The digression 87 On two wheels through the 80s

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0:00:31 – 0:00:42 Hello and welcome to the diversion. Where I occasionally don't stray from topic
0:00:42 – 0:00:52 Or sometimes, you don't know. I'm Sascha Markmann and I say hello. Today's topic
0:00:52 – 0:01:02 It's inspired by, oh, nothing. This is my first bike. I mean,
0:01:02 – 0:01:09 I grew up in the early 1980s, so when I was small, I was very small. And
0:01:09 – 0:01:15 At some point you learn to ride a bike, because it was normal to go through the area.
0:01:15 – 0:01:22 It's brewed. And what can I say about that? At some point you have to learn this. And so got
0:01:22 – 0:01:29 I have my first bike. It was a red bicycle from the company Pukki. Are there any
0:01:29 – 0:01:33 Actually still today? Write it in the comments. Let's all put one in,
0:01:33 – 0:01:43 If it still works. If they still exist. And that had support wheels and of course you drive
0:01:43 – 0:01:50 through the area.
0:01:50 – 0:01:53 At some point, the time came when
0:01:53 – 0:01:56 The support wheels also came off and
0:01:56 – 0:02:00 They learned without support wheels.
0:02:00 – 0:02:03 driving. First my father walked beside
0:02:03 – 0:02:07 me here or my mother and we fit then
0:02:07 – 0:02:13 up and then sometime when you
0:02:07 – 0:02:18 Bow then had out, then without. I still remember the neighbor's daughter, who was kind of five years old.
0:02:18 – 0:02:27 Are you five years younger or were you three years younger? Let's think for a moment. No, she was three.
0:02:27 – 0:02:36 years younger. She also had such a small bike with support wheels and somehow it was
0:02:36 – 0:02:44 Not so tightly screwed on one side and they wandered a bit backwards.
0:02:44 – 0:02:53 And at some point it had been the case that she rode almost without support wheels and
0:02:53 – 0:02:58 if she drove in the bend, then she could drive improbably strong in the bend,
0:02:58 – 0:03:08 really steep, because then the support wheel put on. They were amazed that they
0:03:08 – 0:03:14 Suddenly I was able to ride without support wheels. I wanted to take it off because it bothered me.
0:03:14 – 0:03:21 Yes, of course my first bike saw a few other people,
0:03:21 – 0:03:30 because at that time you didn't buy something new for everyone, everything always new, new, new,
0:03:30 – 0:03:41 new. And my sister got that, then my cousin, and I think after that, I still got that.
0:03:41 – 0:03:48 Someone had the bike. But it changed color every time. I had a red,
0:03:48 – 0:03:58 It was so red metallic. My sister wanted it so purple and yes,
0:03:58 – 0:04:02 I think my cousin had some kind of metallic effect, I think blue-metallic.
0:04:02 – 0:04:12 Now it must be said that my father was a painter and painter in his first training and the
0:04:12 – 0:04:18 He did it himself and at that time he had also done such special painting for such
0:04:18 – 0:04:25 such total freaks. So there were motorcycle parts injected and there is of course always such a special color
0:04:25 – 0:04:35 and I remember that he then stopped this extreme Hibbelblau, no that was not
0:04:35 – 0:04:43 Hibbelblau, that was so crystal blue and then with such coarse crystals there was such a special effect
0:04:43 – 0:04:49 Made a varnish that was improbably deep and had a really great glitter effect.
0:04:49 – 0:04:57 I did this later on my road bike. That's where my dad splashed me too
0:04:57 – 0:05:02 There were so many of these crystals. That's where he got me dolphin grey
0:05:02 – 0:05:10 used as a base color and then put these crystals on it and then just came such a glaze
0:05:10 – 0:05:15 made of clear lacquer and are dolphin grey and that had such an improbable depth. So you would have
0:05:15 – 0:05:25 You can almost jump in there. Yeah, it's been really cool. In any case, I still remember how we
0:05:25 – 0:05:34 then stop, after the support wheels were off, with several children indeed drove through the area,
0:05:34 – 0:05:39 Then you put a stick on it, put it in the back. Then it looked like
0:05:39 – 0:05:50 A special police antenna. Because at our house there were hazelnut trees very close by. So
0:05:50 – 0:05:55 the shrubs had already become real trees and they have been so extremely long
0:05:55 – 0:06:03 We had branches and then we broke them off and then put them on the bike. Then saw this
0:06:03 – 0:06:13 It's like a police antenna. Things like that were done before and it was good. If I
0:06:13 – 0:06:23 I don't see a child riding a bike here today, they are more like scooters or scooters.
0:06:23 – 0:06:33 Hold these electrified scooters and I know some kids have bikes,
0:06:33 – 0:06:41 Really use it or something. That's super rare to see. I was now at the
0:06:41 – 0:06:44 Solar eclipse surprised that I saw some people riding their bikes,
0:06:44 – 0:06:53 But then also such really crazy things. So these were already half electric motorcycles.
0:06:53 – 0:07:01 At least you could have put the tires on a motorcycle. But then with my first
0:07:01 – 0:07:09 The bike, and then the bike that came after that, and the bike that came after that, that has
0:07:09 – 0:07:16 It also laid the foundation for the fact that I liked to ride a two-wheeler. I have mine
0:07:16 – 0:07:21 Car driver's license made, along with motorcycle driver's license. You save a little
0:07:21 – 0:07:27 Money. But I mean, what you paid for it back then, and what you paid for it today, to this day, is yes.
0:07:27 – 0:07:35 It's just a big difference. For both together I paid 2,2, 2,3. That's where we talk
0:07:35 – 0:07:45 by D-Mark. And I didn't need as many driving lessons with the motorcycle as with the car,
0:07:45 – 0:07:52 Because then everything was better known. And if you had the trick out,
0:07:52 – 0:07:59 All I really needed was my mandatory hours and a few practice hours.
0:07:59 – 0:08:10 drive a practice area for this slalom, i.e. drive around the hat cones and in circles or
0:08:10 – 0:08:15 Drive at walking speed and don't tip over. I had to practice that a bit,
0:08:15 – 0:08:25 But otherwise, the motorcycle license was a very quick thing. Yes, that's my childhood,
0:08:25 – 0:08:33 My youth and also my adulthood. The love of the two-wheeler. I think,
0:08:33 – 0:08:40 on a motorcycle or on a bicycle you experience the environment much more intensively and differently,
0:08:40 – 0:08:47 It's like riding a motorcycle, like riding a car. Of course, you immediately have the elements. So
0:08:47 – 0:09:03 So I remember, with us between two channels, I mean, I've said many times that I come from dates and that's a channel node, there are several channels coming together.
0:09:03 – 0:09:16 There was a road between these two canals and it was quite steep.
0:09:16 – 0:09:20 It was such an experiment, you wanted to know how fast you could go down there.
0:09:20 – 0:09:29 And that's where we made it with our almost adult bikes of the size
0:09:29 – 0:09:39 at almost 70 km/h below. Pretty stupid, isn't it? If you think about it that way.
0:09:39 – 0:09:48 That's not exactly without it. How do we know that? Because we keep analog and digital,
0:09:48 – 0:09:55 They already had speedometers. And if they're all pretty much the same
0:09:55 – 0:10:01 of course there were deviations, as you knew so okay, yes it was definitely
0:10:01 – 0:10:07 Over 70 and that's what I find on the bike that's totally crass. It's also totally crazy on the bike.
0:10:07 – 0:10:16 Sitting in the car, 70 km/h is nothing. Even the double 140 feels almost even in the car
0:10:16 – 0:10:24 Nothing on. It feels different on the bike. You can see the wind pressure, so the
0:10:24 – 0:10:32 Pressure exerted by air retention on the chest. And if you drive longer distances or something
0:10:32 – 0:10:37 and that is not accustomed, that can already lead to muscle soreness in the upper arms. This has
0:10:37 – 0:10:46 By the way, I also had where I went from the Ruhr area to England. And that's where you drive
0:10:46 – 0:10:54 Already a little bit to France, Calais, then set over to Ramsgate. Good from Ramsgate
0:10:54 – 0:11:02 It wasn't far to my aunt's house, but it was a bit of a ride. And I
0:11:02 – 0:11:06 I always had to say that I had always found it so funny when my aunt had said yes we
0:11:06 – 0:11:10 drive back, it's all nice, then you can rest on the ship, then you drive
0:11:10 – 0:11:16 just a few minutes to the house and then you can unload the car, come in.
0:11:16 – 0:11:23 Yes, I understood how I did it. Well, you have to stop then
0:11:23 – 0:11:30 Get used to left-hand traffic. This is much easier on a motorcycle than with a car.
0:11:30 – 0:11:37 Interestingly, it is easier with an English car, so with a left-hand drive
0:11:37 – 0:11:46 Driving a car on the left is like driving a car on the right. But no matter, these are now
0:11:46 – 0:11:55 Stories from the Polarnagarten. In any case, you notice that when you drive longer distances
0:11:55 – 0:12:01 If you don't know that, you feel the elements much more strongly. Of course it is
0:12:01 – 0:12:07 Catch when it's raining or something, but yourself
0:12:07 – 0:12:10 You can do that with the right clothes.
0:12:10 – 0:12:12 prevent. In the summer it can also
0:12:12 – 0:12:14 It's awful when you're reasonable.
0:12:14 – 0:12:18 I'm wearing motorcycle clothes and I can do that.
0:12:18 – 0:12:22 Let me say from my experience
0:12:22 – 0:12:26 During the rescue service, the
0:12:26 – 0:12:29 It's time it didn't look good when
0:12:26 – 0:12:34 Put on your beard with unsuitable clothing. So already with 50 things,
0:12:34 – 0:12:41 If he has slid a few meters above the road, the skin suffers from it extremely. So
0:12:41 – 0:12:49 Abrasions are not an issue. No, this is more in the direction of sandpaper and flex.
0:12:49 – 0:13:00 That's really bad what can happen on such a large scale. Therefore always suitable clothing
0:13:00 – 0:13:05 And on the bike, even if it looks like shit. Guys, wear a helmet. When it comes to skull
0:13:05 – 0:13:16 Injuries come, then that's always a bigger thing. Safety first. Yeah, what am I supposed to do?
0:13:16 – 0:13:23 Or say otherwise? Driving these days is a bit difficult when you're in a wheelchair or
0:13:23 – 0:13:31 The rollator is instructed. I really miss motorcycling. I can already drive my car
0:13:31 – 0:13:40 It's great, but it's not fun with traffic these days. If you are in such a
0:13:40 – 0:13:45 If you live in a city like Dortmund or something, then you have so much traffic that you don't have a buck on it.
0:13:45 – 0:13:55 I really don't like driving, just as much as I need. And I know all too well
0:13:55 – 0:14:02 Exactly that the next thing will somehow become electric, because these prices make at the gas station
0:14:02 – 0:14:08 No fun. And Americans are upset that they're paying $4 for a gallon.
0:14:08 – 0:14:17 Converted to liters, we would be happy about it. But that is also another issue.
0:14:17 – 0:14:25 An electric motorcycle would also be cool. So far I haven't really
0:14:25 – 0:14:30 I saw something I would like there. I once saw a few years ago,
0:14:30 – 0:14:35 that there is an Indian company that replicates almost like a triumph,
0:14:35 – 0:14:47 But then with a diesel engine. I find it funny from the principle, but the exhaust gas situation sees
0:14:47 – 0:14:53 Then, of course, a little different. You can't do that with an exhaust filter system.
0:14:53 – 0:15:02 Do it without the motorcycle getting rounded. But that is also another issue.
0:15:02 – 0:15:11 Subject. Are we leaving today? I don't think so, no. I hope I smack properly,
0:15:11 – 0:15:23 Because I know that some viewers or listeners especially love it. Is there anything else
0:15:23 – 0:15:29 What to say about the bicycle? I think I would like to put myself back in this time,
0:15:29 – 0:15:36 Not because everything was simpler and more uncomplicated, but simply because of this feeling of freedom,
0:15:36 – 0:15:46 Relive what you experienced back then. It was great with the other kids.
0:15:46 – 0:15:54 and we were many in the neighborhood to hunt through the area. And we had a pretty
0:15:54 – 0:16:03 A large area where we drove around. So up to the turning place and so on, which at that time was still
0:16:03 – 0:16:08 It wasn't limited, so you could ride the bikes. And it was also a
0:16:08 – 0:16:17 Beautiful hill was with the top of the turning place and then it went so curved down the curve. Da
0:16:17 – 0:16:23 We also got the model car later.
0:16:23 – 0:16:26 Driven after the barrier was there.
0:16:26 – 0:16:29 Always go with the bikes because there
0:16:29 – 0:16:32 There was simply no traffic. You could
0:16:32 – 0:16:36 then cycle to the canal and then
0:16:36 – 0:16:40 You could look a little and then
0:16:40 – 0:16:44 nicely cycle down the hill or you
0:16:40 – 0:16:50 Let it roll. To the canal on the other side. So what childhood was all about and this feeling of
0:16:50 – 0:17:00 Lightheartedness, I miss that. I'm missing that. This sense of freedom,
0:17:00 – 0:17:08 Come home when the lights are on. Of course, this rule did not apply in the summer,
0:17:08 – 0:17:17 Because then it would sometimes be after 9 p.m., but otherwise it was so great.
0:17:17 – 0:17:24 Also the summer, then when the fields were mowed and we then with the bicycles in the
0:17:24 – 0:17:31 You've ridden the cut fields, and when you've gotten into those stubble,
0:17:31 – 0:17:37 You've already screwed up your shins. These things can be really hot.
0:17:37 – 0:17:46 the dry straws that look out of the well. Yes, but this is the life of a child
0:17:46 – 0:17:55 in the early 80s on the edge of a city next to the canal. I also miss honestly.
0:17:55 – 0:18:03 This sound from the canal when the ships are sailing. I have always lived in such a way that I
0:18:03 – 0:18:07 I've heard it and I've heard it myself.
0:18:07 – 0:18:09 I've lived in another city, I've
0:18:09 – 0:18:12 the sound is heard there because the canal
0:18:12 – 0:18:16 even only ten minutes on foot
0:18:16 – 0:18:19 was gone. And now I don't hear that.
0:18:19 – 0:18:22 Now I hear a highway. This is in
0:18:22 – 0:18:26 Compare nothing to that. Let's come
0:18:26 – 0:18:32 Back to the bicycle issue. So much for
0:18:26 – 0:18:35 Don't stray from the subject. Bicycles can also be a really expensive affair. So
0:18:35 – 0:18:38 when I look at the prices for the pedelecs today and what they are all called, the things,
0:18:38 – 0:18:43 with their fat batteries or must be afraid that the thing does not fly around the ears,
0:18:43 – 0:18:54 Then yes, what should I say about it? This can be expensive if you have a family of four.
0:18:54 – 0:19:04 Buying bicycles. But this is also an investment that you have longer. As I said,
0:19:04 – 0:19:11 Bicycles were handed over to us, unless the frame was broken. I still have that
0:19:11 – 0:19:20 I didn't get it, but a co-worker from my father, who has two frames in the year through
0:19:20 – 0:19:28 Driven. Now one wonders, oh my God, what did he do with the bike? Well, he was
0:19:28 – 0:19:43 European champion in BMX cycling and he also did show riding with a skateboarder
0:19:43 – 0:19:50 together and or two skateboarders and so on and he's also in the halfpipe with
0:19:50 – 0:19:59 the bmx bike and no wonder that there are several ravens quasi in the year
0:19:59 – 0:20:05 I was fascinated by it at the time, where
0:20:05 – 0:20:11 I went to my father's house and had a special remodeling.
0:20:11 – 0:20:20 and to see that with the bike, how it works, that you can just turn the steering wheel in 360 degrees,
0:20:20 – 0:20:28 how it works with the brakes and so on. Yes, as you can see, you can spend hours on bicycles
0:20:28 – 0:20:34 entertain. I don't. I just rode bikes, it was great and I hope that I
0:20:34 – 0:20:44 Were you able to talk for the last 20 minutes? I don't think so. No. writes
0:20:44 – 0:20:52 One in the chat when you've been feeling bored. Thanks for listening and
0:20:52 – 0:20:54 Until next time. Goodbye, Sasha.
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In this episode, I take you on a little journey back in time to the early 80s – back to the roots of my two-wheeled love. It all started with a classic, red Puky bike with support wheels. But this wheel didn't just stay red. It wandered through the family and got spectacular custom paints from my father made of special effect paints, which were actually intended for motorcycles.

Starting from this very first vehicle, I tell of the small and large adventures of a carefree childhood. We pinned long hazelnut branches to the wheel to chase through the neighbourhood with huge ‘police radio antennas’ and risked shins strung up in mowed stubble fields. I'm also talking about the pure thrill of driving down a steep road between the canals at almost 70 km/h.

These intense experiences laid the foundation for my later passion for motorcycles. From motorcycle driving licences to challenging tours in English left-hand traffic to the haunting realization of why good protective clothing is absolutely indispensable – on two wheels you can feel the elements much more directly.

Sit back and join me in this nostalgic look back at a time when the calming sound of canal ships was still part of everyday life, long before today's urban traffic and highways shaped the picture.

Close-up of a blue glittering painted bicycle frame in a workshop with paint cans and spray gun

The topics of this episode:

Getting started on two wheels: The legendary red Puky bike and the fight with and without support wheels.
Recycling and Custom Paints: How bicycles were passed on in the family and refined by the father with spectacular effect varnishes, such as crystal blue and dolphin grey.
80s tuning: Hazelnut branches as police radio antennas and the carefree playing around the turning place.
Speed rush on the canal: How we are boarded down the mountain in Datteln with a daring 70 km/h.
The road to the motorcycle: From the bike enthusiast to the motorcycle driving license and the intense perception of the elements on the motorized two-wheeler.
Road trips and left-hand traffic: Motorcycle tours to England and the challenges of wind pressure and the English side of the road.
Safety First: Impressive memories from the time in the rescue service – why helmet and protective clothing are not an option, but an absolute duty.
Traffic frustration and e-mobility: The current traffic situation in Dortmund, high fuel prices and thoughts on electric two-wheelers.
Nostalgic conclusion: Raised shins in mowed stubble fields, the boundless freedom of the 80s and the longing for the soothing sound of the canal ships.

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The digression 86 Between sandcastles, cat PS & Accessibility: How's your holiday today?

