Are you suggesting ~~coconuts~~ rocks migrate?

gneiss story that was some wild schist

I'm just beginning to read up on geology. It's wild, invisibly slow change. You may like this short film "Das Rad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOPwXNFU7oU

There's probably some history there still too.

"Pos systems used to only run this specific kernel that had very limited memory because this buttface company lobbied themselves into a monopoly in the industry and we were stuck with 50yo tech until only very recently, which is how we got problems like that credit card input fiasco - this lady could never get her credit card to work because every time she leaned over to swipe, as she was swiping, her belly would nudge the keypad somehow and introduce an extra digit! We couldn't even separate inputs whilst we were streaming movies off the internet, it was so backward. Now we've got a new monopoly with apple and android, it's all held together by this dude in a basement somewhere. I met him once. He's not a guy you can forget easily, even though everyone wants to. Also, he has eight fingers. But one of his hands only has two."

Right, but you can also explain vulnerabilities and speak on topics like AI at a higher level and about that time that guy put in lines that worked like a kill switch if he ever was fired, and he was fired.

This planet is 100% magical, we've just let capitalists divide it up into tiny preserves for their own pleasure.

I am a leftist online poster

My specialty is being toxic and reminding you how bad everything is

See this thing other people are enjoying, its bad, fuck you

Do you see those things over there, fuck them too

If you don't agree you're a fascist and they fucking suck too

also fuck AI or something

Some girl called me cheap today because I'm learning to sharpen my knives instead of just buying new ones. Consumerism is a cancer.

That's only logical. You should have become a taco expert instead.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wild-ones-live/

Learning to ID plants is a curse too because you see so many invasive monocultures everywhere.

That sucks cuz I've heard earthworms are so crucial to soil health and the entire ecosystem within for plants to thrive.

Sucky phobia to live with but at least it is regional. Move to a city or desert and you won't have to worry about those slimy snakes.

I've got to ask, what is it about earthworms that scares you? Are you genuinely afraid of being hurt by one or is it something else? Do you yourself see the fear as something perfectly rational that you don't understand how others aren't aren't afraid, or do you often feel silly, but you just can't help how you feel? No shade, feel free to tell me to shove off, I'm just genuinely interested in what that looks like from your POV.

Your comment made me think about how I haven't even seen an earthworm in years that I didn't go out of my way to see. I'd love to take a walk with you so you can point out all the earthworms I'm missing in my day to day.

Eh. More often than not knowledge is suffering as well.

Me too! I prune my yard of invasives and let the natives grow, cataloging with iNaturalist as I see new species. My yard was a dirt slope last summer, this summer it is full of a wonderful variety of plants! My crotchety gardener mother and aunt keep trying to offer me non-natives to transplant -- I tell them I've got plants growing already but thank you -- they say, "yeah, weeds."

Funnily enough, my yard with milkweed, primrose, violets, tickseed flowers, black-eyed susans, a walnut sapling, pepperweed, and st johns wort (not actually native here but not as invasive as some other plants) looks better than theirs and probably requires way less maintenance.

Oh my gosh this is so me! I started by trying to figure out what our lawn was made of and now I'm seeing NPFs (Noxious Plant Fuckers) all over the place! I've gone through my states Noxious Plant list and I'm obliterating giant ragweed as we speak.

I've found so many cool facts about the history of plants in my neighbors garden, too! I'm just starting, but plants are so cool! There's a type of invasive honeysuckle that whitetail deer love, and it tends to choke out all other plant life around it. One day, we might have whole forests of deer and honeysuckle, with not a predator in sight. Whoops, haha!