The UK’s pursuit of the perfect pitch changed football

Re:The UK’s pursuit of the perfect pitch changed football by automatic6131 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:21AM (#27537312)

It's exactly like that. Even being 'innoculated' with stories of how it's a relic of a feudal show-off doesn't work. I resented mowing the lawn with my chores as a child, but then once I owned some grass, I saw every weed as a personal insult, and I became a lawn addict within a year.

But even if it's a memetic virus, I don't resent it.

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Re:The UK’s pursuit of the perfect pitch changed football by wffurr on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:50AM (#27537894)

Neighbors or their landscaping services running small gas engines day in and day out in the service of some manicured lawn ideal is one of my least favorite things about having neighbors.

Now I look for the surrounding area to be slightly weedy or unkempt, but not completely out of control, as a sign that no one is going nuts with lawn care. Which I then take as a sign that no one is going to drive me nuts with their equipment.

The most ridiculous and obnoxious thing so far is the apartment building across the street from my current place. The landscaping company had a man on a riding blower who was also using a backpack blower at the same time. What a cacophony of engine and blower noise to no useful purpose.

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Re:The UK’s pursuit of the perfect pitch changed football by lupire on Thursday June 17, 2021 @09:00AM (#27539106)

Hating weeds isn't the problem so much as using grass as the foundational goal.

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