Yeah, the “kids” in my life did a lot of Joe Rogan research and got suckered into THAT reality like my generation did the “weapons of mass destruction” and 'Merica bullshit.

But it’s not their fault. So many people are sheltered in this country and never have to acknowledge that the world is bigger than flag-waiving and honkey-tonkin.

I cant be mad at naive. I can absolutely be mad at ignorant. I think that all we can do is try to introduce critical thinking in a world that otherwise allows TikTok to do the thinking for them.

@ $200k a year, it would be more than 5x my current income. I sure hope somebody wants to take care of my soon-to-be kid for about tree fiddy.

Somebody we can believe in.

They really do. I see 3 vines when working in the woods of SE Michigan.

The brown flakey one is native grape (not to eat) and they’re chill. They climb trees but dont hurt the host much.

The one that clings to the side of the tree with furry centipede lookin legs is poison ivy… it’s obviously an asshole, but it doesnt kill the tree.

And then theres bittersweet… grey in color and purely evil. Murder at all costs.

Those bittersweet vines are devastating to trees at my park.