Submitted 5 weeks ago by RegalPotoo@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
But most apple seeds don’t grow where they are dropped - they are carried away by birds or rodents and seed elsewhere. Also, most apples aren’t true to seed anyway - plants grown from seed don’t bear the same fruit
You’re not wrong about seeds. The saying doesn’t mention, refer to, imply anything about, or have anything to do with seeds, though.
Ummm, it says the Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, not the seeds don’t fall far from the tree.
Who thinks it’s supposed to be a good saying? It’s pretty much saying that person is a dick because they were raised by dicks.
Apples are so fascinating! There is a fun section of this documentary on them: m.imdb.com/title/tt1421383/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but the seed rarely grows near the rind.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah but the phrase refers to children who were raised by the parents, not the ones who got eaten by large birds and shat out in distant lands, which of course happens far more often than we’d like to think.
ehpolitical@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Lol, and here I am watching The Birds.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I wonder if The Birds was the first horror story based on what would happen if ordinary things suddenly turned crazy and evil.