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The obsession with raking leaves in the fall really blows my mind (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like I'm not even an expert but I coulda told you that nature already knows what to do with the leaves (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/to-rake-or-not-to-rake-expert-tips-for-eco-friendly-autumnal-lawn-care). This isn't just conservatives, who usually do the yard work themselves, but liberals too. Except the libs hire immigrants to do landscaping, rake the leaves, and then leave them in bags for trash guys to pick them up where they'll go to a landfill or be burned or whatever.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The sound of a leafblower makes me wanna go nuclear

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh my god if I were given any level of political power literally the first thing I’d do is ban gas leaf blowers. Electric ones are on thin ice.

For thousands of years we’ve had a device to remove dirt and leaves from paths, it’s called a BROOM. They’ve played us for absolute fools.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

california has already passed a ban on them (for 2024). those little two-strokes are extremely dirty, it's not like they've got a catalytic converter or anything

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Ah, the sound of the changing seasons, as the interminable BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR of lawnmowers becomes the interminable BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR of leafblowers

Who wanted to hear the wind or the birds anyway?