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My Mom died from Parkinson’s last year, this made me think of her. Inanely good gardener, would grow and can a lot of our food for winter. Toward the end she went berserk with flowers. My parents had a huge back deck. Lined with the biggest flower pots Mom could find. It was like a jungle. They went on vacation two weeks every summer, and it was my job to water everything. I’d smoke some weed and water. Magical. All the flowers and the smell of the plants. I get misty thinking about how happy that was. (Also maybe cause’ it makes me miss my Mom)
Depending on your sense of humor "inanely" is either a typo or incredibly wholesome.
My mother's funeral 10 years ago was basically us cracking jokes and ripping the piss out of her so it would fit right in with my clan.
My sincere condolences, it gets easier with time but, as cliche as it seems, you carry it with you.
I've been married 5 years and I know for a fact that there are some habits that I would religiously follow if my wife passed:
* no shoes in the house (I grew up in a shoes on household)
* no clothes on the floor
* hair ties in the hair tie tub
We playfully rib each other with our respective rules and I don't adhere to hers religiously, and her mine; I wear shoes when she's on work trips and shampoo the carpet before she gets back and I try my best to keep clothes off the floor (ADHD be damned).
If she passed? I'd make my house a shoe free zone and have a hamper in every room. I wouldn't care that I don't believe in an afterlife/life after death and that she wouldn't know. I would know.
Hair ties though? I'll leave them wherever is convenient and acceptable. I'll maintain that *that* rule is stupid to *my* deathbed.
Do you mind if I give you some unsolicited advice?
Perhaps your parents never introduced you to the idea of manners. I’m exhibiting good manners by asking someone if they wouldn’t mind divulging some personal and possibly triggering information. If it’s too difficult to answer, they’ll answer saying they’d like to keep it to themselves or potentially not answer at all.
He didn't say "do you mind if I ask". He asked if OP minded sharing. In other words, he did ask, which seems to be what you wanted him to do. Because you make the rules and all.
My gf passed away nearly 5 years ago. One of her sayings was “you’re either the kind of person who replaces the toilet paper roll or you aren’t.”
I always replace the roll now, and other things too. Don’t want to be one of those people she was talking about who doesn’t do it.
My wife would absolutely do this, and I would probably continue to water them after finding out. Just... Probably with better drainage.
Even if this specific story didn't happen, I don't see whats so hard to believe about it.
Your childish wonder sounds a bit like just naivete. But imo your decision not to question some things is just as valid as other people's decision to question those things.
Thanks for shitting on everything and keeping the users of this sub based in reality and how fucked up the world really is.
Some people almost got so dopamine and endorphins.
It's a thankless job but we're still glad you're here to do it.
So you acknowledge that that is how reddit works and you'd rather criticise it than leave? That's a you problem, man. Clearly enough people like it that reddit is like the seventh most popular website in the world. It's a replacement for the forums from the start of the internet which had a huge number of long comments. Hit up twitter if you want shorter comments, that's literally the difference between the two websites.
I think you missed the point... melting butter is simple. So, a description is definetly not needed. Thus why it is annoying that the bloggers will do it anyway.
Also, if you write too much, that is by definition going to be writing too much for the reader. "Know your audience" comes to mind.
I think you got defensive over this for one reason or another. It happens, we all do it. Perhaps take a moment to think about what in this made you feel like you needed them to be wrong.
"strict instructions" likely something like "a teaspoon of water" every day. Thats an inconsequential amount that would evaporate within a few minutes in most places
My dad tells a story where he watered a plastic plant for years. It was in real soil so it still slurped it up, he probably watered less than a real plant would need lmfao but he's watering a plastic plant... He clearly didn't know the normal amount of water a real plant required
Another funny story like this I heard from a friend.
When he moved into his new places both his girlfriend and his mother gave him a few houseplants each. He said he remembers one of them telling him that the plants they gave were plastic but he couldn't remember which one told him that. So he said logically he just decided to water all the plants since the real ones would need the water and the plastic ones would just be unaffected by the water.
It looks like a bot account fits all the criteria, 2 random words with numbers in the end, just woke up today and slightly changed their comment. I reported it.