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00:00 - 0:00:02 Music
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0:00:31 – 0:00:38 Hallihallo and welcome to a new episode of digression, where I occasionally,
0:00:38 – 0:00:46 I've never, I'm told, strayed from the subject. I'm Sascha Markmann and I say
0:00:46 – 0:00:58 Hello there. Today's theme is inspired by the holiday season. Oh man vacation, what a wonderful
0:00:58 – 0:01:15 A wonderful time. Formerly three weeks pure recovery, nowadays somehow a maximum of one week. So I
0:01:15 – 0:01:24 hear this and see that in the circle of acquaintances everywhere that people only afford a week
0:01:24 – 0:01:33 can. If you're lucky, it's 10 days. And then I always think to myself, one day arrival,
0:01:33 – 0:01:42 One day of departure, then there are only five days left from the week. And this is not a respite,
0:01:42 – 0:01:50 At least in my opinion. But let's go back. How was vacation in my childhood? In
0:01:50 – 0:01:56 In my childhood, vacation consisted of going to the Netherlands,
0:01:56 – 0:02:04 in the province of Zeeland and there between Flissing,
0:02:04 – 0:02:12 more precisely, between Biggekerk and Zauterland were on the campsite,
0:02:12 – 0:02:15 Where the dunes are highest.
0:02:15 – 0:02:22 And we always spent three weeks at the campsite in the summer.
0:02:22 – 0:02:25 We had a big mobile home.
0:02:25 – 0:02:28 So not a caravan, but already a large battleship.
0:02:28 – 0:02:34 At first it had been a smaller one, which one would rather call a caravan,
0:02:34 – 0:02:39 But later they enlarged and then we had a big caravan.
0:02:39 – 0:02:41 Or mobile home.
0:02:41 – 0:02:56 There was a shower in it, there were several bedrooms in it and plenty of space to just enjoy the time.
0:02:56 – 0:03:04 And since the area that the Dutch affectionately call "Customs Fishing Riviera",
0:03:04 – 0:03:06 I think I said it wrong,
0:03:06 – 0:03:11 There's a lot of sun
0:03:11 – 0:03:16 and there can be a lot of time, especially in the summer months
0:03:16 – 0:03:18 in front of the caravan
0:03:18 – 0:03:23 to spend under the umbrella and actually only to sleep and
0:03:23 – 0:03:26 Cooking food, going to the caravan.
0:03:26 – 0:03:33 You didn't think about things like watching TV at the time, because first of all
0:03:33 – 0:03:41 There were only Dutch programs and you didn't really have a go at it. There was so much
0:03:41 – 0:03:50 Activities, so many other children, Dutch, Germans, sometimes English, sometimes French,
0:03:50 – 0:03:57 There was always something going on. And since we had a fixed place, they knew the neighbors, the children.
0:03:57 – 0:04:02 And so over the years there have been real friendships over the whole
0:04:02 – 0:04:08 Camping distributed that you were really looking forward to it, if you
0:04:08 – 0:04:15 Easter was there. Easter we were always there for two weeks and during the summer holidays the
0:04:15 – 0:04:20 Three weeks to meet your friends.
0:04:20 – 0:04:25 That was a good time. I think I was known for it back then, I already did.
0:04:25 – 0:04:30 I once said that I had probably dug up the beach once. I have
0:04:30 – 0:04:38 always built sand castles, dug holes and dams between the breakwaters. One
0:04:38 – 0:04:50 A fascinating hobby. My tendons divide in the joints, especially those on the
0:04:50 – 0:04:54 Oh my God, I can't think of the word now. Damn word-collecting disorder.
0:04:54 – 0:05:06 joints. It doesn't matter. In any case, I have often had a terrible vision decision,
0:05:06 – 0:05:14 I came back from vacation in Norway. You get older, you earn someday
0:05:14 – 0:05:20 his own money. Of course, I liked to use this caravan, especially
0:05:20 – 0:05:27 if you have had the opportunity to stay there for a long time or even at times where no other
0:05:27 – 0:05:39 drive. Semester break, super popular for it, still horny weather, but less going and then can
0:05:39 – 0:05:46 Enjoy the beautiful sides. Horny beaches, but empty. Yeah, pretty much empty. But then came
0:05:46 – 0:05:57 Other times, too. I'm going to England. These typical Spanish places, Ibiza and what to do
0:05:57 – 0:06:06 It's all done that way. But that was never such a relaxing feeling as in Holland. And when you
0:06:06 – 0:06:12 Just imagine it that way. You get up in the morning, go to the beach, in between of course the highest
0:06:12 – 0:06:28 Dune all over Holland with 110 steps about and strangely 115 steps down and then you are
0:06:28 – 0:06:34 on the beach. As a child, we were looking forward to these stairs. Hurrah, hurrah the stairs.
0:06:34 – 0:06:39 When you were older and you had to carry things over, you cursed that thing.
0:06:39 – 0:06:42 Definitely just cursed.
0:06:42 – 0:06:50 Because everything has to go to the beach, it also has to go back from the beach.
0:06:50 – 0:06:53 And not even so funny.
0:06:53 – 0:06:59 So my parents recognized very early on, you need such small
0:06:59 – 0:07:00 Beach houses.
0:07:00 – 0:07:02 They are there, you can rent them.
0:07:02 – 0:07:07 We've had the same thing every year because we've been doing it all season for years.
0:07:07 – 0:07:14 They just rented. Which wasn't even that expensive. If I now have three
0:07:14 – 0:07:20 Rent for weeks or the whole year. I think there was just about 100 euros or something or 100 guilders
0:07:20 – 0:07:29 difference at the time. So you dragged everything you needed for the first two days
0:07:29 – 0:07:37 and then dragged everything back over the last two days so that it's in the caravan.
0:07:37 – 0:07:42 Or if you have rented the caravan then, which we of course also to family members or
0:07:42 – 0:07:50 They have made good acquaintances, then they have dragged back a part of it,
0:07:50 – 0:07:53 Because I usually had the first week, the first half of the holidays.
0:07:53 – 0:08:06 England was good too. I've had relatives or still have relatives there and that's all.
0:08:06 – 0:08:10 It was always nice to have such a base. Interestingly so too
0:08:10 – 0:08:18 It's a coastal town and a place where you actually go on vacation. There, beautiful, you're standing in
0:08:18 – 0:08:26 Garden and then looks from Rumps Gate, in the middle of the sea. A typical stable coast,
0:08:26 – 0:08:34 As is often the case in the south of England, especially in the corner there, with chalk cliffs.
0:08:34 – 0:08:42 I've seen really nice corners in the world, but there are so many other corners,
0:08:42 – 0:08:49 Which I would like to see. It's just a little difficult now. And that's where we come in
0:08:49 – 0:08:55 Another issue is accessibility. Some of you know that I have one.
0:08:55 – 0:09:05 Stroke had many years ago and there is a lot left behind. Among other things, these
0:09:05 – 0:09:11 Word-finding disorder that I sometimes have
0:09:11 – 0:09:14 and keep a not always occurring
0:09:14 – 0:09:16 half-sided facial paralysis, which I
0:09:16 – 0:09:19 Thank goodness not for a long time.
0:09:19 – 0:09:23 once had. But that's another
0:09:23 – 0:09:25 History and since then I have to stop
0:09:25 – 0:09:27 Think about accessibility.
0:09:27 – 0:09:30 I never thought about it before
0:09:30 – 0:09:32 made, as well. I mean,
0:09:30 – 0:09:36 At some point I started working in the fly and there is accessibility of course
0:09:36 – 0:09:45 It's also an issue, but it doesn't concern me. I'm not. When you're 30, you don't think
0:09:45 – 0:09:52 You don't think about it until my stroke, which I had at 39.
0:09:52 – 0:09:58 after. But then it really becomes a topic, so abruptly. It's like someone
0:09:58 – 0:10:05 Welcomed with a slatted fence. That's so sudden, that thing there. Then you make your
0:10:05 – 0:10:12 First experiments, I say, in the hospital or something. More bad than right, because with a
0:10:12 – 0:10:20 Half-sided paralysis is difficult. But there the floors are lightning-blank straight.
0:10:20 – 0:10:27 You can almost reflect in it, so straight are the floors. Even if you are on one side
0:10:27 – 0:10:31 If you have less power than on the other side in your arms, you can handle it quite well.
0:10:31 – 0:10:43 One then moves more so in such curves, such elongated curves, ellipses, parabolas,
0:10:43 – 0:10:59 But a very flat parable. That's one of those things you can handle. Then she comes in the
0:10:59 – 0:11:05 Rehab and then at some point you try out, sometimes with outside and then you put
0:11:05 – 0:11:13 As soon as you leave the building, with the same bumps, it becomes really difficult.
0:11:13 – 0:11:21 Then at some point you have your wheelchair standing there, yes that's how it works with the rollator
0:11:21 – 0:11:28 for short distances within the apartment or so. But outside is really a challenge,
0:11:28 – 0:11:34 You can see that. And then at some point you ask yourself the question, say you have also
0:11:34 – 0:11:42 Go somewhere, go somewhere. And then he has to plan, because that starts over the bathroom,
0:11:42 – 0:11:56 goes over in the hotel, there are elevators, the elevators are wide enough, what does that look like,
0:11:56 – 0:12:07 come to the wellness areas or something and then you find out where it is cheaper,
0:12:07 – 0:12:15 It's already difficult. And that's not normal, even if you're taking the train, that's
0:12:15 – 0:12:23 difficult. Dortmund is such a super important station in Germany and if you are there as a
0:12:23 – 0:12:32 If you want to travel in a wheelchair, you have to
0:12:32 – 0:12:34 register a certain amount of time beforehand, so that
0:12:34 – 0:12:38 then the staff is ready,
0:12:38 – 0:12:41 to use the freight elevators
0:12:41 – 0:12:43 can. No, not because I'm so heavy, but
0:12:43 – 0:12:47 Because there is no other option
0:12:47 – 0:12:51 except for these lifts, where the
0:12:47 – 0:12:58 ICEs and the other trains are supplied with what they need. And that's already horny,
0:12:58 – 0:13:03 isn't it? So the whole station is not barrier-free. I mean, that's what they're up to now
0:13:03 – 0:13:09 recently rebuilt and the thing is still not barrier-free. In the areas where there is the S-Bahn
0:13:09 – 0:13:18 There is. There is accessibility. There are elevators and so on. But in other parts nada,
0:13:18 – 0:13:31 niente, nix. This is a problem and then you have to plan around your limitation.
0:13:31 – 0:13:40 And that makes such a journey really complicated. Either you let it plan, but then you pay
0:13:40 – 0:13:46 you also hold a certain part or you take it yourself in the hand or you take just so
0:13:46 – 0:13:57 Offers as claimed by the Workers' Welfare. And that's always with a
0:13:57 – 0:14:06 What can I say, most of the time it is for an older class.
0:14:06 – 0:14:14 I mean, I see that with my mother, who now travels a lot and river cruises
0:14:14 – 0:14:19 or has already gone somewhere with the AVO. They're always old people,
0:14:19 – 0:14:32 So 40, 50 is little to nothing. That's more like 60 plus. My mother is over 70
0:14:32 – 0:14:44 It still feels young in places. And yes, I don't know. So I wouldn't want to,
0:14:44 – 0:14:51 Traveling with so many old people because I just have a different claim. Also think
0:14:51 – 0:14:58 I've always liked to look at other countries. Well, I've been tinkering around a lot.
0:14:58 – 0:15:05 With the motorcycle I have completely explored England, large parts of Spain, Portugal,
0:15:05 – 0:15:16 France. But I can't do that anymore. And when I imagine when I'm in Mallorca
0:15:16 – 0:15:21 and there the beautiful little streets in the beautiful towns and villages that are there,
0:15:21 – 0:15:32 with the humpback patches, I can't cope with it and I have nothing of it. So
0:15:32 – 0:15:39 You stay at home. Of course, you also save a lot of money. It's not that I don't
0:15:39 – 0:15:46 Get out. It is only associated with a certain amount of effort. Once I'm on the roll, it's
0:15:46 – 0:15:56 I'm on my way. You just have to overcome the rolling resistance. It's like a big bullet. If:
0:15:56 – 0:16:02 If you push it and roll it, it rolls. This can be compared to me in the same way.
0:16:02 – 0:16:14 Not because of the volume, but because of the wheelchair. Yes, I had once calculated,
0:16:14 – 0:16:20 how many cats you would need to, i.e. purely theoretically, how many cats you would need,
0:16:20 – 0:16:28 to pull me with my wheelchair. So, after taking the rest resistance and the
0:16:28 – 0:16:36 If you have overcome rolling resistance, you would need six for an evenly preserved locomotion.
0:16:36 – 0:16:47 adult cats. I know there's an outcry again, but that was one, yeah,
0:16:47 – 0:16:52 How can I say, such a thought game. I do such things more often that I wonder,
0:16:52 – 0:17:00 What would you need for, what if? Just look at it like that. Then you look at how to do this
0:17:00 – 0:17:07 Let's see if there are numbers and data and then. So I meant to say you don't need to
0:17:07 – 0:17:17 So much strength to keep me moving in a wheelchair. Yes,
0:17:17 – 0:17:26 Now I'm wandering. Damn it again, good that this format is called digression. So
0:17:26 – 0:17:37 Back to a time when I was young, happy and dynamic. What did I need? I needed
0:17:37 – 0:17:45 some clothes, I needed my motorcycle, a nice Kawasaki GPZ 500S and a tank bag
0:17:45 – 0:17:55 and a backpack. And I was happy with it for weeks. And today it will be a little
0:17:55 – 0:18:05 more complicated. In addition, I like the comfort that such a fixed location offers.
0:18:05 – 0:18:16 Yes, I had been to the point before I turned away that now you'd rather be at home
0:18:16 – 0:18:25 I think it's just so hard to deal with the problems that come with my
0:18:25 – 0:18:33 to meet special needs, to compensate and to trust that other people
0:18:33 – 0:18:45 This problem compensation is also carried out in the way that was discussed. I have my life
0:18:45 – 0:18:51 I've seen several times that it's not like that. During my work in nursing
0:18:51 – 0:18:59 Yes, also accompanied tour groups and even on such trips, which may only be one day
0:18:59 – 0:19:06 I have experienced that special needs have not been addressed, although the
0:19:06 – 0:19:13 It was planned and there were problems. If this is in a professional environment
0:19:13 – 0:19:21 It's already happened. What happens when you are in a less professional environment? me
0:19:21 – 0:19:29 I just don't like that if I pay a lot of money for it, the special time,
0:19:29 – 0:19:35 If you plan on doing it every year, it's going to be shit. I'd rather go and
0:19:35 – 0:19:44 Do something else with my money. I don't know if you can understand that. I've been on vacation before
0:19:44 – 0:19:51 Simply celebrated because it was a good, carefree time. When I think about how it was,
0:19:51 – 0:20:01 to chill with the buddies in the caravan and if you after a really horny night,
0:20:01 – 0:20:09 because you still went swimming at night, when there were sea lights, which had been a delicious drink,
0:20:09 – 0:20:18 first got up at 12 o'clock and then just made something to eat and then back to the
0:20:18 – 0:20:25 The beach is pilgrimage. That was a good, horny time. I don't want to miss them either. I mean about it
0:20:25 – 0:20:33 I've never been that party bunny. And sometimes, when I think about it,
0:20:33 – 0:20:44 How were the wild parties, disco evenings in Bochum and Dortmund. But it was always everything
0:20:44 – 0:20:51 Just such a time. But during the holidays I just always liked it when it was so relaxed.
0:20:51 – 0:21:01 It's just a relaxed, relaxed time. Let God be a good man. I believe
0:21:01 – 0:21:13 That was the motto. Now the question to you. The call to action. How do you see it today with the
0:21:13 – 0:21:22 Holidays. Today, earlier, it is still possible that you can go on holiday so carefree,
0:21:22 – 0:21:30 Is there enough pink? Or you have to make a fundraiser in the livestream so that you can
0:21:30 – 0:21:39 Do you have enough pocket money? I don't know how it is with you. So sometimes I have to take the pack
0:21:39 – 0:21:46 Turn around two or three times to see if there is a small ruble underneath.
0:21:46 – 0:21:57 It's a slotty or a wong. One or two wongs. You don't know. Perhaps it will result
0:21:57 – 0:22:08 What if you turn the ruble over again? And when you go on holiday, how and where to go
0:22:08 – 0:22:15 is. I'd be interested in that. So write it in the comments. I thank you for this,
0:22:15 – 0:22:20 I want you to listen to me and wish you a good time and until next time. Bye bye,
0:22:20 – 0:22:21 Your Sasha.
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Everything used to be light-hearted – or at least it seemed to be three weeks of camping in the Netherlands.

In this episode of The digression Sascha looks back on smoky summer days in Zeeland, record-breaking sandcastle construction campaigns and spontaneous motorcycle trips to the English chalk coast. But how does the view of vacation change as you get older, the money is tighter calculated and after a stroke suddenly topics such as accessibility, rolling resistance and uneven paving stones determine the travel plan??

Sascha shares personal insights into the transformation of recreation, the pitfalls of Dortmund’s main railway station for wheelchair users – and, by the way, makes a very physical calculation: How Many Cats Do You Need to Keep a Wheelchair Rolling??

In this episode:

🏖️ Camping nostalgia: Three weeks mobile home, 110 dune steps & beach cottage in Zeeland.
🏍️ Freedom on two wheels: Spontaneous trips with the Kawasaki to England.
♿ Reality Accessibility: How a stroke suddenly changes holiday planning and everyday life.
🚉 Obstacles to travel: Why accessibility at the station often remains a theory.
🐈 The cat mind game: Physical calculations for mobility in wheelchairs.

💬 Call to action / Your opinion: What does vacation look like for you today? Can you still travel carefree or the budget (and the logistics) is getting tighter and tighter?? And where do you prefer to go?? Write it to me in the comments!

Six dressed cats and a person in a wheelchair look at a motorcycle in front of a cliff in the sunset

📌 thematic breakdown

Introduction & Holiday frustration
- Welcome and introduction to holiday time
- Three weeks vs. one week: The change in the recovery period
- Arrival, departure and what is left of five days of vacation
Camping nostalgia in Zeeland
- Childhood memories of the Netherlands (Biggekerke & Zoutelande)
- The mobile home as a summer residence: Summer, Sun and Neighbourhood
- No gloss, lots of friends: Holidays without distraction
- Sand castles, dams and tendons separate on the beach
Freedoms to study & Travel to England
- Relaxed beach days during the semester breaks
- The Stairs of Superlatives: 110 steps across the dune
- The invention of the beach house: Logistics on summer holidays
- Ramsgate & chalk cliffs: Coastal magic in England
Accessibility: When everything suddenly changes
- The stroke at 39 and the consequences (word-finding disorders & paralysis)
- When Accessibility Suddenly Becomes Your Own Issue
- First walking attempts: Ebener Klinikboden vs. the pitfalls of the outside world
The logistics of travel with restrictions
- Hotel baths, lifts & Wellness areas: The pitfalls of booking
- The reality on the railway track: Why Dortmund Central Station Requires
- Freight lifts instead of accessibility in rail transport
- Travel offers for seniors (AWO & river cruises) vs. own claims
Motorcycle Memories & The Cat Thought Game
- Previously on the road with the Kawasaki GPZ 500S and tank bag
- Why tent and old town holidays (Mallorca patches) are no longer necessary today
- Physics in Everyday Life: How many cats do you need to pull a wheelchair?
Conclusion & Call to Action
- Why Staying at Home Is Sometimes More Relaxing
- Professional care trips and disappointed expectations
- Ask the community: How do you go on holiday today?

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The Digression 85 What is Truth?

