Comment on this one goes out to the urban planning nerds

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• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The cleanup cost from the fruit is what’s prohibitive about that, leaving the fruit isn’t an option since it makes the sidewalks unusable from the mess, it rots and creates mold spores, pests, rodents, etc, they all thrive.

  Theres a very good argument to why they shouldn’t introduce females everywhere.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also, letting the homeless and working class forage for the fruit would be way too egalitarian and compassionate. Totally unacceptable!

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    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ideally the homeless wouldn’t exist in this scenario, and sure, the public can grab the bottom 8’? The public really can’t be trusted to safely use ladders, so that options right out.

      I’m all for it, but realistically it’s not a feasible solution? It’s to costly, wheter it be to collect it and give to public safely, or to provide ladders and medical care for the people who inevitably fall.

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      • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My area has en entire non-profit org devoted to urban foraging, so maybe my perspective on its feasibility is a little different.

        concrete-jungle.org

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    • em2@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Free food that drops out of the trees? Get the fuck outta here.

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    • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t think we are talking about actually edible fruits but I’m not sure

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    • HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wow, that’s some real bullshit spin. I’m almost impressed.

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• FuckyWucky@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Male trees being coomers

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• Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What? Trees have genders? I guess I learned something new!

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  • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    News to me too… And I think it might be wrong but I don’t know enough to say with confidence.

    how I thought it works is that trees have male and female parts, but a single tree can have both parts. And some trees can self-pollinate.

    My uneducated guess is that it depends on the species, some are sexed and some are hermaphrodite. That’s how it goes in the animal kingdom.

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• Rubanski@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ULPT: You can pretend your allergy is a cold and call in sick

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• flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, it’s not that easy. Many plants have both female and male flower parts or flowers. And even if a species has individuals with only one of both sexes, then it might change over the season or over age. So there is really no way around pollen…

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