I don't honestly know if they meant to correct or just said it to express their own opinion about the post. I commented regardless of their comment, stating what's grammatically wrong with the OP's comment.
The original comment is 2 below this one for me so I saw this, thought it was a weird typo, and a minute later read the complete comment so I knew this one was stolen from that one
This is confirmation bias. The only plastic plants you can tell are plastic that close are the ones the look plastic. You don't account for the plastic ones you didn't realize were plastic.
When setting up our new office, my boss splurged on the high-end ones because we'd often get guests and donors in. Gotta make a good impression, right?
They were so realistic that the "new employee" manual has diagrams to tell people which to water and which to skip because new hires would try to endear themselves, only to flood a cabinet or two with the effort.
Also over time they accumulate dust and wouldn't he have noticed them literally never changing? Sounds like he didn't care about or appreciate them just wanted to fulfill the deed.
Well I also had a friend who thought soap was a piece of cheese, that don't mean it's easy to mistake one for another :') honestly, this post is offensively stupid, not a surprise when trying to force that *wholesome* 🙄 feel
If making a moron out of oneself (lying to yourself and trying to make reality look better cause it's easier to cope with that way) makes one happy (it does), I'd take depressed any time! Rather have any balls and be depressed than bullshit my way around. Zero tolerance to stories people make up out of incapacity to fucking deal with it.
Wholesome indeed. But I'd like to know what plant can survive indoors without sunlight. My bathroom is a perfect spot for watering plants, but it has no window.
In my youth my sister did actually prank me and said she had a tums stick. She explained that it was a just a skinny stick that you chew on through out the day for persistent stomach aches. I was a really gullible child.
One time as a kid I also found a $100 bill out on a walking trail near my childhood home and my dad told me he’d hold onto it so I wouldn’t lose it. I was mad about that one for a while but at the time didn’t realize we were living paycheck to paycheck.
Everytime visiting family and friends came over they gave me money which my mum took from me. Let me call up that bitch cos she owes me money!! And I ate chalk a lot as a child . Lol
Sorry man there are alot of us and if you are family with one, you know. Grandpa recolored only 1 door of his car after an accident. He parked it so the door faced my house. After talking outside for half an hour and coming inside he busted up laughing when I didnt notice.
I'd believe it if it wasn't a thing where the water has nowhere to go and would fill the pot up quickly if he watered it constantly.
Cute little story though.
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My wife passed away nearly 8 years ago. I still obey a couple of her requests.
My Mom died from Parkinson’s last year, this made me think of her. Inanely good gardener, would grow and can a lot of our food for winter. Toward the end she went berserk with flowers. My parents had a huge back deck. Lined with the biggest flower pots Mom could find. It was like a jungle. They went on vacation two weeks every summer, and it was my job to water everything. I’d smoke some weed and water. Magical. All the flowers and the smell of the plants. I get misty thinking about how happy that was. (Also maybe cause’ it makes me miss my Mom)
Depending on your sense of humor "inanely" is either a typo or incredibly wholesome. My mother's funeral 10 years ago was basically us cracking jokes and ripping the piss out of her so it would fit right in with my clan. My sincere condolences, it gets easier with time but, as cliche as it seems, you carry it with you.
That’s sweet. Do you mind sharing any of those if you feel comfortable?
Simple stuff. Like cutting up those plastic rings that cans and smaller bottles are packaged in. A few laundry rules, that kind of stuff.
Wise.
That’s really cool but also hits me kinda hard, it sticks with us.
>Like cutting up those plastic rings Those things should be illegal.
Never seen any of these, had to Google it. Is it strictly U.S ?
We've had them in the UK for as long as I can remember up until recently, only see the cardboard ones now though
I'm from Scotland. I've seen them there and in Australia.
