American Reacts Geography Now! POLAND

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[@drzewowit]

Copernicus may had German ancestors, but he was definitely Polish. He even lead successful defence of Frombork against German siege.

[@SuermiDon]

musiałem to wygooglować XD

[@kefirmroku4494]

his mother was a migrant from Germany

[@dekoral1188]

@@kefirmroku4494 And?

[@mroxygennemroxygenne2939]

Ancestors- srestors, Ino godej po naszymu xD Nagłe Świeżby gdzieš spod ciżmy Niemiec slowian ma za dziwnych My Im kurwa Wicewersa Nikt z nas nie rozumie Niemca xD

[@drzewowit]

@@mroxygennemroxygenne2939 Napisałem po angielsku, bo takowyż filmik.

[@baird5682]

McJibbin: I don't think it's personal. You're just in the middle. Poland: It feels personal to me.

[@dbt79]

yeah very kurwa personal ;)

[@julianozaur444]

True

[@aleksandrafilipczak5191]

When they want to erase your language, culture life from existence it gets personal

[@turbosigma123]

6:15 the blue in the Polish flag stands for loyal allies.

[@yapod9061]

😂Bro you didn't to do the entire continent like.💀

[@adambanowski1984]

How to offend poles in one short sentence. "You're like half a german and half a russian" Damn, that's a good one, mass destruction weapon xD Keep up the good work. Cheers : )

[@robertwisniewski2029]

Interestingly, Polish culture is actually a mix of different cultures, but much more interesting, for sure the German influences were the greatest of the western ones, but the Ukrainian, Hungarian or Tatar influences, probably greater than the Russian ones, certainly lasted longer than the influences of this young, northern swamp empire ;)

[@whitewitch32]

You know nothing about polish culture, just assume ​@@robertwisniewski2029

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Great Britain have a LOT to thank the Polish for, especially as they contributed to the Allied victory in the 'Battle of Britain' and other Allied air operations during the war. A total of 145 Polish fighter pilots served in the RAF during the 'Battle of Britain', making up the LARGEST non-British contribution. By the end of the war, around 19,400 Poles were serving in the Polish Air Force in Great Britain and in the RAF. Best wishes to all Poles reading this, somewhere 'down the line' your relatives helped save the UK and Europe from Hitler ! 🙏👍😌

[@johntomlinson6849]

And there are a lot of people here in the UK who know that and hugely admire Poland. Bletchley Park pays tribute to the Polish genius.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@johntomlinson6849- My dad worked in the merchant navy (engine room) along side a Polish guy. They got sunk 4 times and survived. My dad ended up in Malta for the last years of the war and got presented with a dagger/paperknife "from the people of Malta". A ship got sunk in the harbour and it contained turnips. My dad was the best swimmer, so he got sent down to retrieve the 'cargo'. He spent DAYS swimming down - he was Scottish and NEVER ate a turnip again! He never told us (as kids) anything about the war. My brother and I only found out things in the last few years of his life.

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

@@johntomlinson6849 Yep and Britain entered WW2 because Hitler invaded Poland and history could repeat itself if Russia invades Poland but that is very unlikely unless something really unforeseen happens , but who knows ????

[@magdalenal6292]

@@stephenpodeschi6052 your knowledge of WW2 is close to non-exisisting if you think Britain entered the war because Hitler invaded Poland lol Chamberlain and the conservative government saw Hitler's domination in Europe as a threat to the balance of power on the continent and as a result a direct threat to the UK. War was never about Poland, it was just a convenient excuse for Hitler to start an invasion and to proceed with his plans for nazi's global domination.

[@Derlen]

And enigma

[@boskee]

Definitely react to Wojtek, the soldier bear.

