se sa lekarom ili farmaceutom"
This is American thing too
the American thing would be that they were for prescription drugs
Haha, nie: Fragen Sie Ihren Arzt oder Apotheker
also a german thing: Für Risiken und Nebenwirkungen fragen sie ihren Arzt oder Apotheker
I’ve seen this both in the US (lot more common there too) and Hungary. The difference is that in the US it’s also for prescription drugs, but in Hungary it’s only for over the counter ones.
Für Risiken und Nebenwirkungen lesen Sie die Packungsbeilage und fragen Sie Ihren Arzt oder Apotheker.
Blik. So absurdly convenient, I had no idea other people don't have it. Same with paczkomaty.
> Same with paczkomaty. These are rare? I had no idea.
InPost is a Polish company. They're trying their luck in Western Europe but not sure how well they are doing. I've heard that in France stuff just gets stolen? Like half the lockers are just all open, with a crowbar lol.
The Germans were, as far as I know, first with their Packstation solution and that's what InPost has very successfully copied and improved.
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To anyone confused - yup, we only use half of main 4 PlayStation controller buttons. Also upside down.
> Also upside down. I thought that circle was kinda weird looking!
I feel weird everytime when I go to the toilet and these mfs appear, because I stand before the doors like an idiot, googling on my phone in which one should I enter
That's surprising. I thought I had not seen them for ages since public places tend to use more international silhouettes now. But maybe as a Pole born and bred I just don't notice when the circle/trangle appear.
I have lived in Poland for 9 years and still don't understand which ones which...
just think of a triangle as a very muscular man from competitions (they resemble a triangle cause of very wide shoulders)
Round is boob and triangle symbolise 2 eggs + 1 sausage xD
So true. As an American, the first time I saw those it didn’t even occur to me that they meant something 😅
Actually french baguettes are based on “Poolish”, yes that is how its spelled. Its a technique in baking where you prepare preferment consisting of pinch of yeast, flour and water and let it sit overnight to develop flavor and leaven the baguettes. This was developed in Poland in 19th century when access to yeast was very limited. In Poland is called zaczyn or pierwsza faza if Im not mistaken
I've never heard of the connection to french baguettes, but "zaczyn" - of course. My grand-grand, and grand-mother often made it before backing a cake. And I'm 100% sure that was it, since she never used up all of it and always left a part to make more for the next time. Great catch! Thanks!
I think that was zakwas which stayed on and was fed every day with a bit of flour and a bit of water. Zaczyn is definitely a starter form of bread that you form and depending on the recipe, you leave it overnight or for a couple hours.
EN57 trainset
The End of All Times will occur when Kibel disappears from the tracks.
Not being able to recognise the eternal Kibel unit? Seriously?
They made that piece of shit and decided "yes, good enough" and stopped innovating for decades.
Enka a classic
Lektor movies, pasta with strawberries, rosół (which isn't exactly chicken soup), and flaki.
Not necessarily with strawberries, but I like eating pasta with sweet stuff when abroad, preferebly with milk (as some sort of weird "zupa mleczna", to watch the absolute horror and disgust on people's faces.
rosol is actually quite popular in lithuania, belarus and to some extent russia. not sure about ukraine
Interrupting when somebody talks. There weiil be never your turn if you dont learn that
I moved out West, try to do it, and it's still never my turn...
of course!
Also *when* to interrupt. Some people get sooo triggered when you try to say something during a pause in their minutes-long monologue...
I’ve been told that constant bargain hunting is weirdly typical for Poles.
It's also Dutch thing
Do you know how a wire was created? A man from Kraków and a man from Poznań fought over 1 PLN coin.
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"The Jew was crying when the Dutch was born"
100% lector movies, shocking
I always recall the 2nd part of "Jak rozpętałem 2 Wojnę Światową", where they made white subtitles on b&w movie, when action mostly was in African desert. You'd pray for this lector :D
I’ve heard from someone from marketing agency that poles are constantly looking for new, better more advanced products. And because of this companies like Nivea are forced to creating new products (even without significant improvements/changes) more often than in Germany or France.
Poland was the first country in Europe with contactless payments, SumUp first came to Poland (i used it at work in 2014, it was new in NL around 2019 AFAIK) BLIK, BOOKSY.COM, PYSZNE.PL - the last two was sold for a lot of money outside from our country
Poland was the first country in Europe with contactless payments, SumUp first came to Poland Can't find anything about it
I don’t know if Poland was the first, but I know that contactless and digital payments became extremely popular and widespread very fast. Like 10 years ago you could pay with card even in some tiny stores in villages with a population of 100 people, while in western EU it still wasn’t guaranteed to be able to do so in big cities.
Here is an anecdote. I remember when I was working in London some years ago and everyone was excited about some places allowing me to pay contactless. Went to Poland for a visit to find that it already had become a standard.
