Dean's mean ranting machine
81 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago -Me, ranting about life, art, romance, movies, music... At least anything that comes to mind.
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081_Why hobbies are so important.
April 21, 2024 13:56 - 54 minutes - 80.5 MBHello everyone. I find it quite troubling, that we live in a world in witch some people claim hobbies aren't so important, or not having hobbiees doesn't matter too much. It's the question as to how you regenerate yourself with distracting activities. But I don't think that anyone should just look for pure distractions. And I think I might be able to explain why. Cheers!
080_Ghostbusters Frozen Empire
March 31, 2024 16:51 - 36 minutes - 53.5 MBwell well, I think we need a nigger trap. Goes this movie tanked pretty bad so far. It's not completely terrible, it has pretty good ideas that were taken from the cartoons back in the day. But heck, the execution of this film is awfull. Too many characters for sure, the movie doesn't seem to know which direction to go, nor what kind of mood to create. It has great ideas overall, but that potential is just wasted due to idiotic plot holes. This could very well be the last Ghostbusters mo...
079_Francisco Ibáñez
March 21, 2024 18:31 - 56 minutes - 83 MBFrancisco Ibáñez was during my teenage years my absolute favorite artist in thr world. My favorite comic book artist, that is. His gag-comic style was so profoundly exciting and provocative, brutal and insanely creative, that it knocked me off my feet when reading them for the first time. He was the main reason, why I started to see comic book art as a profession, instead of just a hobby. (look who is talking, I ain't making no money xD) I just learned that he sadly passed away last year,...
078_Eric Barone - the one man army
March 11, 2024 17:23 - 19 minutes - 29.4 MBEric Barone is the developer behind Stardew Valley. It took him 4 years to develop the game and a very tight cycle of dedicated work. Even managed to maintain a relationship with his long term girldfriend, to my surprise xD. If you have never heard of this guy and his efforts, check him out and search for some good articles or even interviews online. His success is truly inspirational. Cheers!
077_Soulmate Cliche
March 07, 2024 19:18 - 35 minutes - 53.4 MBSince there is a new movie out on Netflix that deals with this soulmate idea, or finding love at the worst time in your life, I thought I might add some of my thoughts to this cliché. Not much else to tell. shorter then usual :-) Cheers!
076_Self Love and approval on social media
February 23, 2024 20:30 - 46 minutes - 68.4 MBI found another article that promotes self love and self approval in the wrong way. I won't post this article since I firmly believe there is nothing you could learn here. This topic is a bit disturbing, since it fits nicely into the toxic positivity we find day in, day out in social media. "You are great". "the time is NOW, to be enough for yourself." This type of nonsense is damaging to people who struggle with the real problems in their lives. Instead of learning something productive, t...
075_Pro choice & childfree
February 18, 2024 19:27 - 1 hour - 110 MBThe first part will be an update on my artworkt, including something that I have posted on instagram recently. The rest is a rant about the ongoing debate in america: Is it better to be pro life or pro choice. I personally can't see a good argument for pro life in any way. In this day and age, I find it shameful that we still need to talk about this crap and why it is imprtant to let others make those choices, since it is their body and no one elses. Germany had little to no problems with...
074_Ghostbusters are back
February 03, 2024 16:38 - 31 minutes - 46.7 MBYes, they are back. Old and grey but here to save the day. Just rambling away at the new Frozen Empire movie comming out and how excited I am to see it. I cna't share the criticism from some folks on social media. What good does that do? We have the original cast once again back together in... well. what seems to be a longer screen time for the whole bunch. The new stars fit the universe just nicely, so this is really the absolut best we can ever get. So let them come back for one more adve...
073_Can Money Make You Happy?
January 26, 2024 19:17 - 56 minutes - 82.1 MBI like ranting about this topic, since I strongly believe, that I know what money is good for and what you can and should do with it. I noticd that I go a little off the railes sometimes when I rant and talk to much, but in the end I do mean well. Money is a tool after all. Cheers and c u soon!