[@bartekdymecki7280]

I'm from Poland and that story is a true

[@darthzayexeet3653]

“Poland is the Texas of Europe” Hey I kinda like this one. That sounds pretty awesome tbh. Greetings from Gliwice 🇵🇱

[@bohomazdesign725]

Thats how I explain Polands geographical placement and role in center Europe: Poland is the golden gate of central Europe. No matter from what direction into what direction u want to expand ur empire u have to (at least sooner or later) fight the Poles. And funny enough Poles got really really good at defending their lands - btw thats why Poland had one of the best and largest cavalries in Europe which included, as u know already, a very special cavarly type, the Hussars.

[@tomekes6584]

"You're in the middle" - spot on. It's a geopolitical, geographic curse for Poland. Civilization wise - Germany is byzantine type civilization (protestant), Russia is a turan type civilization (mongol) with some byzantine (orthodox) elements, Poland is a latin type civilization (catholic). So Poland is in between two other civilizations, rather than a product / offspring of the neighbors.

[@TheRezro]

I would say it is combination of many elements. German style cities, Russian style villages and Latin style monasteries. With also quite sizable Nordic influences.

[@mxlexrd]

I don't know why they said Polish people have won 17 Nobel peace prizes. Most of the Nobel prizes won by Polish people are proper Nobel prizes, not the ridiculous peace prize.

[@Dread_2137]

i mean, 4 out of 19 are peace nobles, 6 in literature, 4 in physics, 2 in chemistry and in medicine, and 1 in economics. Idk why they said 17.

[@multiverse-ki5to]

@@Dread_2137 math

[@Dread_2137]

@@multiverse-ki5to what math? 4+6+4+2+2+1=19

[@Vyury]

@@Dread_2137 Probably didn't count Tokarczuk and fused Skłodowska-Curie two into one.

[@mroxygennemroxygenne2939]

would you doubt that an electrician after vocational school would be able to overthrow communism? cuz I would doubt the whole heroism of this moostachee figure of, the symbol of significant changes in modern geopolitics. changes made old fashioned communist bastards untouchable with comfortable pension,leaving their victims from vicious past with no real help, struggling to survive this unreal

[@elizabethsimpson4430]

Luck to have been Poland twice. First in 2000, was still very suppressed. Went again in about 2015, the difference was astonishing

[@Ntwadumela1]

I miss the Poland of the 90s, the happiest time of my life.

[@damiandorhoff719]

Yes there has been a polish Pope. Pope John Paul the Second was Pope from 1978 till 2005 His Successor was the German Pope Benedict the 16th who was Pope till 2013 Followed by Pope Francis from Argentinia

[@PerryCJamesUK]

This is the Pope we grew up with in the 70s and 80s.

[@kikiv1993]

Technically speaking, these were colonies of the Duchy of Courland, not of the Commonwealth. Courland was then a fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

[@darthzayexeet3653]

“Germany is the Fatherland, Russia is the Motherland and Poland is the abused child” 😂

[@watermelonchickennugget3891]

bro... Poland wasn't just "in the way", Hitler specifically said that poles aren't equal human beings, same with gypsies, and wanted them to be either killed, experimented on or enslaved. I won't even talk about you saying "poland is a child of germany and russia" bro... looking at complex history of Poland, how much it was hurt, it's offensive af.

[@Kniazhnami]

+++

[@JordiVanderwaal]

"Their best friend, Hungary". Well, not anymore. From a government perspective at least. Poland is siding with Ukraine while Hungary is being... dodgy with the whole Russia invasion. Everything is a mess now. Btw I'm loving these "Geography Now" reactions because I love how you react to European stuff, while I also have an excuse to watch those videos and learn more stuff.

[@kubasinprod]

Jak Orbana obalą to znowu bedziemy najlepsi przyjaciele - nie chce watpic w przyjazn polsko-wegierska tylko przez jakegos oszołoma

[@JordiVanderwaal]

@@kubasinprod Don't know polish so I had to Google Translate that, but I agree. The moment Hungarians get rid of Orban, things will start going better again.

