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This might not apply to GP if they're not in an incorporated area, but in cities, the wasps should tell that to city councils, which tend to have established ru

This might not apply to GP if they're not in an incorporated area, but in cities, the wasps should tell that to city councils, which tend to have established rules regarding height of lawns and weeds and such. Good luck talking to them about it; you'll be labelled a green wacko one step removed from eco-fanatics who firebomb SUV dealerships. If you don't want or like proper suburban manicured lawns, maybe you shouldn't live around everyone else who does want them, would be their attitude. Even if you dodge that hurdle by finding stuff that doesn't need mowing or edging, your neighbors are going to think you're crazy if your yard is all monkey grass or vines or cacti.

musage 9y ago
> Good luck talking to them about it; you'll be labelled a green wacko one step removed from eco-fanatics who firebomb SUV dealerships. Yes, and? That's them projecting the weakness they actually do have inside them on you. To the degree you are free from weakness, their weakness will destroy them, so be the wall they splatter themselves against, be the water they drown in. > your neighbors are going to think you're crazy if your yard is all monkey grass or vines or cacti. If someone genuinely thinks a person who is otherwise acting perfectly normal is genuinely, clinically crazy because of some vines or weeds... there's a reason for that, too. If you end up with such neighbors, laugh your ass off and go about your day. Walk softly, carry a big stick, and let honesty be your biggest ruse. If you want to please everybody, you're going to be a hostage of the worst and then still die like all of us. So "cut the crap, fuck the rest."
- saiya-jin 9y ago
  this approach either comes naturally, or not at all. it sucks a bit, because it will constantly make you an outsider with most people. I won't budge, since it feels right and a proper life attitude, kind of a celebration of personal freedom of mind and expression of oneself outward. but finding likeminded people is HARD, since most mankind are hardcore conformists.

musage 9y ago

> Good luck talking to them about it; you'll be labelled a green wacko one step removed from eco-fanatics who firebomb SUV dealerships. Yes, and? That's them projecting the weakness they actually do have inside them on you. To the degree you are free from weakness, their weakness will destroy them, so be the wall they splatter themselves against, be the water they drown in. > your neighbors are going to think you're crazy if your yard is all monkey grass or vines or cacti. If someone genuinely thinks a person who is otherwise acting perfectly normal is genuinely, clinically crazy because of some vines or weeds... there's a reason for that, too. If you end up with such neighbors, laugh your ass off and go about your day. Walk softly, carry a big stick, and let honesty be your biggest ruse. If you want to please everybody, you're going to be a hostage of the worst and then still die like all of us. So "cut the crap, fuck the rest."

saiya-jin 9y ago
this approach either comes naturally, or not at all. it sucks a bit, because it will constantly make you an outsider with most people. I won't budge, since it feels right and a proper life attitude, kind of a celebration of personal freedom of mind and expression of oneself outward. but finding likeminded people is HARD, since most mankind are hardcore conformists.