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antivaxtumblrvegan
Except if it's true, it's now Bill Brand's problem and not Steve Aspel's. And the taxpayers, of course.
eggimage
Good ol tax payer money going poof
mrdeleted
Hint: #fake
ozranski
This is why you don't piss off the druid.
Horus175
http://imgur.com/UJefxQG
Insomnia297
Oh shit I know who he is! He's uh... uhhhh
Wowyouknowwhatsomanyusernamesaretakenthesedays
Exactly what I thought
fluhatinrapper
Don't call me again unless you want more of this shit.
itsabeer
lol I love how petty he's being. Hell hath no fury like an arborist scorned
whowhatquien
If he loved that ????like a child by that logic he basically had another 100 kids only to have them killed &citizens will foot bill not mayo
Jesusdo
However, removing those trees are federal offenses, since they're protected species.
CocaineAndSelfPleasure
Fuckin Hellmanns, man. They never pay for shit.
Sadist90
I read it as I am an abortionist
economyinthis
Thanks to a visit to a botanical garden, they only become 30 ft in diameter and extremely tall in ideal climate. Depending on climate, will
economyinthis
Determine the size the grow where he planted them.
mrdeleted
By the sea, so they can absorb the fog.
therealVexed
damn son
LonelyBrannigan
The Arborist: Origins
HPeezy
"Our brethren will be avenged!"
LSUguy
Cool story but I would probably hate this person irl
Jeddaven
This guy kind of seems like a totally disproportionate asshole, honestly.
AquaCrusher
Sorry, how the flip flap ding dang do *I* get giant Sequoia sees things to plant a giant fortress of trees?
KnotsInMyRope
Search for "Sequoia Sempervirens." You can actually buy a cheap kit from Amazon, or buy seedlines or juveniles from nurseries.
mrdeleted
LOL
IbuildRobots
Wow did you just make a double Protest the Hero pun?
thewicked66
Protest the Hero on Imgur? Some of you have great taste!
theovermynd
Highly underrated, their vocalist is insanely talented and the bassist is hilarious.
LinearAlgebro
The seeds are pretty difficult to germinate
Idsertian
Just punch the leaves until saplings fall out.
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
Yay for a MC joke o/
HolyOldMackinaw
You can buy seeds for pretty much any tree species in massive bulk online.
TK421isAFK
Young trees are available in nurseries and home centers in northern California, and can probably be shipped to other states.
IAmNotTheImgurianWhomYouSeek
A housing development behind me called the highway dept on me b/c one of my dwarf cypress bushes was blocking their view of traffic 1/2
mrdeleted
Perfect.
IAmNotTheImgurianWhomYouSeek
2/2 So I started planting unkillable weeds in their entrance flower garden. The weeds propagate by root and are the devil to try to kill.
hadtochangemyusernamesomyhusbandwouldntfigureitout
I hate when pretty things block my view of traffic.
AlysonL
Every architect or civil engineer can tell you how dangerous tree roots can be in a dense neighborhood like Redondo Beach. This is selfish
therealVexed
when thats the entire point ;p
kukupuff
@alysonL it's fake; https://www.easyreadernews.com/153803/redondo-beach-tale-trees-revenge-proves-fake/
krapmyself
Amaroq
I do too. Why wouldn't they just mow the lawn while it's still a sapling and kill it then?
mrdeleted
Cause it would be illegal. But ya, it was a fake story.
420blazeitbitchez
Well it's not that hard to believe it's not like its particular hard to plant something and then wait couple years for them to grow
ArvisJaggamar
Whew. Thought I was the only one for a second.
lurkingisnotacrime
should have planted running giant bamboo. in 4 to 6 years they can get up to 90 feet (30 meters) tall, and VERY hard to uproot once grown
Chopawamsic
Very hard? more like damn near impossible. leave a piece of root no bigger around than a sheet of paper and they come back.
SoopahFly
If I understood it right, Your tree was starting to destroy public infrastructure. If that's what it was, then the mayor was doing his job.
beershua
Exactly. Uneven sidewalks are dangerous to pedestrians and an accessibility issue for disabled/elderly. An arborist should know better.
Elroydb
And future generations will have to foot the bill when the trees planted for his inane revenge become problems
SnesC
Not only that, but planting unwanted trees on private and public property is very much illegal.
therealVexed
DUH its revenge not kindness he wants the mayor to feekl the pain of a tree up his ASS
spookhook
.... Is it? I'm very curious to see if this is actually a law like defacing property or something
mrdeleted
At most, it could be trespassing on the private property...
SnesC
Planting an unwanted plant on property you don't own is pretty close to vandalism, especially if it costs so much to remove.
Locolarue
...But he's done nothing to the mayor. He's just hurt the taxpayers is all.