[@kubasinprod]

@@JordiVanderwaal oh sorry about that, i thought you were polish aswell, because of common polish influence in these type of videos ;p

[@kubasinprod]

and also because of the recent hate of Hungarian people by Polish

[@LaloSillymanca]

Our goverment still loves Hungary even tho they had a little fight lately. Also our goverment wanted to gift Hungary our first written Constitution book which still exists to this day and is pretty well keept. But now they canceled it

[@robertshapiro2536]

Yes, Pope John Paul II was Polish

[@Patrikch100]

Yeah we also have name days in Czechia. My name day is on February 19th And my birthday is on May 11th. And Slovaks also have name days.

[@davidmotyka2708]

Poland is great because it never dies.

[@victorcapel2755]

"The bowl" is called the Carpathian basin or Pannonian basin.

[@lumpek4149]

11:57 quite an accurate observation, but! Of these three countries, Poland is the oldest, then Russia, and finally Germany [EDIT] And as for the invasion of Poland, the Germans and the Russians treated Poland very personally, Germany hated Poland, and Russia still hates Poland and wants to destroy it, just like Ukraine. It's not that Poland stood on their way, the only country that Poland stood on their way was France.

[@cpt.flamer7184]

Germany is older than Poland ;p They had many iterations, but they exist as a country about 200 years longer than Poland. Russia on the other hand is suprisingly young.

[@lumpek4149]

@@cpt.flamer7184 I do not know. Poland has been Poland since 966, and Germany as a country already had so many different names of countries etc. that did not even resemble the country which today is Germany. But I respect and like Germany as a Pole. 😁🥰

[@blackcrow4218]

@@lumpek4149 In this year was the baptism of Poland by Mieszko but there was Poland before that .

[@charonboat6394]

@@cpt.flamer7184 Germany ad a country was established at about 1866-71. Poland 966.

[@AlBarzUK]

It certainly was personal when Germany and Russia wanted to wipe Poland off the map! Also, from visiting my cousins in Olsztyn (northern, near Mazuria’s 1,000 lakes), the ice cream there was phenomenally good. My Polish cousins there detest the Russians.

[@kalinaphillips9779]

Most Poles, especially the older generation, don't like Russian or Germans for historical reasons.

[@davidz3879]

Poland is very conservative & very Catholic.

[@teotik8071]

A liitle too mutch of both, unfortunately.

[@cpt.flamer7184]

The biggest problem is that it applies only to part of Polish people, part of them is very liberal and not very religious. Now Poland looks more conservative, because nationalistic party won the election ;p

[@vishd33]

11:57 emm i can hear knifes being sharpened and people looking up ur address

[@sylvesterfong9275]

Love Poland - was there in 1991. Blessings from Malaysia

[@sylvesterfong9275]

@A moth Definitely would love to visit Warsaw, Posnan , Lodz and Krakow again.

[@sylvesterfong9275]

@A moth Thanks. Are u from Poland ?

[@Warthread]

Here's the clip the Geography Now has mentioned about Polish names: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5eui5aigryGZ7c It's a scene from a comedy movie very well known in Poland.

[@stevelknievel4183]

The bowl you referred to is called the Pannonian Basin.

[@dettlaffvandereretein5275]

Correct gepolitical conclusions. We balance the "east side" and "west side" of Eurasia, and this was bloody sometimes. We are also some kind of trouble for Germany and Russia but we can manage. Good try with polish language bdw. Strength and honor! And god! And Poland! Check out the story of "Wojtek the bear soldier". Take care. Greetings from Poland.

[@peterportev4159]

Thank you for this wonderful video!

[@Krokmaniak]

Actually many invasions were personal and not being in the way. Russia wasn't even a thing back then (at least as country that would matter for Germany, which also wasn't a country but more of coalition of small city states)

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

OMG. it was always everything and all personal. Very personal.

