The issue is parasitic HOAs that don’t allow it.
be a friend to the animals
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Bosht@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
For calling themselves “land of the free” there is surprisingly little freedom, unless you are of course. At that point you can rape kids and get away with murder.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
As an American. The cause is racism.
No, really. HOA’s were originally created to keep black people out of white neighborhoods after government-backed segregation was made illegal.
Wrrzag@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
As long as you don’t let your grass grow too much
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Officially it was a suicide. Or at least according to the Don(ald).
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I stopped raking years ago, and have started seeing fireflies again.
My neighbours hate it, but honestly, I’ve never understood raking in the first place. It’s autumn, and leaves are natural. What’s with the obsession to make lawns look like artificial carpeted spaces?
The leaves look nice imo. Better than a scalped layer of dying grass.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
HOA’s don’t allow watching Friends? I thought HOAs were bad.
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Landlords Inc.
zaki_ft@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
Everyone with an HOA chooses to have it.
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
HELLO THERE!
DID YOU KNOW USING AI SLOP AS A CARTOON IS HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT?
Brian Ahearn may make poignant cartoons, but his use of generative AI to illustrate them is sad.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
bytesonbike@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Its already a thing where random internet users will scream “AI slop” at indie game developers and many of them spend more time arguing that it’s not, showing evidence and still losing sales because of it.
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The wolf spider art is familiar to me. It also is distinctly different from the salamander art to my eyes. I get it, my mistake. I have edited my comment.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I don’t get the joke with the beaver.
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I, too, lie about not using AI to make money.
paequ2@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
How do you know it’s AI?
judgyweevil@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
That doesn´t look at all like AI slop
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The line weight and huge, perfectly centered round eyes all are hallmarks of AI slop. I accept that I’m wrong about him specifically, but this style looks like like AI to me.
justlemmyin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah as someone pointed out to me in another post. AI slop stole from artists like these hence why it looks similar and some of us have this initial negative reaction. Farking waste of air those thieving tech bros!
the_q@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Is he an AI artist?
Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
No, because such a thing doesn’t exist.
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I knew it was harming the environment.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I recently got into FRIENDS purely cuz it’s cozy. But it’s hard to reference it without looking a little behind.
“OHHHH ROSS AND RACHEL I GET IT NOW!!!”
bytesonbike@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
I loved Friends growing up.
But it was of a different era and now many of their jokes make me uncomfortable.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Best joke was always “O Ill prove it! Ill prove it like a theorem!”
That one aged just fine. Ross’ character, not so much.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The morals of characters in ‘Friends’ make me wonder why it’s ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Curb’ that are considered questionable.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
OHHHH ROSS AND RACHEL I GET IT NOW!!!"
My older brother watched Friends every single night, rerun after rerun. Ross and Rachel are the reason I immediately dislike any “will they / won’t they” plots when watching a new show.
dephyre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I just feel bad about all that sleep you’re gonna miss wishing you were with me!
Oh, no, no, no, don’t you worry about me “falling asleep.” I STILL HAVE YOUR LETTER!
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
There was some good writing in that show.
Rusty@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I rewatched it couple of years ago and I think it’s still funny and not that dated. The only thing I didn’t like was the laugh track.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
What’s up with h all the hate for Friends these days? It’s a simple feel good comedy that got laughs, why hate on that?
I loved friends, still do
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Because it wasnt simple, and its got a lot of old culture in it that doesnt always hit the same way as it did then.
Its a product of its time, and making fun of it is sort of like making fun of older generations for whatever reason.
I will say I dont like how apparently women needed to be under 100 pounds to be considered attractive back then, and it bums me out knowing that Chandler’s actor was struggling with addiction during a chunk of the show.
It does have some really well written bits though, but its usually not the ones people bring up most often.
sfgifz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
women needed to be under 100 pounds to be considered attractive
What makes you think this has changed?
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I honestly don’t get all the love for the show. It was the stereotypical sitcom that was super generic and not all that funny. I was always completely bored by it.