072_New Year 2024
December 31, 2023 16:38 - 35 minutes - 51.8 MBSmall update and some good wishes out there for the comming year. And I did talk about Perter Gabriels latest album. It was about time ;-) Overall I hope you are all safe and sound, enjoy a new years party or just relax at home at kick back. C ya next year Dean
071 Another Friend is Single
December 26, 2023 11:27 - 51 minutes - 76.4 MBIf the bad news recently wasn't enough, another one of my friends has become single. After a 10 year running relationship, the miss was or is unhappy and decided to leave him 2 days before christmas. Amazing right? Well, welcome to the twisted minds of self righteous women in this day and age. Some things never change
070_two guys lost against women
December 07, 2023 16:41 - 26 minutes - 40 MBThis is a sad episode about 2 men doing all they could for their wives, but lost in the end. This episode contains the topic of suicide and depression. If you are dealing with severe problems, mentel healt issues or any similar problem, do not hesitate to call this hotline (US citizens) 988 For Germany call 0800 / 11 10 111 Or check out these websites: Germany https://www.deutsche-depressionshilfe.de/ US https://www.helpguide.org/ https://www.nimh.nih.gov/ There are many ways to de...
069_browsing through bumble
December 03, 2023 09:54 - 55 minutes - 81.2 MBsome more profiles to analyse and avoid. there are some truly disturbing people on here, self absorbed with their idiotic instagram profiles and no useful function in society. Always pay attention to these signals and avoid at all cost. I did finde some rather pleasent and decent looking individuals. But they are getting more and more rare.... just saying... :-)
068_Testing Bumble Germany
December 01, 2023 18:52 - 58 minutes - 86.4 MBI took the time to take a peek into the bublr website. Not the app itself, just the site and created an account right then and there. As expected lots of women create a very annoying and over the top happy go lucky persona to gain attention. I'll give you my thoughts of how trustworthy they seem to be and why I would avoid most of them. Some things just don't change ;-)
067_little update on my private life
November 27, 2023 16:59 - 39 minutes - 57.7 MBSome bad news around me. Some folks I know have had a tough time recently. Loosing a job or grieving the loss of someone special in their life. Life is never easy... Well, aside from that, some tiny infos on Mikes whereabouts, his current condition and some other things in my life. Nothing big, just smalltalk for now. Hang in there and take care! Dean
066_Christian Wife Destroys Man's Life
November 10, 2023 20:19 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBHey there! Remember when I told you of this rather naive but nice guy, who was married to a die hard christian? Well, that story has continued and not for the better. My old fried is facing a very difficult time as we speak. Divorce is coming, he moved out and actually back to his parents, while his still wife is doing a pretty good job of making him feel hurt and alone. This story has just begun and it will only get worse over time. I'll try to get more info out of him, if I'm lucky enou...
065_Things to do when you are single
October 29, 2023 17:05 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBHello again. Long time no speak... Today I wanted to get some ideas off my chest about which activities to follow when you are single. It is vital to stay occupied is what I am trying to say here, as well as maintaining a stable and healthy lifestyle. It might be true that I am mainly talking out of my ass here, because it all sounds really simple, even thought the battle with our own loneliness can be quite tough. But it changes nothing, it is vital beyond belief to feel at ease with yo...
064_Single and why you should not care
October 07, 2023 18:48 - 53 minutes - 77.5 MBWe men sometimes worry too much about what the person in front of us is thinking about our selves. Especially when we are on a date. "Just be yourself" is an advice, that most people tell to build up someones self esteem. But most people don't even know what that means. It's nearly impossible for someone to be themselves, when there is something at stake, like the woman we are trying to impress somehow. It's rather more helpful to make someone understand, that they should not care too muc...
63_Immature Friends
September 21, 2023 15:41 - 42 minutes - 60.8 MBA friend of mine from work, is behaving a bit like a jealous big baby, because I have spent a bit more time with a different person. We are talking about grown men here, and this phenomenon is something I have experienced more often, with this level of educated people, this level of social competence. Troubling, what there is SOMETIMES... not that much you can do about it :/. I use this experience to connect it to people choosing A.I. as their personal human/friend replacement, which is a...
062_Counter Strike 2 is disappointing
September 03, 2023 08:19 - 27 minutes - 40.2 MBThere, I said it. CS2 is a huge disappointment. While the fix for latency issues have been quite good so far, problems with hitboxes being out of sync remain. Not to much thankfully, but they have not been removed entirely. Aside from those miner flaws, the game looks terrible. Visually it feels like no one at Valve had a fucking clue what they were doing. Far too bright, far too pale and poor colors making maps look awful and weapon skins washed out with little to no appeal. Gameplay re...
