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Your lawn is racist

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  • JollyJ Jolly

    We get around 60 inches a year...

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    @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

    We get around 60 inches a year...

    Hence the rice.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • MikM Mik

      @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

      We get around 60 inches a year...

      Hence the rice.

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      @Mik said in Your lawn is racist:

      @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

      We get around 60 inches a year...

      Hence the rice.

      Well, that's half of it. The rice farmers double crop with these:

      alt text

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        #12

        Now yer talkin'.

        I got into a little spat with my brother on FB last night. He posted some meme about lawns that proclaimed we must socially stigmatize the idea of having a lawn. In other words, cancel lawns.

        There is nowhere in our lives they wil not try to control.

        Now, don't get me wrong, I have long thought lawns wasteful, certainly a waste of my time and resources. But social stigmatzation as a change agent? Please.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          LuFins Dad
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          Mankind has been shaping nature to fit man’s needs since they first sharpened a stick as a spear, first planted a crop, built a shelter instead of a cave, etc...

          By their logic we should stop farming, all mining, do away with all fossil fuels, solar farms, wind farms, hydro-electric dams, etc...

          The Brad

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          • MikM Mik

            Now yer talkin'.

            I got into a little spat with my brother on FB last night. He posted some meme about lawns that proclaimed we must socially stigmatize the idea of having a lawn. In other words, cancel lawns.

            There is nowhere in our lives they wil not try to control.

            Now, don't get me wrong, I have long thought lawns wasteful, certainly a waste of my time and resources. But social stigmatzation as a change agent? Please.

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            Jolly
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            @Mik said in Your lawn is racist:

            Now yer talkin'.

            I giot into a little spat with my brother on FB last night. He posted some meme about lawns that proclaimed we must socially stigmatize the idea of having a lawn. In other words, cancel lawns.

            There is nowhere in our lives they wil not try to control.

            Now, don't get me wrong, I have long thought lawns wasteful, certainly a waste of my time and resources. But social stigmatzation as a change agent? Please.

            Shame you can't tell brother you just bought a new toy for yard maintenance...

            alt text

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              @Mik said in Your lawn is racist:

              Now yer talkin'.

              I giot into a little spat with my brother on FB last night. He posted some meme about lawns that proclaimed we must socially stigmatize the idea of having a lawn. In other words, cancel lawns.

              There is nowhere in our lives they wil not try to control.

              Now, don't get me wrong, I have long thought lawns wasteful, certainly a waste of my time and resources. But social stigmatzation as a change agent? Please.

              Shame you can't tell brother you just bought a new toy for yard maintenance...

              alt text

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              George K
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              @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

              Shame you can't tell brother you just bought a new toy for yard maintenance

              But, but...THE CARBON FOOTPRINT!!!!

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • George KG George K

                @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

                Shame you can't tell brother you just bought a new toy for yard maintenance

                But, but...THE CARBON FOOTPRINT!!!!

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                @George-K said in Your lawn is racist:

                @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

                Shame you can't tell brother you just bought a new toy for yard maintenance

                But, but...THE CARBON FOOTPRINT!!!!

                It gets worse...that's a BX23s, meaning it's under 25hp(it's 23hp engine, less at the PTO). Under 25hp, tractors do not have to have a regen cycle. That means they are allowed to pollute more!

                I didn't show one with the five foot belly mower, which does a fine job cutting large lawns. Just think...belly mower, front end loader, backhoe...Why, the possibilities to chug out a constant stream of diesel smoke are endless! How deliciously upsetting to the overwrought green crowd!😈😈😈

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  Yes. They'd be so upset, why they'd have to land their Lear Jet and see their therapist.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • JollyJ Jolly

                    @Mik said in Your lawn is racist:

                    Now yer talkin'.

                    I giot into a little spat with my brother on FB last night. He posted some meme about lawns that proclaimed we must socially stigmatize the idea of having a lawn. In other words, cancel lawns.

                    There is nowhere in our lives they wil not try to control.

                    Now, don't get me wrong, I have long thought lawns wasteful, certainly a waste of my time and resources. But social stigmatzation as a change agent? Please.

                    Shame you can't tell brother you just bought a new toy for yard maintenance...

                    alt text

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                    @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

                    @Mik said in Your lawn is racist:

                    Now yer talkin'.

                    I giot into a little spat with my brother on FB last night. He posted some meme about lawns that proclaimed we must socially stigmatize the idea of having a lawn. In other words, cancel lawns.

                    There is nowhere in our lives they wil not try to control.

                    Now, don't get me wrong, I have long thought lawns wasteful, certainly a waste of my time and resources. But social stigmatzation as a change agent? Please.

                    Shame you can't tell brother you just bought a new toy for yard maintenance...

                    alt text

                    Sweet rig!

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                    • markM mark

                      @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

                      @Mik said in Your lawn is racist:

                      Now yer talkin'.

                      I giot into a little spat with my brother on FB last night. He posted some meme about lawns that proclaimed we must socially stigmatize the idea of having a lawn. In other words, cancel lawns.

                      There is nowhere in our lives they wil not try to control.