[@Pawel__M]

He pronounced Łódź exactly as it looks. Unlike English, where spelling has nothing to do with pronunciation, Polish has precise and simple spelling/pronunciation rules. So ł/Ł is always pronounced like "w" in English "what", "ó" or "u" are always as Latin "u", or a shorter version of English "oo" in "boot", and "dź" is always as English "j" in "Jane", but in this case it is the last consonant in a word, and - in line with one of these pronunciation rules, such consonants become voiceless, so "dź" in the final position is similar to English "ch" in "coach" or "change", but a bit softer. You can learn those rules in a few days. And, of course, Poland is in Central Europe. 1. Geographically: the distance to western borders of Europe (Portugal) in much closer than to the Ural Mountains, which mark the border between Europe and Asia. 2. Culturally: the Polish literature, architecture, lifestyle, even religion, has been a part of the Western world for more than 1000 years. 3. Politically: Poland is a member country of EU, NATO etc. The only period when Poland was part of Eastern Europe was between 1945 and 1989, after the Yalta treaty of 1945, when Roosevelt and Churchill betrayed Poland and sold us to Stalin. If we hear someone insisting that Poland is in Eastern Europe, we think that they are ignorant, arrogant. Or both :D The most widely accepted theory about these crooked trees says that - centuries ago - there were deformed in this way because the lumber was used to build ships

[@marceline7976]

Poland and Germany have always been personal tho.

[@Dreju78]

If you wqnna find out a bit more about Poland, look up Overly Sarcastic Productions - History summerized: Poland

[@bifa5414]

11:55 It's a sensitive topic... Oh boy, where to start? xD There is a saying in polish: "the only map where you can't see the partitions of Poland is the geographical map" Even if you will look up at map of last elections you can still see where was the German partition and where the Russian

[@Ayns.L14A]

Poland has without a doubt the darkest nights I have ever experienced

[@TheRezro]

About Sour Ray soup. There are actually two separate soups Żur and Barszcz Biały (White Borscht). As a Pole I have no idea what is the difference, outside that later is softer in taste. But yeh. Poland has absurd number of soups, to point that they make regional version of fast raman. Bean and pea soups are my favorite.

[@mpingo91]

@16:50 This may sound like an oxymoron, but suffice it to assume that Polish kings were just what the presidents are today. It was just then that no one bothered to come up with a new name for them.

[@jaset362]

That system was called nobel democracy with all its advantages and disadvantages. Anyway Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with all its freedoms was dangerous abomination for countries like Russia ,Prussia and Austro-Hungarian monarchies with imperial ambitions with absolute power of rulers. That's why country which could incite resistance by example had to be destroyed by these three powers at the same time (there were three partitions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth before it ceased to exist).

[@PerryCJamesUK]

I have only heard Polish here say "krakoff" never "krakow" maybe somebody has spent longer in the gym than in Poland itself lol

[@davidz3879]

Lodz is pronounced woodj. Wroclaw is pronounced ratslav.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@Perry James - Strictly speaking it's more like Krak-UF or OOF (not OFF) - Just saying..!

[@PerryCJamesUK]

@@stewedfishproductions7959 Krak-UF, krak-UF, I am practising. I will now leave.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@PerryCJamesUK - What you are attempting to say is as close to being correct, just say it without ANY break, so KRAKOOfff in a 'smooth' way, the last bit as if you were blowing a candle out... Found this and it's pretty perfect (so MANY YT are wrong), go with this... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWW2o3-kh5WkhMU 👍👍👍👌👌👌

[@11kimczi]

@@PerryCJamesUK crack oof

[@dnocturn84]

3:23 No, Brandenburg is still a state inside of Germany, directly across the border to Poland. It's the state that surrounds Berlin.

[@greenfocus5236]

Dont ever ever compare Poland or Polish people to russia or russians. Specially if talking to Polish person.

[@bartoszapinski1406]

Did you just said that we are missing blue colour in our flag? You don't even have an idea how much did you just FUCKED IT UP!!! You better pray we never meet IRL...

[@rrinbvsh]

Fun fakt about poland Poland is older than russia and germany

[@madrianzorroonio85]

Yugoslavia have large group of colaborants from Serbians nation. Serbians don't like talk about it...

[@darksonlolo6039]

You wrong Poland is not Germany and Russi beaby. Poland is bether .

