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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2018-01-31

"Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not." -- Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Today is:
Gregorian: 2018 January 31
Julian: 2018 January 18
Hebrew: 5778 Shevat 15 (Tu B'Shevat, new year for counting age of trees)
Islamic: 1439 Jumada I-Ula 14
Persian: 1396 Bahman 11
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.5.3.7
Indian: 1939 Magha 11
Coptic: 1734 Tobi 23

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redbird: Photo of the spiral galaxy Arp 32 (arp 32)

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posted by [personal profile] redbird at 12:18pm on 2018-01-31
A nice metaphor, but it made me think immediately of grafted citrus: those oranges in my kitchen were most likely grown on a lemon rootstock, and if I plant a seed from a lime what comes up is as likely to be a lemon or kumquat or tangerine as another lime.
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minoanmiss: Maiden holding a quince (Quince Maiden)

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posted by [personal profile] minoanmiss at 05:28am on 2018-02-01
I had the same thought.
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flwyd: (cthulhufruit citrus cephalopod)

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posted by [personal profile] flwyd at 08:05pm on 2018-02-19
The Tree of 40 Fruit concurs: graft away!
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zenlizard: Because the current occupation is fascist. (Default)

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posted by [personal profile] zenlizard at 05:13pm on 2018-01-31
Um, no.

Ascribing human motivations to plants is nothign short of absurd. Doesn't even work as metaphor.
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