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[–] Aussiemandeus 7 points 2 hours ago

Only after reading the comments do I realise it's about crushing flowers.

I thought it was about how when you run through the tall grass with no shoes as a kid you can get effectively paper cuts between your toes haha.

I internallly winced at seeing this photo picture remembering all the times as a kid

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago

I love seeing all the people get mad that they can’t do this now that my local city has effectively banned visitors during flower season :)

You can still see it from afar, but a bunch of people got mad because they drove over two counties to trample and crowd the flower fields for their own selfish desires only to find that the area has been blocked off completely to cars and people.

Get fucked in the nicest way possible. Enjoy it from a distance like a normal person so everyone else can enjoy it and so the damn flowers can keep coming back each year.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Having your bare feet in the grass feels so goddamn good and I'm tired of pretending that it doesn't feel great

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

I disagree, but I'm allergic to grass. However, if you like it, there should be no reason to pretend you don't.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 hours ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Hypothesis: the message seems to imply that the cliche nature lover needs to trample and destroy said nature to be close to it.

This seems the most likely explanation to me.

And I find it neither funny nor insightful.

Edit: I can't manage to copy paste usernames on mobile but please check out the refinement by the comment to this post. Highly valuable edition. Tldr of it: not "nature lovers" in general but social media invasive nature lovers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It's not so much nature lovers but social media "content creators" who are criticized here.

There was a case I read of a man caring for a beautiful patch of flowers, but then it got famous on social media and those assholes went there in buses, took pictures lying in there and destroyed it. Heartbreaking to read about that one. Sadly I can't find that specific case anymore, but there are enough articles about the problem, like this one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Oh. That would explain the hashtags. I'll edit my comment to point out yours!

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I weirdly see a lot of these "yes...but..." Comics everywhere and I don't get like 90% of them tbh.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 hours ago

This is the first one I've seen so I guess I'm at 0%. 😭

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Few people understand why I glare them after obliterating a perfectly nice patch of flowers.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You mean it's not the grass poking between your toes?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Grass poking was what I thought too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, I like the feeling of grass between my toes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

This really depends on the type of grass and time of year

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I thought the joke was about the common mutation where your second toe is longer than your big toe.

Your explanation makes way more sense.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I thought it was a foot fetish thing

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago

I thought city folk didn't like that feeling of grass tickling your feet.