[@Danielik25]

I think the story about best friendship between Poland and Hungary is over...

[@davidz3879]

Why? They still have good relations.

[@robertraszkowski3016]

It is not over. The current state of things are temporary until Ukraine wins.

[@ks-jp9ri]

:) Przyjaciół Poznaje się w biedzie. Stare polskie przysłowie. Sasi (angole) zawsze zdradzali. ZAWSZE. Hungary, NIGDY. W dupie mamy rządy i nie- rządy. Palec w dupę.

[@dariusrodo]

1:45 Take a map of Europe and make a cross to find the center. It will be in Poland or on the Polish-German border. If you include quasi-European countries such as Azerbaijan or the Terrorist Soviet Union, then the center will be on the Polish-Lithuanian border. 6:04 There could be much more beautifull castles but the mos of them was destroyed in WW1 and WW2 6:13 Polish flag is not "red and white" but white and red. The color white is used in heraldry to represent silver. It also means water, and in terms of spiritual values, purity and immaculateness. The red color is a symbol of fire and blood, and of the virtues it means courage and bravery. 11:57 NEVER SAY THAT LOUD NEXT TO REAL POLE! You're asking for trouble. You can say: if Pole have two kids and they have totally different mentality - they would be Germany and Russia. 14:07 There are consonants too, like: cz, sz, dz, dż, dź. Polish language is (according to UNESCO) one of most difficult languages in the world, right next to chinese. 14:28 This young man's phonation is not correct. It's wrong but more easy to say. 14:43 It is true. Many Pole speaks polish like Australian speaks english. 15:01 It's private TV created by a man who is not very Christian but very greedy, for old people who believe his lies. 20:41 Turoń is local holiday. I've heard about it but never seen it. 21:31 But in Poland nobody heard about him :D 22:32 Her real name is Marie Skłodowska-Curie. In France husband's surname was spelled first, and she stopped to use her maiden name years later. However, she received the Nobel Prize as Maria Skłodowska-Curie. 22:38 Father of Nicolaus Copernicus was a Pole from Cracow. He was born 19 february 1473 in Toruń, which was occupied by the Teutonic Knights until 19 october 1466. So, don't say "he was technicaly German". 23:41 Poles understand Russians but hate them. Cause of enough reasons. 24:59 As long as Hungary is ruled by people like Orban, there can be no brotherhood. 25:52 As long as demented Kaczyński and his secretary, Duda, rule Poland, the country is regressing to the Middle Ages. What you've forgot: WITCHER is Pole ;) But not this one from Netf*cks - this is some parody. Thanks. It was fun.

[@Kniazhnami]

Based. Thank you from Belarus

[@TallisKeeton]

I love this - the Texas of Europe :)

[@katarzynaxx563]

@Moth Don’t be rude.

[@christophe2496]

So funny ! Thanks

[@jjaybee5484]

My 3 cents to that East-West issue 🙂 If you consider Germany as West Europe and Poland as East Europe so where, the heck, this Central Europe is?

[@PaweKabanski]

It's a place where you get to complaint about the government but no longer about the weather...

[@TheRezro]

It is artifact from Cold War. It is not really big deal, outside some westerners assuming that anything on East of Elbe is East.

[@lemonid]

Born and raised in Warsaw, Poland - I am yet to watch this channel dedicated to Pope:) Never ever heard of it or seen it. Anyways, Geography Now is of course awesome, it’s just that sometimes they seem to dig out some fun facts out of nowhere really, that are not necessarily always true:)

[@zorysroly1258]

Aż się idzie uśmiechnąć :) Im Smiling Rn.

[@mgecko2959]

Polish dont like to be called eastern European because we are closer to western edge of Europe than we are to the eastern edge 🤷‍♂️ depending on what rule you want to implement for center of Europe it will eithef be in Belarus, Lithuania or eastern Poland which means that center of Poland lays west from all three center of Europe points. So it is simply incorrect to call us eastern Europeans, even Belarus shouldnt be called eastern European

[@Marekfriday]

This is first time I watch your video. I'm polish and I really enjoyed thid one. 11:49 Kind of (just we had to live in this geography setting over (more or less) 1000 years). 14:15 Good try. (During WW2 it was used as a test to find German spies). 15:11 Not really (but kind of). Good reaction btw, Best tegards.