061_New Home and updates
August 19, 2023 17:42 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBTime to get back to this podcast and report on my new home, the moving experience, hobbies and videos games, as well as other random things in my life. But hey, things are moving forward, things are looking good, even though I still have a ton of work ahead of me. But I'm doing it for myself, just like this podcast, as therapy. Stay tuned!
060_Wedding Party
July 22, 2023 12:01 - 37 minutes - 55.3 MBI was attending a wedding two weeks ago and met a woman there. Nothing came out of it, aside from the fact that I did not want to get involved in her private life, which you will soon understand here in this episode. There are enough red flags to look out fore in life and this girl presented me something rather disturbing. Nice lady though overall. Friendly and sympathetic, but no girlfriend material. That's just me though, Dean playing his game as usual ;-)
059_ clichés and stereotyping women
June 17, 2023 19:55 - 1 hour - 90.4 MBThere is an article about persistent and present clichés of how many men still see women these days. It was published/posted by the "Stern" magazine in Germany earlier this year. While some points are quite valid, not everything is that simple. You can't always bring the 1950's into an argument, as if all men have inherited the same dogma since this time period. Further more I don't think the 50's were really THAT bad to all women in society. The 80's and 90's were by far worse, but who car...
058_Peter Gabriel in Cologne 2023
June 14, 2023 19:06 - 57 minutes - 73.8 MBYES! I've been there and I have seen and heard the show. How truely fantastic it was and I whole heartedly recommend that you watch this tour. Starts listening and enjoying. At least I hope that you do. hear you next time Dean
057_New Home and Peter Gabriel
May 21, 2023 09:32 - 47 minutes - 71.3 MBGreetings listeners. I have found a new place to stay and hopefully everything will just work out. Not yet moving, but I will in 2 months. talking about my thoughts on this, issues and doubts. Later in this episode I'll be talking about Peters new I/O tour and my excitement towards it, his new material and the unfortunately complaining "fans" who do not understand what an artist truely is. Yet alone the fact, why Peter does what he does, and does not owe anybody anything. But hey, some pe...
056_ElitePartner Studies about Singles in Germany
April 30, 2023 13:55 - 1 hour - 108 MBWell Hello again to another great ranting of nonsense in German society. The rather (by my opinion) not so trustworthy online dating Site ElitePartner.de has posted results of their studies targtting singles in Germany. From the amount of singles withing certain age groups, to problems as to why some are single (or still single) and the infamous expectations people have. I'm going through vertain points that either make sense and could probably be true, to points that sound fabricated or ...
055_Incident_in_my_Childhood
April 25, 2023 14:20 - 29 minutes - 43.3 MBI remember being a little kid in Canada and at some point getting attacked by a teenager on his BMX bicycle, while sitting in a sandbox. My mom was present on a park bench near by, but didn't notice any of it happening. In case I have told this story before in an older episode, I'm really sorry. But I just don't remember anymore. I do get some flashbacks of that time, with all the pain and panic I had of the attack, including gasping for air. But for many years this memory just got hidden p...
054_Back in Germany
April 15, 2023 11:04 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBAfter three weeks of heat, sweat, good food and some interesting people, I made it back in one piece. Not all is good though. Some impressions were anything but good. The Philippines is not what I would call a good place to visit. In it's current state it has become far too dangerous for tourists to explore by them selves. Theft has increased dramatically since Covid, so did poverty. Beggers nearly on every street corner asking for money. Many kids too. Even though you might bump into frien...
53_vacation in the Philippines
April 04, 2023 04:27 - 20 minutes - 10.1 MBAfter a longer break, I wanted to report that I'm still alive and well right here in Angeles city . Going back home soon 😌
052_Tinder Germany is loosing members
February 19, 2023 20:00 - 59 minutes - 86.8 MBCovering a topic that deals with the decline of memberships on Tinder in Germany. The newer platforms such as Humble or Bumble seem to attract more attention towards those who believe they can find a long term relationship. You can probably guess how I view these things and cynical as I am, I don't trust this development at all, nor do I believe anybody should be using one of those three apps. But hey... Modern day problems, right? stay tuned for more ranting on the next subject Dean
051 - Awareness Teams in Clubs
February 13, 2023 20:08 - 53 minutes - 79.4 MBThis topic was long overdue. I am not completely in favour of the so called "Awareness Teams" or "Awareness programs" being used in clubs or discos. Aside from the fact that it is obviously important to ensure safety and protection to all guests, it also takes away many possibilities to get to know someone. When even the slightest innocent look of a man can be interpreted as a threat, then we have a security model that just doesn't work. Open communication might be in jeopardy if all of your...
