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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HAIL HYDRA!⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because you missed rhizomes, not roots. And if you keep cutting the remnants down after you get the main body of the plant out they’ll starve and die eventually, it just takes a few years.

  Speaking as someone who has worked with bamboo for a living for over a decade, an ounce of maintenance is definitely worth a pound of cure. Setting up a proper root-pruning system and cutting the young rhizomes twice a year before they have a chance to spread is much easier than chasing it down after the fact.

  Now, tropical timber clumping bamboo… those are tough to deal with once they’re mature. They’re like a boulder that grows lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HAIL HYDRA!⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It would probably need a fair bit of water, too, unless you’re in a more humid climate with summer rains. It is a grass after all.

  Unless you planted a tropical clumper, the concrete wouldn’t take damage. A runner would probably pass under it and show up on the other side eventually though. You can stop that by cutting the rhizomes back in summer and fall (think of it like edging a lawn), but it sounds like that space might be too narrow to set that sort of system up well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HAIL HYDRA!⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually it spreads very predictably (in either circles or a collection of straight lines) and if you want to get rid of it, just cut it to the ground and stumpgrind out the rhizomes, which are the only part that can spread the plant (and for most species are found in the top 12 inches of soil). If someone tells you that you need to get out every tiny root, they’re bullshitting you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just say the word⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d think so, but they’ve done studies and there tends to be more marital issues in families where the woman makes more of, or all of, the money.

  Personally I agree that it shouldn’t be defined along gender lines. We don’t have kids, but my husband is way better with them than I am. It would make much more sense (if we could afford it) for me to work and him to stay home. But it seems that, society-wise, we have a long way to go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would the United States actually risk a Tiananmen Square incident?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve done it before. They’ll do it again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Except it’s not very good. I turn it off and still get AI pictures and videos, and it gets rid of some pictures I know aren’t AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My grandmother too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heave-ho!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every time the pockets-in-pants thing comes up:

  Women in the comments: OMG yes please what we have now sucks

  Men in the comments: well acktually…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is sharpedo blocked in image searches on DuckDuckGo and Bing, but not Google?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘Sharpedo Pokémon’ works too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having a rough morning. I'm still pondering the question about beavers, and my kid asks me THIS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like Pratchett’s take. The Tooth Fairy of the Discworld takes the baby teeth and hides them in its domain because pieces of a person can be used for sympathetic magic, like cursing someone, and he wants to protect the kids from that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US demands access to tourists' social media histories⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a fellow American, we really don’t need any help looking bad at the moment, so you can stop now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mmm... tastes like chimkin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh? That bird is obviously eating an Eohippus. (And yes, horses were once that small.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mmm... tastes like chimkin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahhh so the horse was just getting revenge then

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨you can choose your family⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Redwall is mouse propaganda

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assumptions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who started the assumption that herbivores were all sweet harmless cuddle bugs anyhow? Because they had obviously never interacted with a large herbivore before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Name your favourite prehistoric tree.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ginkgo and Arucaria for beating out almost all the others in the game of survival lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get all religous but was not Jesus pissed for people making money in churches? Didn't he flip tables and everything? Then how do churches nowadays explain the collection plate?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Spoiler: it’s not

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s called humor. You might want to try it sometime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do languages sometimes have letters which don't have consistent pronunciations?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want a great rundown on the history and craziness of English, may I recommend this video? It does a pretty good breakdown of how our language got to be such a mess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Screw your zodiac sign, tell me...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  5 & 6. Wonder if 6 followed my great-grandmother over from Minnesota?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[NSFW] ysk: you can restore your foreskin⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Circumcision removes a lot of the sensitive tissue, making it harder for a man to climax, especially while masturbating. It’s done primarily by religious loons to ‘keep men from committing sin’, since they believe the only way a man should ever climax is during penetrative sex with a woman.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. When I saw the article I figured it would be bad, but that’s even worse than I expected lol

  What is it with these idiots trying to re-brand racism and reinvent phrenology every few decades? Are they stupid enough to believe they’re the first to think of shit like this, or are they hoping we’re dumb enough to fall for it this time around?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Andrew will be banished from royal premises to King Charles' private and remote Sandringham estate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He had sex with underage girls. Wtf is wrong with you, defending a pedo?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It used to! Kids would steal wood, break down fences, take outdoor furniture, and use it to build a big bonfire in the center of their towns. They would egg houses and run wild.

