That chicken is roasted nicely, but I completely understand if that was bought in that condition at the grocer's.
Plain bread is a travesty. it needs to be either toasted and/or you need some melted butter or gravy to sop up.
Pair this with some fruit or pan seared/roasted vegetables. Even microwaved beans would make this nutritious. Takes very little effort, very easy to do.
Even peasants had access to beer, ale, or home-made short-beer/kvass. Gotta calorie-max so you can work in the field tomorrow. Plus, the alcohol helps with the constant muscle-aches and fatigue from endless labor.
There are innumerable ways to elevate this meal, but I'll keep this comment short. Anyone, feel free to message me or reply here if you want tips for that.
As a young teenager, I once went with my grandparents and their fellow pensioners, to see some community theater.
They were all retirement age and then some, and I must have been the only "kid" on that bus. Let me tell you, the ones that didn't pick up that I was there swore like sailors (they actually were) and acted like... potty-mouthed teenagers! I was floored by this revelation.
I've had other moments of observation with older folks over the years, and I keep seeing the same thing. At the same time, I've paid attention to the growing disparity between my apparent and "mental" ages. So, that sensation that you have to remind yourself that you're no longer 19 or whatever? It may be a different point in life for everyone, but as far as I can tell, that doesn't stop.
What does change is your body and the face you see in the mirror. That alone changes how you see everyone else, their age, and how it all relates back to you socially. You don't have to like it, but it's probably wise to get used to it. :/
This kinda/sorta confirms what I've been suspecting. None of this debacle is recent. It's fascist-right movement that hit critical mass, possibly during the pandemic, that has been stewing for decades if not longer.
I know that, philosophically, fascism and all its manifestations has ties into unchecked capitalism, colonialism, and slavery; stuff that goes hundreds of years back in North America. In this comment, I'm talking about the more home-grown variety that picks up before or during McCarthyism.
Ah, that's how you do it. Get them in separate hearings concurrently. Just let that prisoner's dilemma cook, since I doubt any one of them has studied game theory.
You're correct: it's not actually explained but rather dismissed in a pretty funny way. But it does show the line in the sand that the writers (at the time) were not going to cross.
My head-canon here is that Klingons just have silly-flexible DNA and go through cosmetic gene alterations like some cultures change clothes. They meet humans and go "yeah they're awful but... having hair could be kinda sexy..." Given their tendency to be bold, fearless, and intensely passionate, I think that tracks.
Seriously. For both events, I feel like the skill curve starts at "try not to die" and just keeps climbing in degrees of "get better at not dying" and "point your feet in the right direction".
I'm starting to wonder if this thinking goes the other way.
Do people like this also feel vulnerable if their candidate isn't running things? Like, did Obama or Biden feel like a legitimate threat while they were in office?
Besides, it's a really bad form of ID. The numbers aren't even unique, and up until 2011, a few digits are reserved for geographical information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number#Structure
If I had to reach for a hasty solution, it would be to use the IRS taxpayer ID instead. Of course, that might weaken the SSA's importance overall, so that wouldn't be without consequences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Taxpayer_Identification_Number