Stefanie Sargnagel is waiting in a coffee house in Vienna that seems slightly rancid and at the same time exudes the pomp of days gone by. She is a regular guest, works on her texts here, and goes out into the small garden area at the back every half hour to smoke her home-made drinks. Anyone who knows the biting humor of her texts and Instagram comics might be afraid of her aggressiveness. But Sargnagel is relaxed and the conversation with her is almost friendly.

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