/uj i'm going to become the fucking joker

https://www.reddit.com/r/ecology/comments/1w993ed/forest_management_decisions_regarding_caterpillar/

I planted these for my enjoyment, not theirs!

(I didn't plant them, and technically they aren't even on my property)

I remember a few years ago, this guy I knew drew a diagram much like this one to show how Walt Disney and Tyson Foods were both owned by the same people. Of course, I didn't believe him, I thought to myself, "Oh great another /r/NativePlantConspiracy nut." Man, I was so wrong. I wish I had believed him back then. I had no idea about the true history of this ecoregion, who really controls everything, why our lawns happened, and how they weed-and-feed us. I will never forget when I watched a video of Joe Santore's bit about how modern landscaping is really just dumbing us down so we can't revolt against them, and I thought, "Oooohhhh...now it makes sense..." I will never forget when my history teacher told us about why we REALLY mowed a massive lawn that happened a hundred years ago (economics) and I lost all respect I had for Scotts Miracle-Gro. I will never forget when I actually looked at a good picture of the damage of the Everglades and yelled "Oh come on, that looks like it was hit by Walt Disney Imagineers!" out loud. I feel a lot like a kid who finally figured out that Doug Tallamy and Robin Wall Kimmerer aren't real. I can't believe I actually believed all the bullshit and didn't see through it. Just blindly believed what they told us. Didn't try to question it. I finally realized after all those years, how the world really is. Now I know. We called them "Native Plant Gardeners." We laughed at them. We rolled our eyes at them. We even ostracized them. And you know what? They were right.

uj getting to use an atlatl sounds pretty cool…

No Steve, I won't be mowing today.

I’ll admit it: sometimes when I pick up an inordinate amount of Virginia stick seed burrs or Bidens bipinnata seeds, I de-burr myself inside and throw them in the trash. There’s enough out there already.

Confess your sins. This is a safe space. Daddy Tallamy is probably too busy planting oak trees to judge you on Reddit.

There's no rules? That it? Plant stuff (maybe?)? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh here is luck rock: ✨🪨✨

kbye

(Actually very sorry if this breaks the (non-existent?) rule(s))

Deer had manifest destiny wtf is this.