19.05.2016

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Autobahn is not what everyone thinks

The Autobahn is not originally a highway; the “Autobahn” is the name given to the entire federal highway system in Germany (German: Bundesautobahn) with a length of 13,000 km. Approximately 25–30% of Autobahn motorways (about 3500 km) actually have no speed limits. But there are strict prohibitions on all types of actions that distract the driver from driving: talking on a mobile phone, eating while driving, etc. - and the fines for violating these prohibitions are very substantial.

Why is diet incompatible with alcohol?

Alcoholic drinks prevent you from losing weight. The point is not so much that alcohol increases appetite and reduces self-control (and it is so), but that the brain, having detected the presence of ethyl alcohol in the blood, stops metabolism, including the process of converting fat into glucose, and concentrates on removing alcohol and its toxic derivatives from the body as soon as possible.

What Russian surnames are considered amulets?

Dissonant surnames that characterize a person from a negative or funny side, such as Durakov, Zlobin, Bezobrazov, Nezhdanov, Nevzorov, etc., are amulets surnames. In Rus', it was customary to give such surnames to children in order to deceive evil spirits. It was also assumed that the surname would protect against the “evil eye” and would have the opposite effect: Bezobrazov would grow up handsome, Durakov - smart, etc.

Why was Isabella wine banned?

In the USA and the EU, the production and sale of wine from Isabella grapes and similar varieties is prohibited. In the process of making wine, during the fermentation of Isabella, poisonous methyl alcohol is formed, and in an unacceptably high concentration. Methyl is dangerous for the kidneys and liver, as well as the optic nerve - drinking this alcohol leads to blindness. Poisoning with this alcohol can be fatal.

Which tequila is real?

According to Mexican government law, only a drink containing at least 51% liqueur made from the nectar of a plant called “blue agave” can be called tequila. When businessmen from South Africa began to produce their own “tequila” from a plant similar to agave in the early 2000s, Mexican diplomats made it clear that such a business could negatively affect relations between countries, and the South Africans were forced to yield to such powerful pressure and rename their drink to Agave.

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Why is whiskey brown?

Most whiskeys do not initially have the noble reddish-brown hue that connoisseurs of this drink admire, like amber. A fully prepared drink is transparent, like vodka or moonshine. Color is added at the end of production by heating oak barrels to create a “red layer” on the inside of the wood, thanks to wood sugar and caramelized tannins. These substances are absorbed by the whiskey and give it an oaky hue and flavor.

Motif from a dream

There’s one thing I don’t understand: why am I always afraid of offending someone, but no one is afraid of offending me?

Your boundaries are being violated, but you don’t know how to protect yourself. This is a child’s childhood and this is for psychological analysis, this is a lot of work

I don't agree with the previous respondents.
You are a weak and dependent person who has put on a white coat “I am kind and polite” as a protection from understanding the real state of affairs. You need these people, you depend on them, but they don’t. Easy to prove. Imagine that you are strong, beautiful, rich, and a friend lives entirely at your expense, who, well, has temporarily found herself in a situation, and she is rude to you (which is extremely stupid, but let’s say). And you tell her - you don’t like living in my house - go back to your alcoholic mother in the barracks. Will she offend you??? Of course not!!! What if you offend her? She will say that your friendship is stronger than resentment!
So rely on yourself, then the balance of the relationship will straighten out.. It is important to see this, YOUR dependence on them, and you are hiding under the umbrella of “I am above them”

This is a good quality inherent in an intelligent person, and, accordingly, decency... Not all people are intelligent....

Because you were raised “well”, raised by the System. To be pleasing to others to the detriment of oneself is so generous, the highest good, etc. Only then don’t be surprised that they start wiping their feet on you. Perhaps Robert Glover wrote "Stop Being a Nice Guy!" exactly at your request. To get acquainted! Of good!

Because you are a tactful and attentive person. Not all people are like that.

Any offense is manipulation. Those. “YOU offended me - suffer now. You see how bad you did me. It’s YOUR fault,” and otherwise - imposing a feeling of guilt on the person who allegedly offended. But sorry, it was not him who was offended, but he himself who was offended. This is a person's personal choice. Remember children.)) Resentment turns on when a child wants to get something, but is not given it. So don't give people what they want from you - your emotions. And try not to be offended yourself. This is a destructive emotion.

The same thing happened to me. But for some time now, people themselves have begun to take offense at me, without my diligence, they are bursting with resentment, and a fictitious one at that. They invent it themselves. Turn the situation around and see that your offense is your pride and self-image as a gentle creature. Don't be offended. Many would be surprised to learn that you were offended. I think whose response should be to aggression, and not the nonsense that comes from the mouths of your acquaintances and friends.
I think that you need to immediately set boundaries, keep them under control and punish violators right away. And there will be no offense.

