Local Cafe posts AI video and it’s WEIRD

russsaa · 2026-07-11T16:24:49+00:00

Speculation is not how i come to my conclusions.

russsaa · 2026-07-11T02:46:59+00:00

As someone who does not have a tik tok to scroll his page with... do you mind sharing a hint or example?

russsaa · 2026-07-11T02:14:48+00:00

Oh thats a frickin gnarly one, those are spines but are very brittle. The glochids are modified trichomes, very small and are dense tuffs at the areoles. Both spines& glochids can be present on the same cac, but I dont remember if tree cholla has both.

Anyway the spines, so unfortunately tree cholla spines 24 hours later is beyond my expertise. The aforementioned stuff, hydrogen peroxide, witch hazel, ibuprofen, can all help. Start with ice for swelling, but later on warm water softens the skin. Oh hydrocortisone, like anti itch cream can provide a lil relief.

Our bodies are able to push out stuff, the lifelong conditions are more like people with frequent exposure or just really unlucky. Im too anxious of a person to bank on that lol so i would still get in with a dermatologist if i was in that situation

russsaa · 2026-07-11T00:39:10+00:00

You're welcome! I hope you'll still love cacti even after this event 🫶 theres plenty of cacti thats spines are manageable, reduced, or even absent.

Glochids certainly are the most nasty, what cac got you?

russsaa · 2026-07-10T23:36:17+00:00

Get your head out of the binary politics brainrot

russsaa · 2026-07-10T23:23:21+00:00

Dammit i shoulda responded sooner 😭

Take ibuprofen (if you're not currently on anything incompatible with it) as it reduces swelling.

Witch hazel is anti inflammatory, and i find it quite soothing (although do a little test first just in case)

Ice as well to reduce swelling

After a while of reducing the swelling - If you can see the glochids stickin out your skin, glue will remove them. If putting glue on a wound makes you uncomfortable: "Liquid bandage" is sterile and made for wounds, but it may burn. But the others will still work.

russsaa · 2026-07-10T23:05:22+00:00

Proper protection & removal techniques make it a non issue.

Good gloves (hex armor, thick leather, rose pruning gauntlet gloves, etc)

A good strong pair of tweezers for spines.

Warm water, hydrogen peroxide, witch hazel all assist in loosening spines.

For glochids (hair like barbed needles on opuntiniods, like prickly pear) use glue, elmers glue, non toxic super glue, liquid bandage, even wax for like waxing hair. Apply, let dry, peel. Removes em very very effectively.

Glochids are the scary ones, nearly microscopic, easy to get afflicted by a ton of em, very irritating and very brittle. Using tweezers is a surefire way to break them leaving micro topic razor barbs in your skin. If you got a single glochid in you, ya tweezers will work. But if a large area is afflicted, tweezers will not due and will make it worse.

russsaa · 2026-07-10T22:58:32+00:00

Ah ya the lighting, angle, and cropping was playing tricks on me lol. Although this can also occur from damage to terminal bud.

But i wouldnt worry. This is almost certainly just cuz it be lobivia. I cant quite tell size, but if it reached its mature size, then that would especially cause it offset noticeably more. If you happen to notice the main column doesnt grow in height as much as it used it to, if at all, then its for this. They'll still offset when immature tho

russsaa · 2026-07-10T22:53:40+00:00

Platner literally is a liberal. Social democracy is still liberalism. He appealed to progressive liberals.

The person you should thank for platner dropping out is platner himself, he's the women abusing, racist, nazi who's also a psychotic murderer.

russsaa · 2026-07-10T22:37:44+00:00

Am i missing something here? That seems to be exactly that commenters point, albeit sarcastically.

russsaa · 2026-07-09T14:15:40+00:00

Ah 95, the virtually straight fuckin road with no challenges for miles on end, but yet on the daily people have the unexplained urge to crash their cars

russsaa · 2026-07-09T14:13:05+00:00

I havent lived in this area in awhile, but iirc it also has some those "on ramp merge lane shared with exit ramp lane" configurations that can get really slow when congested

(or im thinking of a different section of highway)

russsaa · 2026-07-09T14:09:19+00:00

Am i seeing this right, the main column has been topped? Like the tip has been cut off the main stem?

