Wortwildnis

🇬🇧 cynical for the pandemic-like belief in belonging to the one true and legitimate religion(s) [an old, embarrassing anthropological constant], which embitter our lives (and theirs).

🇬🇧 A distortion of "vergelt's Gott" - referring to "God's reward," meaning the absence of a monetary compensation for one's efforts. In our time of neoliberalism, where a generous return is expected (and sometimes demanded) for even the smallest contributions, one can find themselves justifying voluntary engagement as "foolish." The service to others, especially in a church volunteer role, can be soured by the "ground staff of God" who do not tire of making the performers' "service to the customer" unpleasant... In simpler terms, "vergällen" can also be translated as "to embitter" - meaning "to make bitter."