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Borders (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by [M] to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 11 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Wind blows, trees' branches rub together and snap off twigs growing at the ends, creating gaps. They grow again, next windy day, they break again.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    So you’re telling me that border skirmishes are completely natural?

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    No I'm telling you that if you're rooted to the ground close enough to a similarly rooted neighbors and the wind makes both of your arms wiggle hard enough, you might lose a finger. People can accommodate neighbors, move freely, and shelter from the winds.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago*

    If we were hunter gatherers I might believe you. People are just as rooted as trees. Almost nothing that sustains our civilization is mobile. Crops, forests, water supplies, minerals, etc...

    If a freak famine (wind) causes a mass migration (swaying branches) onto your finite and fixed resources (canopy space), someone must lose fingers.

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