Rikimarudevil
What??? Nah man! Tax payers are going to love this.
wellthisjustgotinteresting
If it's on the mayor's private property then it's the mayor's duty to pay out of pocket like he had to.
ImTheReasonYourSocksAreAlwaysMissing
first thing I thought, such a shame.
kittybuttwiggle
While I like a justice boner as much as the next guy, this possibly made up person strikes me as a douchebag.Should have kept Clyde in check
mrdeleted
Ummm that is what he asked the city to do, prune the roots. They killed it instead.
kittybuttwiggle
One, this is stated nowhere in the post. Two, keeping it in check doesn't mean making the city do it after you fucked up the infrastructure
mrdeleted
That was a comment on Reddit... But he also said it was a troll post.
chocolateraptor
for someone who loves trees, he sure did go through hella effort to ensure the death and removal of the ones he planted for revenge. shame
butiwasgoingintotoschestationtopickupsomepowerconverters
And thus the story of Johnny Appleseed came to its natural apocalyptic conclusion.
DukeDarkwood
https://youtu.be/tSohBN9m9Mw?t=339 Like this one?
vladimirstudmuffin
I kind of want to live there now. The place is going to be beautiful in a few year. Like an ewok village.
enzymaticrxn
GhostbusterGuy
*Johnny Pepperseed
Iwouldbenick
I would watch this movie
Gatadata
Dr. King?
OneCraftyHooker
He planted them to make booze, there was some religious lady who started chopping them down during prohibition but I can't recall her name
SuperMartianRobotGirl
Carry A. Nation?
listoCookieSmuggler
He also did it to get land cheep
KeeleonOhms
The birth of a supervillain.
DoctorSnakebeast
Welcome to the arborpocalypse.
BatmansSidePiece
LvAllen
I really think puns like this are the root of society's troubles. It's high time to branch out into new humor. But I'll leaf you to it.
Schitzoflink
This is my favorite type of -pocalypse
Znayx
The Pocalypse is *my* favorite. However, I'll allow this one to take a close second.
Tkeleth
Man, I feel like maybe I should write a short story about that.
lordofcrebain
Underrated pun
TachyonCode
Laughing, but: what's apocalyptic about the restoration of life-giving trees? Seems a little thematically inconsistent...
RatoMolhado
There was an utterly stupid film of trees taking revenge on humankind...
RatoMolhado
"The Happening" by M. Night Shyamalan, had to google it because I hated it so much...
TachyonCode
Shamalamadingdong is a really bad filmmaker.
DamageAxis
Futurama - season 6 episode 13 - Reforestation. To many trees = to much oxygen then planet explodes.
ConcernedPansexual
They also weaponised pine trees
DougDeNasty
What is this, a post for Ents?
AIComments
We actually have a stand of redwoods planted in the LA area 42 years ago. Even with special care, they are pretty sickly. Pics below
UnknownSquid
Nice pictures! It does show how they struggle to reach their full size outside of an ideal climate.
AIComments
Doggos for scale
AIComments
The stand of trees from a distance
AIComments
AIComments
GrimReaperO7
Well, looks like I'm gonna go on a tree hunt now that this is posted. I live close by.
mrdeleted
Hint: #fake
2fligh2high
mrdeleted
Hint: #fake
TheOtherNeighborOfTotoro
Dot
mrdeleted
LMK if you see them. I want pics!
mineovermatter
If you're so fucking smart mr "arborist", why'd you plant YOUR tree so fucking close to the sidewalk?
KPopGirlKimi
Well, to be fair he did say he planted it 30 years ago. If he's 40 or 50 then he planted it when he was 10 to 20. Not exactly the planning
KPopGirlKimi
Type to see into the future at that age range.
mrdeleted
A root pruning would have worked instead of pulling it out.
ImmaTouchyThaFishyTho
You didn't answer the question though
mrdeleted
First, this was a fake story, and second, I am not the author. :) Still was really funny, and 300K views.
alectravelyan
savageworld
You glorious bastard, I logged in just to give you a +1.
SmellyOatMan666
God this fits here perfectly
Rasdwatrium
I'm sorry, but when HIS tree fucks up the sidewalk of the community he is at fault, not the mayor.
Driden
You are correct.
applesforjuice
Honestly my first thought. I like trees. I think we should have them all over. But
Yukk1
I don't know why more people don't agree to this.
DarthFutuza
Mostly because I hate sidewalks.
fhatpotatou
My name is @mrdeleted . You've killed my Clyde... Prepare to have your city overrun by trees.
Zahnradfee
https://youtu.be/Iw0jwrWqOKI
fhatpotatou
But really, though, how the heck do you have so many sequoia seeds?! GRACIOUS, that's a lot!!
mrdeleted
He said they can be bought online, but he also said he is an arborist, so I assume it means he orders trees as part of his job too.
fhatpotatou
Ah, good point.
pompidasical
If this is legit, can't legal/civil action be taken by the mayor with this imgur post used as an admission of guilt?
somekindafuckingidiot
dude its fake as fuck come on
exguerrero
Yeah man, the government gonna go hey that fucker for sure posted on reddit. Let's find this and get him!