  Modern trick-or-treating and Halloween parties were invented to counter this destructive behavior, actually. Tasting History did a pretty cool episode on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So...I feel like there are a lot of elephants in the room, could i get some help?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, are you wanting practical basics, esoterics, or both?

  Practical:

  1. What that other person said about debt is and isn’t good advice. Without debt you can’t build credit and without credit you can’t get big things like houses, mortgages, etc. More and more of society seems to rely on credit scores to judge a person’s worth, too. Which is concerning, but this is the world we live in, not the world we wish it was, so…

  On the other hand, with debt it’s easy to get into a ‘pay later’ or ‘rob Peter to pay Paul’ mentality and get yourself into a bad position. So, better advice would be: never take on large debts unless you absolutely have to. Get a credit card, buy one or two things with it a month, and pay it off every month. That way you can build credit safely.

  (Obviously ignore this advice if you’re rich.)

  2. Learn basics. I was taught cooking, cleaning, how to properly do laundry, basic electrical wiring, basic home repairs (attach things to studs, how to patch drywall, etc), and sewing. All of this has come in handy once I got my own place.

  Learning simple car stuff like changing oil, changing tires, and perhaps redoing spark plugs and belts can help you too, especially if you want to save money on car maintenance.

  3. On a related note to that, cars, houses, and boats are all basically giant pits you toss money into. (That’s why people often take on debt to get new cars; a lot of the expensive maintenance is covered under warranty.)

  4. Be careful with student debt. An education is important, but you can be stuck with that debt for a very long time, and owing that much in an uncertain economy like we have can be dangerous. So plan your education well.

  5. With the understanding that there are some things people call ‘hobbies’ that are just them being gross (ogling little anime girls because they’re ’really 700 years old so it’s fine!’ comes to mind), in general enjoy your hobbies and don’t be ashamed of them. If, say, you like doing drag, and one of your friends says nasty things about it, that person is not your friend and you don’t need to feel ashamed of your hobby to make them feel better. If it makes you happy and doesn’t harm anyone, then just have fun.

  But, in counterpoint to that, don’t fall into your hobby so hard that you start gatekeeping and being an ass about it, or ruining your health about it. Remember, other people are in the hobby to have fun too, so who cares if so-and-so’s drag wig is a little basic or messy?

  6. I hope you know this already, but it’s astonishing how many people don’t: bathe every day. And wear at least moderately clean clothes. No-one likes stinky people and it’s easy to become inured to your own smell.

  Esoteric:

  1. Like that other person said, read. Terry Pratchett, Mark Twain, Richard Feynman… plenty of people have put amazingly good thoughts down on paper. I especially like Pratchett’s definition of sin.

  2. Learn history, and not just the basic ‘approved’ things taught in schools. For example, our school ‘neglected’ to teach about the Tulsa Race Massacre, or the brutal Union fights in West Virginia.

  I’ve found, for good summaries of more ancient history, Overly Sarcastic Productions does a pretty good job. It’s impossible to know where you are going until you know where we have been. And of course that old adage ‘those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it’ is very true. See: the US right now.

  3. Learn what a cult looks like and avoid them like the plague. Doesn’t matter how lonely you are, how much ‘esoteric knowledge’ they offer, they will destroy your life and probably your family’s lives as well.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, when Berry Goldwater thinks that’s a problem…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. -Susan B. Anthony

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mercy merci⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Spider steps on boxelder bug

  ’Eww eww eww get it off!’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mercy merci⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The only spiders I’ve seen want to eat those are cellar spiders, and even that seems reluctant on their part lol. Guess they really taste horrible or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class."⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The case was settled for £58 million, leaving the claimants with £12 million after legal costs.

  Ewwww