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"Jokes on you, I'm into that shit" (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by NONE_dc to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 87 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Mammals spread the seeds even more.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I was gonna say; not a lot of other creatures setup industrial farms... If you want to survive as a plant species, making humans like you isn't a terrible strategy.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just know that you're never going to be good enough for the humans and they're going to "fix" you.

#PlantsNeedTherapy

[–] ikidd 4 points 3 days ago

Brassicas have entered the chat.

[–] NONE_dc 26 points 3 days ago

When your plan fails successfully

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Every year in my garden, absolutely!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Humans are largely human because we are terrible "one-trial learners." We twist the tiger's tail until it turns on us. We don't learn. We come back to twist the tiger's tail some more.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

Twist the tigers tale 10 times and get bitten.

Most creatures: don't twist the tigers tail.

Us: ...what about 9 twists...?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Speak for yourself. I never twisted any tiger's tail but neither do I judge you for your kink

[–] SlopppyEngineer 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's not the only toxic thing humans eat, drink or smoke. Chocolate, coffee, alcohol and probably many more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, spicy food / capsaicin is toxic?

[–] SlopppyEngineer 5 points 3 days ago

For pets it is. A bunch of spices are toxic for dogs and cats.

[–] Shou 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And yet, it is a much more common plant now, whose offspring comes in many new forms. It has gained the care and protection by a mammal.

[–] HowManyNimons 15 points 3 days ago

Joke's on us. We're being farmed by capsicum.

[–] BallShapedMan 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I saw a video saying that this was so that birds would eat instead of mammals. Something about spreading out further.

[–] shalafi 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yep!

Only mammals have the nerve receptors to feel the heat.

Herbivores grind the seeds up. Plants don't want that.

Birds, who can't sense the heat, happily eat the pods and poop the seeds everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Has anyone checked for correlation between having a taste for capsaicin and not chewing your food thoroughly?

[–] SpruceBringsteen 17 points 3 days ago

Shut up I just eat fast.

[–] TheBat 8 points 3 days ago

Fuck