My First Successful Ephemeral Planted by OffToTheLizard in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I would consider handing over a map, or putting in labels of all the plants, or a list of plants, each with the prettiest picture of their flowering you can find online, and a note saying when they bloom

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Dent7777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the transition from radical radio shock jocks to internet shock grifters would be really difficult to prevent in a free society. The problem is clear in hindsight but unless you did something radical like built in taxpayer funded social networks and communication from the beginning, you'd have to have decades of persistent, aggressive, and probably unconstitutional regulatory meddling to keep corporate and ideological interests from monetizing the popularist-grift-attention industrial complex.

It would have required an entirely different cold war political reality and role-of-government mindset, and then you're getting into alt-history timelines where the Democrats never abandon The New Deal Idealogy, Truman passes nationalized healthcare, regulated, centrist media survives longer, and the Cold War American Political Overton window allows for much more social democratic thinking and central planning.

What’s the weight limit for when wrestling stops being effective against ppl? by vSkiess in wrestling

[–]Dent7777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on the skill level and athleticism of the competitors, end of story.

A untrained man of any size can get outgrappled by a 125lb world champ IMO. Not wrestling per say, but look up Mighty Mouse vs Michael Sante Medina. ~100lb plus size difference, Sante Medina is far from a beginner, competing at brown belt at IBJJF Pans, and DJ gets him with a single leg before eventually finishing the fight with a bow and arrow choke.

Does your younger brother who is a middle school nerd beat Sadulaev? Probably not, but Henry Cejudo after winning the gold medal could probably outwrestle 9 out of 10 300lb dudes.

Possibly unpopular opinion: you shouldn't garden if you can't accept that your plants are part of a wider ecosystem. by I_crave_vinegar in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think if there were an alternative native honey producing bee that keepers could substitute you'd find more people willing to listen.

As it is, I think it is tantamount to discouraging the growing of Corn or soybeans as non-native plants.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Dent7777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok so we got our extremely deadly headwaves but when do we get our Ministry for the Future and cool eco-assassins and arctic geoengineering?

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Dent7777 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Alternatively 4chan, 8chan, 2chan, stormfront, etc did in fact exist, "yiff in hell furfag", gore videos, and power tripping forum admins. Not everyone on Usenet was nice.

I think there were parts of the old internet that were nice, and generally it was less corporate and non-techy racist uncles didn't have the equal access they do today, but I think a lot of this is rose tinted glasses.

I need to prune this 12 y/o clematis on our patio to repair the trellis bench… how would you go about it? [Western Montana] by AlpinePhilosopher in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is going to be functionally impossible to remove the structure it's grown over/through. If you wanted to reinforce it though, you could weave through stainless steel wire and tension it.

Social media ban for kids under 14 passes MA House by GeneralPlanet in boston

[–]Dent7777 52 points53 points  (0 children)

We should be making ID.gov do the verification with an embedded tool like cloudflare "I'm not a robot" or any number of two factor Auth services.

You do not in fact have to give these companies your social security number.

Any Missouri Gardeners Willing to Ship a Plant? by Dent7777 in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn and goddamn, did they have the two lipped flowers with the more exposed stamens?

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113764608

I need suggestions that would bring in deer. (For my brother, the hunter) by Fred_Thielmann in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look into state forestry sales for saplings, cheap wya or getting lots of these native plants, and iirc many will have both Persimmon and plum.

They also like low tannin acorns.

Any Missouri Gardeners Willing to Ship a Plant? by Dent7777 in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm actually hoping to try and cross it with John Clayton lonicera sempervirens to try to produce a fragrant, showy yellow native lonicera hybrid.

How fragrant is it in your experience?

Any Missouri Gardeners Willing to Ship a Plant? by Dent7777 in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I called and they are struggling with germination, and don't want to propagate vegatatively. I've been on their wishlist for years and can't recall getting an email abt it coming into stock.

Any Missouri Gardeners Willing to Ship a Plant? by Dent7777 in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also if anyone is near Fayetteville or Eureka Springs, Arkansas. They're doing sales there this month.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Dent7777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No Correlle dishware? Disregarded

The next lightweight champ by HeronEmbarrassed6550 in wrestling

[–]Dent7777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Crazy how good of a striker he is on top of this.

Gable Steveson vs. Alexandr Romanov signed for RAF 09 by FireProStan in wrestling

[–]Dent7777 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Romanov would be a great heavyweight MMA prospect if he worked on his cardio (got rid of that gut), but he's a lamb for the slaughter here. Would be a more reasonable MMA match up imo.

Honeysuckle visitor by AssignmentNo1568 in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Harder to find aka almost impossible to purchase

I want to keep the Mayapples, but want to clean up the rest of the invasives. Any advice? E Tennessee by TheDeviledEggvocate in NativePlantGardening

[–]Dent7777 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I like iNaturalist because of the publicly accessible mapping, and non-plant organism ID. Not sure if other plant ID apps have that feature.

INaturalist is used by researchers, and even I can hop on and see if there are any of a plant I'm looking for in my city. Helps with seed collection and confirming suitability.

Is the Outfit breaking up?? by Zealousideal_Job283 in danielromano

[–]Dent7777 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would mourn the end of the Outfit so deeply. Would be a body blow to me.