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What the hell?

It’s pronounced zOoM ByE-sHPeEl. What the hell does it even mean? If you haven’t already pinged Chat GPT for an answer, it means “for example.”

My hot take for this post is that everyone should have a deep appreciation for the German people and their culture. Talk about a comeback. It’s literally Darth Vadar restoring balance to the force by throwing the Emperor into the depths of the Death Star. But you know what hasn’t been torn apart and rebuilt over and over again? The Germans and their intention to go a little slower. Except on the Autobahn haha. Otherwise, they have mastered the art of intentionally going slower.

For example: Picture a quaint village in the countryside. Ancient forests and fields surround a hovel called home with no grocery store. The main road passes through town where one bus station can collect travelers. Everyone knows each other. The newest building in town is the 1700s barn that was renovated into a new home for rent. The newest feature is not a new bank, store, or subdivision, but a town square featuring a fountain and popular Bauchi ball court. Everyone goes there.

I lived there. It’s a little village (or two villages if you ask the right old guy on the bench). It’s Nanzdietschweiler, nestled on a quiet river in the foothills of Germany’s west province Rheinland-Pfalz. It barely shows up on a map - but it serves as one of the foundational inspirations for me starting this project. Imagine moving so slowly through time that nothing changes. Everything is the same. At what point does that cross over into the embodiment of immortality? That’s what Nanzdietschweiler feels like.

Formerly Nanzweiler and Dietschweiler