this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
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[–] dual_sport_dork 66 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I guarantee that you will not see any peanut trees on my property.

[–] naticus 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 58 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Not sure how that's facepalm... the dogs going wild constantly is a pain. It's not like it's the same person who had a child with a peanut allergy so how could they know? It's not like they were being thoughtless or rude.

[–] tburkhol 70 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Asking some anonymous neighbor to remove their peanut tree was pretty funny.

But maybe more, blaming the barking dogs - complainer's own dogs - on a mysterious peanut feeder, as though squirrels wouldn't be running around the neighborhood, playing on the fences and trees anyway, is like the poster has never experienced squirrels before.

[–] TheMauveAvenger 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why are there so many of you fuckers out here that think peanuts grow on trees.

[–] tburkhol 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's what's so funny. Get rid of your peanut trees. And your raisin bushes. Tear our the potato hedge.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Fuck, I wish I could just pick potatoes off of a hedge in my back yard.

Unfortunately I live in an apartment 😢

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What's that have to do with the second red underline then??!

[–] hOrni 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

What, kids and allergies? Are the squirrels feeding the children peanuts? You have to eat the peanut to get an allergic reaction. It doesn't work like fentanyl on cops, you won't die by just being around the peanut.

[–] StorminNorman 5 points 9 months ago

Er, yeah it does work like that for some people.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Maybe - and hear me out - it's the dogs that are the problem?

"Can't control their prey drive" is a bad excuse. You control your dog or you don't deserve to have one. End of story. A dog barking endlessly is the responsibility of the owner to control or get rid of their damn dog.

It isn't hard to teach your dog not to be a nuisance. I've done it before. Blaming the dog because you failed to teach/control it is not correct, and simply shows that you do not have what it takes to be a dog owner.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah… my neighbor has two rats (I mean small little ankle biting POS dogs) who bark anytime someone walks remotely near the backyard fence which is on a Main Street because he lives on a corner… or they sit by the front window which he leaves open and bark/whine all damn day while he’s gone…

I 100% sympathize with the neighbor complaining about the barking…

[–] reallynotnick 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I feel bad for the neighbors sure, but the post also mentions their own dog. Like if you can't train your dog that's on you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Oh absolutely agree… my dog is crate trained because I know she’d go nuts in the backyard too if left alone…

[–] billbasher 12 points 9 months ago

Dogs hate very high pitched whistles that humans can’t hear. If you were to use one when they bark at you that might just train them not to.. File that under unethical LPTs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

LOL, the squirrels that were annoying my dog, were climbing on a tree next to the windows and barking at her (obviously not loud like a dog, but it was definitively barking), as if they were mocking her that she can't do anything to them. I can imagine why dog would be upset.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah birds sat outside my window and do that to my cats at my old house. It was hilarious for a bit.

Yeah squirrels chatter fucking obnoxiously

[–] themeatbridge 54 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Everybody sucks here.

Get your dogs under control. If their barking hurts your ears, fucking train your dog.

Also, don't feed wildlife. Squirrels are a natural part of the ecosystem, but if you feed them peanuts, they don't go collect nuts and acorns and stash them. Stashing nuts and acorns spreads trees and grows forrests. Then you have too many squirrels and not enough food for all of them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

The previous owners of our home fed the squirrels. For the next 3 years after moving in they were breaking into our house, ruined all of the screens on the windows, chewed holes through our trashcans, spread trash on our yard, attempted to break in our cars and chewed holes in our fenders. All because they weren't getting fed anymore.

Thousands of dollars in damage. Fuck squirrels.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Id like to make a complaint about all these loud dogs terrorizing my squirrels

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Also the cat attacking my bird feeder

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I have a kid with a peanut allergy and when peanuts started showing up all over the place outside, we asked our neighbors the same thing: please stop giving the squirrels peanuts. We couldn't let the kids go outside in their own backyard.

Thankfully, our neighbors are all generally really nice people and not child-murdering monsters, and actually stopped it.

People: Keep your peanuts to yourself and do not feed wildlife. Both of those things are common sense.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I wish it were that easy for us. We've got a walnut tree somewhere in the neighborhood, and those furry little fucks keep bringing them into our yard and either trying to break them open on the driveway or they're burying them in the garden planters.....

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[–] Quaternions 27 points 9 months ago

Peanut tree ... lol

[–] ShittyRedditWasBetter 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You shouldn't be feeding wild animals. Your HOA is correct and that person is a dick. You think that shit gets cleaned for free? Someone has to go out and clean up your shit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Peanut shells are biodegradable so yes they do get cleaned up for free. By nature

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

I mean the peanut shells in the garden is actually worrying if you have a kid with a peanut allergy right. If it's serious it could kill them just by touching it and then eating something with their hands.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Someone definitely has a peanut tree in the neighborhood.

[–] RaoulDook 12 points 9 months ago

It was Jimmy Carter's fuckin' peanut tree, he left it there as a token of spite for their neighborhood.

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[–] Rand0mA 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How about sort your fucking mutt out. A family of squirrels should go hungry and someone has to cut down a tree because your dog is like its owner.. a cunt

[–] kryptonicus 25 points 9 months ago

someone has to cut down a tree

Especially a peanut tree! They're already so rare that most consider them to be a plant of myth.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What the hell is a peanut tree?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Imaginary, since peanuts grow underground like potatos.

[–] Seudo 3 points 9 months ago

It's more of a vine, like spaghetti.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, you shouldn't feed wild animals, period.

[–] joystick 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I dunno. I feed the birds and they seem to like it.

[–] Wogi 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you feeding them peanuts?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Peanuts are super common in bird food mix, especially ones aimed at woodpeckers. I also feed the crows peanuts sometimes.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Squirrels with peanuts are a nightmare. They dig up and throw potted plants around in their frenzy to bury their score, then forget where they put it and do more destruction.

I deal with stuff like this about 2 days a week

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

yikes! i bet this dog "only wants to smell you"

[–] x4740N 4 points 9 months ago

It would be funny if someone is intentionally feeding the squirrels peanuts knowing about the dogs barking just to spite someone

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