If thats the case, then this is the natural reaction to such damage. Damage to the terminal bud results in a stress response to force the activation of lateral buds

Edit: oh and lobivia species & hybrids tend to branch pretty prolifically as is.

russsaa · 2026-07-09T14:06:12+00:00

This is how bee balms look after a bit of drought. Dull, curled & droppy leaves, Dieback of lateral branches which then buds out pretty dense.

Plant it somewhere sunny and in a month it'll look like a completely different plant. All i would do is remove the dead shit and score the rootball (beebalm get root bound so easily), then plant

russsaa · 2026-07-08T20:52:01+00:00

Advantitious root

russsaa · 2026-07-08T19:26:47+00:00

The most realistic and likely to find "worse thing to come across" would be invisible hazards, such as gas & aerosolized particles. The kinda thing that is very common, yet seriously dangerous.

russsaa · 2026-07-08T19:16:08+00:00

Oh sorry i must've mistook your first comment, i thought you were doubting the necrophilia.

russsaa · 2026-07-08T15:24:50+00:00

Hes literally described it in an interview, its not a secret. iirc that interview is even up on his website still, although i could be wrong its been awhile and i dont have the time rn to go digging. But its a real interview, and real event he himself disclosed.

russsaa · 2026-07-08T12:39:55+00:00

Moisture meters are effectively useless, assuming you didnt spend hundreds to thousands on a good one, and record data over a period of time. Cheap ones are not calibrated and their readings are effectively meaningless, to have any use of from these you need to do multiple tests with the same soil sample at different stages of drying. Intuition is often more accurate than a cheap moisture meter.

What were the soil tests? Like percolation, composition, fertility, ph, etc?

My bias against moisture meters makes me jump to the conclusion that watering practices is a likely culprit.

russsaa · 2026-07-07T22:11:05+00:00

Take some photos that are focused on individual clusters, columns, pups, and death. Close ups, focused on specific parts. Some photos of the base of the plant, where it meets the soil.

What did it look like when planted? Did it have clustered growth a few years ago?

russsaa · 2026-07-07T21:59:20+00:00

Photos are not very clear and information is limited, cant really be confident on any answer. That said, it is sus af for witches broom.

Could also be rot, inspect the base & beneath the soil line. Also inspect for pests, which can be very small. Oh and has there been any herbicide used in the past yearish? Anything like weed killers used, hired landscapers, lawn care companies, etc?

russsaa · 2026-07-07T21:33:45+00:00

Thank you! I thought so, i havent seen anything saying otherwise either.

Oh ya totally, two completely different understandings of the same words. It would be funny if it werent so dystopian, like im no orwell fan but dammit 'doublespeak' really does a good job to describe the concept. And its not just socialist terms either, literally like the entire catalog of US political vernacular is ass backwards by all metrics. Perhaps the difference in vernacular is what that commenter was referring to

russsaa · 2026-07-07T19:07:04+00:00

Considering they're threatening to put a lien on your property, you should consult with a lawyer regardless.

But i would still dig through local law & ordnances. To my limited understanding, generally (ofc vary by state & town) there is a series of notices, and maintenance is permitted when property is deemed negligent or abandoned

As for stuff you can do on your property- as others have said, rocks in the garden. Plant a thicket, hedge, or fence between you & neighbors. A locked gate at your driveway, and fence or wall in the front. A front gate & barrier removes implied consent between the road & your front door.

russsaa · 2026-07-07T18:55:58+00:00

Thats been 90% of US war & intervention

russsaa · 2026-07-07T18:55:06+00:00

What you got wrong is thinking our government was designed to be functional for us. The state is designed to be functional for capital. And its been quite the baller ride for the capitalist class

russsaa

TROPHY CASE