a chronicle of wasted time

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[peintre-stephane]

we went to the abbaye ( me and 4 young ) .. we had a session about one of the first steps of photographie , cyanothype ( 1842)..

1)we coated a paper with cyanotype paint, ant let it dry .. 2) we put an obstacle betwen it and sun ( 20 min) ..3) we used a revelateur.

Melie obstacle is made of leafs and flower , mine is a abbaye (as usual)

[gumy-shark]

playing stupid games but im really bad at them so im not even winning the stupid prizes

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[shabbytigers]

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

I've lived in Germany for 14 years so far. This discussion comes up at least once a year.

A summary of the most common points that come up.

Most Germans do not consider toast bread (i.e. wonderbread) bread.* It is a product you finish baking at home. I have eaten it untoasted many times** in front of them, and a significant number of people*** react in horror.

"Ungetoastetes Toastbrot" is a popular phrase that sounds as insane in German as it does in English to all who hear it, but the reason it sounds insane depends on if the German in question believes it is ethical and proper to consume it untoasted. Alternatively, there is the even more strange but not that uncommon "rohes Toastbrot" — raw toast bread. Which isn't the same as dough.**** Truly die-hard toasters will refer to the bread itself as "Toast" in all forms, as if that will manifest it as the only possible destiny for every slice in existence.

Toast bread is only unilaterally fit for consumption after it has been sufficiently toasted. There are discussions about what shade of toastage makes it "genießbar", but the general consensus is that it's toast the second it gets a crunchy crust through the application of heat. This might be achieved in a toaster, but using it to make a grilled sandwich in a pan, toastie maker or a contact grill is equally acceptable. Just letting it go stale does not count. The application of cheese, mayo or butter to the outside does not influence the becoming-toast process in either direction. The cooling down of the toast does not reverse the status change; not even if the toast is exposed to circumstances that revert it to its previous softness, or even make it soggy*****.

One more or less acceptable exception to toast bread needing to be toasted is when one orders 1) currywurst 2) without fries from a 3) street vendor who does not 4) stock white bread rolls and 5) does not advertise the currywurst as coming with a roll. Any deviation from those 5 points negates the toastbread clemency and is a legitimate reason for grumbling******. The toast bread also has to be of a generic brand, white and cut on the diagonal. One triangular half is an acceptable serving, but two marks a more generous******* vendor.

*They, incidentally, are joined in this sentiment by Norwegians. The Norwegians, however, sort it into the same category as baguette and loff (white bread); bread products with little flavor, vitamins, minerals, or fiber, and thus not really something you'd include as a major part of a "proper" meal.

**all standard issue German bread is cursed to go rock hard within 24 hours after baking unless it is hermetically and tightly sealed in plastic. There are many Germans who claim this is untrue and a bread box suffices to not make it so. I've got "proper" bread from other countries to compare it to, I've made my own bread to check, and can confidently say the German bread box enthusiasts are either hopeful and delusional, malicious and lying, or dentists with a mortgage to pay off. I'm guessing the nation as a whole offended Hestia at one point, and all offerings to appease her thus far have been insufficient.

***If you have friends who believe it needs toasting, them regularly trying to convince you to do so is a sign they care about your well-being and never give up hope for your self improvement.

****German toast bread philosophy has more layers than a croissant in that way.

*****This was a very heated debate between two of my coworkers, one of whom had wrapped a lightly toasted ham and cheese toastie in aluminium foil for lunch. She was accused of eating untoasted toast bread by one of her fellow toast-must-be-toasted fanatics and did not take kindly to what she perceived was an attack to her moral and dietary integrity.

******Serving currywurst without any bread or fries, however, is madness on par with eating hot soup with your bare hands.

*******Price for a 24 large slice loaf with no ends from my supermarket of choice: 2,19 €, including 7% tax.

[asksloyxp]

Maybe if I just work harder, this empty cup will pour again

[shinyrock6498]

Maybe the cup needs a bit of time to rest and refill?

[asksloyxp]

Maybe the cup needs to lock the fuck in???

[katastrophentourismus]

Erlöser Kirche in Köln-Weidenpesch. Endlich mal ein Gebäude das passend dafür aussieht, dass wir uns schon seit Jahren in einer dystopischen Zukunft befinden. Wohnungen (?) direkt rings um den Kirchturm habe ich so auch noch nie gesehen. Und an einigen Stellen sind die Backsteine so versetzt, dass es ein schönes Muster ergibt, man aber auch super hochklettern kann (allegedly)

[viralfrog]

[kaori1484]

cutie piggy

Kagurazaka, Tokyo

[niechou]

watercolor street scape, cats🐈‍⬛

YouTube

[gon-iii]

黄昏れるつつじ園

黄昏れてきて人も少なくなり、そろそろおしまいでしょうかね。

Nikon D90 Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm F3.5-5.6G ED VR

[yms1]

what doesn't kill you makes you stay on tumblr for 13 years and counting

[noah-wyles]

[kellyroman]

Picked some magnolia petals and discovered as they started to wilt at creases they turned a beautiful warm brown color. Then got the idea to use a silverpoint stylus to scratch a magnolia drawing into the petal~ smells divine

[tirragen]

@chthonic-cassandra

[gentlemosses]

there is a rabbit i see a lot in the same spot while on my evening walks and i always say hello. say hi to your neighbors

8x10in acrylic on canvas

prints

[mausspacearchive]

fuck summer i want it to be dark and misty and frigid and october

[godkissedme]

protective symbols drawn with sand in przedecz, poland

[krtek-daily]

[nemuiro]

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