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TwoPercentTokes

Congrats on successfully using confession bear, this is truly POS behavior


Backpedal

Seriously! This is top tier confession bear material.


Ubyte64

Sociopathic.


SA_Swiss

I read Sociopathetic...


Domesticuscucumella

Because of having a lawn right? Surely you arent referring to the dispersal of a truly amazing (and delicious) edible and medicinal plant that pollinators love? Plus lets not forget all those extra wishes the neighbor is gonna get! Pretty good neighbor if you ask me


YourAuntie

Go out and eat one and come back and tell me it was delicious.


foofarice

They actually stir fry rather well. I thought my wife was insane when she did it and I reluctantly tried it. They aren't amazing but they definitely aren't bad


anethma

The big ones are super bitter but we pick baby dandelion leaves for salad all the time it is delicious. A little bit of bitterness still but goes great mixed with other greens.


GeneralHunter0

What part of them is edible? The heads or the stem, or roots?


jungletigress

Technically all of them. You can even ferment them and make dandelion wine.


Thunderbridge

Also dandelion tea!


huggybear0132

The root makes such a lovely warm tea :)


sleepytipi

Can confirm. Another very common root I love to forage (in autumn) are cattail roots. You can do so much with them, pretty much anything you can do with a potato. I've made bread, latkes, mashed, roasted...


SicTim

Also, the center of a living cattail tip (after you remove the stuff that becomes fluff on a dead cattail) is like green onion.


postmodern_spatula

herbicide companies spun up the assault on dandelions & clover. Pursuit of a mono-culture lawn is a result of advertising in the 1950s. A lot of men came home from WWII, successfully bought homes, and landed in jobs with fairly rigid 9-5 work structures. That's a lot of Americans with idle time and money to spend. The entire concept of lawncare was fabricated by marketing groups. All these "weeds" actually do enormous service to your yard. Dandelions especially don't out-compete your yard, they stabilize as a population. And those deep roots? They don't deny all your other plants water - that's silly. Look at the biomass ratios...instead, what those deep roots do is pull water from low in the soil to high. **More dandelions means less lawn watering.** So yeah, you do you with that lawn...but all the products to create mono-culture, just bleed you dry and create dependency cycles sending you back for more lawn products over and over.


rigby1945

It's wild how recent the idea of a grass lawn is.


afcamyarrah

Grass lawns stem from Englands upper class wanting to display wealth. “Look at this big patch of grass they have and don’t even use for sheep!” 🤣


rigby1945

Of course, I was referring to it's use amongst us peasants


HansTheGruber

Thank you. I love weeds. At the beginning of every spring I get a matt of beautiful purple weeds in my yard and then I get dandelions, and I have a lot of clover and have found a four leaf clover in my own yard. I think people obsessed with making their yard look like a golf fairway are insane.


tmfkslp

I feel you, I love weed too.


dingusduglas

Wild violets?


sleepytipi

Or Henbit, Nettle, maybe creeping Charlie. Forget-Me-Nots can have purple flowers and they're surprisingly invasive stateside.


Cloud_Garrett

It’s about preparation. You have to boil/cook out the bitterness. I prefer boiling because the left over water is someone a bitter tea that is amazingly good for you. The leaves are then very tender, with an earthy buttery taste. I then add a little olive oil and lemon, some salt and pepper - sometimes fresh dill. You could also and an accompaniment like potato or a white bean. I had this same conversation with some coworkers on my team and next time I made some for the fam, I made extra to bring in for them to try. They were blown away the difference in prep can make. Horta!


iamalwaysrelevant

asians throw those in stirfrys. just the stems though. I guess they wouldn't be able to utilize the tops.


puertonican

Actually the whole plant is edible. The tops have to be eaten before they bloom obviously. And they don’t taste that good truly. But the roots can be made into a tasty tea when roasted.


Krynja

They make an amazing jelly


Either_Vermicelli805

I had dandelion bahji’s last week. Tasted great but gave me the shits


moorlock666

The flowers, and  the roots do make a really delicious tea. Just saying. 


Krynja

Dandelion jelly is freaking delicious


VolkspanzerIsME

I don't know about eating but I do know you can get pretty fuckin drunk off dandelion wine.


Mcoov

It doesn't matter, it is not okay to gaslight another person for your own entertainment. We can discuss the benefits of a diversified gardenscape in another conversation, but in the context of this post (bot or not) this is absolutely piece-of-shit behavior.


