<2021-09-17T04:28:55.000Z> ulperioleri: Hi there, i've been a fan of your work and have to compliment you on filling a large gap in my knowledge on the eastern europe and poland in specific. 
<2021-09-17T04:30:22.000Z> ulperioleri: I recently got an assignment to write a short overview of cultural differences between [choose random country here], and i picked poland for it thanks to your videos. Could i ask a few general questions about polish culture and mannerisms for it?
<2021-09-17T04:31:57.000Z> ulperioleri: Also, a bit tricky question, but if you know of a few good books that deal with the general worldview, or at least the feel of "polishness", i would be delighted to read it.
<2021-09-17T07:51:21.000Z> HotPolishTakes: Sure
<2021-09-17T07:52:53.000Z> HotPolishTakes: the best on that subject would be Dmowski
<2021-09-17T07:53:56.000Z> HotPolishTakes: Poles are extremely suspicious of foreigners due to our history, eg ruussian subjegation.
<2021-09-17T07:53:57.000Z> HotPolishTakes: prezydent.pl/en/news/art,1127,we-are-poles-and-we-have-polish-responsibilities-from-right-to-left.html
<2021-09-17T07:54:51.000Z> HotPolishTakes: this type of sentiment surpasses left or rigbt. Even leftoid women in Poland are nationalist in a way, especially on topic of germans or russians
<2021-09-17T07:56:24.000Z> HotPolishTakes: and unlike west everyone in Poland understands JQ.
<2021-09-17T16:21:27.000Z> ulperioleri: Thank you, this is a good thing to start processing. I am an estonian myself, so sadly the most i knew of polish history was through the lens of Latvia, witch mostly consisted of insisting to a ridiculous degree that they were an equal or greater part of the Lithuanian-Polish commonwealth after the first unification
<2021-09-17T16:23:09.000Z> ulperioleri: Since the presentation i have to make is catered to sailors, is there any peculiar mannerisms, phrases or cultural soft-spots to avoid? I know enough now to avoid any WW2 topics in any way with a pole, but are there anything else catholic or ethnic wise?
<2021-09-17T16:24:07.000Z> ulperioleri: Also, just for flavour, do you know of a good youtube video that describes the general accent of polish-english, or simply polish speak itself?
<2021-09-17T16:24:42.000Z> ulperioleri: *Through the lens of Lithuania*
<2021-09-17T17:03:38.000Z> HotPolishTakes: lol what?
<2021-09-17T17:04:07.000Z> HotPolishTakes: never heard of that Latvian thing
<2021-09-17T17:04:45.000Z> HotPolishTakes: for sailors I'd recommend vasa story
<2021-09-17T17:05:39.000Z> HotPolishTakes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
<2021-09-17T17:08:41.000Z> HotPolishTakes: Sweden built an incredible ship that sank a few minutes after sailing. Saved Poland in
<2021-09-17T17:08:59.000Z> ulperioleri: Sorry about it. I mix up Latvia and Lithuania on a bad habit.
<2021-09-17T17:09:12.000Z> ulperioleri: And since i am a balt its doubly-inexcusable
<2021-09-17T17:10:22.000Z> HotPolishTakes: very confused but lithuania was equal partner politically. Lithuanian nobles were equal. All that happened was polonization
<2021-09-17T17:11:42.000Z> HotPolishTakes: to be honest right now I think Poland overemphasizes its past seafaring, when in reality we were never sea faring nation. Gdansk was its own thing, loyal to Poland. Although I have several sailors in my family
<2021-09-17T17:12:19.000Z> HotPolishTakes: eg in USSR one of my relatives was in ussr submarine crew. Stationed in libya
<2021-09-17T17:13:43.000Z> ulperioleri: Yeah, it was. Its just that my reading into the baltic history, they often put undue focus on the fact that there was internal grumbling about polonization. On the page describing it, there was a whole page centring about how "historic" lithuanians view this as the final loss of their independence, but its oddly hyphened
<2021-09-17T17:14:32.000Z> ulperioleri: Perhaps its a question better asked from a lithuanian himself, but i doubt its much of a modern concern, just as little as modern estonians have anything to gripe about baltic-germans
<2021-09-17T17:14:46.000Z> HotPolishTakes: give back wilno you filthy balt
<2021-09-17T17:14:50.000Z> ulperioleri: Kek
<2021-09-17T17:15:49.000Z> HotPolishTakes: the fight with lithunaia is one of greatest mistakes in Polish history
<2021-09-17T17:16:06.000Z> HotPolishTakes: We are brothers
<2021-09-17T17:16:31.000Z> ulperioleri: You truly are, as an outsider sees it. A tradgedy it was misspent
<2021-09-17T17:17:00.000Z> HotPolishTakes: And Pilsudski was ethnically Lithuanian
<2021-09-17T17:17:30.000Z> HotPolishTakes: You live in Lithuania?
