Enviro May 22, 2017 at 2:09 pm

Trees, Believe It or Not, Hate Your Dog

Charles Mudede
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GOOD.
jnmend on May 22, 2017 at 2:46 PM Report this
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Trees do not feel pain. Dog piss is hard on some species of tree, that's true, but the plant does not feel pain.
Shiftless on May 22, 2017 at 2:46 PM Report this
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When someone tells me a plant "feels pain" I call Western State Hospital.
Cato the Younger Younger on May 22, 2017 at 3:00 PM Report this
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Trees also hate compact dirt around their roots, so don't walk near them, and remove all that concrete
foobarbaz on May 22, 2017 at 3:00 PM Report this
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What about all the other animals (birds, squirrels, etc.) that piss on trees all day? Does that harm the trees?
Urgutha Forka on May 22, 2017 at 3:18 PM Report this
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@5 No. Tress evolved to handle the daily load of excrement from birds, squirrels, etc. Dogs and not a few humans are a large added burden. Beside, piss differs from animal to animal (birds, for example, DON'T pee) as does a plant's susceptibility to piss-burns.
Shiftless on May 22, 2017 at 3:39 PM Report this
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Learn how to level a camera or how to fix it during editing.

The non-egotistical way to write "While having drinks with me at..." is "Over drinks at..."
mfg5000 on May 22, 2017 at 4:12 PM Report this
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Seattle does have an especially large dog population, and trees...? How often do you even see a tree in Seattle? Never. Dogs killed them all. Case closed.

Next the Stranger will remind you dogs in restaurants give everyone horrific diseases. Norm's allows dogs, which is why everyone who ever went to Norms is now dead. We all see they're dead with our own eyes. Dogs.

Case closed.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn on May 22, 2017 at 4:41 PM Report this
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Literally copying and pasting this ridiculously pretentious non-story from a year ago into its own separate post. This is the sort of quality that we've come to expect from The Stranger as of late.
Knat on May 22, 2017 at 6:07 PM Report this
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...copying and pasting this ridiculously pretentious non-story from the Morning News post, based on a remembered event from a year ago, into its own separate post.*

I wouldn't want to get that wrong.
Knat on May 22, 2017 at 6:09 PM Report this
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@10
"How often do you even see a tree in Seattle? Never. Dogs killed them all. Case closed. "

Is that a joke?
If you think there are no street trees in Seattle then you have never been in Seattle.
Not Good Red Herring Either on May 22, 2017 at 6:21 PM Report this
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trees also hate being chopped down and being made into newsprint but so it goes...
j2patter on May 22, 2017 at 6:42 PM Report this
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@10, #1 go to top of Space Needle, bring binoculars, start counting trees, report back with your findings,,,,
Wild Bill on May 22, 2017 at 6:55 PM Report this
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@12: That is sad. Very sad.

I wish at least Charles would pontificate on matter he's an expert in, such as Lenin vs. Trosky and their difference in their views on how to control the masses.
raindrop on May 22, 2017 at 6:56 PM Report this
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Whoops meant @13,,,,,
Wild Bill on May 22, 2017 at 6:56 PM Report this
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The maples scream 'Oppression!'
The oaks just shake their heads
ProgRock on May 22, 2017 at 9:17 PM Report this
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Trees feel pain as Charles types.
ROAG on May 22, 2017 at 9:54 PM Report this
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@13, @15
Duh
stc on May 22, 2017 at 10:25 PM Report this
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The image of that one barren old tree, on a busy inner city street, with young sunlit trees in the background, alone, never seen, except by overfed dogs and their duplicitous owners, is an image that will haunt me forever.
mfg5000 on May 22, 2017 at 10:45 PM Report this
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Trees don't hate dogs, Charles hates dogs. Besides, I thought we needed to remove all those trees and streets and parks so we can pack in more poorly-made apartment buildings. Got to love irrational viewpoints.
deadrose on May 23, 2017 at 12:40 PM Report this
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@8 - Fake Trees!
treacle on May 23, 2017 at 1:20 PM Report this
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Aaand @14 wins the thread!

Well done everyone, last one out can pull the shutters. See you at the pub.
treacle on May 23, 2017 at 1:34 PM Report this

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