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Most things die unless they do stuff to not-die
Except for plants. They're lazy as fuck.
When was the last time you fixed any carbon, you lazy, entitled heterotroph?
They still do stuff, just a bit slower.
EIGHT HOURS A DAY I’M PHOTOSYNTHESIZING AND I HAVE TO COME HOME TO THIS?
12 for those hardworking tropical chads
(Did I use that right? It was uncomfortable.)
It's an average of 12 hours for every plant on earth (assuming no shadows from mountains, other plants, etc).
The higher the latitude the more uneven it is (up to 24h in summer and 0h in winter for the poles).
Try being a Cannabis plant in a grow box.... forced into a grueling schedule of feeding and photosynthesis under lights so bright they could actually be on the surface of the sun. Forced to vegetate and create more leaf surface to photosynthesize even more while bathing in a constant flow of CO2. Only to have your reproductive organs chopped off and burnt. It's not all fun and games if you're Mary Jane...
I can relate.
I, too, want to just sit here and photosynthesis all day.
They do stuff, but they’re playing a city building game instead of an rpg
Yes, plants are autotrophs and can generate their own food from sunlight and the atmosphere. They still need some nutrients from the troposphere, like minerals, but they have it made.
Heterotrophs are where things get wild
And even when they do, they eventually still die.
It's almost like we all deserve to be not alive, as evidenced by the fact that everyone is eventually not alive.
Ahhh yeah. I'm not allowed to do any of that stuff. I'm only allowed to work. Why can't I do what's natural instead?
The comment is saying work is natural...
Not when it's for our owners.
Good thing you don’t have an owner then isn’t it?
Hundreds of thousands of our ancestors died to give us that, and that’s only if you count the most recent war fought against the ownership of people. There has been a lot of blood spilled so that you can live without an owner today.
But my boss is mean to me when I spend an hour texting my buddies! It's slavery!
If you don't like having a boss, you can try your luck on your own. Self-employment is totally a thing today, it just takes a lot more effort than showing up for a paycheck.
It was sarcasm ;)
You go on and think that. You'll be happier.
You can do other stuff, it’s just highly beneficial to have food/water/shelter before you do other stuff