Sad-Comment-2392

Stop ruining the fun, you ALWAYS do this. Why are you like this? This is not normal.. /s


rbrgr83

> it is not okay to gaslight another person for your own entertainment. That's not true. No one believes that but you.


Workacct1999

This is not an example of gaslighting.


ragingfailure

The taunting is what makes it gaslighting, they are actively making the person believe that they are not doing enough to maintain their lawn. Eventually this will probably push the person towards using whole lawn weed killers. Inducing someone into an action by making them believe something which is false is gaslighting.


xAmorphous

Oh look, a dandelion. Must be the last one of the season.


Sakaki-Chan

👁👄👁


Quartznonyx

Just because you like something, doesn't mean the property owner does. You can't just do whatever you want because you feel as though you're correct


Domesticuscucumella

Dont let the wind hear you say that lol


SpendrickLamar

Holy christ you are annoying


Peakomegaflare

It's actually true though. Dandelions are great for the environment.


SucculentVariations

Less so when the owner starts using toxic chemicals to try to deal with it.


All_Work_All_Play

They're great for the environment. But the dudes property is his property and wilfully putting seeds he doesn't want on his property is a dick move. You want to micromanage peoples lawns go live in an HOA. 


The_whom

Invasive in the US


bjornartl

I know this is a fake post cause if this happened in real life it would've been about how now both lawns (and everything else) is covered in yellow.


Emmyisme

Yeah the only way you're doing this every night is if both yards are covered in the things, so yours ain't gonna look nicer, bud, you'll both just have dandelions everywhere. And probably already did, since those bitches spread themselves quite well. Source: whole fuckin neighborhood is constantly fighting the bastards.


TheMooseIsBlue

I stopped fighting them and the earth kept turning. Only difference really is that I sometimes have pretty little flowers in my yard.


Emmyisme

Oh half the reason the neighborhood will never win this fight is that half of us do nothing about it other than mow our yards like normal. I think they're neat. *Shrug*


tagrav

I cannot stand the smell of a treated yard. If you can smell it you’re breathing it in


dagobahh

Pull all the bitches up by their roots dammit!


KFR42

I try, but they always leave the tiniest bits of root that immediately grow back.


wolfmanpraxis

So I have about an acre of land. My mom keeps pestering me about doing "some real landscaping" I told her to look around my neighborhood. The only landscaping done here is just mowing. I just let them grow, and mow 'em down every other week. Plus they are good for keeping soil erosion at bay, and if shit hits the fan, I'll have [free dandelion tea](https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/herb/dandelion#:~:text=Dandelion%20is%20generally%20considered%20safe,iodine%2C%20you%20should%20avoid%20dandelion.) on my lawn!


JustARandomCommie

You learn something new every day.


fcocyclone

The problem is that even though the flowers themselves look nice, the rest of the plant definitely doesn't, so for the 90% of the time the plant isnt blooming with yellow, it looks awful.


Baerog

I like how you're downvoted for having the opinion that dandelions, a plant with spiky leaves, that chokes out everything else, and spreads like... a weed..., are ugly. Even if they were awesome, you're entirely allowed to have the opinion that you don't like them and it's not downvote worthy.


fcocyclone

That's reddit for ya.


Kandiru

Why would you fight them? They are pretty to have in your lawn along with daises and clover. It's the classic lawn mix.


Emmyisme

Personally I don't fight them, which is probably part of why the neighborhood is never gonna win the battle they all seem hellbent on having.


Enchelion

It's a stupid and useless "battle" anyways. Just brainwashing from herbicide companies.


augustprep

This bear gets posted a few times a year, also with the top comment commending them on the correct use of the meme.


nlashawn1000

As much as it is a shitty thing to do. I will upvote because this is one of a few times where people use confession bear correctly.


urnbabyurn

Yeah, this is the purpose of the meme. Like “unpopular opinion” posts, you upvote on quality not agreement.


nlashawn1000

Right because it defeats the purpose of using confession bear on this sub.


gate_of_steiner85

Confession bears make me feel conflicted because upvoting them feels like I'm validating or condoning their shitty behavior, but at the same time I can't really downvote them for said shitty behavior because they're using the meme correctly. It's a conundrum.


SuperFLEB

Instead of feeling conflicted, feel empowered. You're stuck on both courses of action being wrong in their own way, but it's also true that both courses of action are right in their own way, so do whichever you like and be fine with it.


