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donaribin

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Why is it ok to kill weeds but bash on someone who picks a beautiful flower?

Today, at the Dallas Arboretum, a little boy got yelled at by a staff member for picking a tulip. There are millions of tulips there. No lie. I know those are the rules, but he's five and he didn't know. Why is a tulip so much better than a weed? They're both plants. Inanimate objects with no thoughts or emotions. Who gets to decide what's pretty or not? Is this a metaphor for life, where the pretty people are treated better than the plain ones? Who decideds who's pretty and who's plain?

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dude, weeds look disgusting anyways. And people don't intend on growing weeds, they work hard to grow flowerszszsz.

“Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; Suffer them now, and they'll outgrow the garden, And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.” Shakespeare. I cannot for the life of me remember which play this is from.

societal norms. if i want a flower i will pick it.

Actually have you seen the happening?! Seriously though I'm going by what i've been told by the green thumbs that I know that weeds tend to take over and just populate a given area choking out everything else. I guess thats why its alright to pick the weeds. But i like where you're going with this get rid of the not so pretty flowers as they ruin the rest, a great commentary on todays society! Well you would like to think that society has implanted these notions of whats beautiful and whats not over the years through mass media. But i came across this documentary that looked precisely at this question and they did a little experiment where they went into a community of villages in the south american jungles and showed the men a series of line drawings of female figures asking them which one they preferred (keep in mind these men have not been exposed to any sort of western media telling them whats beautiful). There was a hip to waist ration for each figure and one of the figures was your typical if you want to call it hour glass model figure. All the men picked the model figure citing that this woman would have less problems giving birth. Chew on that! in the same documentary, they placed a baby in a room with no other stimuli than a couple of black and white portrait pics of people of varying looks they babies almost always where crawling towards the prettier pictures. Makes you wonder if its really a decision that we're making or something that we're pre-disposed to do. you know hunter gatherer perpetuating the species n what not we go for the healthiest strongest prettiest option unconsciously

In the future, there will be no lawns. I am certain of this. All that unused land is just for show - and utterly wasted. When we get over ourselves, our cities will be forests, gardens, fields and swamps.

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donaribin

Why is it ok to kill weeds but bash on someone who picks a beautiful flower?

Nicholas

dude, weeds look disgusting anyways. And people don't intend on growing weeds, they work hard to grow flowerszszsz.

Jarrod

“Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; Suffer them now, and they'll outgrow the garden, And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.” Shakespeare. I cannot for the life of me remember which play this is from.

AlChi

societal norms. if i want a flower i will pick it.

mykee_d

Beauford

In the future, there will be no lawns. I am certain of this. All that unused land is just for show - and utterly wasted. When we get over ourselves, our cities will be forests, gardens, fields and swamps.

Trixie

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

Why is it ok to kill weeds but bash on someone who picks a beautiful flower?

dude, weeds look disgusting anyways. And people don't intend on growing weeds, they work hard to grow flowerszszsz.

“Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; Suffer them now, and they'll outgrow the garden, And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.” Shakespeare. I cannot for the life of me remember which play this is from.

societal norms. if i want a flower i will pick it.

In the future, there will be no lawns. I am certain of this. All that unused land is just for show - and utterly wasted. When we get over ourselves, our cities will be forests, gardens, fields and swamps.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

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