Ok I’m still annoyed about this. Someone said today that suggesting people to learn to garden is “privileged,” and while sure, having space, time, and money to grow food is definitely not a gimme, getting even a fraction of your food consumption away our current systems is anti-authoritarian, imo. - ThreadSky

baddestmamajama.bsky.social • 15 days ago

Ok I’m still annoyed about this. Someone said today that suggesting people to learn to garden is “privileged,” and while sure, having space, time, and money to grow food is definitely not a gimme, getting even a fraction of your food consumption away our current systems is anti-authoritarian, imo.

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kylie.hater.club•15 days ago

Calling gardening privileged is such a weird take because community gardens have been around since the beginning of time???

owlofthenorth.bsky.social•15 days ago

Please try to not let that kind of negativity get to you. IMO, those comments come from sad pessimists who think that sadness is a zero sun game.

Plus, it sure is privileged of them to call you out for skeets when there are people in the world stuck in comas and are unable to post on the Internet.

ckawahata.bsky.social•15 days ago

❤️

lampshadeoh.bsky.social•13 days ago

To show people, even in these circumstances how growing little bits (herbs, aloe) or advocating for municipal support of community ventures can be life changing.

lampshadeoh.bsky.social•13 days ago

I think it’s just important to be aware that some people have limited resources (financial, environmental, physical) and take that into consideration. Particularly in crowded cities and impoverished communities, talk of gardening can sound otherworldly. But I agree that it can be very empowering

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•13 days ago

The original post literally said “it is a good time to learn about gardening.” It in fact did not say “you MUST bound energetically out to your palatial acreage and begin to plant $400,000 worth of kale.”

lampshadeoh.bsky.social•13 days ago

For many people the word “gardening” implies green space outdoors. I know growing up in my neighborhood in New York, there was no such place that was not overrun by rats. It was also not in the Information Age so we didn’t know about regrowing produce in pots etc. Your heart’s in the right place :)

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•13 days ago

It’s not my fault what people infer from what I did not say.

lampshadeoh.bsky.social•13 days ago

I agree, you are not at fault.

nichecaesar.bsky.social•15 days ago

The way I rolled my eyes at that. God, I hate that we’re literally watching the FDA get stripped for parts while people continue to commit friendly fire on people who probably agree with most of their worldviews.

Thanks for the reminder to start a garden though. I have severe food allergies—

nichecaesar.bsky.social•15 days ago

and barely feel safe eating stuff that isn’t on my cleared for consumption list as is. A world where food manufacturers won’t have to, for example, list “may contain” allergens on packaging would literally break me.

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