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[–] 76 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Almost certainly a bit of performance art. Makes for some interesting imagery, and provocative enough to be posted and discussed here. So he’s done well.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Except there is no science behind it, and if anything, it misses the point and implies a person can live off a single house plant.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    I think it's implying that

    1. Draw attention to the point that we depend on plants to breathe.
    2. A general dystopian portrayal of natural air becoming poisonous and that we will need supplemental O2.
    3. A point about how even air will be owned and sold to us in the future when billionaires have made natural air unbreathable. More subscriptions to stay alive.

    Like most art. The artist allows for multiple interpretations unless they state otherwise.

    But usually the point is it's interpretive. Because the interpretation is personal. Subjective. And becomes more about the viewer than the view.

    As with my 3 suggestions. Those points say more about me than they do about the artist.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    If this is New York, you'd need to put a baby in that jar to get anyone to do more than glance.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    That lousy plant ain't doing shit to clean the air. You need like 100 gallons of algae for 1 adult, what is half a litre of a plant species going to do that also wastes energy on supporting tissue?

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago

    This man hates socialism so much he bought a plant and made that contraption so he can have private oxygen.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago

    ITT people assuming it is for the human. I think this guy loves his plant and wants to ensure it gets an abundant supply of CO2 rich air.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    Cheaper than the canned air stuff after a while

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    There was actually a guy who did an experiment to find out what you need to be self sufficient with plant-based CO2 recycling. He used large containers of algae with powerful lights and water stirring to stimulate the process and it was barely enough.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWRkzvcb9FQ

    So that guy in the picture is faking it big time

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Why not both?

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    That does not look like a nut tree.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Emotional support fern.

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

    I saw a guy in YouTube test it. You need a shit ton of plants to produce enough O2 for one person. I'll find the vid...

    video

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    When he slept in, I will detatch the pipe from the container and hold it to my butt and fart.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    How many aphids do you think they've accidentally eaten by now?

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