Submitted 3 months ago by alyth@lemmy.world to [deleted]
As a kid I would get stung by nettles all the time. Like, how stupid was I?
As a kid you were presumably playing near nettles a lot more frequently, and as a kid you’re also a bit lax with being aware of your surroundings. Life was more in the moment.
As a kid I would play in grass and end up stung. As an adult I do not enter tall grass and therefore can’t be stung by the nettles hidden within.
Very stupid. We all were.
I don’t wear shorts nearly as much as I used to, and I’m paranoid enough about ticks that I stay away from long grass and verges.
Because now you know what the bastards look like and check for them whenever you’re somewhere they might grow.
Is this a regional thing? I have no idea what “nettles” are. Is that like a breed of wasps?
In the United Kingdom, an annual World Nettle Eating Championship draws thousands of people to Dorset, where competitors attempt to eat as much of the raw plant as possible. Competitors are given 60 cm (24 in) stalks of the plant, from which they strip the leaves and eat them. Whoever strips and eats the most stinging nettle leaves in a fixed time is the winner. The competition dates back to 1986, when two neighbouring farmers attempted to settle a dispute about which had the worst infestation of nettles, and one of them said, “I’ll eat any nettle of yours that’s longer than mine.”
Maybe because you are a neet now that doesnt touch grass anymore :)
superkret@feddit.org 3 months ago
As an adult, you stopped touching grass.