<2021-09-17T17:17:39.000Z> ulperioleri: Oh no, i am an estonian
<2021-09-17T17:17:55.000Z> HotPolishTakes: ah
<2021-09-17T17:17:56.000Z> ulperioleri: I dare not step a foot to something as close to chernobyl as lithuania
<2021-09-17T17:18:37.000Z> HotPolishTakes: I used to host slavosphere not sure if youve heard about it
<2021-09-17T17:18:58.000Z> HotPolishTakes: if you are up for it maybe I could interview you about estonian history and nationalism
<2021-09-17T17:19:26.000Z> ulperioleri: Sadly not. As told, Estonia is the freaky mulatto between Nordic and Baltic/eastern states, so it manages to alienate itself from both
<2021-09-17T17:19:51.000Z> ulperioleri: Oh, it would be fun to talk about. But do keep in mind estonian history is a drour thing
<2021-09-17T17:20:18.000Z> ulperioleri: The first republic is quite great if you ignore everything else going on in the world that will later come back to haunt it
<2021-09-17T17:20:38.000Z> ulperioleri: Rest of the history is mostly constantly worsening slavery
<2021-09-17T17:20:44.000Z> HotPolishTakes: really?
<2021-09-17T17:20:48.000Z> HotPolishTakes: interesting
<2021-09-17T17:21:19.000Z> HotPolishTakes: Also interested in knowing about current situation. I now you guys are hyper nationalist about language schools
<2021-09-17T17:21:22.000Z> ulperioleri: Its quite an interesting subject honestly, but it might cause a dissonance with broader europeanism
<2021-09-17T17:22:27.000Z> ulperioleri: Since its about europeans enslaving and colonizing other europeans. Discussing it will probably jive with the vibes the IRA had of England.... if England no longer existed today (since no more baltic germans)
<2021-09-17T17:22:24.000Z> HotPolishTakes: its important to understand these things, in order to work together better, see others perspective
<2021-09-17T17:23:06.000Z> HotPolishTakes: I honestly dont know much about it
<2021-09-17T17:23:33.000Z> ulperioleri: True that. Its also a lesson to not generalize EU politics, since messing up small triggers of wording might lose an ally
<2021-09-17T17:23:41.000Z> ulperioleri: Oh, its a long and fun story
<2021-09-17T17:24:10.000Z> HotPolishTakes: Thing about it, if your up for it it would be fun.
<2021-09-17T17:25:40.000Z> ulperioleri: Sure, would be fun. I quite enjoy trying to describe my history in a foreign language. Makes a lot of concepts suddenly very weird to describe.
<2021-09-17T17:26:28.000Z> ulperioleri: For an example. To be a "nationalist", the direct translation is "rahvuslane", or Nation-ling in equivalent english-ish frazing. 
<2021-09-17T17:27:29.000Z> ulperioleri: But since our nation is called Estonian National Republic, to differentiate populists from the "good nationalists", the call them "Furious/raging nationalists", or "Marurahvuslased" in turn
<2021-09-17T17:27:53.000Z> ulperioleri: Describing this all in english or in other tongues makes a lot of things click much clearer.
<2021-09-17T17:30:21.000Z> ulperioleri: Anyway, i would be quite happy to continue this conversation. And i might give a biased view of my history that will probably make it seem we are equivalent of african niggers for demanding emancipation, but it is still an estonian view of things. Or at least this ones.
<2021-09-17T17:31:51.000Z> ulperioleri: For an example, estonians still celebrate the "Madisepäeva ülestõus", or the revolt of Madisepäev, where the only thing estonian slaves managed was to Haiti every baltic german that didnt manage to flee to Tallinns walls, and then proceeded to get crushed by reinforcements
<2021-09-17T17:32:24.000Z> ulperioleri: A lot of commonality with Irish, with the exeption that the English still live
<2021-09-17T17:33:16.000Z> ulperioleri: Anyway, it was fun. I will now enjoy some cold beer and the fleeting warmth of autumn. Have a nice day, and thank you for the conversation.
<2021-09-17T17:35:22.000Z> HotPolishTakes: you too brother
<2021-09-18T08:23:00.000Z> HotPolishTakes: I'm very excited to do the estonia episode with you :)
<2021-09-18T08:23:06.000Z> HotPolishTakes: How long do you need to prep?
<2021-09-20T16:44:25.000Z> HotPolishTakes: want to do it friday evening or sunday morning?
<2021-09-20T16:44:44.000Z> HotPolishTakes: could also do sat morning
<2021-09-21T18:45:23.000Z> ulperioleri: Sorry friend, i have gotten the coof or something akin to it, dont know yet, but my mind is mush,
<2021-09-21T18:45:54.000Z> ulperioleri: Sorry for ghosting, but i would need to think about this after i recover
<2021-09-21T20:49:53.000Z> HotPolishTakes: no worries, get better brother
<2021-10-12T11:57:58.000Z> HotPolishTakes: you up for that estonia episode?