=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── do you ever wonder about how much heat is absorbed the plants and leaves? Kinda makes me think that they're keeping us warm at night. The desert is much colder than you'd expect, and so it the moon, or mars, or any other sufficiently devastated forest habitat. (plains are my favorite biome, please don't take them away with your stupid climate change, they're one of the most at risk) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5364 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ when considering invasive species, it doesn't matter how resistant a plant is │ ║ to a bug that likes to eat it. │ ║ │ ║ what matters is whether or not the plant is attractive to the bug. │ ║ │ ║ if the plant is hardy, it may resist the bug and slow it down, but the │ ║ onslaught is inevitable. the plant will fall. perhaps some of it's brethren │ ║ will survive, but next year there will be more bugs because nature is just │ ║ like that I guess. │ ║ │ ║ the plants that are less attractive to the ravaging bugs will be eaten last, │ ║ meaning they may be able to outlast the bug season. │ ║ │ ║ or maybe not. maybe the hardy plants will be eaten slower, and thus will be │ ║ considered less attractive. who can say. the end result though is that bugs │ ║ get fed, plants get gnoshed on, and humans are like "wait where did all the │ ║ biomass go" or more likely "hey it's really hot without all the plants shading │ ║ the ground and the bugs helping build the soil and the natural ecosystem │ ║ working cyclically, can you turn up the AC?" or more likely "it's really hot, │ ║ turn up the AC!" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5834 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── would you feet a cat at your door? how about a crow? would you water a dying plant? (don't, they get waterlogged if the soil is already moist) what if a dear what if dear food what if bear what if bear food what if dogpack what if dogpackfoodtearchompbitepullsavor I'd feeeed my self but dollars and errands are hard : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1414 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-strange-weird-gardening-tip │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ they say that slugs don't like salt because they turn into pickles of course that's not true, cucumbers turn into slugs when fed a diet of leaves and cucumbers ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/2834 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── you can grow anything in soil. that's the neat thing about it - it's nature's recycler problem is... if you bury like, plastic and shit, then all that's gonna grow up into your plants is... plastic and shit. the structural growth mechanisms of plants are inhibited by pollution, that's the entire issue with them. animals can adapt - like, whatever, right? but if everything's biodegradable, then suddenly the whole world is a trash-dump. (that's how they think) if you want to optimize food growth, you can supply with specific types of growing fuel. like native americans who had like supplies of many different types of manure. a cow eating grass will have different nutrients in it's poop than a duck eating carrots. duh. so, if you combine different outputs to make new, better results... you can pretty much bio-engineer anything you'd like. like... feed the corn so that it's kernels are huge, right? then make that one marry the other, and boom it's more likely grow. [those genetics are way outdated] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/5075 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── it's kinda rude to tell a plant that their species is in decline. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2578 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ if you're gonna walk out of the pacific northwest, much better I think to do it in the heat, than the mud. mud is the worst. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4581 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: fedi meta, vague, tangentially related │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 this is how our islands become swamps I'd love to live in a bog, so many bugs. keep the spiders around, and they could feast on your toes (ouch) or, hear me out, or, they could spin webs and keep the other bugs out are you a bug or a girl or a guy or a bug or a girl or a ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5074 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── you don't raise a plant on water. you raise a plant on nutrients, dissolved in water, which are seeped into their hair follicles. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4962 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── humans are computers that inhale air, produce electricity, and exhale carbon. give me a biochemical or mechanical process for doing that on a reasonable scale for cheap and you can solve global warming by replacing power outlets with an energy generation box. Doubles as an air purifier and UPS. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3685 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1573 It's similar but it's not the saaaaame... Plus it's only one color I think. And a lot less bright. Maybe we can find some kind of bacteria that can be genetically engineered to produce one type of the chemicals, and another that produces the other, so when they interact it'll produce light indefinitely. (what about conservation of energy?) um... maybe make them photosynthesize or something? so you have to charge it in the sun and then it'll glow all night. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5482 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-militaries-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ when you have a massive, fuck-off military, sometimes the best thing to do is to just... use it. ah, but what do you do when the sky rains poison bombs? I dunno turn into candy people I guess /shrug ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3725 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── the earth doesn't know how big she is, and everytime you carry a seed across state lines she learns a bit more about her surface. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/3776 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── whenever repeating letters like thiiiiiiis or thisssss make sure if you're doing K's that you have at least four ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4928 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ humans invented clothes to stay warm, and then we started using them for │ ║ fashion because it felt weird to not wear them. Then we took it wayyyyy too │ ║ far and invented culture. │ ║ │ ║ Why did you do that, humans! Ya dummies, you're just gonna end up fighting │ ║ over it. And now you can't go back to your prehistoric u-culture where │ ║ everyone was the same and everyone got along. Great. Really invented evil just │ ║ because y'wanna stay warm. │ ║ │ ║ okay here's an idea, why don't you cling to the mammoth fur like all the other │ ║ varmints? They're warm, and they plow through the snow looking for water and │ ║ berries or whatever. It's a nice easy life, but instead y'gotta fuck it up by │ ║ hunting and killing and predating on all the other varmints. │ ║ │ ║ and yeah, it's kinda cool that you can get together into larger and larger │ ║ groups limited only by your ability to abstract meaning into grunts and │ ║ gestures, but c'mon you're just gonna end up fighting about that later on down │ ║ the road. │ ║ │ ║ Hey wait a sec, breathe, I know fire is warm in an ice age but │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴──────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3082 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: states-mentioned-climate-change │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ the government doesn't want you using solar panels because then the coal and gas infrastructure won't be able to consume coal and gas, and everyone knows that using resources as fast as possible is surely the best and most productive use of our state's time like, subsidies exist. they could just... make it cheaper, but instead they're stuck doing... nothing of value ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #16 messages/1202 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Do you ever ask yourself why we don't have mountaintop bazaars or expeditions to the bottom of the oceans? Why we lack tree forest cities, how we're struggling to find moss, sunlight, crystal, stone, and gold, all in the same setting? Capitalism makes it easy to think of profit as all that matters. It's not. Its nothing of it. It's a metric like any other. Optimize it or not, struggle for what you believe in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #17 messages/747 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── if you don't want to be hunted, then give "evil" it's own queer culture what's that? they don't like what you offered? they want it to be *their* kind of "evil"? fine, do it themselves and then leave us alone, jeez -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5496 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weirdness-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ "why bother disadvantaged and vulnerable people when you could just grow your own?" - motivations of a capitalist-in-regard empowerment requires strength. do you force people to unbecome the victim? how are your traps mentally prepared? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/5350 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── honestly we should be building cities in the most boring locations, not the most beautiful. like below the crust. or space. the surface is a pleasuredome, why waste it on scrubland and turf? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1764 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── Okay okay hear me out - but what if instead of pumping oil out of the ground, we shoved a bunch of tree trunks down there and let them marinate for a few thousand years ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ |