Stupidity consumes - intelligence swills

Guzzling until you drop. What an outcry is sweeping through the country these days. A party has taken it upon itself to declare that six times a week is enough! No, they don't mean spreading their intellectual garbage six times a week.

Or from now on, only pay allowances six days a week. Or at least only make the people look stupid six times a week. This is a matter of life and death.

Only eat meat six times a week. What hypocritical populism! As if anyone would eat meat seven days a week. I think these ladies and gentlemen should travel to Tuscany less, lie less, and try less to spread do-gooder sentiments, and then there would be some hope for improvement.

We didn't just know that yesterday. Where do eggs and poultry come from? Exactly, from chicken concentration camps. Beef? Most cattle never see the green pastures of TV commercials. They're just meat producers, and that's that.

Pigs? They're supposed to be almost as intelligent as humans. Yet they're treated like cattle. Castration without anesthesia, stables that are far too small, etc. All known! And how many food scandals have we had in the last 12 months? Oh, I forgot... And anyway.

What would be on the table on the 7th day? Exactly! Fish from farms. Grain products from genetically modified and manure-covered fields. Strawberries and tomatoes from China. Dioxin (what was that again?) says hello. But of course, these people can't think of what would help. One of their pioneers, Joschka Fischer, will soon have the size of Helmut Kohl, and the current chairwoman is so round that she wouldn't benefit from a seven-day-a-week fast.

And anyway. Has no one noticed that citizens get more upset when a neighbourhood cat is tortured or when a neighbour poisons a dog that poops all over the streets than they do about all the issues surrounding factory farming combined? This shows the astonishing contortions that the (good) human moral sense is capable of.

And if the saying "intelligence drinks - stupidity eats" is true, then the fact that the Germans lead the world in meat consumption is rather a bad sign. Here at 115, we simply say: Eat only as much and as much as is good for you and also allows you to work physically. It's all about balance.

 

Graying inhibitors

Yes, I also wondered what that was. Graying inhibitors are present in detergents. Recently, someone sat across from me on the train who smelled quite strange and extremely strong. It wasn't perfume, but simply the scent of his 120% clean clothes. 

 

Supposedly clean, because what smelled—no, stank—was residue from the washing powder. Many conventional washing powders contain enzymes, surfactants, perfumes and fragrances, water softeners, optical brighteners, bleaching agents, or even builders and the aforementioned graying inhibitors. The same strange smell wafts over from my neighbour's clothes rack. 

 

Given that more and more people, especially children, are dealing with allergies, here's a sensible recommendation. If you want to use conventional detergents, because they are naturally cheaper than more ecologically sound washing powders, it's better to use as little as possible and rinse the laundry thoroughly.  

 

Use the extra rinse cycle. Less is more; just use half. Otherwise, graying inhibitors will quickly turn into "gray hair."

Too much meat

Good idea from Paul McCartney. 

Meat-free Monday. 

This applies especially to anyone who consumes meat and meat products more or less daily.  

And to be clear: I'm neither a vegetarian nor am I mentally ill and vegan. Humans need animal protein. End of story. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. These fads in eating habits are just "feeding" a new industry. Keyword: Avocados fly 3,000 miles to end up on vegans' tables.

Life expectancy is declining

If society continues to develop as it has so far, life expectancy in Western industrialised countries will decline again.  

The reason? For example, an obese 20-year-old today will experience massive health problems by the time he reaches 40. You can imagine the rest.

Diabetics on the rise

According to a recent report from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of people with type 2 diabetes in the United States has increased significantly in the last year, now reaching nearly 26 million.  

With very few exceptions, diabetes is "homemade," meaning the sufferer has chosen it themselves. 

French fries and the like, combined with the TV chair, say hello. 

Pharmaceutical manufacturers' shareholders are popping the champagne corks. Incidentally, 285 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes. That's making the cash registers ring. 

Plant a tree

This oak tree is grown from a single acorn. To grow and prosper!

Night time sleep

Many people struggle with getting a good night's sleep. Achieving a good night's sleep requires good sleep hygiene. This starts with going to bed and waking up at regular times. A helpful "sleep ritual" that prepares for nighttime sleep.  

This signals the body to trigger the natural process, which is purely biological and inherent in every human being. Of course, I simply can't expect a good night's sleep if I'm watching a lot of TV right before bedtime, have just come from a loud disco, tend to postpone my life's problems until nighttime instead of seeking solutions during the day, don't have a dark and quiet bedroom, and create a variety of other obstacles that simply prevent me from getting enough sleep. 

It's important to know that people have very different sleep needs. Napoleon, for example, was a short sleeper. He sometimes got by with only four hours of sleep a day. Chancellor Bismarck, on the other hand, often stayed in bed for 12 hours. I'm going to say that most people with sleep deprivation watch too much TV before bed. Get rid of that box and get a good night's sleep!

Sit down, six!

The chair is a killer, as the English say. Anyone who sits a lot, has to or wants to, is disadvantaged regarding health. In the past, the television and the stomach were small. Today, the television is large, and so is the stomach (after 25 years of TV consumption). When sitting, the body rests. Aside from the negative orthopaedic effects, the body is immobilised and burns hardly any calories. My advice: Never sit for more than an hour. Get up and move around now and then. Inactivity is a killer. Drastically reduce the hours spent in front of the television (it's all garbage anyway) and in front of the computer. Anyone who has to sit at work should find suitable compensation. For example, take the stairs instead of the elevator, or walk instead of driving short distances. It's not about going to the gym once or twice a week. Your daily routine must be changed. Just sit less. What did the teacher say so rightly? Sit down, six!

The Plough

Known as Hal Asana in Sanskrit, the plough pose is an asana that targets various areas of the body. This yoga pose helps combat excess weight, especially hip fat and stomach sagging. It also positively influences menstrual and menopausal disorders.

Puberty problems can be resolved with this asana, and a positive effect on the thyroid gland can be expected. And all this without paying a cent. Because yoga can be practiced almost anytime and anywhere. This asana holds a prominent position in TerLiMa Yoga.

 

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.