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Human barbarism is not new...

"The placard recorded that the Nooksack tree produced 96,345 board feet (227.348 cubic meters) of the "finest quality" lumber.

The New York Times regarded the tree in a March 7, 1897 issue as the "most magnificent fir tree ever beheld by human eyes" and called its destruction a "truly pitiable tale" and a "crime".

The Morning Times of February 28, 1897 claimed that the wood, sawed into one-inch strips, would reach from "Whatcom [the tree's location] to China"."

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>Human barbarism is not new...

to be fair, without humans there would be nobody to declare "barbarism". At one time, all humans were barbarians, it took a certain level of cultural development before the word "barbarism" was necessary, so at that point it was "new". It remains be be shown whether cultures that call other cultures "barbaric" are actually "better".

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Yeah man if a barbarian fells a tree in the forest but nobody is around to hear it, is it still barbaric?
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Barbarism was just the ethnic slang Greeks had for non Greeks that Romans then adopted for non Romans. But cultures playing “I’m the best” is not new nor did it require cultural development; othering is a natural part of game theory to make sure your tribe has tighter cohesion against intruders.
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Yeah, they were called barbarians because they talked funny. Bar bar barbar bar, they went.
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...and if you aren't pronouncing it "Var" you might be one ;-)
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This is such a useless comment. What even is your point?
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There are stories that the moss on trees in temperate rainforests allow the tree to pull water from their branches instead of the ground, increasing their max height.

For a while there were people poaching the moss that facilitated this, which is a problem because it grows only inches per year.

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And leaves can absorb moisture from water droplets on their leaves. Like from rain or foggy sea winds. Why go through a transport system when the water is right where it's needed?
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water isnt all thats needed, solutes mined from soil, by the root system are required by the entire plant.

Water and solute movement in plants:

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/anatomy-and-physiolo...

there is a disconnect between the roots and the xylem, its not a throughway, there is a switchover.

Plant Roots and Mineral Nutrition: An Overview of Molecular Basis of Uptake and Regulation, and Strategies to Improve Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE)

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-9380-2_...

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God that's sad. We really can't have anything nice.
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It’s harder to remove the moss from high up in the tree and there are more risks in doing so. I was never clear on how prevalent this shittery was.
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Who wants moss!? Is it luxury moss?
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When peeled off the trunk it comes off in sheets, which is a bit harder to accomplish than just creating tufts and blobs of moss.
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Yes, for terrariums
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I just visited this beauty[1] a few weeks ago. Not 400ft tall, but over half that and over 13ft round at the base!

We're lucky to have a handful of big Doug Firs, Sitka Spruce, and Western Red Cedars left on Vancouver Island.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lonely_Doug

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