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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • https://youtu.be/yx5xhlwUxxA

    There were A LOT of songs about nuclear war in 80s music. German youth in the 80s was very aware that in nuclear war Germany (being a huge part of the east west border) would just be ground zero to be vaporized in WW3.

    Thinking about Germany people associate the Autobahn, what some don’t know - there were pre-built detonation chambers so key sections and bridges could be mined with atomic demolition munitions in order to stop the east bloc tank armies from advancing.

    ChatGpt translation of the song lyrics:

    When in the Canale Grande submarines drop anchor
    And on St. Peter’s Square in Rome missile launch pads stand
    When a carpet of bombs floats over the bazaar of Ankara
    And from the hills of Olympus a Pershing II rises

    Then everything is long too late
    Then, when nothing works anymore
    Visit Europe
    As long as it still stands

    In front of the old Cologne Cathedral a mushroom cloud rises into the air
    And the sky is filled with the scent of neutron waffles
    When in Paris the Eiffel Tower bows westward in a final salute
    And near Big Ben a gentle Alpine glow appears

    Then everything is long too late
    Then, when nothing works anymore
    Visit Europe
    As long as it still stands

    When haute cuisine turns into a witch’s cauldron
    Where the cook from overseas flambés his old world
    There’s laughter and applause, even the waiter gets a kick
    What’s left to us but culture — we wish you bon appétit

    Then everything is long too late
    Then, when nothing works anymore
    Visit Europe
    As long as it still stands
    Yes, then everything is long too late
    Then, when nothing works anymore
    Visit Europe
    As long as it still stands
    As long as it still stands, as long as it still stands
    As long as it still stands, as long as it still stands



  • I can stand carbonated water and hate plain water. When I was a kid, my family wouldn’t drink water but other beverages.

    My kids (17 and 20 now) grew up with drinking water at home. Water was the thing to drink if you are thirsty, everything else was allowed but “something special” like a sweet. Going to a restaurant also was special, they could choose what they like.

    While I still struggle with water - I manage, but I still drink sugar free soda as well, my adult kids can’t understand how I like that sweet stuff all the time.

    So I firmly believe your preference is what you grew up with. You can change it, but it takes effort.








  • Haha, already there. I canceled my Netflix a year ago or so after the amount of cheap self produced stuff got too much and they removed more and more older quality content.

    Now, whenever I want to stream I sign up for a single streaming service for a month or two - but the time where I was just subscribed all the time is over.

    Ah one reason also was the sharing crackdown, I had kept the subscription long term as my kids used it when they were at my place or my ex-wife’s. Nowadays it doesn’t work anymore as (for example) the TV my son has at the ex-wife’s place never is connected via my internet.

    With added commercials, less quality etc streaming got less attractive. Hey, nowadays I regularly go to movie theaters, again.

    And if things get worse, somewhere I still have my captain’s hat and the wooden leg for sailing the seven seas…


  • That went deep, quickly. I absolutely agree we all have good and bad, black and white or whatever you call it tendencies inside. Whenever we ignore our dark part, it acts unseen, unchecked.

    By accepting that we’re just human, just animals, we have desires, we can at least - I don’t really have good words for this - at least feel and take care in the harm we can’t or don’t want to avoid to do.