050_Peter Gabriel's Panopticom
February 03, 2023 19:37 - 52 minutes - 75 MBFirst time now that I will be talking about the brand new single pf Peter Gabriel upcoming I/O album. My thoughts and guesses for future songs or the direction the album might take for the most part. In the begining however, I talk about all sorts of things in terms of an update. 15 minutes in, I'm getting to Gabe. Hang in there for more Damn. 50th episode... And I have no cake to celebrate it... Ceers!
049_Dating In Asia
January 22, 2023 10:25 - 37 minutes - 56.4 MBWell hello there! Dating in Asia as an online option. Is that even realistic and can someone have a positive experience? Today I want to highlight those things by comparing them to the standards of dating apps in Germany, like tinder, but more specifically how women behave towards you. Quite interesting if you aks me. O_O enjoy :D
048 New Artwork and Personal Stuff
December 25, 2022 13:04 - 52 minutes - 77.6 MBGreetings everyone, Some new Hugo pages have been created and added on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmlulQ9IZLj/ Aside from that, just some personal stuff, some changes perhaps and goals for the future. The rest ist work as usual. And some ranting about the unfair hatred towards Elon Musk :-) Merry Christmas and stay safe ;)
047_CSGO nerfed weapons, again
November 26, 2022 13:53 - 28 minutes - 43.2 MBThis time I am really raging against Valve and their idiotic approach to nerf weapons once again, but this time the must ridiculous way possible. I start to swear a lot on this one, so I setting it to explicit might be better. But it is unfortunately true, that Valve is just afraid to loose money, if they do not comply, and I try to explain here why. Serious advice, just don't play this game and do something else with your time. Cheers!
046_Peter Gabriel's new Album and Tour
November 10, 2022 20:01 - 32 minutes - 49 MBThis is it boys and girls, Gabriel is back with new material and going on a world tour in 2023! I'll be sharing my thoughts and excitement on the album not knowing what exactly might be on there. I did forget the track "Love can Heal", wich was played live during the Rock Paper Scissors Tour in the US, with Sting on stage. I did not mention it here, but i think it might pop up on the album. Other then that, I got no idea. I'll be talking about my ticket for the show in Cologne as well and ...
045_Peter Gabriel - Here it is
October 22, 2022 15:55 - 46 minutes - 70.2 MBIt's time to talk about Peter Gabriels latest cover of Leonard Cohen, Here it is. My thoughts on the track, my thoughts on why and when Gabriel fans have been divided over the years, when ever something new came out, or of course the ongoing Genesis era vs. his solo career. Stay tuned :D
044_Wife tricked Husband
October 02, 2022 13:14 - 34 minutes - 51.8 MBGuys, this is a real story of someone I knew from work. Someone who was looking for love all his life and thought he finally found somebody. He was absolutely convinced that she was worthy of being his wife and mother of his child. But things go south rather quickly. The reality his harsh and painful at this time. I think you know where this is going, so tune in and hear the story. Cheers :-)
043_Fake Harassment Stories
September 17, 2022 19:06 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBI noticed some rather over sold stories from youtubers and Tik Tok wannabe influencers. Women telling stories in which they have been harassed, when in truth that probably never happened. For the record, I'm never in favour of any form of harassment, nor would I encourage anyone to do so. However it does become rather fishy when a lot of those "entitled women" go way overboard with their stories, just to get attention. I believe those who do get harassed, have a hard time dealing with it a...
042_Vacation in Athens
September 14, 2022 09:51 - 36 minutes - 52.5 MBBack from my vacation! Just wanted to talk about my experiences down there, the friends I have met, the food I ate the visiting the great acropolis up the mountain top. Great view of the entire capitol. Some major differences come to mind comparing Germany with Greece, the mentality and their behaviour, overall kindness and hospitality. I miss those people already and made me sad to travel back home. But hey. Life and all...
041_The many Faces of Extremism
August 22, 2022 05:36 - 2 hours - 181 MBWell, here we are once again folks. I am not an expert or psychologist, but this topic is quite important to me. Today, I am ranting quite a while about extremism. I have the feeling that we are socially decaying in farts because of extremism. No matter if socially, politically, racial or religiously. I'll bash a bit about flat earth and the wildest of the conspiracy extremists, like the reptilian shapeshifters. I'll talk about why most people seem to fall into this rabbit whole and what a...
