Forge_the_Sky
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Forge_the_Sky
10mo ago
In fairness to the boomers, the boomers that are currently going on luxury cruises did spend an enormous amount of time and money raising their kids for 18 years and then paying for their college education.
I've not been above a bit of boomer-negging in my time, but I'd also add to this - what's the alternative? Sure, in previous times parents might strive to leave their children an inheritance. But this was really more a luxury of the landed and rich, the ones we pay disproportionate attention to, who leave the most records. I question how common inheritances of any size really were. And though I'm sure there are no surfeit of examples of boomers who sold their retirements for boats breast implants and booze, there also seems to be a prevailing norm of saving enough to at least scrape by on your own until you die.
Far more common was the burden of caring for ageing parents in their dotage, both financially and physically. It might just be my American individualism or whatever speaking, but, as much as I appreciate a culture that's invested enough in family and long-term bonds to respect and care for the elderly, there is something a bit perverse about landing whatever poor woman you arranged to marry your eldest son to serve you hand and foot during your last years. Fillial duty beats a lot of alternatives culturally speaking, but I don't think it beats what we strive for now.
Finally, though you note that the expectation of great returns on an expensive education were rather tragically misplaced, doesn't it make sense to give to your children when young rather than when they're old and past being able to use the resources for much of their most productive years? Inheritance is nice, but I think it's taken a backburner importance in people's priorities for a reason.
Forge_the_Sky
1yr ago
Sour cream and milk should work just fine, as long as you get them to the right consistency. Heck, I've got dairy allergies in the family to watch out for and my 'oat milk and tofu-based sour cream substitute' even works just fine.
Sounds like you just need to master how thick the batter should be. Start thick, test a wing, if ends badly add a bit more liquid, repeat.
But I prefer a seasoned flour anyways, and if your 'buttermilk' consistency is right you don't need to worry about it. Save the batter for fish.
I use half flour, half corn or potato starch, with a bunch of spices. Roughly in order of amount:
-Salt
-Paprika
-Smoked paprika
-Black Pepper
-Garlic powder
-Onion powder
-White pepper
-Mustard powder
-Celery seed
-Ginger powder
-Dried basil
-Dried oregano
-Dried thyme
-MSG
You can eyeball it and taste a pinch of flour to adjust once you get the hang of it. I like to smoke them for an hour, marinate in buttermilk for a bit, dredge in flour mix, fry at 325F. Still good if no smoker, replace normal paprika with smoked.
Same recipe can be used with chicken thighs, except I brine them in pickle brine overnight instead of smoking first. Great for sandwiches with lettuce, sauce of choice, pickled red onions.
Of note, I've noticed that cheaper water-plumped wings tend to turn out noticeably less flavorful when making fried wings. Usually doesn't make much difference in recipes, but it seems it prevents flavor formation in this case.
Forge_the_Sky
1yr ago
It's also notable how on twitter people liked it and there is no seeming political category that doesn't have people liking it. If something is beloved both by trans they/them socialists and e.g. hard right Pinochet appreciators, it is kind of special.
I think Cyberpunk is in kind of an ideal position to do this, actually. The sci-fi body modification technology allows for things like intersex characters, huge bruiser-brawler women, and so on without it seeming shoehorned in. The leftist may feel that it's vaguely empowering, the rightist that it's part of the dystopia, but neither feels like it doesn't belong or add to the story and setting.
Likewise the economic realities of Night City could be taken as an indictment of capitalism run amuck - and even have revolutionary figures like Johnny Silverhand fighting against the system - it also never really posits the Glorious Comrades' Revolution as a viable alternative, since Resistance Is Futile anyways and that's the point. Also, the sort of capitalism they depict is so far out there that I don't think rightists really identify with it anyways, however bullish they might be on markets. It's clearly the bad aspects of capitalism to the Nth degree, no-one's gonna argue it's a good look.
I have noticed a trend, though, for things that would trigger culture war in a Western show just...don't when it's Japanese. Popular recent examples - Jujutsu Kaisen is a progressive-trending show, and Demon Slayer is a quite conservative show, and I literally think that no one in America even notices. A combination of the exotic settings and stories, and of Japanese bromides not being ours, perhaps? Certainly the culture that Demon Slayer is conservative of is quite different from the Anglosphere.
Might write more about that later, I've had a proto-essay banging around in my head about it hah.
Forge_the_Sky
1yr ago
Loved Edgerunners! Plot was kinda sparse at times as you note, but I chalk it up to short runtime.
The slang they use in the subs is likely due to the thing being totally localized, may even have been designed english-first. It's all very true to the Night City setting; I think a lot of that gets lost in the Japanese translation, and so there might be weird disparities if you're watching japanese dub english sub.
I just watched English dub (basically never do in other anime) and found the vernacular to be a cool part of the worldbuilding. Maybe helps if you've played the game, though.
Sorry to hear it; it's one thing if their health in general is declining, it's trickier when it's just one potentially-soluble thing.
It may not be the easiest thing to find in many places, but I do Extracorporeal Shock Wave therapy - mostly on humans, but have dabbled in veterinary work - and have seen some cases of hip dysplasia significantly improve. At the very least, it does no harm and doesn't have the post-op drama and healing of surgery. Extracorporeal shock wave increases the rate of tissue healing, and via recruitment of mesenchymal stem cells can elicit a regenerative effect on local cartilage. Though it doesn't solve the core issue of hip instability, it can allow the body to 'catch up' with the progression of the degeneration and restore its function for a time.
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