Because you are good and people are not afraid to give a shit about your soul, because they will not receive a rebuff, they know. Therefore, people need to be rebuffed. not always agree, give them instructions, command a little, be a little capricious. Well, in general, do everything as they always do.

if a person is not afraid to offend you, free him from your society, let him go to his own kind

You see a question that one of the site users asked the Universe, and the answers to it.

The answers are either people very similar to you, or your complete opposites.
Our project was conceived as a way of psychological development and growth, where you can ask advice from “similar” people and learn from “very different” people what you don’t yet know or haven’t tried.

Do you want to ask the Universe about something important to you?

Communication and manipulation: advice from psychologist Olga Yurkovskaya

When my nephew was 3 years old, he really liked to publicly be offended by his mother. He lay down on his stomach, put his palm under his forehead and lay in the middle of the corridor in the “go away old lady, I’m sad” pose. This could go on for quite a long time, and no amount of persuasion could get him out of there. Either a bribe in the form of sweets, or a cartoon :).

Resentment is a typical child’s reaction to any unpleasant events, restrictions or well-founded refusal. At 2 or 5 years old, this behavior is understandable. The kid is simply afraid to attack those on whom he depends, who are bigger and stronger.

Sometimes touchiness is also provoked by the behavior of the parents themselves. Words play an important role. Remember how many times you were told that crying and being offended is ugly, that arguing with adults is indecent, and in general, “...live to my age, and then argue.”

But why do we continue to be offended as adults? Do we withdraw into ourselves and cannot fight back the offender? Yes, in adult, conscious life, grievances have a different scale. This is no longer a banal refusal to buy lollipop or ice cream. It turns out that the size of the encroachments on your rights has grown, but the reaction has remained childish - lock yourself in a room and quietly mourn your fate... As you were taught - “swallow” the offense and not contradict adults!

Meanwhile, we have long ceased to be children, and offenders do not care about our quiet tears. The one who offends you, in most cases, knows that he is doing something ugly. However, this does not stop him. Because people do what is most convenient and profitable for them. This is not one of your parents who, tired of seeing your picture of suffering, will make concessions.

So what should we do? How to put the offender in his place like an adult?

Good girl or grown-up aunt

Anger, fear and malice are normal emotions in response to aggression towards you. The natural biological reaction is to either run away, freeze, or “show Kuzkin’s mother.” But for an adult, ignoring means remaining indifferent, and not “saving face” in public. Unfortunately, many people turn on the childish scenario - negative emotions are pinched inside and do not turn into response actions.

But you're not a little "good" girl anymore, are you? You are an accomplished adult. Maybe the strength in the fists is not enough, but the tongue is definitely there!

What do adult aunts do if they feel offended? They either distance themselves from the offender, reducing communication to a minimum, or “beat pots.” For an adult, independent woman who is responsible for everything that happens in her life, this is the norm. She does not look for cowardly excuses: “What if he gets offended and leaves,” in the case of a relationship with a partner. And he’s not afraid: “What if he fires me then,” every time the boss hits me.

Because she realizes: no one has the moral right to attack her or humiliate her dignity. She behaves in such a way that her friends do not dare to offend her!

Is patience a virtue or a paradise for boors?

It is not for nothing that nature has endowed us with the instinct of self-preservation. It is he who generates aggression and fear in response to an attack. It is normal to experience these emotions, although they are often disparagingly called negative. We need to be aware of them and translate them into adequate action.

It doesn't matter whether your anger turns into words or actions. It is important that you decide how to react. Realized that you were attacked. The degree of harm was assessed. We came up with a solution and implemented it. Even if you decide not to do anything and simply ignore the offender. Anyway, it’s your conscious choice! This means there will be no regrets, there will be no feeling of humiliation, there will be no feeling of powerlessness and lack of rights. And someone’s offensive words won’t be spinning in your head like a broken record.

So, you have only three options:

• completely ignore the offender;
• get away if conflict is too much for you;
• strike back.

But only after the situation has been analyzed. Of course, in a fit of emotion, you think only about one thing: “I feel bad. I was attacked. We need to defend ourselves." And I want to react immediately.

In most cases, the most ergonomic way is to say what you think and put the situation out of your mind. But sometimes it is more useful not to flog the heat and later deal with the offender as he really deserves. Moreover, it will be more profitable for you, and not for him.

Let the threats sound threatening

You probably politely asked the offender a thousand times not to do this again. They gave arguments and “put pressure” on feelings. Unfortunately, this rarely helps. You can, of course, go into Zen and repeat the mantra “Don’t do this” 158 times :). Stock up on Christian forgiveness and show Buddhist wisdom. But there’s a real world out there—and no one respects “tolerated.”

Or “having reached the point”, you are ready to blurt out: “Don’t do this again, otherwise we will break up!” However, words must be followed by real actions. If you are not ready to carry out the threat yourself, your words will not have any effect on the offender either. Threatening to leave a person and actually leaving are two different things. And this needs to be understood very clearly.

