this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Have I lost track of what memes are?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh you mean a discretized, and spreadable idea, that propagate through populations? Yeah lost have lost the plot and think it just means like reaction gifs or wojaks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nah, just a low effort shitpost, move on with your day.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you look at things closely they look different than they do far away.

Very insightful.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

couldn't find a grainier comparison pic just to make sure that it's impossible to actually see any difference, in addition to the distance difference?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

That's pretty much what I expected. I was basically imagining the plains biome in Minecraft.

[–] esadatari 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i mean it looks like that in some parts for about a month as wild flowers come in, but on the whole, yep.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's nearly September and my native prairie still has flowers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

So… the same thing?

Huh.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

In English, it specifically references the terrain of the Mississippi basin.

In French it's a more general term. English borrowed the term specifically because the French had claimed the area occasionally known as the American Prairie as their territory.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the clarification, I see I've once again accidentally revealed my frenchness...

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

No, native refers to flora or fauna that was not introduced by humans.

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

And you think that changes the meme or my statement, how?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't change the meme, but it is a clarification on your statement.

Native veg is not specific to the Mississippi basin. There are native spp. In Alaska for instance.

On top of that, native spp. Are usually specific to one or a small number of ecosystems that support spp's niche

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I think they're talking about the word prarie, my guy.

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

Left is either a mountain meadow or springtime on the Great Plains of the United States. Right is Summer in most "High Plains" areas.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's actually a planted wildflower garden, with the intent of 'prairie restoration'

I talk about it more here: https://slrpnk.net/comment/2171157

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

The bleak reality of prairie dogs me constantly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Nice marmot"

[–] Chemish -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do people really spend a lot of time thinking about what native prairie looks like?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago