• Apathy Tree
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            910 months ago

            12 for those hardworking tropical chads

            (Did I use that right? It was uncomfortable.)

            • @Tja@programming.dev
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              410 months ago

              It’s an average of 12 hours for every plant on earth (assuming no shadows from mountains, other plants, etc).

              The higher the latitude the more uneven it is (up to 24h in summer and 0h in winter for the poles).

            • @Old_Fat_White_Guy@lemmy.world
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              310 months ago

              Try being a Cannabis plant in a grow box… forced into a grueling schedule of feeding and photosynthesis under lights so bright they could actually be on the surface of the sun. Forced to vegetate and create more leaf surface to photosynthesize even more while bathing in a constant flow of CO2. Only to have your reproductive organs chopped off and burnt. It’s not all fun and games if you’re Mary Jane…

      • @green_square
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        510 months ago

        They do stuff, but they’re playing a city building game instead of an rpg

      • @Resonosity@lemmy.world
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        310 months ago

        Yes, plants are autotrophs and can generate their own food from sunlight and the atmosphere. They still need some nutrients from the troposphere, like minerals, but they have it made.

        Heterotrophs are where things get wild

    • @Rediphile@lemmy.ca
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      310 months ago

      And even when they do, they eventually still die.

      It’s almost like we all deserve to be not alive, as evidenced by the fact that everyone is eventually not alive.

    • @Mango@lemmy.world
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      -410 months ago

      Ahhh yeah. I’m not allowed to do any of that stuff. I’m only allowed to work. Why can’t I do what’s natural instead?