I love you guys, but some of you are just fucking weird.
Also remember: Never lick your finger to turn the pages of a book, only boomer nazis do that.
This post sounds like it was written by some honky colonizers who likes dogs.
it is fun to see what random things people here have incredibly strong opinions about
I firmly believe that "bus driver" as a specialization is needless, and if you relied on passenger to pilot the metal slugs through downtown, it would happen.
I firmly believe that “bus driver” as a specialization is needless
Bruh, no. Those big-ass things are definitely hard to navigate, and you should thank your bus driver for every ride you get.
Yeah recently I was driving and observing this huge ass bus in front of me and I was like, boy, if I drove that bus in these narrow streets I'd have probably completely demolished half of these cars.
i firmly believe that it is in everyones best interest to keep me as far as possible from the wheel of a bus
i have a tonne of respect for bus drivers
this would work if the volunteer driven bus was followed full time by a professional tractor wrecker to help un-stick it when somebody drives it over a curb or jams it underneath a low overhang
Same here. But apparently, some people do have that weird take.
no worries, there's not really much risk of running into that kind of hot take haver in an organizing situation they're too busy screenshotting twitter or whatever
Like eighty percent of the people in this country who have lawns do not do anything to maintain it other than mow it. The vegetation is natural. There are like ten trees on my family's lawn and there are tons on everyone else's. Does fucking everyone else on this site live in the middle of Nevada or something? Is it just that nobody goes outside? How did this weird conception of what a lawn is even start?
hi, you may not be familiar with california, a mediterranean climate home to roughly 1 out of 4 americans, but most people in single family homes seem to feel obligated to have a flourescent green patch of turf that they pay someone else to mow using a highly polluting gasoline mower and literally never set foot on.
Ooooo, my favorite is when people (boomers) get really lazy so they just cover their fucking lawn in plastic turf.
My experience was that Californians are big fans of gravel and cactus for yard cover
Depends, the bay area has a lot of fucking grass, especially in the burbs which makes up a lot of the actual greater SF bay. There is people who are doing something like you said but moss or undergrowth lawns are more popular than that. I only have one neighbor in a 5 block radius who has done a gravel/Zen inspired front yard, but there is probably 6 or so non grass yards too. Grass is still overwhelmingly the dominant yard.
In SoCal I saw a lot more variations on what people do, a lot less uniform than many parts of the bay
Also remember: Never lick your finger to turn the pages of a book, only boomer nazis do that.
:yes-chad:
Does this fuck up the paper or something? I've never done this or know why boomers need the extra grip if it messes with shit
Human mortals have sweat, so it's redundant. For greys, vampires and lizard people, a little licking is necessary
Just spread a bunch of clover seed. It should outcompete the grass and you won't need to cut it.
I agree with the rest but lawns suck, you can have other plants and trees. Lawns are fugly and weird and boring and need too much water and reminiscent of anglos.
You don't actually believe that cultivating a garden, with a space that you can hang out and chill (aka a lawn) is something that is unique to "anglos", do you?
This is a joke, right?
The classical American Front Lawn is supposed to evoke feelings of being a medieval baron ruling over your "land". That idea of a lawn is definitely loved more by anglos. (Though not all clear strips of grass are Lawns)
No, I also think other north european cringelords do it.
(a lawn has grass)
So no one in the global south ever cleared a space in their garden just for hanging out, until they were colonized by anglos? People in the americas, africa, and asia were just wading through thigh-high vegetation as soon as they got outside their homes?
Is this really what we are going with here?
I think we're thinking of different lawns maybe? Like, a lawn is basically when you have a basic patch of green grass, right? A garden with space where you can hang out and chill isn't (necessarily) a lawn, it's just a garden. Gardens are cool, lawns are very bland and boring, they don't provide shade, they're sometimes bad for the native plants, and require way too much maintenance and water. Especially in places where there is a drier climate it's extremely wasteful. Like, over here having a lawn is really damn expensive. I know because when I was little my parents tried doing it, wasted a shitload of money, and it only lasted about 2 years or so before it just completely died, then they never tried it again. The people who have lawns over here are mostly rich and want to show off basically, especially if they're big lawns. They don't even want to hang out on the lawn, because stepping on it is bad for it so they have a patio or whatever anyways.
