Many people often use this stupid statement to gain time for an answer. Typical scenarios are tests, interviews, also discussions. But in such cases, a short pause would always be better than the, albeit born out of helplessness, de facto … Weiterlesen

Seeds and cores can be found in plums, apples, lemons and oranges, cherries and other fruits. They are already fertilized, and in the kitchen they are usually thrown away or turned into oil (for example, the famous pumpkin seed oil), … Weiterlesen

comes from Latin and combined education and castigation in a way still typical for such times. This was literally adopted, in particular in the military or in sports.

However, it is completely inappropriate and rather depressing that of all things … Weiterlesen

“The boy”, “the girl”: Even if we remain in this traditional separation of the sexes, it is still irritating to note that the female form of the child exists only in the neuter form in German (“Maedchen”), i.e. as a … Weiterlesen

a cut-and-dried decision is totally hackneyed, and a standard phrase often used in management communities expressing that something is settled and does not need much thought or discussion; altogether something managers like: being (or pretend to be) a man of … Weiterlesen

Younger people like to express this short sentence – inevitably – when a question is asked that refers to a past that is historically longer ago than these younger people are old or can remember. For in this way they … Weiterlesen

Two follies do not add up to wisdom. The first, and at best dreamy, daftness is the belief in a self. As if such a thing existed, as if one could find it somewhere. This is pure fiction because no … Weiterlesen

Some people believe that they know something and that they can store this as knowledge. But, this is an illusion and simply follows some kind of search combined with the hope to possess what has been found. This becomes very … Weiterlesen

This is the constant topic of those who consider that they are too small and would like to grow, especially in terms of prestige. So that they can look straight into the eyes of the so-called big guys.

This transfer … Weiterlesen

While talk of so-called “target groups” is omnipresent in design, few people realize that this is not a descriptive design procedure, but rather a design offence. Those who design for target groups wants to believe that it is possible to … Weiterlesen