the Greek taverna is one of the most civilised social inventions in human history
hear me out 😩
you arrive, usually with people and the table is in the street or near the sea
the waiter doesn't rush you
he brings water and bread and olives without being asked
you order in the general direction of what you want - more plates arrive than you ordered because the kitchen decided something else was also good today
you eat across two hours
the conversation moves through subjects, nobody checks their phone
at some point - maybe hour 3 - the owner brings 3 small glass of something on the house
not because you asked but because you've been there long enough to be a real customer now
that the Greek taverna figured out - probably 2,000 years ago - is that the purpose of a meal is the experience of being human in a specific place with specific people
the food enables that
it doesn't replace it
modern restaurant culture forgot this
the Greek taverna never did
@GreekAnalyst Ο @Kos_Marinakis ειχε πει ενα ωραιο που μου ειχε μεινει οτι διαβαζει μονο οικονομικες εφημεριδες (π.χ. Ναυτεμπορικη, Money Review, κλπ) γιατι η αντικειμενικοτητα της δημοσιογραφιας τους εξασφαλιζεται απο την πορεια της οικονομιας και οχι απο πολιτικη κατευθυνση.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum writes the West must defeat Russia
But why? Why should an ordinary citizen of a Western democracy care about defeating Russia? Don't they have bigger problems at home?
Here is a list of 10 reasons why
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1)#κατι_που_δεν_ξερετε_για_μενα είναι ότι 2 εβδομάδες αφού παντρεύτηκα με χτύπησε πρώτη φορά. 2 χρόνια μετά με έσερνε σχεδόν αναίσθητη από τα μαλλιά μου στο πάτωμα κ είχα ραγισμένη μύες στο πόδι από κλοτσιές του. Όλο το ενδιάμεσο έναν εφιάλτη με πολύ πόνο κυριολεκτικά κ ψυχικά.