Museum of my Internet

31 Oct

Heidi and Primark

This morning in ICE 515 from Hamburg to Dortmund. Two mid-forty ladies chat about celebrities:

Woman 1: “Well, that Heidi Klum is still sooo skinny - even after four kids. I wonder how she does that.”

Woman 2: “Yeah. But the first kid was not from Seal. It is from that fat old Italian guy.”

Woman 1: “Ah. By the way, it is my youngest one’s birthday tomorrow.”

Woman 2: “How nice. My colleague’s daugther just had her’s last week. They went to Primark and all the kid were allowed to choose three things they like.”

Woman 1: “What is Primark?”

Our thoughts are often superficial. “Paul Ryan shirtless” is currently Googled 9 times more often than “Paul Ryan budget.” Don’t ask me why, but “Paul Ryan shirtless” is Googled more frequently in blue states than in red. When we search for “Michelle Obama,” we include the word “ugly” three times as often as the word “beautiful.”