Category Archives: This is how I see it

Suggestions for a slightly better world #6

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As you could read here before I’m not always a big fan of the British. But there is one thing I absolutely love about them: the way that behave on escalators. Especially if you contrast that to the way the rest of the world population (or at least the part I have already been exposed to) behaves on them.

Those of you who have been in the UK will no doubt already realize what I am l referring to: on escalators that are wide enough to allow Continue reading →

Quote of the day #55

“The British are too polite to be honest, whereas the Germans are too honest to be polite.”

Henning Wehn (a german stand up comedian – he did
not come up with the expression, but I heard it from him)

When do you stop being an immigrant?

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20999913120_8f3f8b117c_kThese last few weeks, refugees from war zones like Syria have been headline news around the clock in just about every single news bulletin. On their journey towards Europe, they encounter both very positive and very negative reactions from the local population of whichever area they happen to be passing by (or got stuck in) that day.

The locals reacting negatively are pointing out that a number of the refugees are not on the run because of a dangerous situation in their home town, but Continue reading →

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17471462035_4b3ff87149_kI’m quite sure you have also experienced this already: at the exact millisecond your mouse pointer (should you still be using one of those prehistoric devices called laptops or desktops) or your finger reaches the area you intended to click/tap, the link to the content you wanted to access jumps 1 or 2 centimeters down. Continue reading →

Quote of the day #52

“A man who does not want anything, but does things solely to earn money, is in any case a poor man, even if he earns that money.”

Bertolt Brecht (in Dreigroschenroman)