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Showerthoughts

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We are engaged in a mutually beneficial, parasitic relationship with nature (lemmyunchained.net)
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Half shower thought, half stoner thought. It may seem obvious, but I was dwelling on the point for a while, deeper and deeper.

We exist in a symbiotic relationship with nature, a sort of balanced trade of breaths. Trees release oxygen which we breathe in to survive, and in return, we release carbon dioxide that fuels their photosynthesis. In this manner, we are locked in a reciprocal, almost parasitic yet mutually beneficial relationship with nature.

We are entwined in an unending dance with the natural world, each sustaining the one other.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except the trees would survive just fine without us. It's not really symbiotic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I thought it would still be symbiotic even if they don’t need us, but we need them. Isn’t that the parasitic part?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Part of you will probably become a tree in the future