WhyleKat
How do you know I didn't plant them and that clown is just stealing my thunder?
WhatTheHellHero
I wish it was but... http://www.snopes.com/giant-sequoia/
LokiKingOfJotunheim
The real victims are the taxpayers in that area... They will get footed with any bills associated with his mayhem.
OneCraftyHooker
It doesn't say his name, although, they could investigate all people the required to remove trees and prob only one is an arborist...
pomax
They'd first have to prove that the trees they found were trees he planted, rather than simply being of a matching age.
mrdeleted
Yep. That is if the new mayor cares enough to want to do all of that.
SherMattLockSmith
Is there a law against planting seeds?
rudejohn
On other peoples property, yes.
notforsale1993
Please show us...
rudejohn
Going on someone else's property to TRIM YOUR OWN TREE is illegal. Digging up their lawn to plant a tree is destruction of property.
Serafinaweatherwax1337
Lol, it cracks me up that we have to have laws like this but then again...people are idiots
Jerenemy
I seem to have misplaced my book of laws, does anyone have notes on the chapter of personal property handy?
Studoku
https://definitions.uslegal.com/l/litter/ So much easier than trying to find laws against seeds.
doggo
What imgur post?
partcleboard
Legal action for what? planting a seed with intent to let a tree grow? thats really not a crime
Strasburg6592
If there isn't a law to get him on, there's a law you can make up out of nowhere, given enough rich politicians in your pocket.
jtsurfs
Trespassing and vandalism would be the obvious ones.
Shepherd57
Trespassing, if public property is damaged vandalism with intent...all sorts of things to bust people on.
Almightycatofdoom
Treespassing*
Mackdi
Yes because politicians are corrupt and shitheads. It wouldnt matter if it was legal or not.
MacClay
By the time it matters, the city would be suing an estate that's long since been settled.
mrdeleted
Its not like he did not post it on Reddit first... And those trees are legally protected, so they can not be removed.
LokiKingOfJotunheim
They'll find a way to move or remove them... Especially if they are in places where the roots would damage pre-existing infrastructure.
Mackdi
Gov't dont care about the rules mate
sunyudai
I think you'll be hard pressed to find anyone who cares more about the rules than the government.
LokiKingOfJotunheim
That's only when it relates to the taxpayers, not when it relates to the government itself.
sunyudai
You obviously have never worked in the civil service.
vowofloudness
Sounds like you read the Reddit thread where somebody said that would make a nice twist and you got confused and thought it was real?
HighFunctioningAlcoholic
They definitely could in this case. Otherwise you could just plant them in random places and wreck havoc.
surefang
Since when does that matter when a government entity decides it wants to do something?
jcdiris
And California takes it's protected flora and fauna pretty damn seriously.
JohnnyLawlessEsq
The Sierra Club is much, much nastier than any two-bit, tin-pot suburban city government.
MoneAbrahms
If it is a state (or federal) protection they could be sued if removed without getting authorization.
surefang
Nah, they just have to claim that the trees are creating a public hazard (not entirely incorrect) and use eminent domain to remove them.
darkdragonempress
Eminent domain is not the term you were looking for here, since the lands were already government property.
mrdeleted
Actually, no, they would have a nightmare just removing one.
norinthemage
I think that you think gov. is significantly more corrupt than it is. I also think that you think it doesn't constantly trip over itself.
pastramionrye
This forever. If he admits it then he's as good as garnished.
mrdeleted
He would now have to do so as a private citizen, seeing as the mayor was voted out.
avidatheist
Except it's no longer his problem, so what does he care?
pastramionrye
Yep. Because mayoral terms are also statutes of limitations.
confuzzledtuna
Why r the trees legally protected?
DennysGrandSlamSupreme
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/cook/sec9.htm
ashmenon
Legally protected...by the government?
andergriff
by people in the government higher than a city council.
ashmenon
Whom, I trust, have the tree's best interest at heart? Forgive my cynicism, we see a lot of this BS in Malaysia.
andergriff
they do.
Bardoctor
they are endangered, so like the world government
FireLizzard
Hopefully the Reddit OP was smart and posted it from a throw away account while using Starbucks wifi.
UrKungFuNoGood
yeah I'm sure it would take Batman to figure out what tree removal happened at an arborist's house.
FireLizzard
If the comment can't be provably linked to the arborist, on what grounds can it be used as evidence?
mrdeleted
Ya, the new moyor may take his house to pay for the trees...