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00:00 - 0:00:02 Music
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0:00:31 – 0:00:39 Hello and welcome to a new edition of the digression. Where I occasionally or
0:00:39 – 0:00:45 Whatever, but some would almost never say deviate from the actual topic. me
0:00:45 – 0:00:55 I'm Sascha Machmann and say hello. Today's topic is "What's the truth?" And yes, I'm
0:00:55 – 0:01:01 In recent times, people have noticed that they are entitled to themselves or even the
0:01:01 – 0:01:11 Tell me, I have the absolute truth. I am the truth and want to
0:01:11 – 0:01:21 Let's talk today. The dilemma with the truth. We use the word daily with phrases such as
0:01:21 – 0:01:30 "Tell me the truth" or scientifically proven "My truth". But is it really
0:01:30 – 0:01:37 The same thing every time? We should perhaps define "truth" and "reality" for the first time.
0:01:37 – 0:01:46 Reality is what exists or happens. When it rains outside and we see it,
0:01:46 – 0:01:53 Then we can most likely say, yes, it's raining outside. If we now add this
0:01:53 – 0:02:03 Take weather radar and have a high-resolution picture of the rain, then we can say,
0:02:03 – 0:02:12 Yes, it's raining with us right now. That would be a reality that becomes the truth. But
0:02:12 – 0:02:22 First of all, these two things coexist. A truth can be subjective, and a truth can be subjective.
0:02:22 – 0:02:31 Reality is something that exists. So we can remember that reality is happening,
0:02:31 – 0:02:40 Truth arises where we try to translate this reality into language, numbers, or methods.
0:02:40 – 0:02:49 Translate. Sounds like a read, it is. Some people tell me they have the truth.
0:02:49 – 0:02:58 Recognized for itself. I can only do this with the help of Chatchibiti. Wink, wink. But we must
0:02:58 – 0:03:08 First, clarify or separate other terms. Truth, a statement, agrees with the
0:03:08 – 0:03:18 Reality about one. Knowledge, a statement that is true and for which we are comprehensible,
0:03:18 – 0:03:29 have reliable or supporting documents. Knowledge does not mean absolute fallibility. This is important,
0:03:29 – 0:03:39 Because I can also have false knowledge and then it is fallible. Certainty, a pure
0:03:39 – 0:03:48 personal sense of security, because when I am conscientious that I know something,
0:03:48 – 0:03:58 It doesn't mean it's right. So the feeling of security can be very deceiving,
0:03:58 – 0:04:07 You know the truth or you have that knowledge. Honesty. You say what you do for yourself
0:04:07 – 0:04:18 Keeps true. You can be honest and still be wrong. We just had, didn't we? The lie. Man
0:04:18 – 0:04:26 Deliberately claiming something that you yourself think is wrong in order to deceive. Then we still have
0:04:26 – 0:04:35 The error. You sincerely believe in false information. Then there are the
0:04:35 – 0:04:44 The wrong information. The wrong is passed on unchecked. It's a misdirection. They say one
0:04:44 – 0:04:54 true section to leave or create a false overall impression. If this is the case:
0:04:54 – 0:05:02 It was read aloud, it was read aloud, and it came from Chechypiti. I am unfortunately
0:05:02 – 0:05:12 I am unable to find such complex content thanks to my lack of cognitive transfer performance.
0:05:12 – 0:05:20 process. Now we come to a field in the natural sciences. There are
0:05:20 – 0:05:33 Truths are very important. For example, we assume or we know that a triangle
0:05:33 – 0:05:41 It always has 180 degrees. This is also true as long as this triangle is on a surface,
0:05:41 – 0:05:51 on a straight surface. If this area is curved, this triangle can have up to 270 degrees. To the
0:05:51 – 0:05:59 Example if this triangle is on a ball. Both statements are correct. Both
0:05:59 – 0:06:06 Statements are the truth. They only have different requirements and that is
0:06:06 – 0:06:15 also important. Because if you look at what we do in our everyday physics, let's say
0:06:15 – 0:06:23 those of the macrocosm, that is, the world visible to us, then these rules are the same for all of us.
0:06:23 – 0:06:30 And if I throw a stone from a tower, it will be with the and the speed, with the and the
0:06:30 – 0:06:37 Acceleration, which is always constant, falls to the ground. We can predict that,
0:06:37 – 0:06:44 We can prove this in an experiment and we can document it. These
0:06:44 – 0:06:53 However, rules do not apply in the other area, in the one macrocosm and what is the name of the other
0:06:53 – 0:07:01 The cosmos? My head is broken. In the world of quantum physics, for example, there are other
0:07:01 – 0:07:13 Rules for the same processes, but they exist at the same time. Somehow crazy. It
0:07:13 – 0:07:18 This is not my area. I don't know quantum physics very well.
0:07:18 – 0:07:24 I have to admit, I don't know. But we just saw it,
0:07:24 – 0:07:33 Two truths can coexist with each other.
0:07:33 – 0:07:43 Prerequisites. We can now also look at the whole thing in philosophy. What is
0:07:43 – 0:07:51 Truth from a philosophical point of view. And there we have different terms. We have
0:07:51 – 0:08:00 It is a subjective truth. This concerns the experience of an individual. For example, I feel it
0:08:00 – 0:08:08 Room as cold. Then we have the objective truth. This applies regardless of individual
0:08:08 – 0:08:17 Person. If you take out the meter and measure it, you can say, yes, this room has 17 degrees. Then
0:08:17 – 0:08:26 There is also the intersubjective truth. This is true for a number of people who have shared
0:08:26 – 0:08:33 Rules comprehensibly measure, for example, this temperature in the room. And they can then
0:08:33 – 0:08:41 Several people use tested thermometers to measure a temperature of 17 degrees.
0:08:41 – 0:08:51 That would be an intersubjective truth. So you can remember, objectivity means
0:08:51 – 0:08:58 Not that no one was involved. It means that the result does not depend on
0:08:58 – 0:09:06 It is the person who carried out the test. This can be done using mathematical methods,
0:09:06 – 0:09:16 Physical experiments, but also in everyday situations. Now let's get to the
0:09:16 – 0:09:26 Classical theory of truth. And here we come to the first term and that is correspondence,
0:09:26 – 0:09:37 the agreement. Statements fit reality. When I say the cup is there,
0:09:37 – 0:09:46 It can be proven several times that there is a cup there. I can take a picture of it,
0:09:46 – 0:09:53 I can bring witnesses, I can bring the cup when it's on the table,
0:09:53 – 0:10:02 document in different angles, make drawings and say, this is the truth,
0:10:02 – 0:10:11 The cup is there. This can also be measured using geometric methods. trigometry
0:10:11 – 0:10:18 can be placed here on tetrahylets and then stop as often as the surveyor in the small
0:10:18 – 0:10:25 Measure the scale of where the cup is in the room. Now on to the Corridor,
0:10:25 – 0:10:39 freedom of objection. I can check a statement, an event or, yes, that's enough,
0:10:39 – 0:10:49 whether different representations of one and the same vision coincide. For example, an
0:10:49 – 0:10:59 chain of events. How did the First World War begin? How did the Second World War begin? There's
0:10:59 – 0:11:07 Events that follow each other and which then result in a non-contradictory picture.
0:11:07 – 0:11:16 A problem with the thing is, a crime novel can be perfectly logical in itself, but still
0:11:16 – 0:11:32 Freely Invented. You have to check the chain of evidence or the evidence to make sure it is correct.
0:11:32 – 0:11:41 And to be true. Then there is pragmatism, probation in practice.
0:11:41 – 0:11:53 Truth claims show their value through testing or permanent probation. There you have to
0:11:53 – 0:12:02 Let's be careful. A lucky charm can really calm down before an exam. But he does not prove
0:12:02 – 0:12:12 supernatural forces. Something can be useful without being true. And yes, I have my own
0:12:12 – 0:12:18 I had a lucky charm when I went to exams. It was a little magical object,
0:12:18 – 0:12:27 Which was absolutely useless. But because I have a special meaning to this little object
0:12:27 – 0:12:40 It helped me to find the necessary focus to hold a good exam.
0:12:40 – 0:12:49 Delivering the result. Then there is the consensus. The ideal agreement. He meant it
0:12:49 – 0:12:59 Not a simple majority decision or a success of a propaganda action, but the agreement
0:12:59 – 0:13:08 reasonable parties under ideal conditions, free from coercion, manipulation or information control.
0:13:08 – 0:13:17 And that too was read now. You know, lack of cognitive transfer. So can
0:13:17 – 0:13:27 Consensus can be an indication of truth, but it is not a substitute for evidence. Yes,
0:13:27 – 0:13:38 Yeah, that's fine, isn't it? Let's now turn to the blog Everyday Life, Media and Society. My truth
0:13:38 – 0:13:48 versus Interpretation. Feelings are real as experiences. When someone is afraid of a noise
0:13:48 – 0:13:57 The night has. Is the feeling real? However, the cause may simply be that the cat is a
0:13:57 – 0:14:08 He threw the lighter off the table and it wasn't a burglar. Social constructs, institutional,
0:14:08 – 0:14:13 Indicative truth or reality.
0:14:13 – 0:14:27 Money, property, laws or borders do not exist by mere fantasy, but because we
0:14:27 – 0:14:37 they mutually recognize, institutionally secure and practically act to ensure that we have a
0:14:37 – 0:14:44 The social truth. The value of a bill, for example, is not in the paper,
0:14:44 – 0:14:53 it is stabilized by states, central banks, treaties and everyday acceptance.
0:14:53 – 0:15:03 A 10 euro note is not worth 10 euros because it says so, but because we believe or
0:15:03 – 0:15:12 because we know or because we believe it to be true that this note has a value of 10 euros and
0:15:12 – 0:15:19 It has a purchasing power of 10 euros. This is an interesting concept. Should we perhaps
0:15:19 – 0:15:26 Talk about it, too. There is a legal truth. A court asks,
0:15:26 – 0:15:36 what happens and what can be proven according to the rules of the procedure. An acquittal for lack of
0:15:36 – 0:15:48 Evidence does not necessarily mean that nothing has happened. It just shows that you don't
0:15:48 – 0:16:01 a chain of evidence or a lack of a chain of evidence cannot prove a historical reality; or
0:16:01 – 0:16:11 can prove sufficiently and this then leads to the free saying due to lack of evidence. Then come
0:16:11 – 0:16:17 Let's turn to a manipulative truth, the framing. There has been a recent one about this
0:16:17 – 0:16:26 Podcast of mine in disarray. I believe in 84. The interesting thing about framing is,
0:16:26 – 0:16:39 You don't have to lie. You just leave out certain little truths and keep going.
0:16:39 – 0:16:50 to a new truth in which context is omitted or comparator variables are changed. Let's take
0:16:50 – 0:16:58 For example, an example. The number of incidents has increased by 100 percent. This may now be in
0:16:58 – 0:17:06 sound dramatic at first when it comes to crimes or accidents at the nuclear power plant,
0:17:06 – 0:17:17 But if the number rises from 1 to 2, then that's true, it's a truth,
0:17:17 – 0:17:25 But it creates a completely different picture. For in the foreground is first,
0:17:25 – 0:17:34 The number of incidents has doubled. It is a distortion of the image. So we can
0:17:34 – 0:17:42 Not every manipulation needs a lie. Sometimes a full-fledged,
0:17:42 – 0:17:50 A carefully chosen truth, an apology, a carefully chosen truth. This memorandum was also
0:17:50 – 0:18:02 read. Thank you, ChatGBT, Gemini and Croc. Now there's another blog, that's the truth.
0:18:02 – 0:18:15 and power, but that's really very dull, let's say. Power does not decide on it.
0:18:15 – 0:18:26 what biologically or physically, mathematically, scientifically, it was, but it determined,
0:18:26 – 0:18:37 which discourse gains the upper hand, in which direction truth is formed,
0:18:37 – 0:18:53 what evidence, what evidence may be used. In the end, one can say,
0:18:53 – 0:19:00 Power cannot create reality arbitrarily, but it strongly influences,
0:19:00 – 0:19:08 which vision of reality is publicly visible, disseminated and socially
0:19:08 – 0:19:15 is recognized. You would also have to make an issue about it. We should do it in the future.
0:19:15 – 0:19:28 In summary, it can be said that not always what appears to be true can also be considered absolute truth.
0:19:28 – 0:19:36 apply. I've tried to show that there are different truths at the same time.
0:19:36 – 0:19:43 can give. And you always have to say, is that objective, is that subjective? And
0:19:43 – 0:19:51 I have the feeling that subjective truths are always very often taken as the truth.
0:19:51 – 0:20:00 will. 'Cause I've heard something, read something, which I then think is the truth, because it's also
0:20:00 – 0:20:09 Sometimes just my own opinion. Then there's the confirmation bias.
0:20:09 – 0:20:21 It's pretty much what's going on in different social media worlds when there's a truth in the world.
0:20:21 – 0:20:31 A bubble is considered true because all of them share the same or most of them share the same opinion.
0:20:31 – 0:20:38 Well, also an interesting topic. You'd have to do something about it. Perhaps one should
0:20:38 – 0:20:48 Just wonder what kind of statement that is. If it's a fact, it's an opinion, it's an opinion.
0:20:48 – 0:20:58 Feelings, is it an interpretation or even a prognosis? Then you should ask yourself, can you do that?
0:20:58 – 0:21:03 check. Is there data, documents,
0:21:03 – 0:21:10 The intersubjective process? So several people have seen this thing, there
0:21:10 – 0:21:16 Witnesses, even there the truth does not always equal the truth
0:21:16 – 0:21:22 is. Because people always pay attention to a little bit of other things.
0:21:22 – 0:21:30 You can already see that when there was an accident and you have 100 witnesses,
0:21:30 – 0:21:36 They will all tell you the same thing by and large. But there will also be deviations,
0:21:36 – 0:21:42 One of them looked at it, the other looked at it, the other looked at it.
0:21:42 – 0:21:51 If you look there, you can say that most of it happened, but the others did.
0:21:51 – 0:22:00 Things? This is very subjective, but it can be said that in general this
0:22:00 – 0:22:08 The accident that the witnesses describe happened as they described it. Then there are
0:22:08 – 0:22:18 How reliable are the sources? Is there self-interest in the sources? Or are
0:22:18 – 0:22:25 These sources are independently confirmed. In a physical experiment, the other
0:22:25 – 0:22:32 Scientists can reproduce the result. Then you can assume,
0:22:32 – 0:22:40 You can say yes, the result is true. It has been confirmed. You should always be
0:22:40 – 0:22:47 Are there uncertainties? And when there are uncertainties, those uncertainties became
0:22:47 – 0:22:57 Also named. It is not a sign of error or weakness, it is rather a sign of
0:22:57 – 0:23:08 Strength when considering uncertainties in the measurement method, uncertainties in the enumeration of facts, of knowledge
0:23:08 – 0:23:15 Openly named. And then you always have to ask yourself if you think you have the
0:23:15 – 0:23:24 Is there any information that could change your mind? If the honest answer
0:23:24 – 0:23:34 is, there is no, it is probably more of a defense of a non-truth, but rather
0:23:34 – 0:23:45 an opinion or identity that you would like to have this result. Finally, I would add another
0:23:45 – 0:23:59 Share some thoughts. Responsibly dealing with the truth. You don't have to go to everything
0:23:59 – 0:24:10 Have an irrefutable answer. One should separate rather cleanly according to what I know,
0:24:10 – 0:24:19 what do I guess, what did I feel, what did I hear and you always have to be honest
0:24:19 – 0:24:29 say and also ask, I know everything at all and there is no shame in admitting
0:24:29 – 0:24:38 If the answer is no. You can't always know everything, and I see it that way.
0:24:38 – 0:24:45 In the areas I am interested in, what rapid progress we are making. And
0:24:45 – 0:24:55 A few hundred years ago, people believed that the Earth was a disk. Then they are
0:24:55 – 0:25:03 People died for it because they then claimed that the earth was a bullet, even though it stopped.
0:25:03 – 0:25:09 They could prove that the earth is not a disk, but a sphere, because it is so simpler.
0:25:09 – 0:25:17 It is easier to see how the stars move in the sky. When the earth is not
0:25:17 – 0:25:25 to the center of a solar system, but stopped at its position, as
0:25:25 – 0:25:34 where she is today, then people died for it, even though they knew that so even better
0:25:34 – 0:25:43 It is as if the stars were moving in the sky as if the earth were in the center.
0:25:43 – 0:25:50 Everything moves around you. These people had a truth, but the general public had
0:25:50 – 0:25:57 Another truth and superiors, i.e. the rulers, also had their truth and their
0:25:57 – 0:26:07 Truth could not be a lie, because then one would have proved that what they believed in or that the
0:26:07 – 0:26:17 The higher power in which they believed was fallible and thus the entire construct in itself would be fallible.
0:26:17 – 0:26:25 Yeah, it's a bad thing, isn't it? And we've had that over and over again. There are still people today,
0:26:25 – 0:26:31 They believe that the earth is flat. And everything else is a lie. And they try,
0:26:31 – 0:26:35 with scientific and physical experiments to prove that the Earth is a
0:26:35 – 0:26:40 It's disk. And then wonder if the experiments indicate that the Earth
0:26:40 – 0:26:45 But it's not a disk. The experiment must be wrong. Or a miscarriage
0:26:45 – 0:26:52 We already have a few points with which we have discussed the plans,
0:26:52 – 0:27:03 What I read from Shadshibbit here and Gemini and Grok. If you have this knowledge
0:27:03 – 0:27:08 If you could take advantage of it and ask yourself the questions about it, you could come up with it.
0:27:08 – 0:27:15 that the truth you believe in is not necessarily the truth, the facts
0:27:15 – 0:27:22 correspond. And I've met in the past, especially in the recent past,
0:27:22 – 0:27:32 Again and again, that truths are created that are often repeated for others.
0:27:32 – 0:27:40 the truth, and then not so the actual truth is in the foreground,
0:27:40 – 0:27:49 But the truth which has been spread, which is true for all others, but is not true.
0:27:49 – 0:27:59 This is like the people who believe in the flat earth. It is a self-confirming group
0:27:59 – 0:28:07 You can't do anything about people and you can't do anything about it. But I'd like to ask you another question,
0:28:07 – 0:28:17 Or rather, two questions. How many of those we call truth have we tested ourselves?
0:28:17 – 0:28:28 How much of it have we heard often enough? This is one and the second would be,
0:28:28 – 0:28:38 When does your personal experience become a verifiable assertion about reality?
0:28:38 – 0:28:49 Write it to me in the comments, what ideas you have about it and argue this time
0:28:49 – 0:28:57 off. That would really interest me. That was it, that's over 30 minutes now
0:28:57 – 0:29:01 any ramblings of some idiot who reads a lot of chatshibiti
0:29:01 – 0:29:09 has. Thanks to this great, fantastic technology, without which I would not be able to
0:29:09 – 0:29:18 Just a meter from the door. Oh, I'm not that way. Well, joke,
0:29:18 – 0:29:25 Don't be scared. Thanks for listening and goodbye, see you next time.
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‘Just tell me the truth!’ – A phrase that we can easily utter, but which poses a huge mystery to us. Because reality just happens – the rain out there is neither true nor false, it's just there. Truth only arises when we humans try to translate this reality into language, numbers or models.

In this episode, the abrasions Let us dissect the concept of ‘truth’ methodically. Why are mathematical truths always dependent on preconditions? Why does scientific honesty not mean absolute certainty, but the transparent disclosure of measurement uncertainties? And where is the boundary between our real, subjective experience and an intersubjectively verifiable fact?

We wonder why our own feelings sometimes deceive us, why consensus is not a substitute for evidence and why a statement can be literally true and yet highly manipulative (keyword: Framing). In the end, a five-step critical toolbox is waiting for you, with which you can test assertions in everyday life. Because in the end: Dealing responsibly with truth does not mean having an immediate answer to everything – but a clean separation between what we know, what we believe and what we simply do not yet know.

Knowledge pyramid: Rise of chaotic data about information, knowledge and understanding to radiant wisdom

Breakdown of topics

1. The entry: The dilemma with a big word

The everyday phenomenon: How we use the word ‘truth’ on a daily basis (‘Tell me the truth’, ‘Scientificly proven’, ‘My truth’).
Truth vs. reality:
- The reality: What exists and happens independently of us (e.g. the rain).
- The truth: A characteristic of our statements, figures and models about this reality.
The term check (the demarcation):
- Truth: Consistency of a statement with reality.
- Knowledge: A true statement based on reliable evidence – without the claim of absolute infallibility.
- Certainty: The purely personal sense of security (Can be deceiving!).
- Honesty: Tell them what you think is true.Does not protect against error).
- The spectrum of deception: The subtle differences between lies, error, misinformation and deception.

2. Block I: Logic, Prerequisites & Natural Science

Mathematical Truth (The World of Systems):
- Truth through logical derivation from axioms.
- The triangle example: Why $180^\circ$ angular sum on a flat plane and $270^\circ$ on a ball are not a contradiction, but depend on the prerequisites.
- The nerd excursion (Kurt Gödel): Why formal provability and truth are not completely identical even in mathematics.
Physical Truth (The World of Models):
- Science does not prove absolutely, but seeks empirical evidence through measurement and experimentation.
- The Newton-Einstein example: Theories as provisionally best approximations within certain limits.
- The measurement uncertainty: Why scientific honesty means making uncertainties transparent and measurable (criterion of falsifiability).

3. Block II: The Philosophical Toolbox

The three perspectives on statements:
- Subjective: The purely personal experience ("I'm cold").
- Lens: Applicable independently of the person (‘It is 17 °C’).
- Intersubjective: Under common rules for several people comprehensible (Testing with calibrated thermometers).
The classical truth theories in the hardness test:
- Correspondence: The direct correspondence with reality (the cup on the table – measured with the theodolite).
- Coherence: The freedom of contradiction in a system (The circumstantial puzzle). The problem: Even a crime novel can be perfectly logical, but freely invented.
- Pragmatism: Permanent probation in practice. The problem: A lucky charm can really calm down without possessing supernatural powers.
- Consensus: The agreement of reasonable parties under ideal, non-compulsory conditions (consensus as an indication, not as a substitute for evidence).

