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Humanity making progress like it always does (mbin.grits.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by mozz@mbin.grits.dev to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

Not quite correct. The 2020 image should have a car completely covered in a dust of green pollen because city planners only planted male trees for decades because female trees would produce fruit or seed and be a "nuisance" and/or create trash/animal bait etc...

But if they only planted female trees, they would never get fertilized, so they wouldn't produce fruit anyway... Or pollen.

Worst case scenario, they would produce fruit, and cities would still smell bad and have rodent problems. But without the allergies.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Oh I remember 2 years ago where I live there was so much fucking pollen. And we had no rain for like 2 months so the streets were yellow with it. I am not allergic to pollen and yet I was constantly sneezing and my eyes were irritated. It was such a relief when we finally had some rain to clear everything.