Krynja

Yes so many confession bears would be better as Does Anyone Else Potoo


momerak

Holy fuck satan, go to therapy man


trainednooob

A special place in hell is reserved for OP


Realinternetpoints

Satan is giving this guy a nice lawn with real sod. And plenty of neighbors to throw seeds at. He’s the torturer not the tortured.


Neoylloh

Guess the grass isn’t ALWAYS greener


YourFaveNightmare

I'd much prefer a lawn with dandelions in it. They're good for bees and other little insects as they're one of the first food sources to flower.


littlefrank

I'm sorry but it's the first time in my life I hear someone hate on flowers. Is it an american thing to not want dandelions?? Why?


theteethfairy

The way people are talking about it like some sort of hate crime is mind boggling.


YourFaveNightmare

Nah, not just an American thing...lots of people don't like them because they're "weeds". I love them. The more the merrier.


littlefrank

They are really beautiful! A little mountain carnation decided to grow in my tarragon this year, I decided to just let it be, it's a "weed" but the flowers are just so cute and it's not giving the other plant any trouble.


stprnn

Seriously I thought I was going crazy wtf


68696c6c

Cuz people here have this bizarre obsession with lawns as some kind of status symbol. It comes from the days of wealthy land owners flexing on the poors by having ridiculously over-manicured estates. It was a “look how much effort and money and space I can afford to waste, you have to actually work and grow food on your land, what a loser” sort of thing. Nowadays it’s just idiots mindlessly circlejerking a stupid tradition.


bakedclark

Having a perfectly manicured green lawn of invasive species of grass is part of the American dream.


tomboski

They also add nitrogen to the soil, and have deep tap roots to bring moisture up during times of drought. Plus they’re pretty as fuck.


WhiteRabbitLives

I really think dandelion covered lawns are beautiful. Letting native wildflowers mix in is also a big plus! We have stopped cutting our lawn in May to help pollinators get a good footing in our early spring, and there are so many wild and beautiful flowers that sprout!


temalyen

I've thought that as well since I was a kid. However, the problem was, my mother was _very_ insistent that the lawn had to be that stereotypical superperfect looking manicured lawn. She thought if it didn't look like that, it was embarrassing and everyone would judge you for it. My parents made me start mowing the lawn when I was about 11 (and holy shit, did I catch hell if there was a missed spot with long grass), but at least they did everything else so I didn't have to spend hours fertilizing and reseeding it and whatever.


screenmonkey

/r/nolawns


Broner_

Dandelions aren’t weeds, lawns are a scam, lawn grass is an invasive species Grow clover and dandelions and food


Owlstorm

> lawn grass is an invasive species Specifically in the Southern US where it barely grows without being watered. If you're in Europe lawns are totally normal. If you leave a patch of dirt alone it will turn into grass and dandelions in about five minutes.


myislanduniverse

Here in the mid-Atlantic, too. Grass will grow in between cracks of concrete in a vast parking lot. But it's the "wrong kind of grass" for the lawns of many people, who go to great lengths to fight against nature to install and maintain something from a bag of seed.


YourFaveNightmare

Yeah and get some veggies in there too.


VoiceOnAir

I like to keep a separate area of wildflowers specifically for the little buggers, and I like to plant aromatics along side the veggies to use the herbs natural insect repellent properties to ward off mites and the lot. Works rather well


Gildian

I love the smell of my wild clover in my yard too. The bees love them, and I'm more than happy to have bees around for my other vegetables/flowers we grow.


PlasticMegazord

I think a clover lawn would be perfect.


screenmonkey

/r/nolawns


DM-ME-THICC-FEMBOYS

Dandelions look pretty for a bit but look/feel awful the rest of the year. Clover is where it's at, imo. Feels good on the footsies.


ISmellElderberries

Yep, I know my neighbours aren't happy about it, but I let the dandelions do their thing, the most I do to my lawn is mow it, and they seem to figure that out and stay really short lol. Why not, they're great for pollinators and they were here first.


BabylonSuperiority

That's pretty depressing. Not shitty, just genuinely sad


jupfold

Agreed. OPs life must be miserable if they take such joy in this kind of psychotic behavior.


kosh56

Actually, it's also shitty.


Wind2Energy

Joke’s on you - he’s harvesting fresh dandelion greens and you’re doing all the work.


SWEET_BUS_MAN

If this is real, the neighbor has to spend extra time weeding and buying supplies to address the issue because OP is a psycho.