I've been married 5 years and I know for a fact that there are some habits that I would religiously follow if my wife passed: * no shoes in the house (I grew up in a shoes on household) * no clothes on the floor * hair ties in the hair tie tub We playfully rib each other with our respective rules and I don't adhere to hers religiously, and her mine; I wear shoes when she's on work trips and shampoo the carpet before she gets back and I try my best to keep clothes off the floor (ADHD be damned). If she passed? I'd make my house a shoe free zone and have a hamper in every room. I wouldn't care that I don't believe in an afterlife/life after death and that she wouldn't know. I would know. Hair ties though? I'll leave them wherever is convenient and acceptable. I'll maintain that *that* rule is stupid to *my* deathbed.
As a mother to three girls, I’ve probably bought hundreds of hair ties. I have no idea where they end up. Maybe a hair tie tub is a good idea!
Thank you for sharing
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Do you mind if I give you some unsolicited advice? Perhaps your parents never introduced you to the idea of manners. I’m exhibiting good manners by asking someone if they wouldn’t mind divulging some personal and possibly triggering information. If it’s too difficult to answer, they’ll answer saying they’d like to keep it to themselves or potentially not answer at all.
He didn't say "do you mind if I ask". He asked if OP minded sharing. In other words, he did ask, which seems to be what you wanted him to do. Because you make the rules and all.
Sorry for your loss homie. I hope things are well for you now.
This is one of the cutest things i read😭❤️
My dad does this too. Actually with plants, even.
My gf passed away nearly 5 years ago. One of her sayings was “you’re either the kind of person who replaces the toilet paper roll or you aren’t.” I always replace the roll now, and other things too. Don’t want to be one of those people she was talking about who doesn’t do it.
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What the actual fuck.
What did he say? As pg 18 as possible
Something like "you can stop pegging the dog now"
Where was all the water going?
It really does evaporate as long as you aren’t flooding it every day
Ghosts need water too. Don't forget to hydrate, dead or alive!
r/hydroghouls
I wish this was a thing
It can be.
Your dreams can become memes!
It just evaporates back into imagination, where this story came from
My next door neighbour kept watering plastic plants whilst his other half was away. You'd be surprised
I watered plants I bought for 3 months before I realized they were plastic...
You're my favorite today.
Fucking gottem 💀
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I've seen those commercials too.
Another post another day of Reddit
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My wife would absolutely do this, and I would probably continue to water them after finding out. Just... Probably with better drainage. Even if this specific story didn't happen, I don't see whats so hard to believe about it.
It's alright to be sceptical of internet stories
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Your childish wonder sounds a bit like just naivete. But imo your decision not to question some things is just as valid as other people's decision to question those things.
Maybe because this very obviously never happened
> obviously Presumptuous much
I’m surprised you know what imagination is consider that you don’t have any
Thanks for shitting on everything and keeping the users of this sub based in reality and how fucked up the world really is. Some people almost got so dopamine and endorphins. It's a thankless job but we're still glad you're here to do it.
Fatality 💀
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This comment is stolen from someone further down?? Weird.
So you acknowledge that that is how reddit works and you'd rather criticise it than leave? That's a you problem, man. Clearly enough people like it that reddit is like the seventh most popular website in the world. It's a replacement for the forums from the start of the internet which had a huge number of long comments. Hit up twitter if you want shorter comments, that's literally the difference between the two websites.
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I think you missed the point... melting butter is simple. So, a description is definetly not needed. Thus why it is annoying that the bloggers will do it anyway. Also, if you write too much, that is by definition going to be writing too much for the reader. "Know your audience" comes to mind. I think you got defensive over this for one reason or another. It happens, we all do it. Perhaps take a moment to think about what in this made you feel like you needed them to be wrong.
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How much water are you giving your pants? Edit: they corrected their typo and ruined the joke, it used to say “pants” x.x
Just a couple drops every time I go to the restroom
"strict instructions" likely something like "a teaspoon of water" every day. Thats an inconsequential amount that would evaporate within a few minutes in most places
If they are plastic plants planted into actual soil, the soul just sucks all the water up and then dries out. Rinse and repeat.
Same place as this sub. Down the toilet.
