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Meet the Polish LARPers Who Pretend to Be American
Vice.com ^ | June 16, 2022 | Nina Zabicka

Posted on 08/08/2022 9:13:23 AM PDT by lowbridge

By day, Bartosz Bruski works in computer forensics, but in his down time, the 29-year-old unwinds by heading to a trailer park outside Warsaw, where he directs a group of around 60 Polish people who pretend to be ordinary Americans – people from Ohio, to be exact. 

You might think LARPing (short for live action role play) basically means a bunch of people dressed in medieval outfits, recreating historical battles. Instead, Bartek and his fellow LARP enthusiasts turn a peaceful holiday resort in a Polish forest into an American trailer park, with dozens of participants who stay in character with their assigned family, living at their assigned trailer home for 28 hours at a time.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: america; fantasists; larpers; nerds; poland; weirdos
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Link to their Facebook album, Hundreds of photos:

https://m.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.167402419028199


1 posted on 08/08/2022 9:13:23 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

In terms of imitation, I much prefer Japanese who pretend to be from Appalachia and play bluegrass music.


2 posted on 08/08/2022 9:16:10 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: lowbridge

Never lived in a trailer park but had a girl friend that did. guess I could fit in.


3 posted on 08/08/2022 9:16:22 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: lowbridge

Polack jokes didn’t just fall outta the sky. There was good reason for them. Basically Poles are a less efficient German. That isn’t a complement.


4 posted on 08/08/2022 9:16:35 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: lowbridge

the left here in America also pretend they are Americans


5 posted on 08/08/2022 9:16:42 AM PDT by PCPOET7 (`)
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To: lowbridge

No black people? Fail.


6 posted on 08/08/2022 9:17:20 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: lowbridge

So they sit around listening to John Cougar and getting stoned. Good job guys.


7 posted on 08/08/2022 9:18:10 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: lowbridge

Not sure what part of Ohio they are supposed to represent. But not a single OH-IO no OSU gear. This is totally inaccurate. In the 20 years I lived in Ohio not sure I saw anyone looking like most of these.


8 posted on 08/08/2022 9:22:32 AM PDT by pas
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To: riverrunner

I had a girlfriend who lived in one, too, and was a truly great Christian lady.

There is nothing bad about trailer parks.


9 posted on 08/08/2022 9:26:40 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: lowbridge

And the point of it is?????

The people and the set look too contrived.

They are missing the mark on pretending to be redneck Americans.


10 posted on 08/08/2022 9:27:16 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: PGR88

I think there’s a German ‘cult’ like that who are into Country-Western.


11 posted on 08/08/2022 9:27:57 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Menehune56

Not many of them could pass for being Ohio Americans...


12 posted on 08/08/2022 9:28:37 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: metmom

I think it’s kind of adorable. There are worse hobbies.


13 posted on 08/08/2022 9:28:39 AM PDT by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: lowbridge

Leftists and RINO US citizens.. running for public office..role play too. They pretend to be Americans,too.


14 posted on 08/08/2022 9:28:54 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Persevero

True.

At least it’s harmless.

Kinda funny actually.


15 posted on 08/08/2022 9:30:45 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: lowbridge

16 posted on 08/08/2022 9:30:57 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: riverrunner

My wife and I lifed in a trailer park for 4 years, (Stayed in the USA though)

It was a good life and people are friendly, I can see the Poles doing this.


17 posted on 08/08/2022 9:33:36 AM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
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To: lowbridge

There’s a large segment of the Ohio population with Polish ancestry.


18 posted on 08/08/2022 9:36:08 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: lowbridge

Leave it to Poles to represent the worst of America.


19 posted on 08/08/2022 9:45:02 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Menehune56

“No black people? Fail.”

I’ve never seen a black person in a trailer park.


20 posted on 08/08/2022 10:09:03 AM PDT by dljordan
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