Comment on Plant Slurs
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
My definition: aggressive spread and resilience to removal.
Weeds that are pretty might get more of a pass than ones which are ugly, poisonous or thorny, but ultimately, even the most beautiful flower becomes a weed when it’s suddenly everywhere and you are fighting constantly to get rid of it.
aggressive spread and resilience to remove
Many would argue that mint is an herb. But if you ever had your garden invaded by mint, you’ll definitely classify them under weed.
Always plant mint in a pot. And if your neighbour has mint in their garden, you better have a 2m trench filled with concrete between their garden and yours.
My definition: aggressive spread and resilience to removal.
That fits to a lot of useful plants too. Strawberries, Brambles, Mint, just to name a few.
Yes. If you don’t have adequate containment then strawberries can absolutely be a weed.
A delicious weed, but still a weed.
And that’s the actual definition of a weed: If you don’t want it there, it’s a weed. If you do, it’s not.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Humans are a weed.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
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Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
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Not_Dav3@lemmy.world 6 days ago
There is such a thing as exotic invasive species that destabilize the local ecosystem, though.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Yes, humans.
But I’m not just continuing a bit, humans are rally the source of a lot of invasive species introduced to local environments where otherwise that wouldn’t happen. And it mostly happened unintentionally, but intentionally too.
The dif I wanna point out is the scale & timeframes.
Eg naturally (by which I mean without human involvement) invasive species mostly happen really slowly, and from adjacent ecosystems (sure, there are exceptions, but it’s like spiders shooting butt-strings into the air & just by chance floating to Hawaii).
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
No weed is for plant. Fir animals its pest/vermin.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
True. Which still leads to an infestation.
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On non-logarithmic scale:
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jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Wow that’s crazy to me. I had always envisioned humans steadily spreading and growing constantly. I had no idea that we were basically treading water for so long.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Love the malthusianism. Why function on person or life quality when you can terminate your thoughts with ‘human bad’?
No need to ever fix or grow if just ‘human bad’.