[@MarJin727]

upside down house is quite extreme, you can lose your balance and throw up,it's not an experience for everyone.

[@smiley9872]

Interesting!

[@quake3pj]

lol.. Maria Skłodowska-Curie

[@drWoods-xq6sd]

Poland is a baby of Russia and Germany?! You literaly ofended evryone

[@inaanjakossowska6990]

19:25 They showed wrong Silesia on the map here... What they showed is Lower Silesia, very different from Higher Silesia

[@kamiljarzabek]

From what I see it is marked well. On the left side, only missing, but I forgive. This is Silesia that divides For lower and upper. Poland, trying to divide this region, inserted the Opole Voivodeship and the Upper Silesian region merged with Lesser Poland.

[@polishpsych]

"It is very personal for us" - Poles

[@silviahannak3213]

Name day..something i also never understood. Its also a thing in my Family. I am a little little bit Tschechisch.

[@DirtyBeasts]

Im Polish and I have to practice few times to get to the tounge twister that you did quite well ;) also, yes our "recent" history is of being invaded but for years before that we were doing the invading, for some reason even in Polish schools we are being presented as this country of victims. We did some bad shit in our time as well. also also... the younger strongman that you were referring to is that Krzysztof Radzikowski?

[@quandaledinglenut4]

thanks

[@natanfn.]

My grandparents live in the town of kwidzyn.

[@TrashskillsRS]

Poland got a ton of influence from Germany, Austria and Russia. Especially as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth basically collapsed on itself, and many of those traditions disappeared or got adapted into a mix with German, Austria and Russian

[@cpt.flamer7184]

Influence is an understatement ;p Polish culture was very distinct from German and Russian, but during partitions there was forced russification from the one side and germanization from the other, there are still visible differences between parts of Poland that were occupied by each of those countries. Of course Poland was influenced to some degree by many cultures, it used to be very diversed. For example in 15th century Poland adopted Magdeburg rights and invited many traders and workers from Germany, so cities and vocabulary related to cities were heavely infuenced by Germany. Influences from the East came from Ukrainians and Belarussians, Russia also adopted many customs from those nations, but Russia itself didn't influece Polish culture, it forced it's culture on Poles, communism years were also devastating for Polish and whole eastern European culture, it ereased many traditions and because of Soviet politicy countries from the eastern block seems very similair to each other in many aspects.

[@katarinask139]

I love Conrad's accent😍

[@darnedmallard8924]

11:50 you just want to stir up some shit huh?

[@MrBegmar]

You kinda right about Poland being cross between Russia and Germany. We are Slavs like Russians and have many similarities, but at the same time we were taking things like religion, technology and mindset from Germany and west. I personally see it as we are taking the best thing from both of our neighbours. Also years of wars and occupations had huge effect on that. At some times we were under Germany sphere of influence and at other times Russia. And of course sometimes both at the same time. Do this day Poland is split. The more west you go the more German influence you can see and if you go east you will see Russian influence. It affects not only architecture but also mindset of people, the way of their living etc. In every elections there is distinct split between conservative east and more liberal west.

[@generaladvance5812]

Those trees must have been manipulated by humans. Probably using something like the supports you put around trees to keep them upright.

[@ks-jp9ri]

To technika do stworzenia stabilnych mocnych łodzi. Nie wspomniano o naszej flocie na przestrzeni wieków... Ale nie jesteśmy naszymi sąsiadami, ani wami sasami (zdrajcami), dlatego nic nam nie do końca wychodzi. Bo jak się budzimy, to i wrogowie nie śpią i się zamawiają po kryjomu... Zawsze się nas bali, jak każdy głupek w klasie mądrzejszego. (Use translator). Nie mam ochoty bawić się w tłumaczenie. Jestem Polakiem. Jak chcesz, to ucz się mojego języka.

[@michal8298]

It’s just very strong wind from a Baltic Sea.

[@niktniewiem4785]

17:21 "that's every country" - yes, but in Poland you'll literally take beating if you insult poland and you're not Polish. I've seen situations like that, when otherwise chill atmosphere totally erupted into a violent storm after some guy said something wrong about Poland. Also there was a popular musican, very much liked who lived in poland and sang in Polish, untill he recorded a song with a sentence like "I hate Poland" and although the whole meaning of the song was totally different and actually presented some ways of thinking of Polish people on this exact subject, he became the most hated artist and his career ended just like that. We have a really special mentallity. We usually hate each others or at least don't care about each other, but in a time of need we turn into demi-gods and work together so that nobody can destroy us. We are rather peacefull with no imperial aspirations, we only want to live peacefully and desire a better life for ourselves. We have the most common word which describes our mentality - "narzekać", meaning "to complain". We complain just about everything BUT from that springs our desire to fix those things we complain about. We complained about our roads, said they were the worst in the world. Now I;m pretty sure we have one of the best roads in Europe, still not enough of them, but it's night and day compared to what it was just 20 years ago. Same with how we complained Poland is dirty everywhere, the streets were dirty, the buildings were crappy, forests polluted with thrash. You don't see this anymore in most parts of Poland and I've heared dozens of foreigners speaking about how Poland is the cleanest country they've seen. And of course we always always complain about how other nations are more rich than us, how salaries are way lower in Poland than for example Germany, England. NOW our economy is better than British economy and we have a chance to become the next world's superpower, despite being small and relatively poor. We never give up, never surrender, never let anyone else tell us what to do, never leave friends in need, never refuse to help, our hospitality is known to be the best in the world. We have so much contrasts i nour personality and in our country, yet there are no other countries who are this united in times of need.

[@ireneusz-u9i]

Alcohol really takes up a lot of space in Polish stores. From Beer, wine, liqueur, vodka. There is something for everyone. And the drink with the highest% alcohol content is Rectified Spirit with 96% alcohol.

[@mpingo91]

Don't say such things about spirit because somebody else will think people drink it. :D It serves as a base for making tinctures.

[@ks-jp9ri]

So learn.... :) can you make? Learn to grow, in anything....

[@TheRezro]

Despite stereotype it is because Poles know how to make great beverages, rather then actual quantity of drinking. Like I would say bear become big deal in recent years. There is literal hundreds brands there.

[@darnedmallard8924]

kaliningrad belongs to Poland. Take it! Now when the enemy is WEAK 🤪

[@kj4923]

Remember KROLEVEC (Królewiec) not kaliningrad

[@darnedmallard8924]

@@kj4923 And Germans called it Königsberg. I Call it Polish land. Take IT

[@kj4923]

@@darnedmallard8924 m.kalinin was a murderer. You should not have mentioned that name. People from Krolevec will decide for themselves where they want to belong (to Europe or Asia).

[@murmur4498]

Texas of Europe. I feel like it's the best comparison you can imagine.

[@murmur4498]

@A moth czemu? mentalnie to właśnie jesteśmy konserwatywni, Texas wg mojej wyobraźni mniej więcej tak ma. Tylko że ekonomicznie still komuna.

[@TheRezro]

@@murmur4498 Powiem jedno. Istnieje coś takiego jak Teksański Śląski.

[@apocalipticapolska2840]

lovr You guys,Poland its not place on the map, its specific nation sacrifice and bless from God

[@Kadwid]

It only got personal in 20th century. Before that it was business, and it's the kind of business we're not bad at, seeing how from ever enemy only a few still stand : )

[@rados1aw]

Ukraine has more population but technically its talking about all Polish. In total there are more Poles than Ukranians

[@bartoszbaranowski604]

It does feel personal at this point.

