I think, therefore I am Emistotle.

No because even if you ignore the context of the colonising imperialist who coined that phrase, huh?

Do you think for 30,000 years, half of the human species was doing nothing but spreading her legs for a grapefruit? You don’t think we were doing anything before that?

You can only comprehend female history, even as far back as the ancient world, in the context of us getting raped in exchange for goods? That’s it?

The hunters? The labourers? The farmers? The gatherers? The scouts? The child rearers? The healers? The builders?

I suspect this was meant as a visual pun because this server is rated for 733 watts, almost exactly one metric horsepower

Nobody was behind me in line, which seemed to be a good reason for her to treat me to a five minute retelling of the identification, rescue, and argument over initial custody of Kit Kat, who was so small they thought when they first heard him crying for help that he was a bird and not a kitten in a tree, and is now fifteen pounds of "pure, sculpted lardass".

And I didn't mind, precisely, I wasn't bored or anything, but around the time she was bringing me up to speed on Kit Kat's current status it occurred to me that this woman is a cashier in a store that primarily sells candy bars and beverages. People must buy Kit Kat bars from her multiple times a day. Does she do this every time there's nobody in line behind the purchaser? Did I just have that I Own Several Cats And Will Enjoy Your Cat Stories look about me? Was it the first time it occurred to her that she sold the brand of candy bar she named her cat after? Was she new to the job of selling Kit Kat bars?

Safety, ethics, and sustainability are all a part of urban gardening and foraging. I'm sorry that means you need to do homework before you can do anything, I know that sounds lame. But life is complicated.

Daily reminder: Leafy greens like kales uptake all those delicious heavy metals in urban soils like lead and cadmium.

Don’t eat sidewalk-crack kale.

Here's some cool references from the EPA on safe urban gardening:

REUSING POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED LANDSCAPES: Growing Gardens in Urban Soils