Persephone Without Spex

INGREDIENTS:

4 hamburger buns, split

1 head green leaf lettuce, leaves separated

1 beefsteak tomato, sliced

20 dill pickle slices

FOR THE CHICKEN

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 cup dill pickle juice

1 ½ cups milk, divided

1 cup peanut oil

1 large egg

½ cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

DIRECTIONS:

Place a chicken breast on a cutting board. With your hand flat on top of it, carefully slice the chicken in half horizontally. Trim excess fat as needed.

In a large shallow baking dish, combine chicken, pickle juice and ½ cup milk; marinate for at least 30 minutes. Drain well.

Heat peanut oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.

In another large shallow baking dish, whisk together remaining 1 cup milk and egg. Stir in chicken to coat and drain excess milk mixture.

In a gallon size Ziploc bag or large bowl, combine chicken, flour and confectioners’ sugar; season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Working in batches, add chicken to the skillet and cook until evenly golden and crispy, about 4-5 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.

The first words sent by tachygraphe (optical telegraph, or Chappe telegraph), by Claude Chappe, 1791: “If you succeed, you will bask in glory.”

The first words sent by electrical telegraph, by Samuel Morse, 1844: “What hath God wrought!” – however, this was the first telegraph using the repeater system. The actual first message, on the demonstration system, was sent with no repeaters, for just 2 miles, and was received by Samuel Morse but was sent by Alfred Vail in 1838: “A patient waiter is no loser.”

The first words spoken on the telephone, by Alexander Graham Bell, 1876: “Mr. Watson – Come here – I want to see you.”

The first characters sent on ARPANET, the predecessor to the internet, by Charley Kline, 1969: “lo” – for “login,” but it crashed.

The first words sent by text message (SMS), by Neil Papworth, 1992: “merry Christmas”

Here’s a good one, from this BBC article on various first words. The first words spoken on YouTube, 2005: “Alright, so here we are in front of the elephants.”

Related: fictional first words spoken on Mars, a list. The one I always remember is from Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, the words of John Boone, 2020: “Well, here we are.”

yea lol

And I was thinking about this and I remembered also seeing an article about this one mated pair of crows where one of them broke its beak and thus couldn't properly feed itself on its own. So the other one helps

So basically I have connected the two dots ("you didn't connect shit") I've connected them

And also they not only use tools but teach each other how to construct them, so uh

It fucking doesn’t.

When I started dating my current boyfriend we talked for 6 hours on our first date and 7 hours on our second. We talked about a shit ton of different topics, and one of those topics was politics and the #metoo movement. We talked about sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Every step along the way towards us having sex he asked for my consent. The first day we actually had sex he made sure I was ready and checked in on me several times to make sure I was still enjoying myself. He was amazing.

I had men who were trying to flirt with me grab at me before I even knew who they were. I’ve had creepy old men decide giving me a shoulder massage while I was sitting down the perfect way they could introduce themselves. That is the type of touching we want to stop.

Any of the guys that are scared off by women saying “don’t touch us unless we ask” are the exact type of guys that need to learn about consent, women’s bodily autonomy and personal space.

If you are concerned that becoming friends with a women in the Me Too era will read to someone accusing you of sexual harassment, you need to rethink how you interact with women.

I have a bunch of guy friends, and none of them are afraid I’m going to accuse them of anything. Do you know why? We are friends. We treat each other with respect. Any of them can hug me goodbye or put their arm around me and I know they won’t touch me inappropriately. But when we first met that wasn’t true. We built a friendship of trust.

I am a hugger, I like hugging people. My friends know this about me, but when I meet new people I always ask them if it is okay that I hug them. I have had people say no, and I respect that and do not hug them.

So let’s assume that you’re actually a good man, and for whatever reason you’re worried that you’ll accidentally make a woman uncomfortable.

Wouldn’t it make more sense for you to have been worried about that this whole time, and not just because of MeToo?

Primary Rule: Stop if someone who’s involved says to stop. Also, unless the people involved override it, stop if someone else says to stop, because it’s possible that you’re making them uncomfortable and they’re afraid to say something so they have a friend speak up for them. (This includes if they’re “kidding”. Unless you’ve specifically agreed on a safe word, anything that means a rejection if taken literally should be interpreted as a rejection.)

Power Rule: Even if they appear to be consenting, consent is not valid if power dynamics can be influencing their decision to consent. (An adult flirting with a child or a boss flirting with an employee would be examples of a violation of this rule.)

Purpose Rule: They must be there for the purpose of that type of interaction. (Complimenting someone’s appearance in an environment where they’re trying to be noticed for their ideas, intellect, or achievements would be an example of a violation of this rule.)