4. Block III: Everyday life, media & social power

My Truth vs Interpretation: Why feelings (like fear at night) are real as an experience, but the interpretation of their cause (the cat vs. the burglar) can still be wrong.
Social constructs (institutional reality): Why things like money, borders or property do not exist out of mere fantasy, but because we institutionally secure them and collectively act on them.
Legal vs. historical truth: The disparity between what actually happened and what can be considered proven in court proceedings under strict rules (e.g. acquittal for lack of evidence).
Framing (the manipulative truth): Why one does not have to explicitly lie in order to distort the truth (The example of ‘100%increase from 1 to 2 cases).
Truth and Power: How power structures influence which versions of reality are publicly visible, disseminated and socially recognized.

5. The final: The critical toolbox for practice

The 5 test questions for everyday life:
1. What kind of statement is that? (Fact, opinion, feeling, interpretation or prognosis?)
2. How can it be tested? (Are there data, documents or intersubjective procedures?)
3. How reliable is the source? (Is there self-interest or independent confirmation?)
4. What uncertainty remains? (Have gaps been openly identified?)
5. What information could change my mind? (The test against one's own Confirmation Bias).
Final thought: A plea for clean separation in one's own head: What do I know? What do I suspect? What did I feel? And where can I honestly say: I don't know yet.
Interaction / Call to Action: The final questions to listeners for discussion in the comments.

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00:00 - 0:00:02 Music
0:00:02 – 0:00:31 [Music]
0:00:31 – 0:00:36 Hello and welcome to a new edition of Digression,
0:00:36 – 0:00:45 Where I occasionally deviate from the subject. I'm Sascha Markmann and say hello. This
0:00:45 – 0:00:55 Today's theme is like pictures and frames and I'm not talking about the noodles now. Yes,
0:00:55 – 0:01:14 Yeah, what do I mean by that? I mean something like narration, interpretation or even the concealment and the setting of pictures,
0:01:14 – 0:01:26 In which narratives are used. What is a Narrative? This is just meaning and value-creating
0:01:26 – 0:01:43 Storytelling or storytelling. What is a frame? It is a framework, i.e. a framework, a narrative,
0:01:43 – 0:01:54 How to paint a picture. The picture is almost the content. And that's what you're trying to do
0:01:54 – 0:02:02 various things, mostly very self-serving, stop, how can you say that,
0:02:02 – 0:02:13 to make some sense. Mostly very self-serving. A special, very strong sentence
0:02:13 – 0:02:22 The most dangerous frame is not the one you disagree with. The most dangerous frame is the
0:02:22 – 0:02:31 You don't even recognize it as a frame. And then we are already at the point. When I'm from
0:02:31 – 0:02:40 tell someone and I want this person or this event, this object
0:02:40 – 0:02:48 is particularly perceived and I would like this particular perception to have a special direction
0:02:48 – 0:02:58 I'm leaving. Then we speak of a frame, of framing as an activity. We can do that once
0:02:58 – 0:03:06 Take an example. We just take one and the same event and report differently
0:03:06 – 0:03:17 about it. Protesters blocked the main traffic or a main artery. Or we could also
0:03:17 – 0:03:24 Climate catastrophes have paralyzed the city centre. One and the same action, one and the same
0:03:24 – 0:03:32 Consistency, but a completely different narrative that is extremely judgmental. One is,
0:03:32 – 0:03:39 Protesters blocked one main artery or traffic and the other stops,
0:03:39 – 0:03:46 Climate catastrophes paralyzed the city centre. You know what I mean. I think
0:03:46 – 0:03:54 this comes out very well, what is meant by setting pictures, frames,
0:03:54 – 0:04:04 When you frame. Now, however, this framing isn't basically something that's bad. Doing this
0:04:04 – 0:04:12 We ourselves are constantly. We evaluate, we sort, we arrange for ourselves and the
0:04:12 – 0:04:23 Let's do it in fractions of a second. And so it may be that for one or the other a
0:04:23 – 0:04:36 and the same event, experience of different subtleties, is evaluated differently,
0:04:36 – 0:04:42 is dissolved differently or a different meaning is also considered.
0:04:42 – 0:04:48 And that happens completely automatically and that's what each of us does. The only important thing is,
0:04:48 – 0:04:58 The frame and the lie are separated from each other. Because I can also
0:04:58 – 0:05:09 frame so far that it is a lie and that I spread lies to stop this picture in a way
0:05:09 – 0:05:15 framed in a lie. But without becoming any kind of big-scientific now
0:05:15 – 0:05:23 Or too philosophical, let's just talk about it. Each of us does this,
0:05:23 – 0:05:36 Everyone is trying to have the power of interpretation. Right now in this whole YouTube
0:05:36 – 0:05:44 Beefs, the beefs on social media. You see it all the time. Pictures are sown, there are
0:05:44 – 0:05:53 The more often these stories are repeated, the more often these stories are told and the more fatal they are.
0:05:53 – 0:06:03 The more these stories are repeated, the more this image solidifies. It is
0:06:03 – 0:06:12 In fact, it's going to be a "truth" because when so many people say it,
0:06:12 – 0:06:25 Then that must be true. And so pictures are created in beautiful frames, which absolutely
0:06:25 – 0:06:32 It has nothing to do with reality. An example, we had reported yes or I had reported,
0:06:32 – 0:06:40 that the channel Lautfunk had lost the monetization and briefly the story about it
0:06:40 – 0:06:47 Tell them and we'll have them again. In the storytelling from the outside, however, it is becoming more and more
0:06:47 – 0:06:55 claims that we still lost them because we artificially generated AI slob,
0:06:55 – 0:07:10 Yes, producing crap. For as an example, one cited the AI-set fairy tales, they would be yes
0:07:10 – 0:07:17 Fully AI-generated. For one thing, it must be said that these fairy tales were put on a second channel.
0:07:17 – 0:07:26 published, namely Lautfunk RAW. And on the other hand, the voice that wrote the text was legendary.
0:07:26 – 0:07:37 We talked, we generated AI. The music and also the lyrics, that was solid craftsmanship. Anyone who
0:07:37 – 0:07:45 Knowing me and following me for a long time, I know I'm a dyslexic. I use AI to
0:07:45 – 0:07:53 Correct spelling. This is transparently understandable everywhere,
0:07:53 – 0:07:59 Because I communicate transparently everywhere. But let these details
0:07:59 – 0:08:08 off, the frame is created or the image is framed. There was a sanction on the part of
0:08:08 – 0:08:20 YouTube had that monetization taken away from us because we were AI-generated Slop
0:08:20 – 0:08:30 produce. And the more often this is repeated, the more you believe this story. The picture
0:08:30 – 0:08:46 It's true because the frame fits. Yes, that's how it is and there's little you can do about it, because if it's
0:08:46 – 0:08:54 Everyone says it must be true. You can also see this wonderfully in the story right now.
0:08:54 – 0:09:03 Amy Zedek, Virgis Maoki in association with Jay Riddle, what happened two years ago.
0:09:03 – 0:09:10 The story could only get so big at the time, because high-reach YouTubers,
0:09:10 – 0:09:21 Alarizo and many others have told this story as well. What are they all called? All of them,
0:09:21 – 0:09:26 They told their story about their bad experiences with Amy Zedek.
0:09:26 – 0:09:34 And I had also had a follow-up with a colleague about it,
0:09:34 – 0:09:42 borderline, where we had talked about these dynamics and also our assessment of the
0:09:42 – 0:09:50 situation and have also let us be tempted there, because so many people who stop Amy Zedek
0:09:50 – 0:09:58 I knew her, or worked with her, and they all told the same story.
0:09:58 – 0:10:12 And so the frame fit perfectly on the picture, what Mauki had created there. Yes, there you can
0:10:12 – 0:10:21 Let's see how effective this simple tool is. It's a mechanism in our brain,
0:10:21 – 0:10:31 It can be triggered from the outside. And if there are even more exacerbating factors from the outside,
0:10:31 – 0:10:38 Then the story just comes true. It's incredible, isn't it? It's just unbelievable.
0:10:38 – 0:10:50 Well, but a nice picture without a good frame is actually worth nothing. In the
0:10:50 – 0:10:57 Art history there are pictures, because sometimes the frame is worth more than the picture. Because
0:10:57 – 0:11:04 If you take the frame to another picture, it doubles or triples.
0:11:04 – 0:11:13 The value of the image. And I think that's just a nice analogy to this story with the
0:11:13 – 0:11:26 Framing. Because only if I do this framing well and it fits the actual story,
0:11:26 – 0:11:34 can I give history a new meaning, or perhaps a special Auxon,
0:11:34 – 0:11:44 Let's put it in a certain direction. It is important to have a label,
0:11:44 – 0:11:52 A label sticks to it to take it from the example of the first sentence. Yes,
0:11:52 – 0:12:02 You take activist, conspiracy theorist, expert, hater, mob and with that you get
0:12:02 – 0:12:11 There is some significance to this label. But you can also go there and just so certain
0:12:11 – 0:12:23 Leave things out. A small screenshot where you only show a part of or a part of a
0:12:23 – 0:12:31 Video clips that confirm or reinforce what you want to say. This is also a
0:12:31 – 0:12:38 Possibility to steer the context in a certain direction. If you have a subordinate clause
0:12:38 – 0:12:46 or stop omitting the end of a sentence after the comma or if this is such a inserted
0:12:46 – 0:12:55 It's an intermediate clause. What also works well is simply by following the order or the
0:12:55 – 0:13:02 Dramatology, to put it this way, has changed. You can have events in a different order.
0:13:02 – 0:13:10 reproducing. This also allows you to create a certain frame in which you can then stop the image.
0:13:10 – 0:13:20 Presented appropriately served. You can also frame by showing only certain sources. It is
0:13:20 – 0:13:30 In the case of opinion blogging, this is a very popular means of ensuring its authenticity.
0:13:30 – 0:13:37 This is confirmed by using only certain sources and not the entire context.
0:13:37 – 0:13:45 I or Sarah and I are not exempt from this, even if you put a lot of effort into it.
0:13:45 – 0:13:51 There is always a selection, whether that is conscious or unconscious,
0:13:51 – 0:13:58 But guaranteed in framing, it is deliberately used as a means.
0:13:58 – 0:14:05 And of course, what you can do in the audiovisual context, i.e. in the video or
0:14:05 – 0:14:15 in the audio or in the pictorial context that one tries to set certain frames.
0:14:15 – 0:14:25 It starts subtly with the thumbnail, and then goes on with the thumbnail.
0:14:25 – 0:14:36 Heading or signature, i.e. a subheading. And that's how you try one
0:14:36 – 0:14:47 To set a certain direction, a certain framework. What works in this context, too, is
0:14:47 – 0:14:58 How to cut. It is also a question of the order in which the material is
0:14:58 – 0:15:06 Which sound is used to which image. There's so much you can do to create a mood.
0:15:06 – 0:15:14 to produce. One and the same scene looks complete with different background music
0:15:14 – 0:15:22 different. Even this is framing, because you give the picture a new frame. Enemy images can
0:15:22 – 0:15:31 It's also great for framing. Yes, these are the bad guys, these are the bad guys, and we are the bad guys.
0:15:31 – 0:15:37 Good one. This then has something to do with in-group and out-group and such dynamics. To this end:
0:15:37 – 0:15:40 You might want to make a separate issue.
0:15:40 – 0:15:46 This group dynamic is also a very fascinating topic.
0:15:46 – 0:15:59 You can use so many interesting aspects when you use framing as a weapon.
0:15:59 – 0:16:08 The only important thing is that you find people who have the same pictures, the same ways of telling stories.
0:16:08 – 0:16:18 Use the same frames. Of course, this is best done if you disagree or
0:16:18 – 0:16:26 Being so persuasive that others take over. This can also be done in the current
0:16:26 – 0:16:34 Watch YouTube Beef. That the smaller content creators take over, that it audience groups
0:16:34 – 0:16:43 assume that it will take opinion-strong viewers and the more often this in the comment column
0:16:43 – 0:16:58 appears, in the video or in the post, in the social media post and thus appears more real and valid
0:16:58 – 0:17:09 this story, this statement, this image that has been framed by this frame itself
0:17:09 – 0:17:20 automatically amplified. But how can you resist the framing? So there's a
0:17:20 – 0:17:29 This is a very specific case that needs to be considered. If you sit within this
0:17:29 – 0:17:37 Defending frames and moving there, you take over the rules of the game of the opponent. You make
0:17:37 – 0:17:53 Justification podcasts, videos, postings, posts and yes, you just make statements,
0:17:53 – 0:18:01 which contradict the accusations and thus directly confirms the accusations,
0:18:01 – 0:18:11 Because they respond to the accusations. It is smarter or better and more effective to
0:18:11 – 0:18:18 which, if one makes visible the invisible frame, which is inserted, and the
0:18:18 – 0:18:27 Enter the meta-level. What does that mean? By looking at the framework and analyzing it.
0:18:27 – 0:18:34 You make the invisible frame visible. You almost don't respond to criticism,
0:18:34 – 0:18:44 but dissects it neatly like a surgeon and thus shows that an image is drawn
0:18:44 – 0:18:50 will. And once you've done that, you can set your own framework,
0:18:50 – 0:19:01 the so-called "reframing", which is set objectively, ideally to try to
0:19:01 – 0:19:10 Give the picture a new meaning. It is important to realize that you have a few
0:19:10 – 0:19:18 Mechanisms know how this framing happens. First of all, which words load
0:19:18 – 0:19:26 The subject emotionally. Second, what role do the person, perpetrator, victim, expert,
0:19:26 – 0:19:40 Companion or a joker, a dangerous figure? In third place, what is prominently shown or
0:19:40 – 0:19:49 What is said and what is knowingly omitted. What disturbing elements are left out of the
0:19:49 – 0:20:02 Abandoned the narrative? What is the order or what sources are used? And the most important question
0:20:02 – 0:20:15 is, who benefits from this story, who benefits from this frame, what do you get from it? And so we come
0:20:15 – 0:20:26 Let's go back to the main line from the very beginning. The most dangerous frame is
0:20:26 – 0:20:34 Not the one you disagree with. The most dangerous frame is the one you don't even use as a frame.
0:20:34 – 0:20:46 recognizes. I know it's today, yes, that's hurt the format. I can't go very deep here
0:20:46 – 0:20:51 into the matter and I don't want to make the explainer bear like that either. I actually wanted
0:20:51 – 0:21:04 more or less just point out and point out that frames, frames, picture frames,
0:21:04 – 0:21:13 Whatever you call it, it's something totally normal that our brains do all the time.
0:21:13 – 0:21:25 Assessing events, situations, categorizing them, giving them a weighting and a much-used
0:21:25 – 0:21:36 Stylistic means is to have a power of interpretation over a narrative. I can, as in an example
0:21:36 – 0:21:43 One and the same event, depending on how I tell it, what frame I pack it,
0:21:43 – 0:21:51 It has a completely different meaning. This is a manipulation technique. And on that
0:21:51 – 0:21:58 I just wanted to point it out. The last weeks and months are so many videos about so many people
0:21:58 – 0:22:11 where a manipulative narrative was used to create group narratives
0:22:11 – 0:22:22 Strengthening or weakening or reinforcing within yourself. And that's something I
0:22:22 – 0:22:31 or what Sarah and I have been watching extremely lately and yes,
0:22:31 – 0:22:40 But they are already very critical. Thank you for listening and
0:22:40 – 0:22:46 I know this was a terribly, terribly boring episode, but I think the one or
0:22:46 – 0:22:52 Others will understand what this is about. So, thank you nice and
0:22:52 – 0:22:56 Farewell to next time. Your Sasha
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Each of us does it, mostly in fractions of a second: We classify, evaluate and sort experiences. But what happens when this psychological mechanism is deliberately triggered from the outside in order to gain interpretive sovereignty?

In this episode, the divergence Sascha dissects the phenomenon of framing. Why does the targeted manipulation through omissions, changed sequences or emotional terms on social media work so frighteningly well?? Using the concrete example of current YouTube beefs and own experiences with the channel Lautfunk It shows how a perceived ‘truth’ is suddenly constructed from constant repetitions that has nothing to do with reality..

The most important thing at the end: How to defend yourself against an underlaid frame without taking over the rules of the game of the opponent? The change to the meta-level and the art of reframing.

“The most dangerous frame is not the one you object to. The most dangerous frame is the one you don't even recognize as a frame.”

🎧 Topics Outline:

🟢 Intro & Definition

Welcome to Digression | Welcome and introduction to the episode.
The foundation: Pictures and frames | What distinguishes a narrative (meaning and value foundation) from a frame (narrative frame) and the actual image content?.
The core problem | Why the most dangerous frame is the one we don't even perceive as such.

🔍 The Nature of Framing

The linguistic experiment | How the same act is assessed in completely different ways by terms such as ‘demonstrators’ vs. ‘climate chaos’.
Automatic evaluation | Why our brain frames constantly and unconsciously in fractions of a second to reduce complexity.
The Limit to Lies | When does the mere classification give way to a deliberate false narrative?.

💥 Dynamics on Social Media & Case Studies

The Truth of the Masses | How completely distorted images solidify through constant repetition in social media beefs.
Case study Lautfunk | The Selective Narrative on the Loss of Monetization and the Correction of AI Voices Lautfunk RAW.
Transparency & Accessibility | The use of AI as an aid in dyslexia.
The case of Amy Zedek | review of the dynamics two years ago, the influence of wide-ranging channels and a critical self-reflection on his own podcast episode at the time.

🛠 The Tools of Manipulation

The Analogy of Art | Why the frame is sometimes more valuable (or determines the value) than the image itself.
The Toolbox of Framing | How contexts are deliberately shifted by:
- Labels & Labels (Activist, hater, expert).
- Selective omissions (Cut screenshots and video clips).
- dramaturgy (Chronological order of events).
- Source selection When it comes to opinion blogging.
Audiovisual framing | The subtle power of thumbnails, sub-headlines, and the psychological effect of background music in video editing.
In-Group vs. Out-Group | The Game of Enemy Images (‘We vs Die’).

🛡 Counter strategies & Conclusion

The justification trap | Why defense within the opposing frame only confirms its rules of the game.
The meta-view | Dissect the invisible frame like a surgeon to make it visible.
Reframing | Give the picture a new, more objective meaning.
The 4 test questions against manipulation | What to pay attention to (emotional words, role distribution, omissions, profit).
Outro | Summary, critical classification of the current network culture and adoption.