                      Now, don't get me wrong, I have long thought lawns wasteful, certainly a waste of my time and resources. But social stigmatzation as a change agent? Please.

                      Shame you can't tell brother you just bought a new toy for yard maintenance...

                      alt text

                      Sweet rig!

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                      Jolly
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                      @mark said in Your lawn is racist:

                      @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

                      @Mik said in Your lawn is racist:

                      Now yer talkin'.

                      I giot into a little spat with my brother on FB last night. He posted some meme about lawns that proclaimed we must socially stigmatize the idea of having a lawn. In other words, cancel lawns.

                      There is nowhere in our lives they wil not try to control.

                      Now, don't get me wrong, I have long thought lawns wasteful, certainly a waste of my time and resources. But social stigmatzation as a change agent? Please.

                      Shame you can't tell brother you just bought a new toy for yard maintenance...

                      alt text

                      Sweet rig!

                      That's Kubota's best selling under 25hp rig. Compare it directly with a 1 series Deere.

                      Both are very good at what they do.

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        We get around 60 inches a year...

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                        Larry
                        wrote on last edited by Larry
                        #20

                        @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

                        We get around 60 inches a year...

                        Let's see.....

                        52 weeks a year, 3 times a week... 156. 156 X .....

                        Yep. My wife gets 1,560 inches per year.....

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                        • LarryL Larry

                          @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

                          We get around 60 inches a year...

                          Let's see.....

                          52 weeks a year, 3 times a week... 156. 156 X .....

                          Yep. My wife gets 1,560 inches per year.....

                          JollyJ Offline
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                          Jolly
                          wrote on last edited by
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                          @Larry said in Your lawn is racist:

                          @Jolly said in Your lawn is racist:

                          We get around 60 inches a year...

                          Let's see.....

                          52 weeks a year, 3 times a week... 156. 156 X .....

                          Yep. My wife gets 1,560 inches per year.....

                          Who's she dating?😄

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            Larry
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                            Hahahahaha

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                              LuFins Dad
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                              Sigh, Larry’s confusing metric with English again...

                              The Brad

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                                Well, he does know all about meet hers.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  Hmpfh.... I'm just gonna throw it over my shoulder and go.....

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                                  • George KG George K

                                    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-is-it-time-to-decolonize-your-lawn/

                                    When most people think of lawns they picture carefree kids playing in backyards, picnics in well-kept parks – perhaps they even feel a sense of pride at how green and immaculate their own swath is.

                                    But the traditional lawn – manicured, verdant, under control – now finds itself at the confluence of two hot-button issues: climate change and Indigenous rights. Some environmentalists, First Nations leaders and even hobby gardeners are calling for a different approach to how we view and treat the ubiquitous urban green space. It is, they argue, a lasting symbol of how settlers appropriated Indigenous land and culture. And the rigid Western ideal we have imposed continues to hurt the planet and, in turn, all of us. The lawn, some go as far to say, needs to be decolonized.

                                    “What is a lawn but a statement of control over nature?” asks John Douglas Belshaw, a Canadian history professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C.

                                    “That’s a huge part of settler culture. You see that river there? We can dam that. We can organize that water, we can make that water work for us. It’s essentially the same mindset. I can reorganize this landscape, flatten it, plant lawn, find a non-indigenous species of plant, of grass, and completely extract anything that’s not homogenous, that doesn’t fit with this green pattern and control it ... A backyard with a big lawn is like a classroom for colonialism and environmental hostility.”

                                    If you're white, and you own a dog, you're a racist:

                                    If you are white and own a dog, you are openly participating and advocating for cultural appropriation and colonialism. Reinforcing this culture is NOT acceptable and will come with its repercussions.

                                    Dogs are and always will be the living reminder of how tainted our history is as a whole. POC deserve to exclusively own dogs as a form of restitution for their stolen ancestor’s work. Supporting the idea of white dog ownership is spitting on the grave of past POC generations.

                                    With International Dog Day coming up, it is important we remember and advocate for the work of POC, and never let this unbalanced history be forgotten.

                                    If you are white and own a canine, please consider donating them to a local POC family or non kill shelter so it can truly find the perfect home.

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                                    @George-K said in Your lawn is racist:

                                    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-is-it-time-to-decolonize-your-lawn/

                                    “What is a lawn but a statement of control over nature?” asks John Douglas Belshaw, a Canadian history professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C.

                                    Um....exactly! Your point?

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                                    • KincaidK Kincaid

                                      @George-K said in Your lawn is racist:

                                      https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-is-it-time-to-decolonize-your-lawn/

                                      “What is a lawn but a statement of control over nature?” asks John Douglas Belshaw, a Canadian history professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C.

                                      Um....exactly! Your point?

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                                      @Kincaid said in Your lawn is racist:

                                      @George-K said in Your lawn is racist:

                                      https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-is-it-time-to-decolonize-your-lawn/

                                      “What is a lawn but a statement of control over nature?” asks John Douglas Belshaw, a Canadian history professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C.

                                      Um....exactly! Your point?

                                      You know what else I control? 55 grains of full metal jacket going about 3250 feet per second.

                                      Now get off my lawn!

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