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[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 134 points 8 months ago (39 children)

Mint, peppers, and caffeine, the holy trinity of "plant defenses that did not work on humans."

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 55 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Lol pls.

That's the r-rated version.

The true trinity is nicotine, cocaine and opiates.

And also,

"Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced."

— Terence McKenna

[–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yang

the masculine active principle in nature that in Chinese cosmology is exhibited in light, heat, or dryness and that combines with yin to produce all that comes to be

It distorts the connotation, but it wouldn't be too far off to use, say, "macho" instead. It just feels weird to apply such words to plants.

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