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Re:My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based ... by mythrwy on Sunday May 13, 2018 @01:38AM (#17057502)
That $800 plant isn't even a cactus as advertised (much less a desert cactus).

Cactus are native to the Americas. The plant in the photo is a Euphorbia (closely related to the poinsetta sold around Christmas) and is from Africa. It looks like a cactus but isn't related at all.

One way to tell the difference between cactus and these "imposters" is that real cactus have spines protruding from a detachable pad that can be pulled cleanly off (the spines are an evolved leaf and detach in a similar way). The spines of the Euphorbia on the other hand are part of the main body of the plant and can't be cleanly detached.

Probably only a few plant nerds really care, but for $800 they shouldn't call it something it manifestly isn't IMOP.

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Re:My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based ... by sjcsjc on Sunday May 13, 2018 @03:13AM (#17057722)
No doubt I'll feel silly for asking but what is IMOP? Google didn't provide any sensible answer.
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Re:My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based ... by John4234 on Monday May 14, 2018 @03:26AM (#17063507)
The easy way to find such unknown jargons is to search google with "<jargon> internet slang".
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Re:My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based ... by zeta0134 on Sunday May 13, 2018 @03:19AM (#17057735)
Given the context, most likely "In my own opinion."
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Re:My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based ... by sjcsjc on Sunday May 13, 2018 @04:06AM (#17057839)
Aha, thanks. Even though that would be IMOO, you switched the context for me. If the P had been omitted it would have been obvious to me. Perhaps it's just a typo.
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