Words are just empty words

All Yolo or what?
Yolo. Of course, everyone knows it. Yolo is the youth word of the year, in Germany, mind you. Yolo? Don't you know it? Aren't you cool, dude, Yolo or yolo lowercase? Capital or lowercase, the Langenscheidt publishing house has decided. Yolo is the word of the year.

And what does that mean? Y = Yokohama, o = top, l = left, o = top? Or you only live once, typically German, that is. It doesn't matter if half the people who use it have no clue what it means. Yolo, you only live once. That's a lot to ask, you only live once. How true, and the only people who (could) rebel against it are rebirth advocates.

Yolo probably means: after me, the deluge, which fits the current situation and attitude of many young people. Or is that just Langenscheidt's opinion? TerLiMa clearly says, "Carpe diem," seize the day (and the night).

Ps. By the way, "Fuck you" came in second place, which fits perfectly.

You'll end up in a care home if you don't obey!

 You'll end up in a care home if you don't obey!

This is reality
A resident in a nursing home in Bremen/Germany, is severely abused by staff, and politicians, amazingly, politicians are shocked. Wow, how can something like this happen?

I'm not providing a link here because I'm claiming this case is no exception and occurs multiple times daily in Germany.

But even the standard accommodation in these nursing homes, as they are affectionately called, is abuse enough. It's similar to nuclear power. Nuclear energy sounds less dangerous. So is a nursing home. Just a home for the elderly. But everyone knows clearly that it's over if I end up there.

The abuse doesn't have to be explicitly carried out personally by the nursing staff. The very fact of the existence of this institution is an abuse from the start. Most people still live with the illusion that when they're old, they'll go to a nursing home and be well cared for.

But reality quickly catches up with you there. Nursing homes are generally not places throughout Germany where you can spend your twilight years in dignity and with reasonable care. I'd rather call them, more neutrally, detention centres.

The question is, what's the alternative?

Keep moving

The former German Chancellor Kohl was said to have only worn so-called slippers because he was too large to put on shoes while bending over. It doesn't matter whether that's true, the fact is that the man was immensely overweight. And if you are that fat, you no longer like to bend over. Back when I was still actively practicing Shotokan Karate, we had a sporting habit among us students. Do as much as possible with your feet. For example, turn off the light. See photo.