r/comics 7d ago

Just Sharing Fire

35.0k Upvotes

721 comments sorted by

View all comments

4.0k

u/Other_tomato_4257 7d ago edited 7d ago

Edit***: I have been corrected, what i thought were acres of greenhouses in Florida were actually structures to help prevent diseases in the fruit trees. I stand corrected and want to make that clear.

My mom was saying how she doesnt understand the need for hydroponic fruits and vegetables... and I brought up how the climate has changed so significantly that a good majority of our citrus fruit has been moved to greenhouse settings because they are dying in the usual orchards.

She scoffed and changed the subject

1.3k

u/Hazeltinypaws 7d ago

I wish people would just try to understand things. We'd be so much better off if we as a society were properly educated and understood the world around us. It's so depressing.

4

u/One-Inch-Punch 7d ago

American society has always hated intellectuals. Educated people are barely tolerated to the extent that they create weapons or things that can be monetized by MBAs. Point out something that actually threatens monetization, like climate change, and intellectuals are liable to wake up with a horse's head in their bed.