If a man turned a deaf ear to requests and threats, say: “Goodbye, dear!” — and proudly walk off into the sunset. Because as long as you endure, it won’t get better. Let him bring you back - on your terms.

What do you have to lose? Otherwise, you are doomed to endure rudeness, humiliation and rudeness for life.

Lack of intention does not exempt you from responsibility!

Very often, offenders justify their behavior by saying that they did not want to offend you. You had no idea that their behavior could hurt you. Remember, people lie. Sometimes deliberately - out of fear or benefit. Often they lie even to themselves. In any case, you should not follow the lead of a chronic boor!

There's no difference Is the offense intentional or is it an accident: there are your rights and personal boundaries, there are social norms, after all. If they are violated, you have been attacked! You have suffered damage and must be compensated.

In principle, we can formulate it like this:

- I feel angry/resentful after your words. My self-esteem suffered. Next time in such a situation, I will leave and completely stop communicating with you.

Of course, most professional rude people will not believe it - they will either laugh in your face or pretend to be deaf in both ears. Nevertheless, you expressed your position and warned about the consequences. If a person continues to ignore your feelings, there is no need to communicate with him in the future.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to ward off all the unknown boors in the world. However, you can develop a working pattern of behavior that discourages the desire to violate your boundaries.

Remember: people treat us the way we ALLOW them to. So just don’t let yourself be offended! Get away from the boors. Communicate and collaborate only with well-mannered, ethical people.



The only plus about alcohol:

when exposed to it, a person is unable to hold the mask, the soul begins to speak.


how bad it is to be lazy and conscientious at the same time. you don’t do anything, your conscience torments you, but you still don’t do anything.



who's skipping classes...)



The husband said to his wife: “Lose weight, or I’ll leave for someone else...” The wife lost weight and left for someone else...



Sometimes you get weird photos...



The husband wakes up his wife at night and hands her a glass of water and an analgin tablet. -For what? - asks the wife. -I don't have a headache. Husband, tearing off his panties: - AHA!!! GOT IT!



A woman calls a nutritionist: “Doctor, I think I’m overweight.” - Why did you decide so? - Yes, today I bought a talking scale and weighed myself on it. - And what did they tell you? - They said: “One at a time, please.”



An incredibly charismatic actor



in the Czech Republic, students are prohibited from coming to

exam with chainsaw
AND I'LL STILL COME


Gentle hint)



My mother always scolded me for mathematics, because I didn’t know it. But then I found her certificate and she shut up.



The only thing worse than Monday is a film with a one-voice translation.



"Lu cha, calm down, hello" stupid assholes who write this YOUR MOTHER DO YOU HAVE A PAID LETTERS ON THE KEYBOARD?



A letter from a friend from the army: “They teach us here to clear snow and cook potatoes.

So if the enemy attacks, we will clear the way for him and prepare food for him."


- Damn... Lenka! Why the hell did you wash my mug??

- Did I destroy a civilization that considered you the supreme ruler?


A guy and a girl were walking and unnoticed approached her house.

“Listen,” the guy says, why don’t you come to me?
-Let's. But I need to change clothes quickly.
In 5 minutes.
-Have you changed your clothes?
-Yes, everything is fine.
Suddenly the girl’s father shouted from the balcony: “I took a shit, but am I going to wash it off?”


I'm either ready an hour before going out, or getting ready at the last seconds. There is no third



Doctors are divided into three categories: a doctor from God, a doctor - well, with God, and a doctor - God forbid!



Women's logic: - I'm on the bus. One girl wants to donate money for a ticket. A girl is standing nearby. How to address her - you or you? Reasons logically. This bus is an express bus. If a girl doesn’t get off at the previous stop, it means she’s going to my neighborhood. He’s going with a bottle of wine, which means he’s going to see a man. The bottle is expensive, which means it goes to a handsome man. There are two handsome men in our neighborhood: my husband and my lover. She cannot go to my lover, since I myself am going to him. So she's going to my husband. My husband has two mistresses - Olya and Katya. Katya is currently on a business trip. - Olya, give me the ticket! Girl (stunned): - How do you know me?!!!



She: If I died unexpectedly, would you marry again?

Him: Of course not...
She: No? Why not? don't you like being married?
He: well, what does this have to do with it?
She: Besides, why on earth don’t you want to get married again if you value marriage?
He: ok, I’d like to get married if it makes you feel better...
She: (upset) Ah... I wish I could get married...
He: well, yes. We'll talk about this!
She: And would you sleep with her in our bed?
Him: Where do you think I should sleep with her?
She: And instead of my photos, would you put it everywhere?
He: Well, I think so, of course!
Her: And would you let her drive my car?
He: No, she has no rights...
She: (silence)
Him: damn...