This is a great way to frame this. To put this thinking into an example, most people who are abusive toward others have themselves been victims of abuse earlier in their lives and are reenacting patterns they were taught. I think those people deserve compassion and understanding

Not only diseases and predators keep them in check, there are also other plants that can effectively compete with them in their native range too

Only because that’s the way the Democratic party decides it is. Republicans don’t follow the same practice. These are informal rules agreed upon internally, not anything legally binding

Yeah but have you tried eating a lot of cheese and drinking nothing but Red Bull?

I don’t think you have anything to worry about. I’m not aware of any mechanism by which rhododendron roots could transmit toxins to other plants through the soil. You’d have to eat a good amount of rhododendron before it’d seriously affect you anyway

17 is the age of consent in 39 of 50 states. And this doesn’t make a relationship illegal, it would make sex illegal, which OP doesn’t say anything about

A 3 year age gap isn’t creepy at all. He’s not “grooming” her at all either, you sound like a homophobic MAGA with that flippant, derisive use of that term.

We’d all be hard pressed to find anything you feel is acceptable. It seems your favorite hobby is shitting on everyone and everything on Lemmy.

Shade is everything. Tree shade is the best, because trees transpire, cooling the ground beneath them even more than shade would alone.

Inside your house (depending on what kind of home you have), you can also take a look at your overall energy efficiency, including windows, doors, insulation in walls and attic, and weather stripping to seal all gaps

Not only Austin, but Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and even Dallas are solidly blue

True story…Louis Armstrong was actually Disney’s first choice to voice King Louie, but they decided against it due to the racist implications of having a black man voice an ape character. I think Louis Prima was a better fit anyway, he had a manic energy and is a little bit sarcastic and mean, where Louis Armstrong was just a very nice man

Your inference is bullshit. You don’t know anything about what this person does or believes

$69.72

Narrator: It wasn’t olive oil.

Well I’ve got several large drosera and a ruby red flytrap in the same pot that have all been doing well for a long time. It’s a high quality pot that’s wide and shallow

Why no terra cotta? It’s pretty high quality and isn’t leaching minerals or anything.

I have mine in a terra cotta pot in a plastic tray and it’s doing great. Are you only watering with distilled water? Tap water will kill it over time. It also needs to stay wet at all times, and it needs lots of sun

I don’t think a moss pole would work for these, but you can cut it right below the node and throw those roots right into the same pot to grow a fuller plant. You only need one node and one leaf to make a successful cutting. You can grow cuttings in water, too

Almost all fossil fuels consist of plant matter laid down in the Carboniferous Period, before dinosaurs even evolved

I’m throwing my full-throated political support behind AOC and similar progressives and am not trying to undercut any of them

A lot of complaining, and you offer no alternative. You’re even worse than the people you’re complaining about