this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you look at things closely they look different than they do far away.

Very insightful.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lol. fair, but if it were a sea of flowers you'd see that in the aerial imagery too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't that be because of the season? You're not supposed to see flowers all year round. Also plants don't cover everything evenly, you will have patches

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

You aren't wrong good sir. Sometimes we get out the glowsticks and boombox and enjoy a little house on the prairie.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

couldn't find a grainier comparison pic just to make sure that it's impossible to actually see any difference, in addition to the distance difference?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Have I lost track of what memes are?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh you mean a discretized, and spreadable idea, that propagate through populations? Yeah lost have lost the plot and think it just means like reaction gifs or wojaks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

In English, it specifically references the terrain of the Mississippi basin.

In French it's a more general term. English borrowed the term specifically because the French had claimed the area occasionally known as the American Prairie as their territory.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the clarification, I see I've once again accidentally revealed my frenchness...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, native refers to flora or fauna that was not introduced by humans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And you think that changes the meme or my statement, how?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't change the meme, but it is a clarification on your statement.

Native veg is not specific to the Mississippi basin. There are native spp. In Alaska for instance.

On top of that, native spp. Are usually specific to one or a small number of ecosystems that support spp's niche

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think they're talking about the word prarie, my guy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So… the same thing?

Huh.