[@markhayo]

Dear Connor, I share and appreciate your liking for ironic British comedy, not least (still fresh after 40 years) Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister. Regarding those excellent chaps Mtchell and Webb may I recommend their long-running series: Peep Show?

[@wiciowicio1706]

flag - white = innocence - red = Polish blood sacrificed for innocence

[@silviahannak3213]

The Sudets haven been living around the borders of Poland (?)Germany, Austria. Its actually around the Borders of Cheoslovakia and around the 2 WW they had to leave to the other countries..depending on where they were living close to. But even then ...if you were living a bit left or right you could have been transported to Germany. There is a saying in my family..without that Sheep shelter area whichbthey possesed back then ..my Grandfather could have become German. Some of our families far away relatives are in Germany.

[@gousia_bc_why_not]

A lot of cultures and some words come from Germany and Russia. I know because I'm from Poland

[@quandaledinglenut4]

there are bout 46 milions Ukranians IN THE ENTIRE WORLD and there are about 60 milions Poles IN THE ENTIRE WORLD

[@RokitaBijaaacz]

Here's the bear story kzbin.info/www/bejne/o53TZn5riZ5koNE

[@krej1243]

12:00 OUCH IT HURTS.

[@mrrrglllrrr]

You need to see Wojtek the bear story! ( /watch?v=KqTIAEwfeh0&t=59s )

[@apocalipticapolska2840]

dont belive to much in some visioners prognose ,but that happend on our eyes,Poland be in top 5 epires of the world?

[@mancity_awaydays]

It was very personal

[@wiciowicio1706]

the truth - corporal Wojtek ended his life after the war in Ireland in the zoo when they gave Poland to Stalin

[@PiotrJaser]

Flag. White and red because of white eagle on red shield.

[@krakendragonslayer1909]

16:00 good point, but one correction, Serbia was fighting Nazis, other Yugoslavian nations surrendered

[@kamiljarzabek]

19:25 You can't ask Poles about Silesia because they have been teaching them in schools for 100 years, That Silesia has always been Polish and this is totally not true. Silesian language also has a different syntax of the sentence, it does not have such letters as "ę ą ó etc". Unfortunately, the problem Polish concerning Silesia is that it is the richest region in this country. In the census, despite not recognizing the Silesians, it turns out that there is an average of about a million people who consider themselves For Silesian nationality

[@TheRezro]

To put it simply. Silesians were Poles living in the at the time Germany. It lead to creation of independent sup-typoe of Poles. But in opposition to Kashubs what are actual minority, most Silesians don't consider themself as separate nation. Though there is minority of weirdos who think otherwise.

[@Ussurin]

16:52 - it was basically a president for life. At times Polish king actually had less power than currently US president has. There was a part of time where King only operated personnal belongings and Polish Fleet (that was laughably small). Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was basically USA style republic before USA that named their presidents kings to claim diplomatic benefits from being monarchy, like royal marriages, personnal unions and similar.

[@pmrock8672]

With all due respect, you don't know much about Poland. As for the fact that we are a child of Russia and Germany, we have some similar features to Russia for sure, we are Slavs after all, but in many matters we differ. We are very different from Germany.

[@justynahand5421]

Jestem dumna z bycia Polką

[@darnedmallard8924]

2:20 don't judge others. Be nice :)

[@chanesy_]

nah you described it perfect I live in germany and I've always seen poland as if Germany and Russia had a baby

[@zanzazaar]

I think they could be more Silesians, but many of them just will tell you that they are Polish.

[@muchozorable]

12:03 ... i hope it doesn't... Man, that surely does! :D:D

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

Your "polish is like german and russian kid" are offensive but its kinda true. Half of polish was conquered by germans, other half by russian. And we broke russian communism, and now we are in middle of breaking german economics. As do "is not personal poland is just in the way"... its not 100% truth. Poland is huge flat land. Its perfect for expand, growth, and easy to invade.

[@adithyam2573]

pls react to a video on Ashoka the great by kings and general