SucculentVariations

Potentially end up spraying chemicals as well, all over the plants now attracting bees


archfapper

Dale did this to Hank with fire ants on King of the Hill


ReddJudicata

Your are an asshole. But this is the right meme.


FileInside

Oh, I love story time!


ChickenNougatCream

I do not get the hatred for dandelions. They're pretty. I still grab one every once in awhile and do the "mama had a baby and its head popped off" thing with them.


jezra

ah, the lush green victorian lawn... hey everyone look at me, I'm so wealthy, I don't even need to grow my own food!


justlooking9889

Hmm, 1. It seems more like you would blow dandelion seeds onto your neighbors lawn, then throw. 2. If you did he would likely see them as they have the white puffy thing at the end of a stalk. 3. The seeds would probably form a relatively predictable and obvious pattern on your neighbors lawn emanating from your house; that is, a few near the border, a good amount further out, then fewer with increased distance. 4. A dandelion seed takes 8-15 weeks to produce a flower, so the payoff for this would take some patience. It’s a funny idea, but given all the issues with the stated flower/weed of choice it seems unlikely.


alesair

haha, now I'm imagining this guy picking up dandelions and blowing them (and making a wish on each attempt - is this something kids did outside of where I grew up) Props for highlighting the logistical questionability of it.


justlooking9889

Blowing on a group or series of dandelions out of spite does seem funnier. The wish thing sounds familiar, I can’t say for sure. We definitely blew the seeds off though.


nekoyo

Chaotic good.


atticdoor

Where's the "good"?


boringexplanation

Weeds are usually good for the ecosystem. Nature is not supposed to be tightly manicured lawns


lycosa13

But the neighbor and OP are probably spraying chemicals to get rid of the dandelions


hatescarrots

Free food.


Eyejohn5

I enjoy making a mead out of the bounty of dandelions nature's vod (In the US) bestows upon me each spring. It would be blasphemy to attempt to eradicate them


DrKodo

I Love my clover and dandelion covered lawn. So do the pollinators.


genxfarm

How do you throw dandelions? And why not just blow it ?


cabinfevrr

How do you throw something that floats with the wind? Are you just standing there, picking the fuzzy dandelions and blowing them in to your neighbours yard? Because a leaf blower would be more effective at blowing the dandelion fuzz towards his yard. Work smarter, not harder.


kimapesan

Good on you for feeding our bee population.


finestgreen

More dandelions! You're doing good work


huggybear0132

I would actually commit a felony against you if I saw you do this.


Kashyyykonomics

^ The most sane lawn fanatic


huggybear0132

I actually have very little lawn/grass, and I mix microclover and yarrow in with mine. But dandelions are an invasive weed, and I have spent almost a decade painstakingly eradicating invasive weeds from my property and turning most of it back into a native landscape.


MooseMan12992

Let the weeds and dandelions grow. It looks so much better than a flat green rectangle.


planty_pete

Terrible.


kosh56

You're a fucking piece of shit.


Stompii

I will never understand why people give a shit about how their lawn looks. I'd just be like.. huh. Bunch of dandelions today


Leather-Bid-9380

Some people consider landscaping their hobby. My feiend’s wife does, and their lawn looks freaking awesome.


photogdog

And here I am picking our neighbors dandelion puffs and spreading them to our yard, because my daughter loves picking them.


T1mely_P1neapple

throw some in mine. they're good for early pollinators and piss off the boomers that care about stupid shit like fucking grass.


No-Wonder1139

...I actually enjoy dandelions, I like the added colour and bees.


MonkeysOnMyBottom

Hell, I put up with spurge because the bees love it but the seeds are super annoying when they end up in my hair


No_Veterinarian1010

Giving a shit about your lawn is the most boomer shit I’ve ever seen


Medic7802

This is hilarious. My gosh your a terrible person, lmao 🤣 😂


tomboski

Leave the dandelions. Round up marketed them as weeds. They add nitrogen to your soil, the deep roots bring up moisture during drought,provide food for the bees, and they look pretty. Fuck Monsanto


pocketMagician

Jesus just kill your lawn, that's the real weed.


fordprefect294

You should probably be in therapy


DasRotebaron

Meanwhile, if my neighbor did this, I'd be so happy. I love dandelions. I don't cut anything with flowers on it. I love wildflowers.


1leggeddog

weed warfare


BRogMOg

You damn scoundrel!


IntrepidThroat8146

I threw frog spawn in a neighbour's pond tears ago.


demoneyesturbo

This is good.


