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the sensory biology of plants (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 83 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Bro, not only are they sentient, the trees fucking hate us. Allergies aren't just something that happens as a quirk of evolution. Those trees are filling the air with their jizz in a coordinated effort to take us out bro. The trees are trying to kill us bro.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 9 months ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes. Is that dent where Vader’s executor crashed into it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You still deliver...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Pew pew

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

M Night Shyamalan did a documentary on this I think

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Considering what we do to them, they have every right to defend themselves.

[–] flambonkscious 7 points 9 months ago

As an asthmatic hay-fever sufferer, fuck yeah - you're onto something!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

There's a theory that allergies are getting worse due to an imbalance of gender selection when planting trees in urban environments. Here is some additional context.