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    Cześć! I would like to ask you for memes that represent Polish culture


    I would like memes that are representative or cultural heritage of Poland’s memes. The reason is simple, I have an original character (OC) named Katarzyna and I would like to learn more about Polish people and their culture through memes

    Although I’m not talking about "Bóbr fuck!" (That one, apart from the fact that I already know it, is my favorite along with the one that goes "What is the fuck?! Penguin! Austrian penguin! Hehehehe!")

    Of course, I don’t speak Polish, I only know a few words and phrases, so if they are in Polish I would like a translation, and if necessary, an explanation

    I’m mostly asking for memes instead of facts that you can find in Wikipedia because I think memes can also be a fun way to learn, like the one I attached to this thing… So I hope you show me your best memes

    That’s it, cheers from Argentina, do zobaczenia! 🇦🇷🫶🏻🇵🇱

    https://i.redd.it/q562jqqjzdtf1.jpeg

    Posted by MisakiKH

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    1. Noriaki_Kakyoin_OwO on

      I don’t think 90 degrees outside is a Polish problem, and of it was we’d all be dead

    2. Necessary_Mud2199 on

      Well, if Polish people realised that the name Adidas comes from the name of the founding brothers – Adolf Das – probably this name wouldn’t be used so widely.

    3. ikonfedera on

      Point 7 – in Poland we use Celcius degrees, 90**°**F = 32**°**C.

      Of modern memes: stereotypical 50~y.o. father is named Janusz and mother – Grażyna. Lately these names are often used in memes featuring the **proboscis monkey** (nosacz sundajski), but overall loads of different memes used them and they’re universal enough to stand on their own, especially with Janusz being a grumpy cheapskate, trusting his (poor) judgment and knack more than anything else. Would rather ~~repair~~ fuck up something himself than pay a specialist.

      There’s also Seba (or Sebix, full name Sebastian) which would be basically a standard fuck-da-police thug, except dumb as a brick. They gather in small groups in shady residential areas. Apparently the show Blok Ekipa explores this environment (and polish culture as a whole) further, but i didn’t watch it.

      Polish memes rely a lot on memorable quotes (“teksty”) a lot. Bóbr and Pingwin being examples of that. Most of the quotes either come from old polish comedies (e.g. Chłopaki nie płaczą) or viral videos from Youtube known collectively as Hity Polskiego Internetu.

      Excluding the quotes, there’s a series on YT covering both Polish and English memes – Historia Memów (channel name Bądźmy Poważni). Youtube’s subtitle translation should be able to handle it.

    6. Flat_Mastodon_4181 on

      https://preview.redd.it/rifvs8lqzftf1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=77cd845bed974920eec7e7bd51694f2a7764a64c

      “Wake up samurai, we have a lawn to mow” – so this is a reference to cyberpunk 2077 samurai meme.
      It is about parents giving a lot of chores to kids around the house on saturday. The is also “synek mam dla ciebie bojowe zadanie” – “son I have a combat mission for you”, which was smth common to say when fathers wanted us to do something as kids

    11. SlyScorpion on

      You need an elderly parent, preferably a grandmother, to give “słoiki” (jars) full of homemade food to the character. Why? Because grandparents will make you take it before you leave their house and it tends to be enough food to feed an army.

      Also, my GF likes to make me hot tea on hot summer days which feels like I am drinking a goddamn sauna.

      Lastly, I’d recommend using the informal name(Kasia) for the character when possible 😉