Yeah, I'm not thinking like having a 9 hole golf course in your yard. I'm thinking more like what my parents have in their little yard, like 2x5 meters where they can grill and let their great-grandchildren play.
Don't think that's something only rich anglos wanna do.
I mean, as I said, there is a difference between clearing a space and putting grass. Perhaps this kind of grass just grows over there and it just needs to be mowed, idk. But over here you actually have to clear everything else, get rid of the trees because they'll probably ruin the grass, and then pay to put it there, and even after all is said and done, it looks dumb and you have to water it all the time. Trees are much nicer and people should really try to use stuff that is native to the place they're in to grow in their garden instead of both killing the stuff that is already there and wasting tons of water just to have something that looks like this. Again, if it is something that just grows naturally like that, it's alright although I'd still put some trees.
I have a friend who has a summer home with an incredible backyard, or at least half of an incredible backyard. Half of it is lawn, and then the other half is where they grill, it's very cozy and has nice trees that make shade. No one ever goes to the part with the lawn. I also have a neighbour with an amazing garden and his doesn't have any lawn at all, he does however have a nice patio which fits many people and a well in the middle which looks very cool. He's like 95 years old so it's not like he does any serious maintenance on it either, apart from weeding out some places every now and then. It was still a very awesome garden to play in when we were little.
Legit the only reason people here started having lawns is because they saw it in movies and they thought "wow turns out this is fancy, we should have that too".
but trees and roofs don’t really go together
It's fine if they are far enough to not hit your roof, or if they are short trees. Many types of short and kinda wide trees are actually the best for shade etc. At worst you may have to trim some branches every few years.
Grass is one of the most common plant types on earth. It naturally covers vast expanses
Most places don't naturally have the kind of grass growth people want in lawns. Some places do, mainly very humid and slightly cold countries. Otherwise, while there may be grass, it's either brownish long grass or very patchy. So people waste a bunch of water on it, and sometimes pesticides too. Then there's also another issue, which is that it doesn't leave enough shelter for insects, because people try to keep their lawns clear and without weeds/bushes/etc.
Apparently about a third of all public water in the US is used to water grass. And the US actually does have places where you don't need to water grass that much, in most places in the world clear green lawns are just a waste and a shame. And idk why people don't just use clover which has many of the same issues, but is usually more resilient and looks better.
You seen texas man? Anyplace in the american southwest? Fucking 105* out, 0% humidity and people are watering some irish grass wasing more water than most places on earth in the middle of a drough.
Lmao, we cant't do that under communism though, because that would require access to soil.
Soil is bourgie decadence, I've been told.
Soil is half of a fascist mantra. Therefore, it is #canceled.
After the revolution everyone will live in a punk house, expect instead of the one rich punk paying the rent, there's no landlord
yards and lawns are fucking awful and i will die on this hill
and i dont support concrete pods. BRICK pods thankyouverymuch
lawns aren’t inherently bad.
A good lawn would be so unrecognizable to your average American they wouldn't recognize it as a lawn
I think people have this idea of the horrible concrete pods from seeing too many photos of gray concrete blocks in Eastern Europe, that often look absolutely dreadful (and they do, especially in winter, Ive lived in one, and most photos are post-collapse, often with the buildings severely undermaintained), often ignoring that these were typically surrounded by large green areas, parks and the like. And also these often functioned in a community manner, and people from the same block would get together for barbecues, beers, drinks, making ajvar or kompots in the green space in front of the tower, etc.
Socialist housing would be about fulfilling people's needs by creating inviting and fulfilling living spaces conductive of human well-being. Gardens would be an obvious component in this, with private gardens connected to communal gardens being a likely way of doing it.
