Not sure if you're being facetious, but saltwater kills most plants, with a few exceptions.

And just yesterday, I was thinking no one here would need to explain who Mike Judge is to the general audience.

"It's got what plants crave" is a line from his movie Idiocracy. It is directly relevant the discussion at hand, but it's also a zero-effort joke that contributes nothing new.

Your presumption was half correct, but that movie might be my only blind spot in his oeuvre. Nonetheless I thank you for the clarification.

Well, Idiocracy was release over 11 years ago, so young adults might not have heard of it. Hope I haven't made you feel old :)

I for one got the reference. but HN comment style strongly discourages low-effort jokes. It doesn't add information. I'm not surprised that it was downvoted, whether people "got it" or not. This is fine, HN is not reddit.

God forbid somebody makes a joke! This is a professional website, grim attitude is required.

> a zero-effort joke that contributes nothing new

> low-effort jokes. It doesn't add information.

And then

> God forbid somebody makes a joke!

You're misreading what is being said.