You Know I've Thought About This And I Think Soil Scientists Might Be The Collectively Nerdiest Area-of-study-based

you know I've thought about this and I think soil scientists might be the collectively nerdiest area-of-study-based group of people I have every come across. like, in every group of people, there are those who are fanatics, but there are also those who are just kind of there without being too obsessed, but every single soil scientist I have met has been totally bananas for soil.

laurel is just bay. like bay leaves. I feel so betrayed why did I not know this

smectite goes crazy fr

"anything you want can be hot ben" - past me

was waiting to cross the street and the person in front of me had a pretty much unadorned backpack save for an attack on titan pin and I was like wow that's so me fr. I'm standing right behind you and we're the only ones waiting to cross this street and I don't care much for attack on titan but all I have on my backpack rn is a sakura miku charm

for valentine's day I am going to tell everyone on the internet that I think bouquets of just roses are dumb.

why? because really, the only reason you would want a bouquet of only roses is to show off how much money you have. roses are expensive. one standard rose at market price is usually about $20 (USD), like if you get it from a wholesaler or something. floral shops usually upcharge for arrangement and also so they can have a profit.

now, you may think about your local grocery store and their bouquets and go "uh I'm pretty sure they do not charge like $100 for their bouquets." this is because they are also probably NOT MAKING BOUQUETS OF ONLY ROSES. also, grocery stores aren't necessarily exactly the most prime location to find super high quality flowers, perhaps. it's a grocery store, my dude.

also, a bunch of roses doesn't look that good. like, dang, at least throw in some foliage or something. that's Boring. and also lazy. what, you couldn't afford to get an actual arrangement because you spend all your money on like a dozen roses? that's like $240 at market price btw

long story short, a bouquet of literally just roses is, in my opinion, in bad taste because the lack of other materials is lazy and frankly unattractive, and therefore the only purpose of doing this is to show off your wealth.

once upon a time I watched a few episodes of 90-day fiance. in the show, there were these two separate guys who both went to the airport with a bouquet. one was with roses, tulips, foliage, and I think some baby's breath. the other was pretty much the same in terms of size and composition, except replace all the tulips with roses.

if they hadn't already told you who was more rich (they had. they made a big point of telling you how rich that one guy was. it was important), you could have told just from the bouquets. standard tulips, at market price, are approximately $2.50 per stem.

think about the price of roses ($20).

now think about the price of tulips ($2.50) again.

now, both of these bouquets were actually objectively alright, in my opinion. I mean, I didn't really like either that much (my preference is 3 roses per arrangement max. I like a variety of flowers.) but the baby's breath was a tremendous help to the rich guy's arrangement, for one thing, and I'm always a fan of foliage (foliage my beloved). I don't really like cut tulips that much (they're just so squishy), but I did really appreciate the variety, so that was also a huge plus.

um. anyways. don't be lazy and get an affordable and attractive arrangement of not just roses.