Ok, a few years ago your very early youth might already be over. Back then, the world was still one where you could shock people with colorful hair and cut-open jeans. A little at least. “Punk’s not dead” was written on the walls of the school toilets, and “Anarchy and alcohol – I drink a lot and feel good”. The weekends often consisted of having a few beers with friends, and the first LAN parties were just around the corner. There was smoking, lounging, chocolate chips and vice versa.
However, one notices that one’s own, very early youth does not last forever, at the latest when real young people suddenly address one with “Sie”. Or when baby cards are sent with the proud inscription “Punk’s now dad”. A normal purchase in a supermarket in Ebersberg shows that a new generation has really moved up. It’s Saturday, early evening, and the shop hasn’t been open for a long time. Fruit is quickly packed into the shopping cart for the children when a group of young men push past in the direction of the vegetable display. They talk about the upcoming evening, which they will spend with other friends. But instead of the question of alcoholic beverages and cocktail innovations, a completely different one arises. “Can you actually make salad in the Thermomix?” one of them asks. This suggestion was discussed intensively, and in the end they decided on lamb’s lettuce with chinoa and pomegranate seeds. It is a real vitamin bomb and can also be made without the Thermomix. Thermomix, wasn’t that an all-rounder food processor for those who have fully arrived in philistinism? That also doesn’t seem up-to-date anymore. A little sheepishly, you put a couple of sticks of celery in your own shopping cart and quickly make your way to the checkout. Guiltily grabs a vegan recipe book. And unobtrusively lets chocolate eggs roll onto the checkout belt for the children. The little ones will definitely be happy about that. A lot may have changed – luckily not everything.