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Mowers are lame. Lawns are lame. Let flowers grow, let insects thrive. Let the birds and the bees live their rich lives.
by voz_ 6y ago
Mowers are lame. Lawns are lame. Let flowers grow, let insects thrive. Let the birds and the bees live their rich lives.
- forgot_again 6y agoMowers are great. Lawns are great.
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- softwarejosh 6y agoLawns are lame monocultures, but if a lawn exists it should be mowed.
- dahfizz 6y agoPeople don't have lawns because they are intensely interested in farming. They do it because they want a large, flat, soft area outside their house. You can't play badminton with bushes and flowers in the way.
- ardy42 6y ago> You can't play badminton with bushes and flowers in the way. You could, but it wouldn't be fun.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoThat works up to a certain size. Beyond that it's just an anachronistic emulation of an aristocratic manor house with wealth displayed by all the hard working servants cutting an immaculate lawn by scythe.
- forgot_again 6y agoAlmost no one thinks of that when they think of lawns. They are admired by many because they are aesthetically pleasing to many, which incidentally is why they were maintained by the aristocrats in the first place. Who are we to impose our aesthetic sensibilities on others.
- dahfizz 6y agoThat's ridiculous. Having people cook for you used to be reserved for rich people. Are you emulating slave owning aristocrats when you go to a restaurant?
- esarbe 6y agoTo some degree, that's probably the case.
- analog31 6y ago>>> Lawns are lame monocultures You haven't seen my lawn. ;-) My view is that the local people seem to prefer a park with cut grass, and these volunteers are helping them out. If the people want something else, they should decide.
- esarbe 6y agolawn: a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park. Might it be a meadow instead of a lawn?
- ndespres 6y agoThey are cleaning up parks for kids to play in, including fixing playground equipment. This isn't about lawns.
- tengbretson 6y agoEver seen children outside playing? It's anything but lame. > Let the birds and the bees live their rich lives. Can city parks at least be "for humans"?
- esarbe 6y ago> Ever seen children outside playing? It's anything but lame. Where did children play before the invention of the lawn mower? > Can city parks at least be "for humans"? You mean, at least, besides the cities themselves, the parking lots, the industrial areas, the roads and highways, the suburbs. Yeah, at least. Poor humans. Give them at least the parks.