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put that in your pipe and smoke it (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Monotropa uniflora: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I get most of the tweet but not the "who would post this?" part.

Wouldn't everybody post it?

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

The Jim Rose circus is a famous counter-culture performance. At the show I saw a woman put paint in her butt and farted it onto a canvas. There was also light bulb eating, further nudity, chainsaw juggling etc

In that context, it would be surprising to see them tweet about botany, making this kinda a joke tweet in itself that they would tweet this, which is why it has the commentary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Ah thanks for the context!!

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No only super special nerds like me, I'm so quirky.

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

the only difference is that non-nerds would likely include a sentence about how it's the only cure for gout or something, for extra clicks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Mycoheterotrophs are also quite uncommon and rare in some areas, so pulling them out is discouraged. Although uniflora is common in some parts, it doesn't flower like a normal plant

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

that part exists as clickbait