Reminded me, my grama had a cookbook from the early 1900s.

Flipped through it and got a bit of a surprise seeing legitimate recipes for 'coon and squirrel. (Different times but given grocery prices… they do say “every trend comes back 'round agen.”)

That’s just what I remember from the 18th century.

It’s usually impolite to ask a person their age but I have… concerns. (Vampirism? Dorian Gray-Portrait? Steampunk Cryo?)

That aside, pouring brandy on it and lighting it on fire does sound like a particularly good method of consumption… 🤔

Claudia Black
There’s a (now kind of old) compliment, “I could listen to her read the phone book” that applies.

Half the comments I’ve seen around the show involve the slow pace.

It’s an issue. To the point of immersion-breaking and showing a lack of technical artistry.

No, I don’t need to go watch Fast and the Furious, I can criticize a show I like.

Elsewise, the show was interesting. Very well acted. But I think someone like Carol would be asking a lot more pertinent questions than they did.

Writing needs to tighten up and then some. Particularly with a sci-fi trope that’s been as explored as this one.

Carol, “can you take me to my eggs.”
Zosia, “certainly!”
Carol destroys her eggs when she gets there
IMMEDIATE PROBLEM SOLVED

Carol, "can you set up everything you need to create robots that can pick fruit and give me a simple [YES]/[NO] prompt for them to do so? …?

The show can do more with less while retaining it’s thoughtfulness. The acting is there, the mystery-box is present. It just needs a push.

Coffee is another example I could go into actually. Did not like it the first time I tried it. “Acquired” a taste for it too, given my grandmother owned a café that I’d eventually work in, lol. That was fairly easy.

But I also eventually tried to acquire a taste for black coffee too. Succeeded in the sense I can have it and don’t hate it, but failed in the sense that I now know I vastly prefer my coffee with a bit of sugar a lot of cream.

Still, was informative. (I’m a ‘texture’ kind of person more than flavour and I like that creamy texture.)

Most days now I mix instant coffee with hot chocolate and cream in the mornings for a pseudo-mocha that’s quick and easy. Can’t be arsed to brew it. (Most days.)

Writing.

Short stories, poems, song lyrics, whatever floats your boat.

(I use OpenOffice if you’re looking for a software rec. There might be better out there but I’ve used it so long many of its functions are ingrained and it’s open/free which endears me to it too.)

Huh, came here to comment this myself.

Tried it, didn’t like it, but the idea still intrigues me decades later. Didn’t expect it to be answered and upvoted already though.

It actually turned out to be my favourite form of liquor now.

Never would’ve guessed I’d turn into a bit of a beer snob given that first ridiculous spit-take, but here I am craving witbeirs, hefeweizens, wheat ales, lambics, refermented, Trappist, or my biggest weakness, particularly good sour beers like tart fruit or a Flanders red or even a dark sour that’s one of the best beers I’ve ever had. (Commensurately has one of the best beer labels I’ve ever seen.)