Most people hate or are ambivalent to trees. It’s pretty shocking. If you ask them, they’ll say they love trees but offer to plant one on their property or in their park and you’ll soon see why there aren’t more trees in cities. The primary reason is many people kill them or fight against planting them in the first place.

I know I just thought it would be funny.

To be fair, a lot of them are children. But also some adults. It’s more common than you would think.

Plus we now have a new category of dum-dums: “But the app said it was edible!”

Again, I don’t want to imply that eating wild mushrooms is inherently safe. Just that it’s not difficult to learn how to do it safely.

You mean data are plural.

You’re not wrong but it’s still a distinct crowd from the Rittenhouse type people. Usually the enlightened centrists are very concerned about violence but I guess the courts gave them a shield to suddenly be comfortable with killing in this instance. Maybe I was naive to take their stated opinions at face value.

Well at a certain point you have to take responsibility for your own actions. I’m just saying it’s not hard to learn if you actually have the right instruction, either from someone who does know or from quality guides. The issue is as a beginner, you may not know what that looks like.

By the way, most poisonings happen when people just eat random things without even attempting to identify them. So it’s not like they died from the deadly false button mushroom or something. They’re just morons.

They definitely don’t all look the same haha. I’ve picked and eaten thousands of mushrooms without issue. Most people can learn how to do it in an afternoon with proper instruction (not on your own though, there is real danger if you don’t know what you’re doing).

Most wasps are actually not aggressive at all. We just don’t notice those ones.

Yes, I just thought it was an interesting historical fact. It’s also pretty ironic since today CR has friendly relations with the US and in some ways this is what enables them to not have an army.

Actually there was a time when some wealthy American businessmen hired a private army and tried to take the country over. They succeeded in conquering Nicaragua but the Costa Ricans fought them off. This is the basis of their main national holiday.

Well, I didn’t get that sense. They seemed more like “enlightened centrist” kind of people. But who knows.

Yeah I was pretty shocked at how widespread his defenders were. Regardless of whether what he did was technically self defense or not, it’s clear he’s a bloodthirsty right-wing fanatic. There’s no need to defend his public image, even if you agree with the verdict.

The worst thing is I’ve never consented to them having my DNA but they have half of it anyway thanks to my brother…

Lol you’ll have to elaborate on this one. What’s so scary about soil science?

A powerful technology that should be used carefully and responsibly. But not nearly as dangerous as it’s opponents imagine.

Other than the Iraq war I’m not aware of any of this and I can’t really find any information, you don’t have any links by chance, do you?

No real reason to burn down the building but I appreciate the sentiment. Certainly if I had to pick one…

Are you? You’ve already jumped to spreading an outlandish theory that has no evidence behind it. That’s not what I would consider reserving judgment.

Will you disavow this theory if no evidence subsequently emerges?

Show me one iota of evidence that suggests Biden is involved in this.

And by the way, crime in NY is near historic lows.

It will get much better over time but it always kind of sucks. I highly recommend reorganizing your life to avoid driving as much as possible if you can. The less you do it, the happier you’ll be.