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I know that it’s mostly a joke, yet it is worth mentioning that those valuable spices were exclusively used by the rich and wealthy. Ordinary people and their food did not benefit from the spice trade at all. If you delve a little bit into culinary history and find out what the aristocrats did with (for example) extremely rare and precious nutmeg the British Empire fought wars over, you want to dig up their bones, revive them, just so that you can kill them again.
8·8 天前Yes, it may seem somewhat counter-intuitive, but historically swamps have exceptionally fertile grounds, while offering protection against possible raiders and invaders. Despite malaria and other risks, humans have often thrived in swampy areas. They could sustain a large population which then founded a powerful kingdom/empire.
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47·18 天前“I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees. I’ve got transgender people. I’ve got gays. I’ve got lesbians. I’ve got drunks. I’ve got drug addicts — all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge.”
“And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That’s who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If there’s something to be judged, that is God’s business. But we are all God’s children and how we are is who we are.”
From this interview in 2023.
May the earth rest lightly upon her.
That is a puzzling question indeed, though I can assure you that I am not sushi and you do not seem to be a squirrel either.
This totally does not apply to me, because my only value was my conforming to the expectations of my conflict-laden surroundings which could never be fulfilled because of their contradictory nature. So I am fine. I totally did not transition way too late because I was trapped in a behavioral pattern since my childhood and neglected my own needs. I so do not have cPTSD, thank you very much.
The difference between non-ill and ill people is: “feel like that sometimes” VS “feel like that all of the time”
It is exactly the same for physical illnesses: Everyone has a tummy ache once in a while. You definitely need medical help when your stomach does not stop hurting.
And - of course - there are plenty of toxic people who will also belittle that.
5·22 天前Only if you discount Saudi Arabia’s proxy war in Yemen and let’s not even talk about Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State which got tons of money and resources from Saudi Arabia…
I don’t know. Do you expect to get some great reward out of this?
Yeah, he lives there with is “uncle” and there is only one bed. I don’t want to make any assumptions, but maybe someone should call CPS anyway…
Right. Lovingly quoting song lyrics to a special someone? That’s my policy of truth.
Whale facts! 🐋
Fun fact: The reasons is because we have a “nasal cycle”.
This results in greater airflow through one nostril with periodic alternation between the nostrils. […]
It has been shown that the cilia of the congested side suspend their motility until that side decongests. Thus the cycle ensures that one side of the nose is always moist, to facilitate humidification,
I think the two things we mentioned are not only not excluding each other, but rather cumulative: Spices were not common before the wars and the wars further increased their scarcity for most people, essentially preventing them from becoming part of the popular cuisine in a time period when other European nations became increasingly accustomed to using them.