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The Digression 83 Diamonds, Drag and Discotheques

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00:00 - 0:00:02 Music
0:00:02 – 0:00:31 [Music]
0:00:31 – 0:00:37 Hello and welcome to a new edition of the digression. I am Sascha Machmann and
0:00:37 – 0:00:44 I actually never digress, sometimes, I would almost always say, but others never say,
0:00:44 – 0:01:00 off the actual subject. Today's topic is men's flu. No, no, joking aside.
0:01:00 – 0:01:08 We've been sick in bed for a few days now and this calm really did us some good times.
0:01:08 – 0:01:19 good. But back to the real issue. We had the movie about the biography of Olivia Jones
0:01:19 – 0:01:27 I looked at it and it made me so
0:01:27 – 0:01:33 A little bit about my sandbox buddy Marco
0:01:33 – 0:01:38 Reminds me. Marco was or is
0:01:38 – 0:01:42 My best friend. I already know him
0:01:42 – 0:01:46 Since then, you have been alone
0:01:46 – 0:01:48 Sandbox can go. I am then,
0:01:46 – 0:01:55 I had met him at that time about another neighbor, a boy who lived almost in the neighboring house and the Marco lived a few houses further on.
0:01:55 – 0:02:00 And he said, 'You, I've met someone new there, and blah blah blah.'
0:02:00 – 0:02:15 And so you just got to know each other over the years and played many, many hours together, visited each other and as it is.
0:02:15 – 0:02:23 And sometime, we were just eight, then he came up to me and said he's gay.
0:02:23 – 0:02:33 And what I would think about it now, and thank God, my parents' upbringing was so open,
0:02:33 – 0:02:38 I didn't care about the moustache.
0:02:38 – 0:02:45 What a gender my best friend prioritizes.
0:02:45 – 0:02:49 It must be said that he was a womanizer.
0:02:49 – 0:02:56 He looked good, yes, he served pretty much every cliché,
0:02:56 – 0:03:02 What would you say about a masculine man?
0:03:02 – 0:03:04 He was well-groomed,
0:03:04 – 0:03:06 He had an animal blow.
0:03:06 – 0:03:08 with the women, and
0:03:08 – 0:03:10 Some have this
0:03:10 – 0:03:12 really,
0:03:12 – 0:03:14 They really had to fight that
0:03:14 – 0:03:16 him
0:03:16 – 0:03:18 Don't be interested in women
0:03:18 – 0:03:20 had, but
0:03:20 – 0:03:22 It was gay. There was even one
0:03:22 – 0:03:24 incident that there
0:03:24 – 0:03:26 a classmate from the higher
0:03:26 – 0:03:28 School of Commerce
0:03:28 – 0:03:30 in the middle of the crossroads
0:03:30 – 0:03:35 He stopped him and asked if that was true.
0:03:35 – 0:03:38 That was crass.
0:03:38 – 0:03:47 But what impressed me so much about the films was the reaction of Olivia's mother.
0:03:47 – 0:03:52 Jones and that she couldn't handle it anymore.
0:03:52 – 0:03:58 And when I think that Marco had told me back then that his mother was there
0:03:58 – 0:04:04 He also had a very big problem with it and even offered him money that he would then
0:04:04 – 0:04:11 could go to a professional woman, because the young things today would have nothing on it,
0:04:11 – 0:04:20 That he should try it again. I thought that was right, really bad. So that would have
0:04:20 – 0:04:25 My parents are not allowed. Even in the conversations I had with them years later.
0:04:25 – 0:04:33 Both of them were amazed at this reaction. Now you have to say I'm
0:04:33 – 0:04:41 with my sandbox buddy and their parents also went on holiday and Markus also with us
0:04:41 – 0:04:50 Going on vacation. So you can imagine that the relationship was super super close and if
0:04:50 – 0:04:55 I spent the weekend because we were in different schools, then I was there,
0:04:55 – 0:05:03 Then he kicked his mother out of me, because it's already late, how long that my
0:05:03 – 0:05:09 Parents called and said when the boy would come home. That's how you have to do it
0:05:09 – 0:05:16 introduce. I can still remember a situation as a child, there we have children's birthday
0:05:16 – 0:05:22 Celebrated. I don't know if it was my birthday or my sister's. And there had
0:05:22 – 0:05:29 We disguised ourselves as children and Marco had disguised himself as a girl and then
0:05:29 – 0:05:36 I went to his mother proudly and I don't remember what I was. And there had to
0:05:36 – 0:05:43 Marco changes his clothes and washes off his make-up and it's not a carnival. That was
0:05:43 – 0:05:48 the argument. I think the woman already knew something back then,
0:05:48 – 0:06:02 Because it was totally exaggerated. The reaction, yes, I just thought it was as violent as I thought it was.
0:06:02 – 0:06:10 I saw in the movie. Of course, you know that this is even more dramatic in the film.
0:06:10 – 0:06:22 as it was in reality or something, but for dramatological reasons it just so
0:06:22 – 0:06:29 It is presented as it is presented. But if you also look at the biography
0:06:29 – 0:06:35 I was looking at Olivia Jones, and that's exactly what I'm talking about. And
0:06:35 – 0:06:46 What a struggle she had with the fact that her mother was so, so petrified,
0:06:46 – 0:06:54 was dogged and then really had problems with it, accepting that the boy is gay and as
0:06:54 – 0:07:08 drag queen because he earns his money and succeeds. I have to say, after that the gay issue
0:07:08 – 0:07:14 I went there on the weekend when there was a party. Sometimes you stop
0:07:14 – 0:07:23 I was in a normal disco. Then we were also in gay sheds and quite honestly,
0:07:23 – 0:07:28 I have to say, I felt more comfortable in the gay sheds than in the normal ones.
0:07:28 – 0:07:36 Sheds. In a normal discotheque, it could happen that when you're with someone more
0:07:36 – 0:07:42 or had entertained less accidentally when you stood outside, while smoking, or
0:07:42 – 0:07:50 or ordered something at the bar, a nice word that some guy arrived,
0:07:50 – 0:07:54 "You fucked my girlfriend!" That doesn't happen to you in this shop.
0:07:54 – 0:08:02 And the mood was always much more positive.
0:08:02 – 0:08:09 And there you have to say, we were often in Bochum in a discotheque called "Da geht",
0:08:09 – 0:08:17 was of course based on this motto and there were also many dancers from the Starlight Express
0:08:17 – 0:08:27 The boys could dance. Really crass. But I just know that this mood
0:08:27 – 0:08:36 It was always so positive. Of course I was turned on a few times and I was also
0:08:36 – 0:08:42 I've been packing my ass for an evening, and I remember what a weird feeling it was.
0:08:42 – 0:08:48 And except for this one or two experiences that I had where it became rampant,
0:08:48 – 0:08:58 That never happened. And I found that so totally positive that you can be there, no matter how oblique or how
0:08:58 – 0:09:03 It was strange to be accepted on the whole. Of course there are also
0:09:03 – 0:09:09 Silsters and all that. I've always found this pleasant and my sister is always
0:09:09 – 0:09:16 She liked to go there because she wasn't fooled by any guys. She wanted
0:09:16 – 0:09:23 Just go and dance to good electronic music and you could just do that. Whether you are with
0:09:23 – 0:09:34 Someone danced together or for you alone and that was so horny. But I had
0:09:34 – 0:09:41 I saw it all in this movie and it was really impressive. Then, too, stop this
0:09:41 – 0:09:46 Struggle with the family and these strange neighbors. Oh my God, what do the neighbors think?
0:09:46 – 0:09:55 And the poor woman. So if you have a goat on it, then you should have a look at them,
0:09:55 – 0:09:59 the film. Even my mother saw it and we talked about it.
0:09:59 – 0:10:07 It can be found in the media library. I bet when I think about it, I'll put it in a
0:10:07 – 0:10:16 bluntly in. Yes, I definitely found this so interesting and so touching the story,
0:10:16 – 0:10:24 I've been thinking about it over and over again in my past and yes,
0:10:24 – 0:10:36 so my experience. By the way, my favorite work colleagues were almost always lesbians. gays
0:10:36 – 0:10:43 Sometimes you can do something as a co-worker.
0:10:43 – 0:10:46 It's hard, but two
0:10:46 – 0:10:49 People who were lesbians because
0:10:49 – 0:10:52 I remember it really well.
0:10:52 – 0:10:56 It was a pity where I once
0:10:56 – 0:10:58 I left and got a new job.
0:10:58 – 0:11:02 I started and had the other
0:11:02 – 0:11:06 She's quitting. That was a pity,
0:11:02 – 0:11:10 But these were really cool people I could talk to so deep,
0:11:10 – 0:11:17 Because of course they always gave me new aspects and you could blaspheme wonderfully.
0:11:17 – 0:11:25 Yes, I admit, I'm a blasphemy nurse through and through and really like to do that
0:11:25 – 0:11:26 and can do it very well.
0:11:26 – 0:11:36 And I think that's why I feel so comfortable in this world.
0:11:36 – 0:11:48 Yes, when I think about what was going on back then, in my early 20s or almost 20s,
0:11:48 – 0:12:01 and I found growing up so exciting and all these great opportunities and these
0:12:01 – 0:12:09 The freedoms you had. We then went by car to Bochum, to Dortmund or to the
0:12:09 – 0:12:21 Münsterland and everywhere were really horny discotheques with super techno music and later
0:12:21 – 0:12:32 Then there are all the Goa parties, illegal raves on the canal. My God, it was a good time. But
0:12:32 – 0:12:39 sometime you get out of there, then come other commitments and this terrible,
0:12:39 – 0:12:47 You make terrible money because you exchange your labor power for a unit of currency.
0:12:47 – 0:12:53 With which you can exchange other things. This is a totally stupid
0:12:53 – 0:13:01 concept. Sometimes I think back, if you had a little less
0:13:01 – 0:13:10 Had a stick in your ass and you'd have cracked fewer diamonds. So I was able to get coal
0:13:10 – 0:13:16 Give it for breakfast and I cracked diamonds in the evening. I was so upset. me
0:13:16 – 0:13:21 I think I would have had more fun. I mean the framework conditions were all given.
0:13:21 – 0:13:30 The funny thing was how I started making music a little later.
0:13:30 – 0:13:38 I was more or less already known in all the shops, because I can talk well today
0:13:38 – 0:13:45 And I was able to do that at the time. I talked to the customer and so I had
0:13:45 – 0:13:50 At that time, there were a lot of small performances. I also went to Langendria station.
0:13:50 – 0:13:58 Bochum, where I was once a guest, so many different events, then there
0:13:58 – 0:14:06 I also played live and it was such an exciting time. And then I think to myself,
0:14:06 – 0:14:12 Let's go back to the story of Olivia Jones all these years.
0:14:12 – 0:14:19 this disturbed relationship with his mother, this beautiful memory, which one actually
0:14:19 – 0:14:26 If they weren't created together, that's sad.
0:14:26 – 0:14:38 Just sad. Yeah, now the mood's up your ass. No, I'm just realizing that the
0:14:38 – 0:14:45 Men's flu kicks really well and maybe you can hear it in my voice and my nose will
0:14:45 – 0:14:55 Slowly back up. I would now end the matter here and wish you a nice,
0:14:55 – 0:15:02 Whatever you have, tomorrow, noon, evening, good night and say thank you for listening
0:15:02 – 0:15:06 and until next time. Goodbye, Sasha.
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In this edition of divergence It gets personal, nostalgic and a bit glittery. Triggered by the biography of Olivia Jones Sascha goes on a journey back to his own youth in the Ruhr area.

It is about his best friend Marco, who came out already in the sandbox age – and about the stark contrasts in the reaction of the parents’ houses. While Sascha benefited from an open upbringing, the story of Marco (and Olivia Jones) shows how painful family rejection and " petrified" views can be.

Also in this episode:

Positive Vibes in Bochum: Why Sascha often felt more comfortable in gay clubs such as ‘Da geht’ than in ‘normal’ discotheques.
Techno & Raves: A tribute to the freedom of the 90s, illegal parties on the canal and the time when ‘diamonds were cracked’.
world of work & blasphemy: Why lesbians are the best co-workers and Sascha comes out as a ‘sister’.
Men's flu update: An honest insight into the current state of health of the host.

An episode about acceptance, the power of music and why we used to get in the way of ourselves.

Topics Outline:

From the hospital bed to the microphone: A warm hello despite (or because of) the current male flu.
The biography of Olivia Jones: Why a film about a drag icon suddenly stirs up your own past.
Marco – Friendship since the sandbox: The story of a deep connection that began even before the first solo entrance to the playground.
‘Pipegal of cords’: How an outing at the age of eight met a modern upbringing.
When mothers block: On petrified thinking, ‘professional women’ as bribery and the struggle in the family.
Discotheque check: Why the mood in Bochum between Starlight Express dancers and techno beats was simply more positive.
The thing about the ass: An honest look at acceptance and the moments when it became rampant.
Confessions of a Blasphemy Sister: Why lesbians are the best work colleagues and deep conversations change everything.
Raves on the canal: Pure nostalgia for illegal parties in Münsterland and the freedom of the early twenties.
Coal for breakfast, diamonds in the evening: A self-critical review of one's own obscurity from the past.
From speaker to musician: How good conversations suddenly turned into live performances at Langendreer station.
The bitter conclusion: Why disturbed family relationships rob so much valuable time together.

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The digression 82 Opportunism: The flag in the wind

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0:00:31 – 0:00:38 Hello and welcome to a new edition of "Der Abschweifung",
0:00:38 – 0:00:45 where I occasionally almost never, but sometimes, but sometimes not from the topic
0:00:45 – 0:00:56 I'm digressing. I'm Sascha Markmann and I say hello. Today's topic is a wish from the community
0:00:56 – 0:01:06 Or, as you might call it, spectatorship. It is about opportunism and
0:01:06 – 0:01:15 More specifically, in everyday life. Take, for example, an example from everyday life. The nice colleague,
0:01:15 – 0:01:24 who still blasphemes about the boss in the hallway, but literally speaks to him after the mouth in the meeting or
0:01:24 – 0:01:34 Flag in the wind. It is about the definition of everyday life. It's about pure selfishness, about the
0:01:34 – 0:01:42 Exploitation of a situation for one's own benefit without regard to loss, morality or decency.
0:01:42 – 0:01:51 Let's start with the basics. The origin of words, the epidemiology, how to be so beautiful
0:01:51 – 0:02:00 says. The term comes from Latin and is derived from the word "obatornus".
0:02:00 – 0:02:12 Obatornus. This means as much as "cheap, convenient or convenient". It's an obatonist.
0:02:12 – 0:02:22 often chooses the most convenient and easiest, easiest way of least resistance,
0:02:22 – 0:02:31 As soon as the moment is right. The everyday definition would be something like the absolute
0:02:31 – 0:02:39 Unprincipled. You don't act on what's morally right or what's right.
0:02:39 – 0:02:49 What you believe in in the deepest, but only according to what you believe in the greatest
0:02:49 – 0:02:56 It brings personal advantage. And then you have to distinguish, so to speak, between a
0:02:56 – 0:03:09 healthy egoism and stop bringing egoism to the opportunist. 'Cause there's kind of
0:03:09 – 0:03:18 Something like self-care. So that you make sure that you are well. And that can
0:03:18 – 0:03:23 It is done in many areas. So don't donate so much money that you get problems yourself,
0:03:23 – 0:03:31 but also that one is kind-hearted or requires more work as for a good,
0:03:31 – 0:03:41 Just to please my colleagues. It's kind of a healthy selfishness. But an opportunist,
0:03:41 – 0:03:50 he is very determined and he takes in the purchase that other people are at a disadvantage,
0:03:50 – 0:03:59 Only for his own benefit. But how do we recognize an opportunist in everyday life?
0:03:59 – 0:04:07 It is an extreme flexibility of opinion, because opinions are not made out of conviction.
0:04:07 – 0:04:15 but rather changed in such a way that it serves comfort,
0:04:15 – 0:04:22 That you don't stand out negatively, that you have the greatest advantage from it. And that's something,
0:04:22 – 0:04:30 what I personally do in my private environment, at work or in association work,
0:04:30 – 0:04:41 During school, while studying, yes, you've already met one or the other time. Such people are
0:04:41 – 0:04:50 They also like to be very friendly, almost as if they are crawling in someone's ass, for someone who
0:04:50 – 0:04:58 It brings an advantage or a benefit. Ignores or devalues others who stop
0:04:58 – 0:05:06 have no advantage. Particularly popular in the content creator bubble, one encounters such
0:05:06 – 0:05:16 Phenomena very often. There's one or two experts from my own experience. And then there is
0:05:16 – 0:05:24 This is the principle of purpose loyalty. Friendships or alliances are only for as long as
0:05:24 – 0:05:34 importantly chosen or continued as long as they bring a yield, i.e. advantages.
0:05:34 – 0:05:42 You can take advantage of it and if it gets too uncomfortable or the other
0:05:42 – 0:05:51 successful, then you turn against them and you almost have to fight them or you let
0:05:51 – 0:05:58 They fall. I've only recently experienced this, especially in the YouTube Content Creator.
0:05:58 – 0:06:07 world. My God, no. But so do these coincidences. Now let's see why we humans do this.
0:06:07 – 0:06:15 So we have already defined it between the healthy egoism, that one just pays attention to it,
0:06:15 – 0:06:26 That you don't come so short yourself, but there are other aspects to it. Mostly
0:06:26 – 0:06:33 It is also because there is a missing internal compass for good and bad. It
0:06:33 – 0:06:41 There are no deep-rooted inner values or beliefs. Action is always on it
0:06:41 – 0:06:48 to get one's own advantage and not be anxious to be favorable to others
0:06:48 – 0:06:57 To act, to effect something positive. Everything is used to present itself well.
0:06:57 – 0:07:04 Then there is the aspect of conflict. Well, not everyone has that,
0:07:04 – 0:07:10 but there are representatives of this genus of Oberturists who have a conflict aversion.
0:07:10 – 0:07:14 You choose the path of least resistance. You want to be a favorite,
0:07:14 – 0:07:22 You want to please. There is, too. I have also experienced this myself in the content creator world and
0:07:22 – 0:07:29 It wasn't even that long ago. Because it is always exhausting for one's own opinion to be one.
0:07:29 – 0:07:36 kick. You can also make yourself unpopular and there are people who then choose the
0:07:36 – 0:07:44 Away from the slightest resistance and talk after the mouth. After all, you want to please. And then
0:07:44 – 0:07:49 Let's get to the third point and that is also a very important point. They can be narcissistic.
0:07:49 – 0:07:56 There are trains. I know it's such a total buzzword by now. This is still thrown
0:07:56 – 0:08:05 More inflationary around such as ADHD, depression, personality disorder, but narcissism is also
0:08:05 – 0:08:12 It's already a personality disorder, but it's used so much that the term yes.
0:08:12 – 0:08:17 has almost lost a futility, because everyone who is exhausting and complicated
0:08:17 – 0:08:23 When you think of yourself, you are automatically a narcissist. Your own success and status is
0:08:23 – 0:08:29 super important. Financial gain is also super important for someone who is narcissistic.
0:08:29 – 0:08:38 There are trains. And so everything is done in such a way that you just take advantage of it.
0:08:38 – 0:08:49 Be it fake empathy, solidarity. This can all be hypocritical and faked,
0:08:49 – 0:08:59 Just to get your own profit from it. A typical person with narcissistic traits.
0:08:59 – 0:09:10 Of course, the whole behavior also has consequences for the environment. Impact, destruction of trust,
0:09:10 – 0:09:20 Relationships or teams disappear, which disappear, above all security,
0:09:20 – 0:09:27 the trust, the psychological security, because there are people who carry information
0:09:27 – 0:09:34 outwards, which should never be carried outwards. There will be alliances in the background
0:09:34 – 0:09:41 played, false information sent, just to stop yourself in a better light
0:09:41 – 0:09:48 stand by. A poisonous climate, which again refers to destruction
0:09:48 – 0:09:54 of trust. An elbow society is formed. Honest, authentic people pull themselves
0:09:54 – 0:10:03 back because tactical providers are rewarded. I've only recently seen it all.
0:10:03 – 0:10:10 Also in the YouTube Creator Bubble. You can see that it is also a very
0:10:10 – 0:10:18 is a toxic place and a consequence of all these behaviors is of course also a
0:10:18 – 0:10:24 emotional exhaustion. Dealing with such people robs an unlikely amount of energy.
0:10:24 – 0:10:31 You are constantly on guard. You have to be careful what you say, how you say what you do. Before
0:10:31 – 0:10:35 Everything, if you create content yourself, you have to be careful, because otherwise there comes next
0:10:35 – 0:10:40 Again a letter from the lawyer and at the same time a bill. You have to have one yourself
0:10:40 – 0:10:45 Lawyer, then there's another bill, there's a lot of money being burned, which you don't have anyway.
0:10:45 – 0:10:53 And that's really stressful and there are some people just pulling back or doing
0:10:53 – 0:10:59 The creator game in the form it took before no longer stops. We are coming
0:10:59 – 0:11:09 Now for such an intermediate conclusion. What can you do with it? How can you protect yourself from it?
0:11:09 – 0:11:17 Klipp and clearly draw boundaries. If one separates oneself and prevents opportunists
0:11:17 – 0:11:27 Taking up too much space, if you allow it, you run the risk of
0:11:27 – 0:11:39 It is used to be a stirrup holder. And yes, that's where it helps best to be blunt and clear.
0:11:39 – 0:11:47 Say up to here and no further, and document everything. And I can only get out of
0:11:47 – 0:11:53 to speak of my experience, in the past, in the longer, even in the shorter past,
0:11:53 – 0:12:02 You have to be very consistent. Even if this is not understandable for many others,
0:12:02 – 0:12:10 You have to be absolutely secure against this small minority that is acting in this way. And there are also the
0:12:10 – 0:12:21 Boundaries between healthy selfishness, healthy self-love, self-sufficiency and overtones
0:12:21 – 0:12:28 are very spongy, very flowing, you just have to see for yourself that you are not out
0:12:28 – 0:12:39 Convenience, because you want to please yourself, just fall into this pattern of proportion. Maybe
0:12:39 – 0:12:45 Maybe you have to be a little more willing to compromise here and there, maybe even here.
0:12:45 – 0:12:52 and since more insist on his own opinion, but not always the path of least resistance
0:12:52 – 0:13:00 Let's go. This is the "culture of the year". This does not work in the long run, you yourself become unreliable and
0:13:00 – 0:13:12 Above all, it is exhausting. I found it interesting to think about it in advance.
0:13:12 – 0:13:19 And above all, a little bit of literature. How is it
0:13:19 – 0:13:27 almost like falling from the scales, from the eyes, when I put this together,
0:13:27 – 0:13:39 that much of what we have experienced especially here with the sound radio project in the
0:13:39 – 0:13:48 in recent months, since the summer of almost last year, so fits into this scheme,
0:13:48 – 0:13:59 from viewers, from opponents, that I found this really fascinating and how easy
0:13:59 – 0:14:06 That explains. And I'm really grateful that a spectator wanted it.
0:14:06 – 0:14:10 Now, unfortunately, that's already a bit of a deal. I don't even know,
0:14:10 – 0:14:15 whether the viewer will then remember that the topic was once on the table,
0:14:15 – 0:14:25 But I would like to say thank you, because how I have dealt with it so intensively,
0:14:25 – 0:14:31 I thought you knew it all and it seemed so familiar to you. And precisely because
0:14:31 – 0:14:44 these experiences and events in the recent past were so explosive and concise,
0:14:44 – 0:14:58 I found it really interesting that I saw the parallels right away. It is so,
0:14:58 – 0:15:06 that in this bubble, especially on YouTube with the viewers, there are people,
0:15:06 – 0:15:13 They migrate from one content creator to another and then stop there for good weather,
0:15:13 – 0:15:20 Change the fronts when one person says something that isn't going to happen. And I remember,
0:15:20 – 0:15:25 that we were really foolishly turned on because we didn't post a story where it
0:15:25 – 0:15:32 It was about animal welfare. Now the sound radio project is not necessarily an animal welfare project, but
0:15:32 – 0:15:41 hold an opinion blog, a podcast, in which it is about content critical of media, about psychological
0:15:41 – 0:15:50 Explanations and processing, perhaps also social criticism, but not animal welfare.
0:15:50 – 0:16:01 You would have stopped the Lavan story … so that was just an animal welfare incident … you would have
0:16:01 – 0:16:10 You can only take up the matter if you had just gone there and then dealt with the
0:16:10 – 0:16:20 It would have been on social media. Otherwise, there would be no room for this format.
0:16:20 – 0:16:28 Not a place where that would happen. And because we didn't do that, we're offended.
0:16:28 – 0:16:35 They were taken away, and so on. We have similar behaviors in the past.
0:16:35 – 0:16:42 experienced again and again. And that's really hard. If you don't agree with me, you are
0:16:42 – 0:16:54 against me. Interesting, isn't it? There is so much about freedom of expression, about the individual word
0:16:54 – 0:17:03 But then there is a total restriction on freedom of speech. And I have to say, we have
0:17:03 – 0:17:11 We recently decided, Sarah and I, that we should also withdraw from this game.
0:17:11 – 0:17:20 we will continue to make our content, but stop focusing on these dynamics and
0:17:20 – 0:17:27 This bubble thinking. This is absolutely toxic and, above all, all echo chambers.
0:17:27 – 0:17:33 So for every content curator there is just such an echo chamber, such a bubble that
0:17:33 – 0:17:46 Self-reinforcing with affirmations, yes, opinion-reinforcing, by all thinking and saying the same thing. Then
0:17:46 – 0:17:51 There are a few overlaps with other bubbles, but by and large that's just
0:17:51 – 0:18:00 such a – I have such a structure as clusters of cells that exist side by side. And this
0:18:00 – 0:18:07 This is one of YouTube's niches. Now there are a few bubbles, actually such a few
0:18:07 – 0:18:14 Cells that go into each other like this and then there's an exchange. But woe to the one who says
0:18:14 – 0:18:20 What's wrong is immediately war. And that's what we watch all the time and that's
0:18:20 – 0:18:29 interesting dynamic processes on a psychological and sociological level. And that's what we want
0:18:29 – 0:18:35 show such things, but we no longer participate in such trench fights. We have
0:18:35 – 0:18:43 Unfortunately, let God be so enthralled there, because of opportunists who stop in the bubbles everywhere
0:18:43 – 0:18:50 are represented and some content creators are also such candidates that we then
0:18:50 – 0:18:56 have in some places also been instrumentalized and then have also lost the objective view,
0:18:56 – 0:19:06 To show how destructive these dynamics are. Yeah, what am I supposed to say about that? You're over it
0:19:06 – 0:19:16 Disappointed, hurt, in places there are even harassing, malicious announcements to the point of insulting,
0:19:16 – 0:19:23 that you withdraw from this game because you think about its authenticity,
0:19:23 – 0:19:29 They want to hold on to what is important to them and, above all, to their own health.
0:19:29 – 0:19:39 I want to respect. Especially mental health. And this will be presented to you or
0:19:39 – 0:19:51 It is also used to act as a sharp knife. This is an interesting logic and
0:19:51 – 0:20:00 A consequence that we have drawn. And that's what we're going to stick to. Because nothing is
0:20:00 – 0:20:06 more important for us than that we are authentic and above all our own
0:20:06 – 0:20:13 mental health. And you have to say that community care is really a time-consuming thing. If:
0:20:13 – 0:20:19 I think that I only have a few hours a day where I can do something, because besides the
0:20:19 – 0:20:27 Everyday care and some household and so, I just don't have much time to deal with the things
0:20:27 – 0:20:32 Dealing with things that are important to me. And if I care for community all the time
0:20:32 – 0:20:40 Take care, then it takes a lot of time. It is also an aspect to consider. And that's why we can
0:20:40 – 0:20:45 I also understand that great content creators act differently and have their people for it,
0:20:45 – 0:20:48 Those who stop it.
0:20:48 – 0:20:56 So much for overtunism. Then I have a question. Maybe he wanted
0:20:56 – 0:21:00 I'll answer that, but you know, the comments are different.
0:21:00 – 0:21:06 As before. Have you ever had such an experience with extreme
0:21:06 – 0:21:11 Top tunists and how did you deal with them? That would be me again
0:21:11 – 0:21:19 interested. Even if the comments are now moderated more strictly and not everything
0:21:19 – 0:21:27 It is immediately unlocked. After all, this must first be approved. Good,
0:21:27 – 0:21:32 I say thank you for listening and say until next time. Goodbye, Sasha.
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In this edition of ‘Difference’ Sascha Markmann is dedicated to a topic that we encounter again and again in our professional life, in private life and especially in the digital world: the opportunism.