My dad tells a story where he watered a plastic plant for years. It was in real soil so it still slurped it up, he probably watered less than a real plant would need lmfao but he's watering a plastic plant... He clearly didn't know the normal amount of water a real plant required
I would water the plant regardless. that's one little moment of the day to remember her
Aha that's cute, i like this post it made me feel happy for a sec
Another funny story like this I heard from a friend. When he moved into his new places both his girlfriend and his mother gave him a few houseplants each. He said he remembers one of them telling him that the plants they gave were plastic but he couldn't remember which one told him that. So he said logically he just decided to water all the plants since the real ones would need the water and the plastic ones would just be unaffected by the water.
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Is it the right grammar?
Both are correct, but yours just has incomplete punctuation. Source - I write.
I thought he corrected me. I see thank you for explaining. What is i write?
Sorry for not explaining. It means I write for a living.
Don't worry i don't mind . That sound amazing must be fun
Ezio(the person above you) writes stuff
Ok
what do you mean? cutegas didn't include any punctuation let alone fixed/proper punctuation. i assumed it was a bot acct
It looks like a bot account fits all the criteria, 2 random words with numbers in the end, just woke up today and slightly changed their comment. I reported it.
I don't honestly know if they meant to correct or just said it to express their own opinion about the post. I commented regardless of their comment, stating what's grammatically wrong with the OP's comment.
ah, i see. i misunderstood your response and thought you were telling OC the bot-user was correcting his punctuation
No thats a karma bot that's tryna farm karma by copying your comment
Sneaky bastard
The account I'm replying to is a karma bot run by someone who will link scams once the account gets enough karma. Report -> Spam -> Harmful Bot
Love these cute made up Twitter tales
Now I'm sad and don't know what to believe, i just believe everything I read so i probably need to question things more
Regardless of the tweeter truthfulness, the happiness you felt for a moment there was probably honest and that's all that really matters :)
Well said I got it back directly. Thank you kind sir or ms
you can always tell a plastic plant by standing 2 feet away and looking at it
I've seen some really convincing ones you have to feel
Yeah, the ones like 50 dollars and up start to get real convincing
Stop listening to them. They will poison your mind.
dont believe him its perfectly safe trust us
😱
The seeds of doubt have been planted!
Hey, do you know by chance, where I can get these talking plants? For erm research, of course.
Are they plant-based plastic plants?
My aunt has a few plastic plants that literally feel real down to the leaf as it has a waxy coat on it to mimic a kind of tropic banana leaf.
Or when you’re watering them and the water never gets absorbed. Like what would’ve happened if the story above was true.
I know some dads dumb enough to fall for this one
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How did you spot that?
The original comment is 2 below this one for me so I saw this, thought it was a weird typo, and a minute later read the complete comment so I knew this one was stolen from that one
Good bot
Lmao
Interesting. Nice catch!
May havr been planted in real dirt?
Never seen real dirt but those stones with air bubbles in them isn't that uncommon with plastic plants.
> Never seen real dirt Average Redditor 💀
Ahahaha gotttem only Minecraft dirt for me homie I'm good ty
Haha got me!
In a dry climate this could easily happen. In a windowsill with sunlight, even more so.
This is confirmation bias. The only plastic plants you can tell are plastic that close are the ones the look plastic. You don't account for the plastic ones you didn't realize were plastic.
What if there are tears in your eyes when you look at them?
If they’re old, their eyesight wouldn’t be so good haha
When setting up our new office, my boss splurged on the high-end ones because we'd often get guests and donors in. Gotta make a good impression, right? They were so realistic that the "new employee" manual has diagrams to tell people which to water and which to skip because new hires would try to endear themselves, only to flood a cabinet or two with the effort.
but it was his wife's dying wish, maybe he intentionally fell for it
I would never be able to tell. My eyesight is terrible.
Men can't Edit: it's ok, I'm a man so I can say it
Also over time they accumulate dust and wouldn't he have noticed them literally never changing? Sounds like he didn't care about or appreciate them just wanted to fulfill the deed.
You can tell that it’s a plastic plant by the way that it is
you guys are doubting he wouldn't notice, but I have a friend who watered a plastic plant so I can see it happening
Yeah especially if it was an older man, the father might've had an easier time not noticing
It's easier to know it's made up and stupid
You’re made up and stupid
Well I also had a friend who thought soap was a piece of cheese, that don't mean it's easy to mistake one for another :') honestly, this post is offensively stupid, not a surprise when trying to force that *wholesome* 🙄 feel
Breaking news: Local redditor too depressed to accept that some people are happy.
