RIP the Broccoli Tree
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RIP the Broccoli Tree
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Re: RIP the Broccoli Tree
#2So many things about that are depressing, like, why would someone cut into a tree like that, and why would they decide that, if one of the trunks is gone, the whole thing needs to be decimated? Both are completely absurd.
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#3> Oscar Wilde once wrote that “Each man kills the thing he loves”. I don’t know exactly what Wilde meant by that, but our collective attention and obsession, amplified by the speed and intensity of the internet & social media, tends to ruin the things we love: authors, musicians, restaurants, actors, beloved movies, vacation spots, artists, democracies, and even a tree that became too famous to live.
This is exactly true, and one of the more important reasons to use a pseudonym online and avoid social media. Any attention you get is at best short-lived, and at worst dangerous.
The tree is gone because someone out there is has internalized some disturbing feelings and he (because it's probably a male) is incapable of dealing with them in a productive way. You can replace tree for almost any deviant online behavior, which encourages the feelings without satisfying them.
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#4Note that it's a willow tree, so the vandal and workers may have "just" unintentionally coppiced it. Far from killing the tree, some of the oldest trees in the world are coppiced. Coppicing is supposed to happen in winter, but it's possible this tree could survive.
Looking at the "before" picture, the tree might itself be a spray formed when an older tree was cut.
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#5So many things about that are depressing, like, why would someone cut into a tree like that, and why would they decide that, if one of the trunks is gone, the whole thing needs to be decimated? Both are completely absurd.
since this entire topic seems philosophical, I'll go down this path --
someone is sitting at home, feeling worthless, like their life is pointless and they could disappear without anyone noticing.
but there's this tree everyone likes. people notice this tree. because you see lots of pictures of it, people must visit it often. it's a confluence.
if you were to, say, scratch your name into the bark, people would notice. you would have made some difference on the world, for better or worse.
if you were to cut a branch down, people would DEFINITELY notice. people would think about you, when no one would before. even if the thoughts aren't positive.
in other words, to not feel so small and meaningless.
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#6> Oscar Wilde once wrote that “Each man kills the thing he loves”. I don’t know exactly what Wilde meant by that, but our collective attention and obsession, amplified by the speed and intensity of the internet & social media, tends to ruin the things we love: authors, musicians, restaurants, actors, beloved movies, vacation spots, artists, democracies, and even a tree that became too famous to live. This is exactly…
> he (because it's probably a male)
Seriously?
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#7Why is this here?
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#8So many things about that are depressing, like, why would someone cut into a tree like that, and why would they decide that, if one of the trunks is gone, the whole thing needs to be decimated? Both are completely absurd.
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#9So many things about that are depressing, like, why would someone cut into a tree like that, and why would they decide that, if one of the trunks is gone, the whole thing needs to be decimated? Both are completely absurd.
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