Back home and still being pretty lazy. I’ve still got days off, so I’m allowed.
While I was driving home yesterday and while I was doing my shopping this morning I had some more thoughts I considered sharing in a more coherent blog post. But then this afternoon I sat down to watch episode 2 of “Red Eye” with Richard Armitage on Netflix, because I’ll be spending a day at MagicCon Convention in October, where he’ll be a guest for a day. I’m usually not all that into thrillers, but in this case I watched episode 2 und 3 and now 4 and knew that I should at least write a little bit if I want to post anything at all. I love all the neat fancy camera shots of Westminster at night by the way.
Podcasts | I’m still looking for a few more interesting ones to occasionally listen to. Preferably hosted by a woman (or at least a female co-host), because I’m so fed up with all the middle-aged white guys trying to explain to world to me. Call me a woke feminist, but these guys are so boring and I’m just not interested. But it’s frustrating to see how those kind of podcasts are so successful in Germany and elsewhere as well, I guess. And it’s always those kind of male-hosted shows who utter misogonyistic shit or make derogative remarks about minorities. And the really frustrating thing is, that after a bit of a shitstorm the whole media frenzy about the shitstorm and/or the derogative remarks will give them more exposure and more attention and those shitty shows will be more successful than ever. Yes, I’m fed up.
People | I drove back home a different route from my vacation spot than on the way there. The motorway I used in Germany seems to have only one proper service station on the whole long treck down from the coast to the middle of the country. I stopped for a snack, restroom break and fill up my coffee. I should have used the restroom at the start, when there had only been one coach (a teenager sports team?) parked outside. Once I had my fast food snack the place all of a sudden was rammed. So many people, again at least two groups of youngster. More female than male for some reason, which of course meant the queue for the restrooms was endless. I was in no hurry, just annoyed, that they all – I counted 4 coaches outside after – had to stop in those 45 minutes! Other people’s nerves were just as frayed though, judging from the bitching between a senior couple at the coffee counter.
Thoughts on Food | Well, on beverages as the first thought. I didn’t manage to snap a photo, because once I had thought to, the self-order screens at the service stations Burger King were crowded by youngsters. But isn’t it insidious that the beverage size on top and possbily even the pre-selected on is large (0,5 l) and you have to scroll down and pick something else if you want to just get a small (0,25 l)? Yes it is!
The 2nd thought came to me, when I saw this display for “new, fancy, chocolate” in my supermarket.
I’m a chocoholic, so of course I had a look. Checked the price tag and put it away again. It was about twice as much as pricey chocolate (Lindt, Cadbury) and three times as much as no-brands one. WTF? I googled it and it’s such a internet hype, it’s laughable. A YouTube star came up with it and he created quite the hype around it (More on Wikipedia). Let’s see how long those will be sold here at those outrages prices.
