Plus there is that 100% percent certainty that the cat will start munching on your ears as soon as your pulse stops.
In case serious. Before refrigeration and Air conditioning were invented, farmers wanted to keep their produce from going bad.
You had a few options, canning, bottling, pickling, salting, drying. Canning was invented 250 years ago or so. Bottling was a thing as long as bottles have been around, which is 500 or so years ago. Beyond that, the best way to ensure food doesn't grow bacteria or mold or whatever on it is to make the food inhospitable to microbial life, so by depriving it of water or putting something in it that prevents growth. So vinegar and salt.
That's why pickles are a thing. We now live in an age where food "just comes from the grocery or food kiosk or restaurant". Mostly due to improvements in technology. But food usually comes in seasons. Whether hunting, fishing or planting. Fruit cocktail canning is done over the course of a month in a year. 24 hours nonstop.
Cucumbers grow easily. Preserving them turns them into pickles.
Candles and lamps existed before the light bulb. Gas light was a whole industry, which is why we have the term gaslighting.
Hope they fix the spinning circle of death. I can't post, I can't reply.
Just joined Lemmy. Glad to see the MW/BT communities slowly taking root here.
I am just joining the event for the shooty shooty stompy stompy. As for hero mechs, I'll figure it out, but off the cuff I'd say the Widow Maker since I unfortunately missed that event.
Just started on Lemmy. I love how new things pop up but is there a way to not have things show up but not necessarily resort to blocking the community. Star Wars memes for my example.