And the salamander didn’t say anything bad about it. It said there’s better shows. Are you going to try and claim that Friends is better than Breaking Bad or the first 8 seasons of Game of Thrones?
Socerloser334@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I like that when you mention better shows you choose 2 shows that are not at all light hearted, funny or comparable to Friends in any manner.
Why watch friends when you can watch 2 shows that have many fucked up things happen in them
Gloomy@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Game of Thrones only had 4 seasons though. Shame they never finished it.
Uruanna@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are you going to try and claim that Friends is better than Breaking Bad or the first 8 seasons of Game of Thrones?
Yes
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I’d never claim that, for one because it’s claiming that a banana would be better than an airplane. They’re very different things for very different purposes
Breaking bad is a very well written and acted show with complicated drama, plots, and a lot of violence
Same for game of thrones (at least untill season 6 started, then the writing took a hit but still, great show until season 8 which just sucked.
Friends in the other hand was simple popcorn feel good comedy where you could have simple laught without having to think too much, where you could get a warm fuzzy feeling about it. Breaking bad won’t give you that, it’s a whole different beast. Are the story lines deep and intricate? Nope, and that’s what we want; simple turn-your-brain-off comedy, and I don’t think it ever pretended to be more than that. It’s very good at what it did, I think
greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It’s a comfort show that’s still popular. But for some people they just don’t get it. Kinda like how the office is a comfort show. Why do people still watch them? Not sure, I don’t get the appeal. But it’s pretty common to have a comfort show and that’s probably fine.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I’ll watch Friends over the Office personally. This is despite the fact that I think the Office is more creative in some ways. Reason is all the cringe, particularly around Michael. So I’ll watch things like the Jim pranking Dwight compilation on YouTube, but I won’t watch the show again. But Friends is completely OK background noise. You don’t have to pay attention to it. You’ll just notice the funny bits sometimes while you’re doing other things. You won’t be like “shit I missed the last episode, now I have to go back” because it doesn’t matter what happened usually.
TheSambassador@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean, as someone who grew up watching and loving friends, it’s extremely problematic.
MonkRome@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve come to realize over the years that most TV is problematic, but you can still be consciously aware of it and still enjoy what you like within that context. I think it’s worse if you watch it, but have no idea that it’s problematic. My dad watches big bang theory sometimes, and that show is incredibly misogynistic for laughs. He has no idea, he thinks the humor is normal. He just takes a lot of that stuff in completely unexamined. My point being, if you are consciously aware of something being problematic, it makes your consumption of it more responsible.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
extremely problematic
Oh boy, what did it wrong this time?
I’m sorry but whenever someone starts talking about something being problematic it’s mostly something that really isn’t a problem, it’s just a personal dislike
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Big mood. Only old sitcom that can still make me snort-laugh at times.
MonkRome@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t like it, but it’s plenty well written, it’s obvious why people like it. I think people just like to hate on things they don’t like, it can be fun to be negative with no substantial harm, like complaining for fun.
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
It is cringe 😄
Simple feel good comedy is just a distraction from reality
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Eh?
Simple feel good comedy is just a distraction from reality
Yes? Yeah! That’s what we want! Just a few laughs to relax and I don’t have to think too deeply, what’s wrong with that?
Silo, severance, invasion
It’s like I’m talking about apples and you say “yeah but airplanes are much better!” and… I can’t eat an airplane, dude!
Friends was very good at what it pretended and intended to be: simple fun to relax and feel good, it is what people wanted which it was so insanely popular
zaki_ft@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
I never watched it, but it always looked bad.
How do you think it compares to Fresh Prince or George Lopez?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Don’t know what George Lopez is, but Friends was, I guess, somewhat similar to FP? Fo might sometimes go somewhat deeper into subjects, but then again, Friends was just simple by design. No need to think, just turn your brain off and have some innocent laughs to relax.