Stu Jenks - the Artist
August 07, 2022 17:35 - 32 minutes - 47.7 MBHello everyone, today I want to get your attention to Mr. Stu Jenks. He is an artist, as in photography, novelist and musician. Probably in some other fields as well. Stu and his wife however are not doing too well. They have greater health problems and life is just getting a bit more challenging for them both. I just wat you people to go check is work out and see if you can somehow relate to it, or possibly even feel like donating. I did. I am not saying that you must, but if you can rel...
039_Ahegao Faces
July 24, 2022 20:27 - 45 minutes - 68 MBSooo.. Once again I would like to point out that we should be extinct. Social decay is moving forward as we witness other trend being performed and captured by young woman and girls. The Ahegao face. The facial expression depicts sexual arousal that is so large, that the woman looses control of her facial expression. What started as an art from in the manga industry of Japan, has been growing into aa cult movement, where pretty girls and woman are motivated to do these faces online. Stick...
038_Making Babies
July 21, 2022 14:05 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBAgain a more personal episode. While my dad already has become a grandfather twice, he still insists on me becoming a dad one fine day. The sooner the better. This stuff doesn't seem to go away and does annoy me. I'll be ranting away about this, as well as one of my former friends who fell into the trap of making a baby, then the cliché of making a family out of selfishness or based on a false worldview, because others have projected this upon you. The roles that we play without thing clear...
037_A Neighbour I once knew
July 03, 2022 19:29 - 1 hour - 95.8 MBFor today, I wanted to talk about a woman I once knew, actually a neighbour from 6 years ago. Her behaviour was to me personally revolting, making her rather unattractive or interesting. But that was who she was... She tried to hit on me back in those days, without any success. then six years later now, she started texting me out of the blue. looking for attention once more and - based on her pushy behaviour - looking for a date. Needless to say that I did not comply in the slightest and I d...
036_Peter Gabriel - part 6
June 18, 2022 08:29 - 1 hour - 164 MBin this Podcast I will get back to Peter Gabriels Albums, this time of course the UP album. A decade past until this gem finally hit the shelves. I do take my time to get to the topic, after 34 minutes or so of other stuff xD. Hope you enjoy! This link will get you to my favourite version of Signal to Noise, first ever played during the Amnesty festival in the year 1998. In case it doesn't work, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3ZPOAqbx8
035_Private Stuff and Rambling during Spring
May 28, 2022 20:36 - 55 minutes - 84.2 MBHey folks... Well... No Peter Gabriel here today either, sorry about that. I am merely reflecting how my life is going right now, thoughts and fear, nightmares, how my co workers see me, how I feel that my lifestyle keeps others at their distance or even disturbs them most likely, where I see myself in the future. And of course, a brief mention of some new artwork that I have done, posted on instagram, just in case you are interested. Next time, more Gabriel for sure! Till then, take car...
034_Bumble Dating App- Thoughts and Concerns
May 21, 2022 12:26 - 1 hour - 93.3 MBHellooooo everyone, well, I tried the Bumble dating app. Why? Just for the hell of it, to see if anything has been added to the online experience. But quite the contrary, I think this is just another good example of why you should NOT use those apps. For the people of my own area and beyond, I found a significantly high amount of these typical "fake-happiness" profiles. Self promoting beauty and independence, vaccination as an important criteria, vegan extremism (which I do not talk about ...
033_Vacation in Waldmünchen Bavaria
May 16, 2022 09:58 - 46 minutes - 71 MBToday I am mainly talking about my mountain bike trip to Waldmünchen. I was gong over 90km in total and am super exhausted right now. But I had a few days of fun. Just exploring and finding more zen time moments and peace. Hope you enjoy :) https://www.instagram.com/dean.laxer/
032 - Unihertz Titan Slim
May 01, 2022 15:53 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBAside from some updates and news that cought my attention, I thought it was time ti talk about the new Unihertz Titan Slim. My thoughts are mostly critical. There is no reason to be too excited with this company and their products, although I have made one good catch with the first qwerty phone of their product line, the Titan. As much as it pains me to say, Unihertz doesn't seem to be doing a good job these days when it comes to creating phones, or at least designing them. I'll explain why...