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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Roots fuck things up.

[–] geissi@feddit.de 8 points 11 months ago

Tbf, it was an art installation and the overreactions it generated are hilarious.

[–] Blademax@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago

It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywher...wait...that's sands... Nevermind...

[–] kibiz0r@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] NabeGewell@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Imagine replacing trees with those, and some drunk breaking the glass like once a week lmao

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[–] doctorn@r.nf 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

It's been proven that humans didn't actually get most of their fresh air from the rainforest, but actually from millions of these algea in the sea... Which is actually more logical, since trees do the opposite at night, kinda undoing any advantage they made during the day... Hence why it's said you should never put a decorative small tree or even plants in the bedroom as they can take away oxygen levels in closed rooms at night. It's even said not to sleep under trees outside at night cause it can cause respiratory problems.

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[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I am under the impression that trees don't actually produce that much oxygen. That they're more like carbon banks, storing it as they grow and then releasing it again when they die, rot or burn down. Meanwhile most of the oxygen produced actually comes from algae and other sources.

Source: some old memory of something I heard, so take it with a grain of salt. It would explain these things tho, beyond the cases where growing a tree would be impractical.

[–] Pietson@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

Can't wait for some teenager to smash it as a dare.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Trees have trouble in urban areas with a lot of traffic

[–] nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

Traffic has trouble in urban areas with a lot of trees

[–] iamnotdave@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Because they pick trees that have gender. They plant male trees, see dogwoods, the flower but not bare fruit. So you get allergies because of tree cum. And as far as I know plankton cum doesn't come with side effects.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

They are too good

[–] gullible@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Trees and algae have different utilities. Trees are beautiful, reduce temperature, offer shade, and produce a modest amount of oxygen. Algae tanks produce vastly more oxygen by volume and cause you to question whether it’s really enough to continue meandering through life in this stone and metal postmodern hellscape and maybe it’s okay to finally indulge in a vacation near open fields and untamed wilderness. The local camping spots might be available in a few weeks if my sanity can hold out. One doesn’t completely substitute the other.

[–] mstrk@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

the shade is also important

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