Polish Men Under Occupation

Text on the meme

POL... Polish men under American occupation Polish men under Russian occupation

What it means

A split image contrasts a glamorous person wearing Polish-themed clothing under the caption “Polish men under American occupation” with a Russian cosmonaut under “Polish men under Russian occupation.” The joke uses exaggerated visual stereotypes to mock how Polish men supposedly look under different foreign influences. EN: A split image contrasts a glamorous person wearing Polish-themed clothing under the caption “Polish men under American occupation” with a Russian cosmonaut under “Polish men under Russian occupation.” The joke uses exaggerated visual stereotypes to mock how Polish men supposedly look under different foreign influences.

Who

Yuri Gagarin (Юрий Гагарин)

Objects

person with long pink hair / человек с длинными розовыми волосами white shirt / белая рубашка Polish eagle emblem / польский герб с орлом black bow / чёрный бант braid / коса painted fingernails / накрашенные ногти man in a spacesuit / мужчина в скафандре white spacesuit / белый скафандр astronaut helmet collar / воротник шлема космонавта split-screen image / изображение с разделённым экраном red-and-white emblem / красно-белая эмблема