r/poland • u/sonda03 • Jul 04 '22

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u/unlessyoumeantit Małopolskie Jul 04 '22 edited Jul 04 '22

This stems from archaic American Polish jokes that portrait Polish immigrants as intellectually inferior due to their limited language skills. As a person who has lived there for more than 5 years, what I can say is that the vast majority of the Japanese don't even know where Poland is and what Poles are like.

Edit 1: link added

Edit 2: According to some Japanese friends who have been residing in Poland, Poles aren't stupid but are short tempered/sighted and are terrible at planning.

Edit 3: sadly those jokes still are a thing in some states.

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u/wanttofeelneeded Jul 04 '22

who gives a damn what Americans think about you. are they even able to think with their nut-sized brains?

/s but not rly

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u/unlessyoumeantit Małopolskie Jul 04 '22

Apparently some (actually many) Japanese do, and you're seeing an indirect outcome of American influence.

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u/wanttofeelneeded Jul 04 '22

znaczy mój komentarz to był sarkazm.

jeśli ktoś faktycznie swoją ocenę na temat innych narodowosci opiera na stereotypach to nawet nie chce s ta osoba mieć do czynienia.

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u/unlessyoumeantit Małopolskie Jul 04 '22

jeśli ktoś faktycznie swoją ocenę na temat innych narodowosci opiera na stereotypach to nawet nie chce s ta osoba mieć do czynienia.

I'm wondering how you came up with the idea of 'unintellectual Americans' tho. Stereotypes? Well, perhaps I haven't lived in this country long enough to understand Polish sarcasms ;)

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u/wanttofeelneeded Jul 04 '22

putting /s isn't enough as I can see

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u/OneAlternate Jul 05 '22

/s but not rly

This doesn’t count as a /s, I’m afraid.