[[File:Polandball.PNG|thumb|200px|Utworzůno uod używoczůw reprezyntacyjo Polandball.]]
'''Polandball''', znůmo tyż kej '''countryball''', je to tworzůny uod używoczůw [[internecowy mem]] kery mjoł anfang na mjymjeckij tabule do rysowańo Krautchan.net kajś na miće 2009. Mem mańifestowoł śe we srogij nůmerze necowych [[kůmiks|kůmiksůw]], we kerych kreje bůły przedstowjane kej kuglate perzůny kere uobyczńe godały we łomanyj [[angelsko godka|angelskij godce]] a lachoły śe ze nacyjowych sztereotypůw a mjyndzynacyjowych relacyji. Styl uůnych kůmiksůw do śe uopisać kej abo Polandball (nawet jak ńi ma we ńich żodnygo nawjůnzańo do [[Polska|Polski]]) abo countryball (abo, we mnogij nůmerze, countryballs)).
==Tło==
Polandball mjoł korzyńe we wrześńu 2009, jak zaczła śe "cyberwojna" polskich używoczůw Interneca ze wszyjskimi używoczami ze inkszych nacyji. Neczajta, na keryj szło uůnaczyć wirtualne rysunki, dozwolała używoczom rysować co ino chcům, a tyż szkryflać po rysunkach kere wćepły tam inksze używocze. We polskim Internecu powstoł kůncept, coby rysować [[fana Polski|polsko fana]] na [[bal]]u, wtynczas tyśůnce Polokůw do kupy sztartło rysować bale uobmalowane we polske farby, nale na uopy: czyrwjůno na wjyrchu a bjoło na spodku, ze sztichwortem "POLSKA" na miće. Ńyskorzi używoczy na serwiśe [[4chan]] sztartli na ńij malować srogi [[hakynkrojc]].<ref>[http://wyborcza.pl/1,86116,7462232,Wyniosle_lol_zaborcow__czyli_Polandball.html Wyniosłe lol zaborców, czyli Polandball]</ref><ref>[http://www.elondyn.co.uk/newsy,wpis,7731 Znowu lecą z nami w... kulki]</ref>.
Krautchan.net is a German-language [[imageboard]] whose /INT/ board is frequented by English-speaking [[netizen]]s. The beginning of the Polandball meme is credited to ''Falco'', a Brit on /INT/, who in September 2009 created the meme using [[MS Paint]] in an apolitical way to [[troll (internet)|troll]] ''Wojak'', a Pole on the same board who contributes in [[wikt:broken English|broken English]], after which Polandball cartoons were enthusiastically drawn by [[Russians]].<ref name="gazeta" /><ref name="przeglad">{{cite news|url=http://www.przeglad-tygodnik.pl/pl/artykul/fenomem|title=Fenomem - Polska nie umieć kosmos|last=Kapiszewski|first=Kuba|date=13/2010|publisher=[[Przegląd]]|language=Polish|accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="KYM">{{cite web|url=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/polandball|title=Polandball|publisher=[[Knowyourmeme]]|accessdate=26
March 2012}}</ref>
==Themes==
[[File:Estonia cannot into Nordic.jpg|thumb|left|An example of a Polandball comic, featuring Estonia and the [[Nordic countries]].]]
The premise of Polandball, which gained in popularity in the wake of the [[2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash|crash in Smolensk]] which killed [[Polish President]] [[Lech Kaczyński]], is it represents Poland and its [[history of Poland|history]], [[Foreign relations of Poland|relations with other countries]], and [[stereotype]]s,<ref name="przeglad" /><ref name="hiro">{{cite news|url=http://hiro.pl/magazyn/magazyn_zjawiska/memy.html|title=MEMY. Legendy Internetu|last=Cegielski|first=Tomek|date=12 April
2011|publisher=Hiro.pl|language=Polish|accessdate=24 March 2012}}</ref> focussing on Polish [[megalomania]] and [[Complex (psychology)|national complexes]].<ref name="cooltura" /> Interactions between countryballs tend to be written in broken English and [[internet slang]], reminiscent of the [[Lolcat]] meme, and by the end of the cartoon Poland, which is purposely represented as red on top of white (the reverse of the Polish flag), is typically seen weeping.<ref name="gazeta" /><ref name="cooltura" />
Some Polandball comics arise from the premise that Russia can fly into space, whilst Poland can not. One of the most popular Polandball cartoons begins with the premise that Earth is going to be struck by a giant meteor, leading to all countries with [[space technology]] leaving Earth and going into [[orbit]] around the planet. At the end of the cartoon, Poland, still on earth, is crying, and in broken English pronounces the canonical Polandball catchphrase "Poland cannot into space".<ref name="przeglad" /> In this [[Polish joke|humorous way]], Russians put a halt to all discussion with Poles on which country is superior.<ref name="gazeta"/><ref name="przeglad" /><ref name="hiro" /> In another Polandball comic which delves into historic-political [[satire]], Poland is seen to be boring other countryballs, with its proclamation of "So when we crushed Russia and the turks [sic] were were the biggest country in the world... and..", leading other countryballs to laugh at it. Poland, by now irritated, utters [[:wikt:kurwa|''kurwa'']], and holds up a sign saying "Internet serious business", which is an internet slogan used to deride others who treat subjects with disdain, and in Polandball convention, finishes by crying.<ref name="gazeta" /><ref name="cooltura" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webcitation.org/66ROeMOIC|title=Polandball cartoon|date=Unknown|publisher=Unknown|accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref>
==Other countryballs==
[[File:Silesiaball.PNG|thumb|right|A user-generated representation of Silesia in Polandball-style]]
Polandball can also include comics on other countries, but by convention these comics are usually still referred to as Polandball,<ref name="gazeta" /> although they can also be called countryballs.<ref name="KYM" /> According to [[Lurkmore.to]], [[Bavaria]] has its own ball, and other balls have been created for [[U.S. states]], [[Catalonia]] and [[Siberia]], amongst others. [[Singapore]] takes the form of a triangle and is called Tringapore; [[Israel]] takes the form of a [[hypercube]] (in reference to [[Jewish physics]]); [[Kazakhstan]] takes the form of a brick; and [[United Kingdom|Britain]] is shown wearing a [[top hat]] and [[monocle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lurkmore.to/index.php?title=Int&oldid=1561834#Polandball|title=Int|date=26 December 2011|publisher=[[Lurkmore.to]]|language=Russian|accessdate=27 March 2012}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commonscat|Polandball}}
* [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/polandball Polandball at Knowyourmeme.com]
* [http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?167916-Polandball-anyone Polandball at militaryphotos.net]
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