- Dołączono
- 15 Paź 2018
"But this is yard work." He doubles down. "Yard work." He repeats it again, maybe for the dozenth time, as if saying it enough will conjure the almighty 'yard work genie' who will unfuck him......Because uh-- I-- I don't want to replant blackberry bushes if that's what they're gonna ask me to do. I do not wanna put hazards for children in my yard. Hopefully we can be reasonable."
Ohhhh boy. Like this has been bugging me for a while but fuck me, his latest stupidity is really exceptional this time. Especially for someone who claims to be an environmentalist and a vegan.
Now, Devils Club I can understand wanting to get rid of them. They're unpleasant at best and horrific at worst if you fall into them. But the plant is bloody useful. I've got a couple of Forestry books of the Pacific Northwest with Aboriginal notes in it, detailing that there is potential for Devils Club to be an antibiotic for tuberculosis. Aboriginal cultures also used the plant as an antidiabetic, with case studies reviewing if this is possible being done in 1995.
Took me half a second of researching Marles and Farnsworth studies to find an article: https://www.researchgate.net/public..._Protocol_for_Devil's_Club_Oplopanax_horridus
Interesting to note how it mentions the impact of devils club for birds, bears, and other mammals. Meaning it exists for a reason and an environmentalist such as Gurgles should be happy for that. Yet here we are.
Second, Stinging Nettles can be eaten. I have way too many plant books that list it for eating, and I know you can make a mild ginger ale from it. Just some of the uses, as taken from Aboriginal Plant Use in Canada's Northwest Boreal Forest (Printed in 2012 by Natural Resources Canada, if anyone wants to check out the book): Acne Treatment, diarrhea, intestinal worms, urination problems in men, blood purifier, cold treatments, asthma relief, fevers and back pain. Greg could sure use the acne treatment.
And the Blackberry bushes... Which, I'm assuming is either like a Black Currant or from the same family. If he's that concerned about his kids falling into them - probably because he'd kick them in there - it only takes hitting them once to know where not to go. Kids aren't that stupid, unlike their father. Plus, why would such an upstanding vegan cut down what could be a good source of further bragging about his healthy living? Blackberries/black currants can be made into jam. The roots can be boiled to help coughs and colds. Just because they don't fall off into a plastic tub, wrap themselves in plastic, and walk to his front door, doesn't mean they're dangerous and a weed.
But to great environmentalist vegan Truth-Speaker Greg... this all needed to go, including healthy trees and ones that could be used as habitat for migrating birds. Which he then lit on fire. During Wildland Fire Season. And is now complaining on Youtube he did all this for his kids.
Greg isn't just a trainwreck. He's a fucking Lac-Mégantic.