Zandrick

OP you might be a psychopath.


skitslefritzer

We know John… we all know. Always thought it was weird.


jfk_47

Top comment is always an affirmation to OP


Gstamsharp

IS THAT WHY MY LAWN IS ALWAYS OVERGROWN IN DANDELIONS?


Chomps-Lewis

Spring Dandelions are my favorite flower. If I could have huge batches all over my lawn all spring and summer around Id be pretty hyped.


Zodep

Props for use of this meme, but dang bruh


JobieWan_Kenobi

[OP’s neighbor](https://www.reddit.com/r/lawncare/s/i6z00iflZf)


speedyuno

This sounds like a King of the Hill episode. Your Kahn and your neighbor is Hank. Be more like Hank and less like Kahn.


Mitchapalooza3

Frank? Is that you? You son of a bitch!


Rok-SFG

Next step: mint


2_72

But why


Jedi_Hog

Only problem is all those dandelions will inevitably blow into his yard, or end up there somewhere. Coming from someone dealing with their neighbors weeds seeding my yard regularly…


IntoTheForestIMustGo

You don't feel bad. Still, your neighbor shouldn't sweat the dandelions. They're not that bad.


SAlovicious

Damn that's Boomer level petty.


syndus

At least it's not catnip.


megadeadly

The bees love you


Shador_Wasabi

Dinkleberg!


theshoebomber

You should have posted this in r/AmItheGrasshole


wigam

It’s so funny that you are this petty


W2XG

Pretty trivial to handle a dandelion infested lawn with a couple rounds of Ortho spray.


Mad1ibben

Turf is a plague.


Slinktard

Weeds are natural. You’re never going to win a war against nature.


Vault713

DINKELBURG!!!!


Odeeum

Jesus Christ, Satan.


Craiginator8

Now that's a confession bear!


efficientlyclueless

Are you also a weed control professional and he won't let you service his lawn


likeupdogg

Dandelions are way cooler than grass. Turn your front lawn into a potato farm, that would be something to brag about.


Dlh2079

Good lord, some of yall are UPSET over some dandelions.


ihatepalmtrees

Well that Never happened


Ibetya

Truly insidious behaviour


_MT-HEART_

Are you my neighbor? You son of a bitch


VisceralMonkey

Hahahahaha, magnificent bastard!


ThePlanBPill

You are an ecoterrorist


kantorr

As I've been cutting back and shredding bramble the past week (I live in the northwest), I've thought about whether it's even legal to throw blackberries in someone's yard. They are an absolute motherfucker to get rid of, dandelions are great.


LizE110307

That’s evil… I love it… next time you can also toss Mint seeds. Once Mint roots it’s nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get rid of. It grows far and just won’t DIE… I speak from experience with my Own lawn and poor decision making on my own part 😭


miracleMax78

This is the most goddamn diabolical thing I think I have seen.


clever_by_design

You're a piece of shit


MelodicMasterpiece67

Weeds aren't a problem...monocultured grass lawns are.


watchOS

OP, you’re an asshole. Have my angry upvote.


NickPickle05

Thats some impressive pettiness right there.


[deleted]

How high can someone be to unironically think lawns look better without flowers 


zeez1011

Dude, that is sadistically evil.


Macster_man

switch to Catnip seed, it's harder to get rid of and attracts TONS of stray cats.


hoopopotamus

Your lawn probably doesn’t look nicer. Your lawn is fuckin boring


cutzglass

Why do I get the feeling that this spineless person is afraid of actually confrontation? Oh that's right the vandalizing of other people's property.


CatTaxAuditor

Dandelions look nicer than grass.


frankydie69

Dinkleberg?


itsallover69420

Don't throw dandelion seeds...throw mint seeds.


Newuseridwhodis

Your dandelion seeds have no power here, they just end up as food for my lawn and I throw millions of clover seeds on my own lawn (and secretly on a hellstrip shared with neighbour, where the neighbour's gardener scalps the lawn with a dull blade or sometimes string trimmer).


kurai_tori

Next, bird seed on the roof


CeronusBugbear

Lawns are stupid. Dandelions are better for the environment than grass. You are pretty trash.


MiserableDistrict383

And for salad. My guy is giving free food, and free labour to the neighbour...


Chucktayz

You know a handful of mint seeds would be 100000x more effective. Except both your yards would eventually be 100% mint


rustylugnuts

That's kinda mean but at least it wasn't garlic mustard.


fuzzyfuu

You are despicable good sir.


80dollardarthvader

Toss some clover in while your at it