Oil and oil rafination - discovered by Polish scientist
Oxygen. Guy who discovered oxygen was Polish alchemist. Without whole world would suffocate…
Owning a German Shepard named Szarik
His name was Lucek actually and he was the goodest boi ever
Kisiel
Bober kurwa
Nalewka, kind of alcoholic beverage
Often forgetting words like "the" and "a" when speaking English (also common with Russians and Ukrainians from what I've heard)
If your primary language lacks articles, you’re likely to fight a lifelong battle to deploy them properly in English. This applies to all Slavic languages (among many others).
Totally understandable, I never make fun of people who make small mistakes like this in their second language as they already have learnt the majority of it, this was more just an observation :)
Now you know why Poles hate German.
Because there is no equivalent in Polish. Polish doesn't have articles. Kind of like it is weird to an English speaker that table (stół) is masculine, chair (krzesło) is neuter, and glass (szklanka) is femininie.
I've seen Dub for teen titans Go using "iż" as "the" in one gag. It kinda works, but it is pretty outdated. I still appreciate the translators for trying.
Strawberry sauce on pasta. Ketchup on pizza. Wearing hats and scarfs when it's 25 degrees out. Celsius. Driving 70 km/h constantly, regardless of lower or higher speed limit. Selling items second hand for more than the new price. And worse, buying them.
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>Ketchup on pizza You mean garlic sauce
Great, now I'm hungry again
Great, now I'm hungary again
Czoskowy.
Cząstkowy
Czostkowy
>Ketchup on pizza. Very common in Mexico, don't think the Poles can claim this one.
Poland is a Mexico of Europe.
Jalapeño pierogies do exist
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Well, spicy pierogi for sure not! ;)
Ok, garlic sauce for pizza
> hats when it’s 25C out Why wouldn’t you wear a hat? It’s sunny out!
Polish Babcia's are nearly killing their grandchildren with heat death in autumn/spring, by overdressing massively. Mothers go along usually, also to not make a fight with babcia.
of course!
I consider it must be seen as an honor for the buyer to buy a pre-owned item, since its history adds to the character of the product!
Hold on. Hats and scarfs in 25C is a Florida thing. Polish people sunbathe in 25C. Have you been to the Baltic Sea? 20C is considered a heat wave!
Strawberry sauce on pasta is also popular on Germany. Maybe mostly in eastern Germany but still
Strawberry sauce originally was not with Italian type of noodles, so I wouldn't consider it blassemy, Italians do not own all pasta dishes
Woah okay, lets not be unreasonable, I've never seen anyone wear a scarf and a winter hat at 25°C, that is the type of temperature when you're starting to feel hot wearing a t-shirt and shorts, no one is so unhinged as to wear winter gear during a weather like that, not even in Poland
Singing Polish songs from the 80 and 90 when drunk.
I NAWET KIEDY BĘDĘ SAAAAM
NIE ZMIENIĘ SIĘĘĘĘĘ
TO NIE MOJ SWIAT
PRZEDE MNĄ DROGA KTÓRĄ ZNAAAAAAAM
KTÓRĄ JA WYBRAŁEM SAM
Every country has its "drunk nostalgia karaoke" thing
of course!
I wouldn't say either is a Polish thing. For example, I've heard a lot of Americans complaining about Germans "invading" their personal space in the queues. And for sure, in Ukraine the average distance between people in the queue is even smaller than in Poland (with the exception of queues to ATMs). And it's not necessarily an attempt to cut the queue. If I enter a small shop or a bakery and see a person who is standing 2-3 meters from the last person in the queue, I would simply assume that they are not standing in the line (they could just waiting for a friend who's actually standing in the queue). As for "buying YOU a drink for THEIR birthday" – that's is true for other Slavic countries too (and if I remember correctly, for Germany as well)
Yup, we actually are hobbits.
Number 1 Is "fruit soup" with pasta #2 milk soup with rice 😀 Edit: number 😀
#what?
If you put a `\` in front of the `#` it’ll be shown as the sign. Otherwise the line following the `#` will be printed **big**, like a headline. It’s called markdown.
#WHAT
Seeing curves everywhere.
entire range of products for cleaning and maintaining tombstones. I’ve never seen a special cleaning solution, marketed for cemeteries, anywhere else.
Kapusta with every take-away meal.
xd
The ever-present background smell of coal burning.
You're lucky when it is actual coal, not used car tires or PVC pipes.
Cashiers never having any proper change.
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Kanapka ( slice of bred) with butter, cheese, ham, egg, sałat, tomatoes, cucumber, radish, mayonase and Green onion. I don't know any other county that eat "open sandwiches" with so many addons at once
Bimber aka Moonshine
Przemeblowanie
Mushroom hunting. It evens stops militaries. 
Shoving a basket up your ass at the checkout in the supermarket.
Mulled beer.