I think it did that quite well
moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
It was always a mediocre show, but was so massively popular at the time that any criticism was quickly drowned out and brushed away. But now the hype has died down and people are more openly talking about the show’s flaws.
I personally thought it sucked back when it was new and have no interest in watching it now. I watched a handful of episodes as it had a syndication spot on my local networks, but just never got into it. (For the kids: Growing up on the East Coast, the dinner hours were generally news and 8-11 pm was “prime time” when new episodes of shows would air. In between shows would air reruns in syndication. So Friends was the filler I’d sometimes watch while waiting for the new shows to air.)
Chakravanti@monero.town 2 weeks ago
Reavers
FridaySteve@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ok but please clean your sidewalks, people. Don’t use the environment as an excuse to be a bad neighbor. We still need to use the sidewalks.
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
It is strange to me, that sidewalks aren’t public property and are managed (and cleaned) like the streets in other countries 😄
Chakravanti@monero.town 2 weeks ago
ASSuming you still have one left…
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Depends on the zone.
In Texas where I lived… you get snakes. BIG snakes. And fun things like ninja bug swarms, wasp colonies, black widows, and such.
There aren’t a lot of wet leaves in Florida with so many palms or evergreens, but if you do leave them, you get disease and parisites. Like, all the native plants in your yard will start dying. And it’s definitely not safe to step in.
redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
And fireflies and butterflies. You take the good with the bad.
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Don’t shame them for their guilty pleasure, lizard creature!
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
AMPHIBIAN
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Better shows to watch:
Buffy
The Wire
MST3K
Survivor up to season 16
The New Girl
GOT (stop mid season 4)
Broad City
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
GOT (stop mid season 4)
Yeah to bad they never finished it
frosch@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Also, when you want to remove them (partially or in spring), just mow them and leave the mulch. Easiest cleanup, good for the plants and wildlife
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And Im going outside to rake up my leaves. And my neighbours leaves. Fuck that… gecko? No one shits on Friends, you little shit! NO ONE!!! lol
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Sure, if by “wild life” you mean insects and rodents that you probably don’t want in your yard. Also, your grass will be dead if you have a good amount of trees.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I mowed and bagged all the leaves in my backyard and put them in my chickens run. They loved it…
The leaves in the front yard got blown to the “woods” between my neighbor and I.
After I mowed up most the leaves in the back, I did another pass with a lower deck setting to get most the pine needles/cones…those went in the woods (the girls don’t like too many needles)…then blew what needles/cones/dog poop remained into a pile, mowed that up (dumped in woods).
Whatever was left got blown under the deck.
Did I do good?
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
LEZERD!!
oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
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Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Fuxk no. This robs soil and nutrients from the soil and its ecosystem.
Im a master gardener and I mulch my leaves then leave them on my turf grass.
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Yeaaaa, validate me for not taking leaves
Screw blackberries tho
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Excuse me? What do have against delicious blackberries?
FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
The plants are nigh impossible to control or remove. They’re like mint; only plant it in the ground if you hate yourself and your neighbors :)
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
They’re a highly invasive species here in Washington state. Brought by settlers. They’ve displaced the native species and are nearly impossible to get rid of.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Himelayan blackberries are invasive
TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Certain blackberries are deeply irritating invasive species. Delicious, but an outright menace that can destroy local forests. Methods to control them are extensive and extreme. Never eat road side blackberries in the US, certain states use herbicide to stem the tide. Bushes next to highways are more likely to be sprayed. Low pedestrian traffic and cheaper maintenance than cutting them back.
frosch@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
… You ever tried clearing a yard or whole garden overgrown by wild blackberries for years?
God, they’re delicious, but they are EVERYWHERE, regrow as soon as you turn around, and you either are very slow and careful or get hurt a lot. Nasty little suckers, those thorns.
I’d guess OP has the same trauma as me
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Look past their juicy and delicious flesh comrade! invasive species are the scourge of many a backyard garden
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Blackberries are “ok”.