Comment on Hay fever season is upon us
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A shitpost but deserves some nerdy clarification. Flowers pollinated by animals(bees, ants, moths, bats, etc) are almost never the source of hay fever type allergies. These include almost every flower you can think of including the tulips seen here.
The ones that are wind-pollinated produce the respiratory allegic reactions. These are oaks, gingko, willows, pines, cedars, most grasses (rice, corn, wheat, barley, rye, bamboo), hops, ragweed (not goldenrod as is often conflated) etc.
The exception are moulds, but they are not pollen-producing nor even flowers at all. They produce spores. If you want to have a mind fuck look up the reproduction cycle of ferns, moulds, etc.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I mean, OP’s title aside, there’s nothing in the meme itself that implies that she’s exacting revenge on the flowers for her allergies. She could just be a little psychopath who enjoys kicking flowers in the face.
I kinda identify with that tbh.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My clarification does not come from a place of negativity just trying to elucidate on a very commonly held perspective.
zout@fedia.io 1 day ago
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