What distinguishes a healthy egoism and necessary self-care from unprincipled purpose loyalty? We will shed light on the Latin roots of the term – from opportunus (cheap, convenient) – and analyse why people choose the path of least resistance as soon as there is a personal advantage.

The main focus of this episode:

Definition & delineation: Why opportunism often means absolute unprincipledness and how it differs from healthy self-care.
Characteristics of everyday life: From extreme flexibility of opinion to ‘purpose loyalty’, which lasts only as long as a yield flows.
Psychological background: A lack of inner compass, conflict aversion and the role of narcissistic traits in social structures.
Focus Content Creator Bubble: A critical reflection on toxic echo chambers, instrumentalized loyalties, and why Sascha and Sarah consistently draw boundaries to protect their mental health and authenticity.
Self-protection: Practical approaches to dealing with opportunists, setting limits and preserving one's own credibility.

An in-depth analysis of the mechanisms of the ‘Anniversary culture’ and the courage to stand up for one’s own convictions even against the wind.

Topic overview:

Intro and Welcome
- Introduction to the topic of opportunism as a community wish.
Basic principles and definition
- Etymological origin: From the Latin ‘obatornus’ (cheap, comfortable).
- Definition of opportunism as acting according to the greatest personal advantage without regard to morality or principles.
- Distinction from ‘healthy selfishness’ and the need for self-care.
Analysis: How do you recognize opportunists?
- Extreme flexibility of opinion and tactical behavior depending on the situation.
- The concept of ‘purpose loyalty’: Alliances only exist as long as they bring benefits.
- Devaluation of others as soon as no advantage can be derived from them.
Psychological root cause research
- The lack of internal compass and lack of deeply anchored values.
- Choosing the least resistance from conflict aversion.
- The Role of Narcissistic Traits: Focus on status, success and fake empathy.
Impact on the environment
- Destruction of trust and psychological security in teams and relationships.
- The emergence of a poisonous climate and an ‘elbow society’.
- Emotional exhaustion in fellow human beings through constant vigilance.
Transfer: The Reality in the Content Creator Bubble
- Personal experiences with toxic dynamics and echo chambers on YouTube.
- Reflection on instrumentalization and the loss of objective gaze.
- Examples of conflicts: The handling of expectations of the spectators (using the example of animal welfare/Lavan story).
Conclusion and outlook: Strategies for self-protection
- Need to draw blunt and clear boundaries.
- Importance of documentation and consistent action.
- The conscious withdrawal from the bubble game in favour of one’s own mental health and authenticity.

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The digression 81 Demonetarises – and now?

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0:00:31 – 0:00:39 Hello and welcome to a new episode of digression, where I occasionally actually
0:00:39 – 0:00:47 Almost always deviate from the topic. I'm Sascha Machmann and say hello. Today's topic is
0:00:47 – 0:00:56 Something, yes, it affects us in some way. There's always been YouTube in the past.
0:01:03 – 0:01:11 Battery calypse. Thousands of subscribers were deleted on each channel. At that time there were
0:01:11 – 0:01:21 I was 160 when I had 500, 600. And that was real for some channels.
0:01:21 – 0:01:30 It's a disaster because they've lost monetization. Then there were again and again
0:01:30 – 0:01:39 Adjustments, then people just lost their monetization for various reasons and that gave
0:01:39 – 0:01:48 always such waves and currently there is a demonetization wave for channels that stop
0:01:48 – 0:01:55 They don't produce authentic content, and that's what happened to us. Yes, I know we communicate
0:01:55 – 0:02:03 Always outward. We are not monetizing. We don't monetize either. But we could.
0:02:03 – 0:02:09 We have little monetization. This is where you can get channel membership. And that,
0:02:09 – 0:02:17 The most important thing for me personally was that you can integrate the shop. Why? I mean,
0:02:17 – 0:02:24 The shop does not make a profit. It is a no-profit shop. These are the series prices of
0:02:24 – 0:02:33 Spreadshirt. It was all about annoying Frank by keeping them bad.
0:02:33 – 0:02:43 And make badly designed cups visible over it. There was no other reason and before all
0:02:43 – 0:02:52 Things like being able to do channel fines is never real.
0:02:52 – 0:02:58 has been communicated. Yes, it is there, you can click on it, but there are also
0:02:58 – 0:03:04 Make a comment, a reference to it. But advertised or something
0:03:04 – 0:03:10 Active, great? No, it's not because we monetize it.
0:03:10 – 0:03:15 It's not. And even if we regularly receive an e-mail from YouTube
0:03:15 – 0:03:20 got it. Guys, you could do so and so much sales
0:03:20 – 0:03:28 Doing it? Monetize it! One click takes 15 minutes, you don't need more. Let's do this
0:03:28 – 0:03:39 It's not. So, so much for that. This was last week. I believe in one day, in the
0:03:39 – 0:03:47 In the early hours of the morning, after we uploaded the last video, this happened.
0:03:47 – 0:03:56 We have been demonetized. With the usual hints, non-authentic content, AI, Slop and
0:03:56 – 0:04:03 so on. Maybe now I have to explain briefly what AI-Slop is. AI-Slop is cheaply produced,
0:04:03 – 0:04:16 Contentless, automatically generated AI. Shit. To put it this way. And so I thought to myself,
0:04:16 – 0:04:23 jo, you've heard about it because I'd gotten messages where some people
0:04:23 – 0:04:29 They complained that they had lost their monetization. Then hold on
0:04:29 – 0:04:33 Consider making a disagreement with a lawyer and so and I've thought
0:04:33 – 0:04:40 "Shit happens", you simply write a two-liner according to the motto. I find it difficult,
0:04:40 – 0:04:47 We make a podcast that usually lasts longer and uses a static
0:04:47 – 0:04:56 Background image and just a bit of AI music to underline it thematically. Intro,
0:04:56 – 0:05:04 Outro's done. And that's how I wrote it. There was, of course, an automatic
0:05:04 – 0:05:12 The generated response. Yes, thank you very much, we'll do it, we'll check it out. We will contact you at the latest
0:05:12 – 0:05:21 Two or three weeks. Within 24 hours I got a response from a person,
0:05:21 – 0:05:30 from a support representative and he said, "We've checked it. A warm welcome,
0:05:30 – 0:05:38 Congratulations. Monetization is back. Can you reactivate." Yes, and there I have
0:05:38 – 0:05:45 I thought, cool. Then, of course, came the automatic e-mail. Yeah, you're in. And then
0:05:45 – 0:05:51 Again came an apology from a co-worker and with the kind thank you,
0:05:51 – 0:05:57 It would have helped to make the automated process better.
0:05:57 – 0:06:12 Yes, thank you very much. And what do I see? The last few days are constantly popping up new community posts
0:06:12 – 0:06:20 or even theatrical videos where creators write "I don't do anything anymore,
0:06:20 – 0:06:28 Now I'm not going to post my creative posts on YouTube anymore.
0:06:28 – 0:06:36 The question is, "Why did you do it? is it just about the money you can earn?"
0:06:36 – 0:06:43 And let's be honest, as a small channel you can only make a few hundred euros a month,
0:06:43 – 0:06:49 If you then look at all the costs you have, taxes, bla bla bla,
0:06:49 – 0:07:01 Half of it goes away. Then what do you have? From 150, from 200, 100? Good,
0:07:01 – 0:07:07 It's nice if you can make a little money with a hobby, but is
0:07:07 – 0:07:16 Is it what you want? Is that why they did it and don't do it anymore? And
0:07:16 – 0:07:22 Above all, where do you not reject your contributions now? So the things where you still have money
0:07:22 – 0:07:32 could earn, have no meaning and the things where you can upload something for free,
0:07:32 – 0:07:44 they have no range or are too cryptic or too strange to use via tube and so on
0:07:44 – 0:07:57 continue. So what to do? Most podcasts don't make a profit. So what was the
0:07:57 – 0:08:05 That's why on YouTube, if it wasn't out there, maybe it was.
0:08:05 – 0:08:12 The money? Questions about questions. You'll still be able to ask where ever, if some of you would
0:08:12 – 0:08:24 I've been doing it for years and I'm still doing it today for plus minus zero the podcast. I operate
0:08:24 – 0:08:34 a blog for plus minus zero and the other formats with plus minus zero. There are a few
0:08:34 – 0:08:40 nice people who just throw a few euros in a big pot and with it the
0:08:40 – 0:08:50 Deployment costs paid for the server. And that's it. There's no more than that, which somehow
0:08:50 – 0:09:00 It would make a profit. For me, it's a nice hobby, a job. I know,
0:09:00 – 0:09:07 that every day for one or two hours I can sit down on a computer and use the material
0:09:07 – 0:09:13 busy, a little thought, a little research, the recordings, the editing
0:09:13 – 0:09:21 and so I get continuously over the week, above all, a nice,
0:09:21 – 0:09:29 Varied pastimes. And that's all. It's a hobby. Hobbies usually cost
0:09:29 – 0:09:36 Money. Well, if I buy the new software, I have to pay, it costs money. When I'm new
0:09:36 – 0:09:43 Buying equipment. It costs money. But these are all things for my hobby. That's the same,
0:09:43 – 0:09:50 It's like buying a new instrument. A new software synthesizer or, what?
0:09:50 – 0:09:56 It hasn't been for ages, a new hardware synthesizer. It's for my hobby.
0:09:56 – 0:10:03 And I don't make any money from that. I mean, you can read on my music blog,
0:10:03 – 0:10:10 there I have in irregular time stops – I would have to update that again – how much
0:10:10 – 0:10:19 I made money with music. And there we are in, yes, let's say, in double digits
0:10:19 – 0:10:26 Cent range, regularly. There was also a month where there were maybe two euros. Da
0:10:26 – 0:10:34 In an Asian country, someone bought something. So these are amounts,
0:10:34 – 0:10:44 Those who are far away from anyone, yes, that it would be worth it. When I think about it, I
0:10:44 – 0:10:53 must accumulate at least 50 euros, so that I get the first payout, yes hello, how many years
0:10:53 – 0:11:00 Should I wait there? This is not something I expect from you and this is like I said hobby and the
0:11:00 – 0:11:09 The pay I draw from this hobby is interaction, people who listen to the music,
0:11:09 – 0:11:15 Streams, people who listen to the podcast and then, if necessary, a review
0:11:15 – 0:11:25 Leave a comment or leave a comment. That's the pay, reach and interaction, as they say so beautifully
0:11:25 – 0:11:38 in German "Engagement". So, if there is now this wave of demonetization because of
0:11:38 – 0:11:42 unauthentic content, I don't know if this wave already has a name,
0:11:42 – 0:11:56 And little creatures stop creating content because they can't silver it anymore. What was
0:11:56 – 0:12:03 Then the reason why they did it? YouTube has a saying like that.
0:12:03 – 0:12:14 How was that again? Anything about "yourself"? "Broadcast yourself" as much as
0:12:14 – 0:12:27 "Send your own". Be authentic, do what you want. Same with podcasts. Of course
0:12:27 – 0:12:32 There are a lot of people who still have the dollar signs in their eyes, but these are
0:12:32 – 0:12:40 least of them. There are so few people who can live off their podcast business. Be it,
0:12:40 – 0:12:49 because they are funded from somewhere or because they advertise, product placement and so on
0:12:49 – 0:12:58 continue. I mean, that's perfectly okay if someone makes money from what they do. And
0:12:58 – 0:13:01 What's better than making money with your hobby?
0:13:01 – 0:13:06 But then it's not a hobby anymore, then it's work and you have to.
0:13:06 – 0:13:08 And yet I see it again and again
0:13:08 – 0:13:13 any young influencers who then stop after five years
0:13:13 – 0:13:18 live stream every day, totally burned out,
0:13:18 – 0:13:23 Take a short break with a burnout
0:13:23 – 0:13:25 three months, six months,
0:13:26 – 0:13:36 so that they are again so fit that they can then go back to work and have to be careful.
0:13:36 – 0:13:41 It's hard. It's really hard.
0:13:41 – 0:13:47 I also did a lot more for a while and did a lot more.
0:13:47 – 0:13:51 And that's exhausting. That's at work.
0:13:51 – 0:13:56 And even if that's only 20 minutes of stuff you get out of it.
0:13:56 – 0:14:02 But when I look at some people, I always wonder,
0:14:02 – 0:14:07 Do you do this because you want to make money?
0:14:07 – 0:14:09 And is it worth it at all?
0:14:09 – 0:14:14 Or because you just want to tell people something?
0:14:14 – 0:14:17 I mean, we're sitting here now.
0:14:17 – 0:14:36 Some hear me driving, others on the bus, on the way to work, the next stop at home, the others on YouTube, the one on PearTube, any other platform where you can consume podcasts, even on Spotify.
0:14:36 – 0:14:42 And follow my thoughts.
0:14:42 – 0:14:45 And that's already horny.
0:14:45 – 0:14:52 Let's be honest, you listen to me sin in front of me.
0:14:52 – 0:14:55 And that's a great pay.
0:14:55 – 0:15:01 I mean, if you assume now, and I mean, so many a content creator seals
0:15:01 – 0:15:07 If you have a narcissism, it's a bit difficult to get a borderline diagnosis.
0:15:07 – 0:15:08 to be agreed.
0:15:08 – 0:15:12 But that's a topic for another podcast.
0:15:12 – 0:15:25 Then you might think, yes, that already has racist traits. And I'll tell you a secret, every human being has such a little racist.
0:15:25 – 0:15:28 The only question is how well trained he is.
0:15:28 – 0:15:37 And I think in one of the next editions I'll talk about
0:15:37 – 0:15:46 Let's talk about healthy selfishness. In conjunction with
0:15:46 – 0:15:56 overtones. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ye There will be so many times
0:15:56 – 0:16:09 Finding new thoughts. I find it interesting that the topic, so attention and reach,
0:16:09 – 0:16:19 It's always taken as the ultimate manslaughter argument when you criticize someone else. How often
0:16:19 – 0:16:24 we have recently, especially since we launched the Akter Flattermann series and
0:16:24 – 0:16:30 some also use the format rectal-digital more strongly again, heard, you only do that
0:16:30 – 0:16:42 Because of the attention. But even generate this attention by stopping
0:16:42 – 0:16:53 certain topics that have a certain topicality, make content themselves. Or question rounds
0:16:53 – 0:17:00 Do what you can talk about in the next live or video. And that closes this
0:17:00 – 0:17:08 Circle of Thought. No one wants to make content that no one looks at, so no one consumes.
0:17:08 – 0:17:19 So you do what the target group wants to consume. So you ask or
0:17:19 – 0:17:28 Do what you see most, click or something else. And then you do that,
0:17:28 – 0:17:35 What matters, what pleases. But it is actually considered the ultimate manslaughter argument
0:17:35 – 0:17:42 made. He's just doing it because of the reach and the clicks. If you do this
0:17:42 – 0:17:51 would now monetize that there are at least a few numbers popping out, such a few money numbers,
0:17:51 – 0:17:58 Then you would understand. But such little people who can't monetize at all
0:17:58 – 0:18:04 or others who don't want to do that, you can't ultimately blame them,
0:18:04 – 0:18:13 Because there's no greater reason than that you might want to be heard.
0:18:13 – 0:18:20 I said earlier, it's almost a reward for us. For me it is a reward.
0:18:20 – 0:18:27 If someone writes a comment on the blog post and says you, I think it's okay.
0:18:27 – 0:18:33 I think I'm horny. You, I have a completely different opinion. I see it differently. This
0:18:33 – 0:18:39 I am now critical. I think it's great if there's an interesting exchange and
0:18:39 – 0:18:46 There is discourse. I also see this on YouTube with certain videos and topics. Then it pops
0:18:46 – 0:18:56 Sometimes right in the comments and I know that many of them claim that I don't delete any
0:18:56 – 0:19:05 Comments, especially on YouTube. That's what so many people say. I am transparency in persona. me
0:19:05 – 0:19:13 I am consistently honest. Just like the Berserkers. When I look at the fact that some
0:19:13 – 0:19:26 Channels so have deleted 5,000, 4,000, 1,700 comments in the last 30 days and I'm talking now
0:19:26 – 0:19:32 Not from any big ones, but from channels in such a small side bubble. So
0:19:32 – 0:19:41 such a side arm on YouTube and then hold such a small branch and there such a small bud on it. From
0:19:41 – 0:19:51 I'm talking about a bubble like that. So from channels that have 30,000, 40,000 subscribers, where maybe
0:19:51 – 0:19:59 5,000 are active, or perhaps less than 10,000 for channels that have even fewer
0:19:59 – 0:20:07 Subscribers. Well, I think it's tough. Sure, comments also disappear with us,
0:20:07 – 0:20:13 because people delete it themselves, because the main comment, under which I say 100 or
0:20:13 – 0:20:23 200 comments are deleted by the one who created it himself, because every now and then we
0:20:23 – 0:20:30 delete a comment where something is extremely insulted, something is extremely doxed or where we
0:20:30 – 0:20:37 would be asked to delete this because it is a personal attack on another commentator
0:20:37 – 0:20:45 was. But we always weigh this up and then you can just go and say yes, but you say
0:20:45 – 0:20:53 But you always don't delete. Yeah, but we never said that. We said yes we delete
0:20:53 – 0:20:59 Also, but only a little. Most of it stops, except for hard insults, doxen of
0:20:59 – 0:21:07 Data and there are unfortunately a few candidates who like to outweigh first names of women,
0:21:07 – 0:21:17 Yes, doxen, without the stop being visible from the username stop. And if not the
0:21:17 – 0:21:23 Who says you can delete this please, of course we do. But let's say
0:21:23 – 0:21:31 so, for a video, where there are 400 comments and there we delete maybe 5,
0:21:31 – 0:21:40 Sometimes ten, that's not exactly as much as other people who delete within 24 hours.
0:21:40 – 0:21:57 Hours - what did I draw the analysis before - delete 1200, 500, 300 comments. This is an
0:21:57 – 0:22:04 A small difference. Of course they will all say, "No, no, no, no, no, no, I don't do that!"
0:22:04 – 0:22:12 But yes, this happens regularly, because I see these numbers regularly.
0:22:12 – 0:22:23 That's the point about this "I'm authentic" because I only do it because I like to do it,
0:22:23 – 0:22:29 because I want to clarify and I don't care if this is seen here
0:22:29 – 0:22:34 Will or something. But the others, they do it only because of the reach and because of the attention
0:22:34 – 0:22:41 They don't have their own issues anyway. Yes, you hear that over and over again and then you see
0:22:41 – 0:22:53 suddenly that videos, channels are deleted and disappear because YouTube stops
0:22:53 – 0:22:59 Content that isn't authentic at the moment, I think that's stupid.
0:22:59 – 0:23:11 It is demonetized. Now I have you again 20 minutes, after 23 minutes of your
0:23:11 – 0:23:20 cost a valuable life and I just wanted to say if someone really does that because they
0:23:20 – 0:23:29 What he has to say is that he wants to be heard and he does it.
0:23:29 – 0:23:36 Even if he doesn't make any money for it. 'Cause it's never been so easy and so cheap,
0:23:36 – 0:23:45 make videos, podcasts and even publish them quite inexpensively,
0:23:45 – 0:23:52 as we have now. You can buy reasonable equipment for small money and be there
0:23:52 – 0:24:00 200 Euro already damn high and can then just pursue an interesting hobby,
0:24:00 – 0:24:12 where you get to know many interesting people, but also toxic and people,
0:24:12 – 0:24:18 Where you think, no, I wouldn't have known them better in my life. But this is
0:24:18 – 0:24:30 everywhere like that. This can happen to you in the carnival club, this can happen to you in the hobby remote controlled
0:24:30 – 0:24:38 Cars Club pass, RC Racing Club. But this can also happen to you in the chess club or at the
0:24:38 – 0:24:48 Linen actor troupe. With this in mind, thank you for listening and bye, your Sasha.
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YouTube cleans up – or at least tries. Currently, a new wave of demonetisation is hitting many small channels that are flying out of monetisation due to allegedly ‘non-authentic content’. AI Slop, Automatically Acting Content, Static Images, Artificial Music, Podcast Formats on YouTube: Suddenly, the question arises as to what is actually considered real content.