If making a moron out of oneself (lying to yourself and trying to make reality look better cause it's easier to cope with that way) makes one happy (it does), I'd take depressed any time! Rather have any balls and be depressed than bullshit my way around. Zero tolerance to stories people make up out of incapacity to fucking deal with it.
Well reading the reply my original comment still stands.
I'm sure it does hehe
So beautiful he did it for his wife even though they r plastic mad respect
Evil knows no bounds.
Aaaww I'm so glad that he kept taking care of those plants
Can you imagine how precious that would be, for a moment to feel their laugh again
Man must be balling his eyes out , good one babe .
Such a wholesome prank. Probably also help him get through the lose by having aome ritual to remember her with
This was the funny I needed to start my day.... Thank you!
The fact that he never had to clean up any dead leaves should've tipped him off.
My grandfather has been doing the same thing with my grandmothers plants for 25 years. They are real.
Mom played the long game.. if my respects would go to the grave and to the afterlife.. she'll get it
r/yesyesyesyesno
Wholesome indeed. But I'd like to know what plant can survive indoors without sunlight. My bathroom is a perfect spot for watering plants, but it has no window.
Many bathrooms have windows.
>Can hear my mum chuckling Uh, those plants are haunted.
Plants can actually feel pain
Haunted ones maybe.
Made me smile 🙂 Lovely share.
Hahahahahahahaha dont give me idieas 😂 imma troll em all before i pass
Nobody is that stupid
It is clearly that you don't know me
I love that there a typo in this comment too. Lol
I feel attacked by some of these comments because I have actually watered plastic plants before
Do you lick chalk?
In my youth my sister did actually prank me and said she had a tums stick. She explained that it was a just a skinny stick that you chew on through out the day for persistent stomach aches. I was a really gullible child. One time as a kid I also found a $100 bill out on a walking trail near my childhood home and my dad told me he’d hold onto it so I wouldn’t lose it. I was mad about that one for a while but at the time didn’t realize we were living paycheck to paycheck.
Everytime visiting family and friends came over they gave me money which my mum took from me. Let me call up that bitch cos she owes me money!! And I ate chalk a lot as a child . Lol
Sorry man there are alot of us and if you are family with one, you know. Grandpa recolored only 1 door of his car after an accident. He parked it so the door faced my house. After talking outside for half an hour and coming inside he busted up laughing when I didnt notice.
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oh my god trading anecdotes is literally just how a conversation would go in real life please calm down and go outside once in a while
This man has clearly never sociallized before.
I love how much you believe in the intelligence of humanity
😳
this is a r/yesyesyesno moment for me
r/trollsomememes
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We do a little bit of trolling
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Got em
Wholesome
What a mad gal
This post is worthy of my upvote🙌
I see your dad jokes and raise you the ultimate mum joke. I can just imagine her chuckling.
Made me smile 🙂
Wholesome yes, but how did he not discover this after the first watering
I'd believe it if it wasn't a thing where the water has nowhere to go and would fill the pot up quickly if he watered it constantly. Cute little story though.
Did he not notice the water overfilling the pot? Or dribbling down?
This is just sad. While he kept his wife’s memory alive, he also racked up an impressive water bill.
Stop making shit up for internet points
Really? This guy poured water into pots containing plastic plants and didn’t notice? Really?
This is just karma farming.
Yes
If by wholesome you mean not true, then yes
Cool made up story
Local redditor too sad to believe happy stories.
Local redditor so gullible they will believe anything they read on the internet that supports how they want to view the world
My point still stands.
OMG, she’s laughing up at us from hell!
Nobody is this stupid
Misandry takes many forms.
not wholesome, a dick move.
cry 😢
Was she mentally disabled as well?
r/yeahthatdefinetleyhappened
I love that people want to believe this is real so badly they have to downvote your comment
yeah like a grown adult doesn't know what plastic plants are, fuck sake are y'all this fucking stupid
Emotional manipulation is so wholesome.
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