@larry.trainor

[testflight]

[ posted late at night, the musings of an old man who cannot sleep and has spent too long browsing the news: ]

I know there are a lot of plants and yes, they're growing very fast, but

an entire political platform running mainly on getting rid of them? Really? There's got to be a better way.

[ he likes plants. ]

Comments

@marcos.diaz

[heliophilous]

I haven't kept up on political platforms very well lately.

( too many personal issues and all. he's trying to be better. )

But that's a one way street to a concrete jungle. What's the point in getting rid of harmless things like plants?

[testflight]

[ larry hasn't been keeping up on political platforms at all, until tonight. now? now he's read a little more than he really wanted. ]

I guess people don't think they're entirely harmless.

[ which —is fair enough, given the growth rates larry has seen so far ] But it still seems excessive, to me.

[heliophilous]

I've seen a lot of stupid things thrown around for the sake of getting elected but getting rid of plants entirely is one of the stupidest ones.

( there were ways to keep plants from growing so much that they got to be a problem. even someone without a green thumb knew that. )

You a botanist?

[testflight]

I agree. But she seems to have a following because of it.

[ larry doesn't like it, but then, no one asked him. ]

No, nothing like that. It's always just been a hobby.

[ although he did just start a job in gardening, so who knows ]

@torvan.garak

[plainsimple]

A politician will seize on anything they think they can unite people against. Uniting people for takes a clever politician, and I haven't come across many of those in my travels.

[testflight]

[ for and against. larry hasn't really been thinking about it in those terms, more focused on the plants, but— ]

You know, you're probably right. But plants?

@august.jónsson

[bloodbathing]

Dumb platform. Petty.

[ He's not just saying that because of the plant Larry gave him in the simulation. But, of course, he does remember it. ]

[testflight]

It is.

[ for a moment, larry's thinking of that sapling, too. and of maine's hand holding his. ]

I don't know why they're growing so quickly, but it isn't the plants' fault.

[bloodbathing]

Thought people would like it. Environment here's fucked, right? Plants are good.

[testflight]

I suppose people like indoor plumbing, too.

[bloodbathing]

Good point. Plumbing vs. plants.

[testflight]

There's got to be a way to have both.

@cassian.andor

[evasives]

People can make a political party out of anything.

[testflight]

Apparently so.

Plants is a new one to me, but I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.

[bloodbathing]

Could transfer plants to pots?

[plainsimple]

Perhaps they're a gentler sort who doesn't want to target a people group. Or perhaps they're building up and testing out what they can ask of their supporters? It may be easier to eventually create zealots rather than find them.

[testflight]

[ well, this escalated quickly ]

Do you think that's what's going on here?

[testflight]

I have been doing that.

[ he even got a job doing that! ]

Would you like one? [ since... you know, the last plant he gave maine had only been a simulation of a plant :( ]

[bloodbathing]

[ Maine hesitates briefly, wondering what he'd do with a potted plant. But then he thinks of that moment in the simulation… ]

Sure.

[testflight]

[ larry hadn't realised until that 'sure' comes and he lets out a breath that he'd been worried about the answer.

(maybe because he, too, is reminded of that moment in the simulation.) ]

Yeah? I'll get you a nice one.

[plainsimple]

This is Earth, and extreme causes seem to be what appeals to humans the most. But I have only just arrived on this particular Earth so I don't have nearly enough information to say that's what is happening.

[evasives]

They have been a problem for a while. Not pressing, but annoying enough for some residents to feel strongly about I am sure.

[testflight]

How new are you?

[testflight]

I've heard a lot of complaints so far.

[ guess who got a job as a ... plant specialist ]

[bloodbathing]

What kind?

[ Not that Maine knows much about plants, really. But he could look it up. Make sure he takes good care of it. ]