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[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 196 points 3 weeks ago

Plants rarely have their name written on them though

[-] xkbx@startrek.website 64 points 3 weeks ago

I always felt that broccoli was spelt the way it looked

[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

just proof of the successful campaign by Big Broccoli and the DRAM video 🥦 kids even went with the haircut

[-] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

I think broccoli and cauliflower should switch names, broccoli looks way more cauliflower and cauliflower way more broccoli.

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[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 90 points 3 weeks ago

Because corporate logos are intentionally designed to evoke the brand they represent?

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 70 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, stupid nature. Doesn't even know the basics of brand recognition.

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 17 points 3 weeks ago

Also most of the logos are just the name next to an icon. Plants only occasionally have thier name written next to them.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 65 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you can't recognize most of the plants in the produce section, you really oughta be eating more fruits and vegetables. I don't really like veggies either and I still know more than 10 plants just in the category of food you can buy with a corporate logo on it.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 28 points 3 weeks ago

Vegetables are often the root of the plant. Fruits are the… well fruit.

I think the context of this meme is about the plant as a specimen in nature.

Below is a picture of a carrot plant and onion plant.

If not for survival video games i would not have known.

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

You R E A L L Y want to get your carrots/parsnips right when it comes to ID, though. Water hemlock is fatal if ingested, and several parsnips will give you gnarly blisters if you come into contact with their sap

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Gotta be easier than mushrooms, right? Right?

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes, but don't go touching random plants

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[-] Zombie@feddit.uk 11 points 3 weeks ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum

And the carrot plant looks near identical to Giant Hogsweed because they're both in the same family. One has a delicious carrot underneath and will do you no harm, you can even eat the green tops. The other will cause you severe burns even just by brushing against it. The plant itself doesn't even burn you, it destroys the skin in such a way that sunshine is what burns you.

[-] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

hogweed is hogwild. my wife has these strange white scars all over her legs, arms, and chest because she was weed whacking in shorts and a spaghetti top and hogweed juice sprayed on her. she has somewhat darker skin so the scars stand out. she does not weed whack in anything but full coverage now. the scars are slowly fading but it's been about 5 months and they're still very prominent.

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[-] egrets@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Typically you'll have to break the stem, right?

Giant hogweed really is quite large, often more than head-height - you're more likely to confuse carrot with cow parsley or hemlock or maybe yarrow, I'd have thought.

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[-] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

onion flowers are my favorite type of flower. when they're in full bloom they get so pretty. i have a patch of bunching onions that i barely even eat, just keep them for the flowers each year. the patch is growing because each flower produces dozens of seeds

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[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 60 points 3 weeks ago

If plants had their names on their leaves I'd recognize a bunch of them as well.

[-] sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago

Let’s make sure to shame the people being bombarded by advertisements for 90% of their lives. That’ll motivate them to be more cognizant of botany

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Broccoli, cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, bok choy, turnip, radish, collards and Mustard greens. 10 different plants, easy peasy!

[-] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 3 weeks ago

I've got some bad news for you...

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago

I choose not to acknowledge it!

[-] socsa@piefed.social 42 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, corporate logos are specifically designed to take advantage of quirks in human cognition to make them distinct and memorable. Most plants pre-date human cognition, and the ones which don't tend to be the ones people recognize instantly.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

while reading your comment I had a weird vision of flowering plants in a far off post-human apocalypse that looked like logos of companies.

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[-] glimse@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago

Oh look, r/im14andthisisdeep finally migrated to Lemmy!

[-] Hedup@lemm.ee 35 points 3 weeks ago

How many of those plants do ppl use in their daily lives? vs How many of those corporate products do they use in their daily lives?

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's a bullshit claim anyhow. Try only using logos that don't have the company name in them.

[-] Mataresian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 weeks ago

If the names of the plants would be spelled for me under each plant every time then that would greatly enhance my memory.

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

To be fair, the Apple logo is also a plant.

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

And once you've eaten a rotten apple, you never forget.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 27 points 3 weeks ago

In fairness if plants had their names written on them, I'd probably be able to identify those as well.

[-] match@pawb.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

monsanto: "write that down, write that down!"

[-] 33550336@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

Cause we don't live in a forest anymore?

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

I knew there was something wrong with my place in Phoenix, AZ. Dang Democrats stole the forest!

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And the golf courses and lawns have made it humid! I thought it was supposed to be a "dry heat," fucking over 100° and 70% humidity every single time I have to visit. Either that of freezing. One time it snowed.... IN PHOENIX! Well, technically Mesa, but that's just a suburb of Phoenix.

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[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

I'm 14 and this is deep

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 10 points 3 weeks ago

Embrace the smug gardener and only use the latin names

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago

Gonna harvest my Solanum tuberosums.

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

What’s the latin word for nike?

[-] hermano@feddit.org 8 points 3 weeks ago
[-] cobwoms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

is the number 1000 based on anything? i'm curious if there have been any studies on the amount of logos most people recognize. 1000 seems high but also not, so i wonder if there's science to back it up

[-] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's obviously bullshit.

Could you imagine sitting through a survey with over a thousand logos and plants to be able to reach this conclusion?😆

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[-] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 6 points 3 weeks ago

I'm skeptical about the 10 number, fruits and vegetables are plants.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

what... how is this a dystopic thing. put aside the fact that knowing brands helps me make decisions all the time and knowing plants wouldn't help me at all since I'm not a forager... you could get rid of all corporations today and make us live in a perfect, moneyless, classless utopia and 20 years later I could still name maybe 4 different flowers because I don't give a shit what they're called.

[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Also brand marketing is built to sear their brand into your brain vs. plants who just vibe.

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[-] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, I can't eat plants. Oh wait, that's not fair at all. DAMN IT

[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 5 points 3 weeks ago

No no you are right, you can't eat plants. Checkmate vegans!

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[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ok, then. Lets make a list of 11 plants easy to recognised to help society:

  • clover
  • dandelion
  • blackberry thorn
  • nettle
  • mint. There is different types so this one can be trickier that the others. The leaves are rounded or on the rounded-side and smell like mint when rub btw the finger
  • daisy
  • daffodil
  • cowslip
  • mallow
  • bindweed
  • oaktree

Here you go. Enjoy saving society from its decline.

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