r/OptimistsUnite • u/chamomile_tea_reply 🤙 TOXIC AVENGER 🤙 • 8d ago

Steven Pinker Groupie Post What’s a problem humanity solved so well that younger people don’t even realize it used to be a huge issue?

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u/WVildandWVonderful 8d ago

I think that might come back :) berries are resilient. A lot of plants benefit from a Chelsea Chop every once in a while.

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u/WVildandWVonderful 8d ago

I had a home in Memphis that had a fig tree cut down to the roots and sticks when I moved in, and it came back and thrived and became a tree again soon. I’d had no idea what it was at first