In this episode, the divergence Sascha addresses precisely this question – not from a safe distance, but from her own experience. His own channel was also affected for a short time. The monetisation was gone, the contradiction was examined, one person from the support looked at it – and suddenly everything was reactivated. But that's where the bigger question comes from: What does this whole situation say about small creators, YouTube, reach and motivation?

Is it really about expression, exchange and one's own hobby? Or is there more to money than is publicly admitted? What does it mean when creators immediately announce that they don't want to publish anything as soon as content can no longer be silvered? And is attention really a bad thing – or is it often the real reward for small formats?

This episode is an honest digression about hobby content, small channels, podcast work, AI suspicion, algorithm logic, deleted comments, reach as payment and the old YouTube idea: Broadcast Yourself.

In the end, the uncomfortable but important question remains:
If you really have something to say, do you keep going even if there is no money around?

Breakdown of topics

1. Getting started: Welcome to the new digression

The sequence begins with the typical classification of the format: Sascha welcomes the listeners and introduces them to a topic that is not only of general interest, but also directly affects their own channel.

2. Review: YouTube and previous "battery calypses"

Sascha is reminiscent of earlier waves where YouTube has mass purged subscribers or made channels through changes to monetization. Even then, small channels could noticeably lose reach or revenue opportunities.

3. The current wave of demonetization

The focus is on the new wave where channels are demonetised for allegedly ‘non-authentic content’. Terms such as AI slop, automatically generated content and artificial content become the basis for YouTube's evaluation.

4. Disturbance of the channel

Sascha explains that his own channel was also affected for a short time. Although it was always clearly communicated to the outside that LautFunk is not actively monetized, certain features such as small monetization, channel memberships and shop integration were available.

5. Why Monetization Was Activated

It follows the classification that it was not about profit intention. In particular, shop integration is described as a rather humorous and symbolic purpose – for example for cups and other deliberately trashy fan articles – not as a serious source of income.

6. The contradiction on YouTube

Sascha describes his own objection to demonetization. Instead of large legal steps, there was a factual explanation: The channel produces longer podcast content with static image, intro, outro and thematically supporting AI music.

7. The quick response from support

Surprisingly quickly came a human feedback from YouTube. After review, monetization was reactivated, including apologies and an indication that feedback would help improve automated processes.

8. Observation of Creator Reactions

Then look at other creators. In community posts and videos, some announce that they will no longer publish anything on YouTube because they have been deprived of monetization.

9. The central question of motivation

From these reactions arises the guiding question of the following: Why was the content made? Was it about communication, exchange, hobby and reach – or, in the end, more about money than many openly admit?

10. Small Channels and the Reality of Revenue

Sascha argues that small channels rarely make significant profits. Even a few hundred euros a month are put into perspective very quickly due to costs, taxes, effort and the actual time consumption.

11. Hobby, cost and creative work

The result changes to a personal perspective: Podcasting, blogging, music making and content production are primarily a hobby for Sascha. As with synthesizers, software or other equipment, this hobby costs money rather than making a reliable profit.

12. Music releases as an example

As an example, Sascha mentions his own music releases, where revenues are often only in the cent range. Visibility, streams, comments and real feedback are more important here than a payout.

13. Reach and interaction as actual payment

The result is that attention is not automatically negative. For small formats, a comment, an evaluation or a serious exchange can be the real reward.

14. When hobby becomes work

Sascha talks about the pressure to produce content on a regular basis. Especially with influencers and streamers, a hobby can quickly turn into a day-to-day work, which can lead to exhaustion, overwork or burnout.

15. The old YouTube idea: "Broadcast Yourself"

The following is a reference to the original YouTube idea: Send yourself, show what you want to say. This is exactly what Sascha measures today's creator culture and the question of how much authenticity remains when money and algorithm dominate.

16. Attention as a manslaughter argument

Another focus is the allegation that someone is making content ‘just because of attention’ or ‘just because of reach’. Sascha argues against this: Of course, anyone who publishes content also wants to be heard, seen or read – otherwise they would not have to be made public.

17. Target group, choice of topic and click logic

The result is that content is almost always created according to what people are interested in. Creators see which topics are clicked, which discussions are ongoing and what their own target group reacts to. This alone does not make content dishonest.

18. Authenticity and Commentary Culture

Sascha addresses the discrepancy between public assertion of transparency and the actual behaviour of some channels. In particular, deleting large amounts of comments contrasts with statements such as ‘nothing is deleted in my case’.

19. Own moderation and limits

Even with your own channel, it is arranged that comments do not remain completely unfiltered. Hard insults, doxing, personal attacks or posts deleted at the request of data subjects will be removed – but not as a means of opinion control.

20. Return to the key question: What is real content?

In the end, the circle closes to the wave of demonetization. If YouTube rates content as ‘non-authentic’ and creators want to stop, the question of what real motivation, real expression and real creativity mean becomes even clearer.

21. Conclusion: If you have something to say, go ahead.

The episode ends with the thought that it's easier and cheaper than ever to publish podcasts, videos or other content today. If you really want to communicate something, you can do so without much monetization.

22. farewell

Sascha thanks for listening and ends the episode by pointing out that content production can bring many interesting people – but like any hobby, it also brings with it strenuous, toxic or strange encounters.

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The Digression 79 Between Glasses, Blood Sugar and Home Servers

