@matrix
>pharmacist
>can't tell good berries from inedible ones
:faunatarded:

@matrix
My sister once told me
> Why the fuck aren't all cities full of apple trees?

And since then, I never looked at humanity the same way.

@LukeAlmighty Do you want to eat gas fume filled fruit? We already breathe in enough cancer as it is.
Imo it's probably because cleaning fallen fruit is an additional cost and also those tiny holes in concrete for planting trees in cities make them die prematurely

@matrix
> Do you want to eat gas fume filled fruit?
I have cash. But not everyone does.

Also, there is a concentration problem. Obviously, one tree in the city would be a bad idea. But if you plant enough of them, then the concentration will get lower.

Yes, I know it would not be the healthiest of fruits, but I still think, would be better then the current food costs. Especially for the homeless.

@LukeAlmighty @matrix they have to have shit like Bradford pears and not the real ones
@LukeAlmighty @matrix Mine has plenty of them, throwing apples at each other seems to a popular pastime for students.
@LukeAlmighty @matrix You wanna know why? I'll tell you why. Apples aren't true to seed. You'd have to have a massive cloning operation for them and shit

However, in California, there are just fuckin wild orange, fig and other fruit trees in many less urban cities, like Sacramento and San Luis Obispo (source: I saw them myself and ate fruit from them), so I get your sentiment that there should just be wild fruit trees everywhere.

Also I have a cherry tree literally next to where I live but it doesn't produce fruit, not sure how those trees work, I guess they need human management, or whatever pollinates it isn't in the area.
@matrix My neighborhood is full of fruit trees that just drop half their produce on the ground because people are too lazy to put up a ladder and grab free food growing IN FRONT OF THEIR DAMN HOUSE.
@Aviz @matrix what if you already have enough fruit and no ideas with what to do for more
@skylar @matrix @Aviz Who knows, but it's the perfect day to find out and it still be socially acceptable.
@skylar @matrix When that happened we usually collect it and try to find someone to give it to.

If nothing else it saves you the trouble of having to scrape a large amount of rotten fruit off your sidewalk.

@Aviz During communism in my country people were extremely protective of their fruit, processing it all and would go after kids just grabbing a few cherries from their trees. Now people often don't care.
We're simply too rich and spoiled

@Nesano @matrix
Well, being hungry all the time fucks with your head
>I'm a pharmacist
Bro what the fuck

@matrix keep doing that and you will soon get free clothes, rent and bodyguards all together

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