I feel ya. My parents literally met at an Alcoholic's Anonymous meeting, and they both continued to use and drink long after that too.
That said, eh, fuck paying for joy. Steal that shit like its a grape at a grocery store. Just make sure you're not stealing from people in the same boat, cause thats just stealing from yourself in the end too.
Mammals only got yeeted to their own evolutionary tree branch 40 million years prior to those that would be considered reptilian (sorta dinos too) which was somewhere in the realm of 250 million years ago.
Meaninng the reptiles of today are ~5x further apart in time from dinosaurs, than dinosaurs are from their common ancestors to mammals.
I think we really should just not bother thinking in terms of current speciation concepts. They could have had jellyfish like tentacles dangling allover their skin and we'd never know.
Honestly, be grateful you even received notice you didn't make it past the interview. Most jobs just leave you on read so to speak.
If its worded the way you've worded it, then I don't think it is illegal in most countries.
That said, if the details could be phrased dramatically, a 60 second news story calling it a fishy practice, might make it illegal.... which it should be
I see 3 outcomes, in order of least to most in likelihood and excitement:
Julius see's the error in his ways and establishes what essentially is an entirely new politcal system that is so good and just that It would stand today.
Same scenario as above except his grandson grows up to one day claim his rule and reverses everything.
He is killed, and for the exact same reasons as current lore. Either because his arrogance causes him to deny what will happen, or because regardless of any attempt to avoid such an outcome those who sought the power he had would still seek out that same power. Both lessons are fairly important but I think the latter one is often missed in the countless retellings. Power both corrupts and it's one sexy hot bitch.
I had at least one Prof at university that claimed MacOS and Linux have more in common than Microsoft and has with either. The only thing tying MS and Apple is the vampiric nature of the companies.
Give yourself time in all things. Just because someone else appears to be adept or a natural, nothing of use can come from comparison.
Forgive yourself for your personal failure, and forgive others whose standards you weren't able to meet while you work together support each other wherever possible.
A stranger's rejection is only to themselves, and their failure to have a healthy open mind and heart.
Bravery is not a practiced fearlessness, but a persistence in spite of fear.
One day, hopefully soon, I'll take up my pitchfork and debate, argue, and fight for those among us without a voice or those not yet old enough. But I can't do that without the foundation of healthy mental choices that I'm still working on.
So until that day, yeah, they won't be getting anything other than aggressive eye contact.
If you asked me, the moment you shut off your mind to the idea that all of us basically know hardly anything at all, is the moment you start to degrade mentally, physically, and even spiritually. Closed mindedness isn't evil itself... but I've yet to hear of or meet anyone who's both open minded and a horrid person.
You're for sure wrong about most things, and probably wrong on several things you're sure of too.
I feel ya. My parents literally met at an Alcoholic's Anonymous meeting, and they both continued to use and drink long after that too.
That said, eh, fuck paying for joy. Steal that shit like its a grape at a grocery store. Just make sure you're not stealing from people in the same boat, cause thats just stealing from yourself in the end too.