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0:00:02 – 0:00:31 [Music]
0:00:31 – 0:00:40 Hallo und herzlich willkommen zu einer neuen Folge der Abschweifung. Da wo ich nie, so gut wie nie,
0:00:40 – 0:00:48 vom eigentlichen Thema abschweife. Uiuiui, das ist jetzt schon mal wieder ein paar Tage her,
0:00:48 – 0:00:54 dass ich eine Abschweifung gemacht habe und seitdem hat sich wirklich viel getan.
0:00:54 – 0:01:10 Ich bin jetzt unter der Fraktion der Brillenträger gewandert, angekommen. Ich habe die letzten Monate
0:01:10 – 0:01:25 gemerkt, dass meine Augen schlechter geworden sind. Ganz besonders, wenn ich so ein schlechtes
0:01:25 – 0:01:33 Kontrastverhältnis hatte. Sagen wir mal, schwarze Schrift auf rotem Untergrund. Da
0:01:33 – 0:01:37 hatte ich schon echt Probleme zu lesen, wenn das ziemlich klein wurde. Ich meine,
0:01:37 – 0:01:48 das ist von vornherein nicht leicht, das zu lesen. Aber so im Großen und Ganzen, ja, da habe ich das
0:01:48 – 0:01:59 ja noch können. Also, Termin gemacht beim Augenarzt. Ich meine, oh Gott, fast ein halbes Jahr auf einen
0:01:59 – 0:02:05 Termin gewartet. Ich meine, der muss ja auch verkehrsgünstig liegen. Ja, dann war ich dann
0:02:05 – 0:02:15 da gewesen und der sagte dann so "ab 40 ist das normal, dass die Augen schlechter werden".
0:02:15 – 0:02:24 Ja, da war mir klar gewesen, Junge, es gibt eine Brille. Aber man hat mir empfohlen gehabt,
0:02:24 – 0:02:29 zwei Brillen zu nehmen. Einmal eine für die Fernsicht und einmal eine so als Arbeitsplatzbrille
0:02:29 – 0:02:36 und nicht eine Gleitsichtbrille. Und ich muss sagen, das war eine gute Entscheidung, weil diese
0:02:36 – 0:02:42 Arbeitsplatzbrille kann ich eigentlich den ganzen Tag tragen, weil ich habe ein Handy in der Hand,
0:02:42 – 0:02:47 ich habe ein Tablet in der Hand, ich sitze vor dem Laptop, ich sitze an einem großen PC und immer
0:02:47 – 0:02:53 sind die Sachen relativ nah. Und ich habe in den unteren Bereich das zum Lesen und im oberen Bereich
0:02:53 – 0:03:01 halte das für den Bildschirmarbeitsplatz, sagen wir mal so bis 1,50 Meter ungefähr. Und das sind
0:03:01 – 0:03:08 halt so die Entfernungen, in denen ich halt die meisten Sachen um mich herum habe. Ja, lange Rede,
0:03:08 – 0:03:16 kurzer Sinn. Nach dem Augenarzttermin zum Optiker, dann wurde das nochmal alles ausgemessen,
0:03:16 – 0:03:26 kennt man ja. Und dann ging das um die Wahl der Gläser, des Gestells und holy, holy, holy,
0:03:26 – 0:03:35 f... Kann man dafür Geld ausgeben? Kann man dafür Geld ausgeben? Problem ist nur,
0:03:35 – 0:03:44 wenn man kein Geld hat, dann wird es echt spartanisch. Naja, lange Rede, kurzer Sinn,
0:03:44 – 0:03:52 ich habe jetzt zwei Brillen und ich kann wieder sehen und ich bin erstaunt wie klar und deutlich
0:03:52 – 0:04:00 die Schrift ist und ich freue mich tatsächlich daran, dass ich jetzt alles wirklich besser sehen
0:04:00 – 0:04:09 kann, ohne dass ich halt hingehen muss, viel Licht anmachen, mir die Sachen halt nah ran holen. Ja,
0:04:09 – 0:04:13 aber ich muss aber auch sagen, ich habe auch einen anderen Grund gehabt, warum ich zum Augenarzt
0:04:13 – 0:04:25 gegangen bin. Und das ist inspiriert durch meinen Dibetologen und natürlich auch hier unseren,
0:04:25 – 0:04:38 ach, wie heißt er denn jetzt, die Drama Queen in Person. Ach ja, Frank, ich habe Augenspritzen,
0:04:38 – 0:04:48 Wattermann. Ich habe da keinen Bock drauf, diese Vorstellung da so spritzen ins Auge zu kriegen.
0:04:48 – 0:04:57 Und das geht gar nicht. Bei den Gedanken daran kriege ich nicht nur Gänsehaut, das ist ganz
0:04:57 – 0:05:04 schlimm. Und da habe ich auch den Augendruck untersuchen lassen und so weiter und so fort.
0:05:04 – 0:05:09 Und Gott sei Dank, sagte mir der Arzt, also alles in Ordnung.
0:05:09 – 0:05:14 Der hat sich auch den Augenhintergrund angeschaut und alles in Ordnung.
0:05:14 – 0:05:20 Und Gott sei Dank, ich meine, ich habe die ganze Zeit lang penibel auf meinen Blutzucker geachtet.
0:05:20 – 0:05:24 Ich bin super eingestellt.
0:05:24 – 0:05:31 Ich habe einen besseren Wert wie manch einer, der kein Diabetiker ist
0:05:31 – 0:05:39 Und der Langzeitzuckerwert, der ist super. Und ich bin so froh, dass ich da wirklich so
0:05:39 – 0:05:47 diszipliniert bin. Natürlich esse ich mal Schokolade, aber dann werden halt die Hauptmahlzeiten
0:05:47 – 0:05:53 halt umgestellt. Natürlich esse ich auch mal Chips, aber dann wird halt wieder was anderes
0:05:53 – 0:06:03 dafür umgestellt. Ich komme aus der Pflege. Ich habe ja Altenpfleger gelernt und da weiß man halt
0:06:03 – 0:06:09 schon ein bisschen besser, wie man halt die ganzen Werte bestimmt. Und ich meine, das gehörte ja auch
0:06:09 – 0:06:16 zum Tagesgeschäft. Und ich habe mich da immer penibel dran gehalten, habe es immer ausgerechnet.
0:06:16 – 0:06:24 Und Gott sei Dank hast du ja mittlerweile nicht so wie halt zu Zeiten meiner Oma, die halt eine
0:06:24 – 0:06:31 gärtenschlanke Frau war, aber auch Diabetes Typ 2 hatte. Die musste wirklich immer genau alles
0:06:31 – 0:06:39 abwiegen und so. Und heutzutage hast du so gute Hilfsmittel dank des KI-Zeitalters, wo du quasi
0:06:39 – 0:06:46 nur ein Foto davon machen musst und dann kann eine speziell trainierte KI dafür halt die ausrechnen,
0:06:46 – 0:06:53 wie viele Kohlenhydrateinheiten das sind und dann kannst du danach halt spritzen.
0:06:53 – 0:07:03 Und natürlich gibt es halt Produkte, spezielle Hormone, die dir halt auch helfen.
0:07:03 – 0:07:10 Sie sind natürlich als Abnehmspritze bekannt und ich muss sagen, seitdem ich da auf Monjaro
0:07:10 – 0:07:15 eingestellt bin und ich meine, ich bekomme wirklich eine kleine Dosis, also das hat nichts
0:07:15 – 0:07:21 mit der Abnehmspritze zu tun. Also die ist wesentlich höher dosiert. Wesentlich höher.
0:07:21 – 0:07:33 Habe ich da wirklich noch viel weniger Probleme und mein Blutzucker ist ja gleichmäßig konstant. Ja,
0:07:33 – 0:07:39 ich hoffe, dass das weiterhin so bleibt und dass ich halt keine Langzeitschäden kriege. Natürlich
0:07:39 – 0:07:48 habe ich schon halt Probleme mit Nervenunempfindlichkeiten, also Polyneuropathien.
0:07:48 – 0:07:55 Aber das ist alles noch so minimal und wenn ich halt beim Diabetologen bin und das alles
0:07:55 – 0:08:01 untersucht wird, die sagen auch, das ist erstaunlich dafür, dass sie halt seit zehn Jahren Diabetes
0:08:01 – 0:08:05 haben, dass sie da so wenig Schäden haben.
0:08:05 – 0:08:10 Aber das ist wirklich so, weil ich seit Tag 1 da wirklich drauf achte.
0:08:10 – 0:08:17 Und ja, es ist halt immer so ein Kampf.
0:08:17 – 0:08:23 Und ich muss sagen, nach meinem Schlaganfall, ich weiß gar nicht, das habe ich schon mal erzählt,
0:08:23 – 0:08:29 bin ich halt in Depressionen verfallen und habe mich halt wirklich dick gefressen.
0:08:29 – 0:08:34 Und ich bin jetzt dabei, kontinuierlich halt dieses Gewicht, was ich in der Angriff
0:08:34 – 0:08:41 gefuttert habe, halt wieder zu reduzieren. Und das ist halt ein langer, langer, harter Weg.
0:08:41 – 0:08:47 Aber ich will da gar nicht so auf die Tränendüse drücken, sondern es ist ja wirklich so,
0:08:47 – 0:08:56 dass halt, wenn man sich bewegen kann und die Bewegung halt erhöht und die Ernährung umstellt,
0:08:56 – 0:09:02 dass man da wirklich viel erreichen kann, auch was den Diabetes angeht. Das Problem ist einfach nur,
0:09:02 – 0:09:10 seit dem Schlaganfall kann ich mich halt nicht mehr so bewegen. Also muss ich das halt über die
0:09:10 – 0:09:24 Portionsgröße und halt über das, was ich esse, ändern. Da kommen wir zum nächsten Problem. Seit
0:09:24 – 0:09:29 Seit 2019 sind die Lebensmittel um 37% teurer geworden.
0:09:29 – 0:09:37 Gerade die Sachen, die wenig Kalorien haben, also Kohlenhydrat vor allen Dingen, und dazu
0:09:37 – 0:09:38 noch gesund sind.
0:09:38 – 0:09:44 Ich könnte Sonntag auch Schlemmkreide essen und Heu oder auch Dachpappe, wenn das Bitumen
0:09:44 – 0:09:46 nicht ganz so giftig wäre.
0:09:46 – 0:09:53 Dann das wäre günstiger auf Dauer halt als Salate, Gemüse und sowas.
0:09:53 – 0:09:58 Und man möchte ja auch noch irgendwo ein bisschen Lebensqualität haben.
0:09:58 – 0:10:03 Also Nahrung jetzt nicht als Notwendigkeit, sondern auch halt als etwas Sinnliches.
0:10:03 – 0:10:10 Denn Essen ist schon ein sinnliches Erlebnis, weil sonst könntest du dir auch die ganzen Gewürze sparen.
0:10:10 – 0:10:21 weil dann könnte ja alles halt nach Tapetenkleister schmecken. Fun Fact, Tapetenkleister ist kalorientechnisch
0:10:21 – 0:10:28 gesehen fantastisch. Also geschmacklich gesehen ist es fürchterlich, aber kalorientechnisch,
0:10:28 – 0:10:32 weil keine Kohlenhydrate drin sind. Dafür ein paar andere Sachen und jede Menge Ballaststoffe.
0:10:32 – 0:10:41 Ja, könntest du dir das reinhauen und hättest natürlich, wärst satt. Es ist leicht zu
0:10:41 – 0:10:47 konsumieren, aber halt geschmacklich und von der Ästhetik her ziemlich widerlich.
0:10:47 – 0:10:59 Ja, und da sind wir halt. Man braucht auch ein bisschen Lebensqualität und wenn du dann halt
0:10:59 – 0:11:06 Nudeln und Ketchup machen satt, klar. Aber kohlenhydratechnisch ist das natürlich eine
0:11:06 – 0:11:12 Katastrophe, weil in Ketchup viel Zucker ist und in Nudeln viele Kohlenhydrate in Form von
0:11:12 – 0:11:25 langkettigen Zuckermolekülen. Ich bin einfach nur froh, dass ich das so weit hinbekommen habe.
0:11:25 – 0:11:38 Und ich bin da ja auch experimentierfreudig. Der geneigte Zuhörer weiß, dass ich seit einiger Zeit
0:11:38 – 0:11:52 mich auch mit KI beschäftige und vor allen Dingen mit den aufgekommenen OpenCloer. Macht das besonders
0:11:52 – 0:11:57 besonders für Spaß, weil es ist eine
0:11:57 – 0:11:59 einfache Umgebung, man bindet halt die
0:11:59 – 0:12:03 bevorzugte künstliche Intelligenz des
0:12:03 – 0:12:04 geringsten Vertrauens halt ein und kann
0:12:04 – 0:12:08 dann halt Dinge machen und
0:12:08 – 0:12:13 automatisieren. Und ich muss sagen, ich
0:12:13 – 0:12:16 habe da, was so die Tagesstruktur
0:12:13 – 0:12:24 angeht, extrem viel mit optimieren können. Und man identifiziert das Problem, man benennt das
0:12:24 – 0:12:33 Problem und dieser künstliche Assistent ist in der Lage, selbstständig halt Automatisation zu
0:12:33 – 0:12:39 erstellen. Kleine Skripte schreiben, kleine Programme, die halt automatisch ausgeführt
0:12:39 – 0:12:46 werden zu gewissen Uhrzeiten und dann halt Dinge erledigen. Und ja, man kann dann halt
0:12:46 – 0:12:55 eine Internet-Suche anstoßen. Man kann sagen, hier such mir so ein Rezept des Tages raus und
0:12:55 – 0:13:00 die Bedingungen, die halt erfüllt sind. Und dann wird die Internet-Suche angeschmissen und das
0:13:00 – 0:13:08 Ding zieht sich selber das raus. Und irgendwie kriegt man jeden Tag ein neues Rezept mit
0:13:08 – 0:13:14 Einkaufsliste, was man braucht und so. Oder man sagt halt, was man halt da hat und das wird gemacht.
0:13:14 – 0:13:22 Und man könnte ja viel weiter gehen, wenn man eine Datenbank anlegt, wo man halt das,
0:13:22 – 0:13:29 was man da hat, reinpackt. Dann kann man auch daraus die Daten ziehen und dann halt gucken,
0:13:29 – 0:13:36 was man daraus für leckere Gerichte kochen könnte. Oder mit den gleichen Zustanden verschiedenste
0:13:36 – 0:13:42 Variation machen. Das geht alles damit und genauso benutze ich das. Ich habe einen
0:13:42 – 0:13:47 Experten für meinen Tagesablauf mit der Ernährung. Ich habe einen Experten, der
0:13:47 – 0:13:52 mir meine Internetseite wartet. Ich habe einen Experten hier und einen Experten da und das
0:13:52 – 0:14:00 macht einfach Spaß. Da kann man viel Zeit und viel Blödsinn mit machen und ich
0:14:00 – 0:14:08 Ich bin immer wieder erstaunt, was unsere Zeit zur Zeit für Tools hervorbringt, dass
0:14:08 – 0:14:15 ich quasi einfach nur mein Handy reinrede, der Messenger ist mit diesem System verbunden
0:14:15 – 0:14:18 und dann wird diese Aufgabe gemacht.
0:14:18 – 0:14:28 Die eine Seite ist, KI kostet Geld, da gibt es aber auch Möglichkeiten für, wenn man
0:14:28 – 0:14:34 jetzt nicht wer weiß was für komplizierte
0:14:34 – 0:14:37 sachen macht, gibt es halt auch freie
0:14:37 – 0:14:39 kostenlose modelle und dann kann man das
0:14:39 – 0:14:42 damit machen, wenn man jetzt nicht wer
0:14:42 – 0:14:44 weiß was für komplexe super
0:14:44 – 0:14:46 aufwendige sachen erledigt haben möchte.
0:14:46 – 0:14:47 Aber Kleinigkeiten kann man
0:14:47 – 0:14:50 kostenlos machen. So ist der betrieb gar
0:14:50 – 0:14:55 nicht mal so teuer, weil ich habe ein
0:14:55 – 0:14:58 paar Server hier rumstehen und da
0:14:55 – 0:15:02 laufen die drauf und machen da ihr Zeug. Die sind 24 Stunden an, sind 24 Stunden im Internet,
0:15:02 – 0:15:11 solange das Internet funktioniert und dann geht das. Da sind wir beim nächsten Thema. Seit einigen
0:15:11 – 0:15:19 Wochen habe ich irgendwie ständig Internetstörungen zu festen Uhrzeiten. Sagen wir mal so um 8 Uhr bis
0:15:19 – 0:15:24 bis Viertel nach acht, irgendwie um zwölf Uhr, bis Viertel nach zwölf.
0:15:24 – 0:15:30 Ich muss tatsächlich mal meinen Anbieter mal anschreiben und mal fragen, hallo, ist da irgendwas?
0:15:30 – 0:15:39 Oder wollt ihr mir nur so, wie ich halt damals von den, was war es noch gewesen, von der zweiten
0:15:39 – 0:15:45 Generation DSL auf VDSL wechsle und ihr das Internet immer schlechter und langsamer gemacht habt?
0:15:45 – 0:15:50 Wollt ihr mir sagen, ich soll auf Glasfaser umstellen, aber der Glasfaseranschluss noch
0:15:50 – 0:15:54 gar nicht bei mir in der Straße ist, sondern noch interparallel in der Nachbarstraße?
0:15:54 – 0:15:59 Questions about questions.
0:15:59 – 0:16:05 Aber das nervt, wenn du ganz genau weißt, zu gewissen Uhrzeiten, zack, Internet weg.
0:16:05 – 0:16:14 Also altes Handy genommen, auch mit 4G, USB-Kabel dran, zack, an der Fritzbox und das halt als
0:16:14 – 0:16:21 Ausfallschutz eingerichtet. Funktioniert sagen wir mal in vier von fünf Fällen,
0:16:21 – 0:16:27 vier von sechs Fällen funktioniert es. Ansonsten muss man einmal das Handy abziehen, einmal kurz
0:16:27 – 0:16:33 wieder dran stecken. Manchmal verliert das Handy die Einstellung, dass es halt Internet über USB
0:16:33 – 0:16:42 frei geben sollte. Aber ansonsten kann man damit halt diese paar Minuten, wo der Resync stattfindet
0:16:42 – 0:16:48 vom DSL das einfach überbrücken. Aber das sind auch so Sachen, die nerven. Ich meine,
0:16:48 – 0:16:57 ich lebe quasi neben dem Realleben ja auch im Internet und habe da meine Präsenz und lebe
0:16:57 – 0:17:03 davon, dass ich halt da Informationen rausziehen kann. Und wenn das Internet nicht da ist,
0:17:03 – 0:17:10 ich meine, wer setzt sich denn schon zu Hause selber eine eigene Suchmaschine auf? Und ja,
0:17:10 – 0:17:13 Ja, richtig, der Sascha, der hat eine eigene Suchmaschine zu Hause.
0:17:13 – 0:17:16 Ich habe auch eigene DNS-Server zu Hause.
0:17:16 – 0:17:21 Warum? Weil ich den ganzen Scheiß-Verein,
0:17:21 – 0:17:23 den ganzen Amerikanern nicht mehr traue.
0:17:23 – 0:17:27 Die haben sowieso schon viel zu viel Daten von mir.
0:17:27 – 0:17:30 Ich habe meine eigene Suchmaschine
0:17:30 – 0:17:34 und die ist extrem datenschutzfreundlich
0:17:34 – 0:17:37 und halt gibt sehr wenig private Daten weiter.
0:17:38 – 0:17:41 Und das Tolle ist, es ist eine Meta-Suchmaschine.
0:17:41 – 0:17:43 Das heißt, sie benutzt nicht nur Google oder so,
0:17:43 – 0:17:47 sondern sie benutzt mehrere Anbieter, die ich halt konfigurieren kann.
0:17:47 – 0:17:49 Und wenn ich dann eine Frage mache,
0:17:49 – 0:17:53 dann werden mehrere Anbieter angeschrieben und das Ergebnis kommt rein.
0:17:53 – 0:17:55 Und dann habe ich natürlich einen Cache
0:17:55 – 0:17:58 und dann wird das da reingeschrieben, falls das nochmal gesucht wird.
0:17:58 – 0:18:03 Meine digitalen Assistenten benutzen quasi nur diese Suchmaschine
0:18:03 – 0:18:06 über eine programmierbare Schnittstelle.
0:18:06 – 0:18:10 Und der Cache ist jetzt ein paar hundert Megabyte groß,
0:18:10 – 0:18:13 weil sie natürlich immer wieder auf die gleichen Ressourcen zugreifen.
0:18:13 – 0:18:18 Also die suchen etwas, kriegen dann die Antwort aus der Suchmaschine, wo es ist,
0:18:18 – 0:18:21 und können dann den Link folgen.
0:18:21 – 0:18:23 Ja, und das mache ich ja selber auch.
0:18:23 – 0:18:27 Also ich verwende so gut wie keinen Google mehr.
0:18:27 – 0:18:32 Ja, also das sind halt so diese kleinen Verrücktheiten.
0:18:32 – 0:18:36 Aber dafür braucht man halt immer Internet.
0:18:36 – 0:18:38 Ja, und warum habe ich eigene DNS Server?
0:18:38 – 0:18:43 Weil ich da genau einstellen kann, was ich halt nach außen durchgebe an Daten
0:18:43 – 0:18:46 und ich filter die gesamte Werbung raus.
0:18:46 – 0:18:49 Natürlich muss man dann halt noch einen Ausfallschutz haben,
0:18:49 – 0:18:53 weil normalerweise hat man ja auch immer zwei DNS Server eingetragen,
0:18:53 – 0:18:55 den primären und den sekundären.
0:18:55 – 0:18:59 Das habe ich auch und das läuft aus zwei getrennten Maschinen, falls mal eine ausfällt.
0:18:59 – 0:19:02 Weil vielleicht läuft da mal ein Update schief
0:19:02 – 0:19:04 oder vielleicht gibt es einen technischen Defekt.
0:19:05 – 0:19:17 Und wenn dann halt der DNS-Server weg ist, hast du quasi zwar Internet, aber deine Geräte wissen nicht, wo die Sachen sind, weil sie halt die Suche über den DNS nicht auslösen können.
0:19:17 – 0:19:28 Weil Computer unterhalten sich über IP-Adressen und nicht halt über www.youtube.de.
0:19:28 – 0:19:31 Die wissen nicht, wo www.youtube.de ist.
0:19:31 – 0:19:37 Die wissen aber, wo hier 192.blablabla ist.
0:19:37 – 0:19:39 Das wissen die.
0:19:39 – 0:19:44 Also gibt es halt einen DNS-Server, der halt sagt,
0:19:44 – 0:19:49 www.youtube.de ist die und die IP-Adresse.
0:19:49 – 0:19:51 Und das habe ich auch zu Hause.
0:19:51 – 0:19:55 Und wenn man das vernünftig konfiguriert, mit ein bisschen Cash und so,
0:19:55 – 0:20:05 Dann geht die Suche nach www.youtube.de wesentlich schneller, als wenn du jedes Mal den DNS-Server
0:20:05 – 0:20:10 von deinem Internetanbieter oder sonstigen einen verwendest.
0:20:10 – 0:20:14 Und selbst da verwende ich nicht meinen vom Internetanbieter oder den von Google, hier
0:20:14 – 0:20:23 die 8.8.8, sondern halt einen anderen, der schon von vorne datenschutzkonformer ist und
0:20:23 – 0:20:30 selbst dann dauert noch einen zweiten, der halt auch nochmal datenschutzkonform ist,
0:20:30 – 0:20:38 aber als Ausfallschutz. Tja, man sieht, man kann sich halt mit solchen Sachen total in die Tiefe
0:20:38 – 0:20:47 verwickeln und dank meiner Brille habe ich jetzt sogar noch eine klarere Sicht drauf. Und keine
0:20:47 – 0:20:54 Augenspritzen. Gott sei Dank. Ich hoffe lieber Frank, ich bin dir heute weitaus mehr abgeschweift
0:20:54 – 0:21:00 und ziemlich nerdig unterwegs gewesen, wenn ich das mal überlege. Aber deine letzten Podcasts
0:21:00 – 0:21:08 waren ja auch sehr nerdig. Also, was bleibt mir noch zu sagen außer, habt alle eine eigene
0:21:08 – 0:21:15 Suchmaschine. Habt alle ein eigenes NAS. Ihr müsst nicht eure Daten bei Google oder so weiter
0:21:15 – 0:21:22 speichern. Macht das zu Hause. Das lohnt sich. Ihr werdet von der Geschwindigkeit überrascht sein.
0:21:22 – 0:21:30 Also in diesem Sinne, danke fürs Zuhören und tschüss bis zum nächsten Mal. Euer Sascha.
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In this episode, the divergence wird aus einem scheinbar einfachen Thema schnell viel mehr: Es geht um neue Brillen, den Alltag mit Diabetes, bewusste Ernährung, technische Hilfsmittel, KI im Alltag und die Frage, wie viel digitale Unabhängigkeit eigentlich möglich ist. Zwischen Augenarzt, Blutzucker, Heimservern, eigener Suchmaschine, DNS-Servern und nervigen Internetstörungen entsteht eine sehr persönliche, ehrliche und angenehm nerdige Episode über Gesundheit, Selbstorganisation und Technik im echten Leben.

Breakdown of topics

1. Ankommen in der Folge
Ein persönlicher Einstieg und der Start in eine neue Abschweifung.

2. Neue Brille, neuer Blick
Warum überhaupt eine Brille nötig wurde, wie der Termin beim Augenarzt lief und weshalb zwei Brillen am Ende die bessere Lösung waren.

3. Erleichterung nach dem Arztbesuch
Die Sorge vor möglichen Problemen mit den Augen, die Untersuchung und die Erleichterung darüber, dass alles in Ordnung ist.

4. Diabetes im Alltag
Wie Disziplin, Erfahrung und bewusster Umgang mit Ernährung helfen, die Werte stabil zu halten und Langzeitschäden möglichst zu vermeiden.

5. Essen zwischen Vernunft und Lebensqualität
Warum gesunde Ernährung nicht nur eine Frage der Disziplin ist, sondern auch von Preisen, Alltag, Genuss und realen Möglichkeiten abhängt.

6. KI als praktischer Alltagshelfer
Wie künstliche Intelligenz bei Struktur, Rezeptideen, kleinen Automatisierungen und digitalen Abläufen ganz konkret unterstützen kann.

7. Digitale Assistenten und Selbstorganisation
Warum technische Systeme im Alltag nicht nur Spielerei sind, sondern echte Entlastung schaffen können.

8. Ärger mit dem Internet
Wiederkehrende Verbindungsprobleme, feste Ausfallzeiten und pragmatische Lösungen mit Ausfallschutz.

9. Eigene Suchmaschine, eigene DNS-Server
Warum Datenschutz, Kontrolle und Geschwindigkeit für den Aufbau einer eigenen digitalen Infrastruktur sprechen.

10. Technikliebe mit Haltung
Der Blick darauf, warum Selbsthosting, Datenschutz und digitale Unabhängigkeit heute mehr sind als bloßer Nerdkram.

11. Fazit der Folge
Eine Episode über Gesundheit, Alltag, Technik und den Versuch, sich das Leben mit den richtigen Werkzeugen etwas besser zu machen.