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If you visit Muir Woods north of SF, they refuse to tell you which tree is the tallest in the park. For good reason. People suck.
by henrikschroder 7y ago
If you visit Muir Woods north of SF, they refuse to tell you which tree is the tallest in the park.
For good reason. People suck.
- benj111 7y agoWell there's always a tallest tree in the forest, if the current tallest is cut down, another becomes the tallest, so there's no particular gain or loss over and above any other big tree.
- usrusr 7y agoWhich is exactly the point: the park does not want to lose any big old tree, and singling out superlative individuals would make them targets in a way that the collective isn't. People out for the attention of attacking a superlative individual won't just fall back to any random tree.