Very true. But, to extrapolate on Plath's metaphor, you must select the ones that look best and harvest them, dry them to properly preserve them, and store them in a way to prolong their shelf life until you are ready to eat them. Without that planning, they'll simply rot.
"I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazing editor, and another fig was Europe and Africa and South America, and another fig was Constantin and Socrates and Attila and a pack of other lovers with queer names and offbeat professions, and another fig was an Olympic lady crew champion, and beyond and above these figs were many more figs I couldn't quite make out. I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet."
Not strictly necessary items, but not brainless consumerism (at least I don't think so). A few Christmas gifts for my husband–baseball caps from store that does made-in-USA reproductions of vintage minor league and negro league team caps. And some makeup and hair care products from a local business that I already use on a regular basis. I kept them hanging out in a cart from a few weeks ago to see if they'd do a sale.
If UBI just covered the most basic needs, most people would still want to work in order to buy things and have experiences that are not strictly necessary. If people weren't worried about having food, shelter, and healthcare it would open up the possibilities to do work that is more aligned with their values. For some people that's still going to be making as much money so they can have a higher quality of life than substenance. For some it's going to be something they love or are good at that they don't do now because it doesn't pay enough to cover basic needs. For some it's going to be something with a flexible schedule so they can spend time with their families. And yes, some people wouldn't work at all.
This is not to say that it wouldn't change a lot about our current systems. Things would change, in some industries more than others. But I don't think it would cause a mass of the population to choose a life of sloth.
There are some great pieces of media out there that pioneered or popularized a genre, game mechanic, whatever. Playing/watching/listening to it for the first time years after release (whether or not you've experienced it before and had your memory deleted, honestly), these groundbreaking pieces of media can seem very derivative even though in reality they blazed the path.
I think the television show Arrested Development is a good example of this. Watching it for the first time today is a totally different experience than when it aired because of how much it popularized mockumentary-style single camera comedies.
Good to know a few phone numbers even if you aren't at a protest, though. Everyone should memorize the phone number of at least one partner/family member/friend who lives local to them in case of an emergency. Lawyer is a bonus.
If you cook, bake, brew, anything with food and drink.
Common volume conversions: 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon, 4 tablespoons/2 fluid ounces in a quarter cup, 8 fluid ounces in a cup, 2 cups in a pint, 2 pints in a quart, 4 quarts in a gallon.
Common weight conversions: 28 grams in an ounce, 16 ounces in a pound, 2 pounds and 3(ish) ounces in a kilo.
And common volume to weight conversions based on ingredients you use. For me: 200 grams in a cup of sugar, 125 grams in a cup of AP flour, 6 grams in a tablespoon of cocoa powder.
Makes it a lot easier to halve/double recipes, or use a scale for a volume written recipe.
It's not about the specific year though, it's just that the average life expectancy includes infant and child mortality, which used to be a lot higher in most countries. This pulls down the average but there were still plenty of people who lived to 50-60. Our upper life expectancy is higher now, but not 50 years higher.
Despite being flat this might be too big to fit in, but if you can–emergency blanket. I once helped a disoriented senior who had fallen and injured themselves and accidentally left their keys in their apartment. I wish I'd had something to keep them warm while we waited for the FD to get them in.
The smallest size Swiss army knife is also a good option for tiny scissors that TSA doesn't care about, then you also get the bonus of knife, tweezers, toothpick, etc.
Yes, exactly. But also when I have to force quit my browser and it asks me if I want to reopen the tabs, I immediately click no. It's like I've been released from an evil wizard's curse. Then I can start a fresh tab hoard.
Very true. But, to extrapolate on Plath's metaphor, you must select the ones that look best and harvest them, dry them to properly preserve them, and store them in a way to prolong their shelf life until you are ready to eat them. Without that planning, they'll simply rot.