Computer: I have one workstation and three laptops, so I guess I don’t really need a backup plan there.

Washing machine: I’d just use a laundromat.

Phone: I have three phones, so I’m covered.

Toaster: No problem — I’ll just eat untoasted bread.

Dishwasher: I wouldn’t like it, but I’d just wash the dishes myself.

Stove: I could eat salads or order takeout.

Electric mixer / hand blender: order a new one and until it arrives I won’t cook stuff that requires one of those

Printer: I’d print at work.

Vacuum cleaner: I’d use a broom instead.

Electric kettle: I’d boil water on the stove using a pot.

Heating: lucky me, it’s summer, tell the landlord to take care of it (they need to, by law)

Fridge: fuck me, it’s summer, order a new one

As for other devices: no microwave (I prefer real cooking to reheating), no TV (haven’t had one for 30 years), no dryer (I just hang clothes on the hamper), no coffee machine (I do pour-over instead), no AC as this is unusual here

And very colourful

1994

Slow

Never ask a woman her age.

A man the length of his penis.

And Someone who posts memes like this how long they had to dig to get to this ancient stereotype.

That’s surely one reason. Another would be collecting data to create profiles to make advertising and political manipulation even more effective.

It’s probably not the most poetic, but I like it:

Luftschloss

It literally means „air castle“. It’s a castle made entirely out of air. It looks stunning and grand in your imagination or when you talk about it, but it’s not real.

It’s like having a dream or a vision that sounds great but is completely unrealistic or impossible to achieve.

In English, you might say „pipe dream“ or „castle in the air“, but „Luftschloss“ sounds way more poetic and fragile, evoking something beautiful yet intangible.

There’s another one which is similar, but not the same:

Hirngespinst

The literal transition would be a delicate web spun by your mind. In Englisch you’d probably also say „pipe dream“, but there’s a subtle difference between „Luftschloss“ and „Hirngespinst“.

„Hirngespinst“ is more like an absurd or even silly idea you came up with. By contrast, a „Luftschloss“ tends to describe a beautiful but unrealistic vision with a broader, often more hopeful scope.

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