FireLizzard
If the comment can't be provably linked to the arborist, on what grounds can it be used as evidence?
ellyllon
If the comment can't be provably linked to the arborist, on what grounds can it be used as evidence?
asm80dfa8sdfj
It shouldn't be hard to prove
weeBob
ya, because an arborist who lives in Redondo Beach, who paid a fine regarding a tree will be really hard to find.
Scuttlebutte
The arborist who lives in Redondo Beach*
mrdeleted
He asked them to help him with pruning the roots. They choose to kill the whole tree instead.
weeBob
so what?
fluhatinrapper
Happenstance evidence. Would most likely be tossed out without admission of guilt from him verbally.
FireLizzard
If the comment can't be provably linked to the arborist, on what grounds can it be used as evidence?
avidatheist
Reasonable doubt is all that is needed to pass. How many arbosits do you think had a sequoia tree growing in front of their house(1)
Ferrumkit
Pepper tree*
avidatheist
that had a root system growing out into and messing up the road in front of it that the city council voted to remove 3 years ago(2)
avidatheist
TO THE DAY? They made it easy as fuck to identify themselves through city records.(3/3)
rgzdev
Plot twist: the arborist has cancer.
Ferrumkit
3 years to the day of that post .. that was screen capped x time ago, depending on statutes of limitations they can only scowl at him.
BillysLegendaryCrack
My favourite bit is he posted on r/trees which is all about weed. He should have posted on r/marijuanaenthusiasts.
HaniiPuppy
Christ, I thought you were joking.
loismustdie
OMFG he's not joking! r/marijuanaenthusiasts really was taken over by arborists! I knew about r/trees, but that made sense. This is great!
bumholiday
This discovery just made my day
Floorbook
/superbowl is about superb owls.... not the NFL championship
bumholiday
amazing
raidleadergutts
Which is all about trees?
ShenanigansEnsue
Yes. Long story. Actually not a long story but I'm lazy.
SleepyGoddess
Weed took over trees, and so trees took over MarijuanaEnthusiasts
Ryanator50
just like Redondo
tallquasi
except on 4/20, when they switch back.
sammbalam
Lmao I love the internet
raidleadergutts
That's awesome.
DerKeksinator
Ye, je noticed that and later postet to r/ProRevenge also
mrdeleted
https://image.prntscr.com/image/gizQzLSmSSu3M2RtOklOlg.png
Efreeti
ye
DiabloD3
TIL.
ilikerandomfacts
Honestly, I don't smoke weed any more, but I visit /r/trees solely for the purpose that I've never ever seen any negativity there.
realscrumpysteve
No shit. I started a grow closet and came to them for advice, saved 100s with their suggestions
LirpaForScale
...FOR REAL?
atlas506
Yes, r/trees is for MJ and r/marihuanaenthusiats is for trees. Also r/superbowl is for owls.
dayofmone
Now it would be extra funny if those trees are under protection and can't be removed.
mrdeleted
They are.
dayofmone
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :D
AREyouKIDDINGmi
I love that the internet is now old enough to have 'lore' stories about how things have come to be.
mrdeleted
He noted that later...
TachyonCode
Hey, stoners love getting high and laughing at crazy shit. This was probably their entertainment for the night.
BeefBigelow
Can confirm
TeamDoberman
When it was on Reddit top comment was "This is the best thing I have ever read"
Carpedicks
Read this while smoking a joint, can confirm
Blud4BludGod
Eyyy *finger guns*
HouseOfEvil
I can't find it. How old is the post?
mrdeleted
3 days https://www.reddit.com/r/trees/comments/6hotz8/i_secretly_planted_a_giant_sequoia_tree_in_my/
HouseOfEvil
Thank you!
kukupuff
Redondo is a very small community. This post is spreading here like sequoia roots. The council is mean and petty tho, they'll know him.
PeterBaptist
Any updates?
kukupuff
@peterbaptist @mrdeleted Update: It's fake; https://www.easyreadernews.com/153803/redondo-beach-tale-trees-revenge-proves-fake/
kukupuff
Not yet, but we're all rooting for him.
MisterBrent
"Removed"? You fuckin' watt?
mrdeleted
Mods removed it, not the guy that posted it.
PMMeYourPopplios
Replace "R" with "C" https://www.ceddit.com/r/trees/comments/6hotz8/i_secretly_planted_a_giant_sequoia_tree_in_my/
JustAnotherLinkInTheChain
*maniacal laughter in druid*
TheBlueMuppet
Praise Pan!
Gayforbae
Rides off on my veloceraptor familiar with both middle fingers raised
Bardoctor
its like throat singing and teaching a non-druid is an exile-able offense
blainetog
Joke's on you: I multiclassed Druid, so I can tell that you're laughing. *winks in Druid*
RandomIsotope
Joke's on you: I'm a berserker. I slaughtered everyone *winks away the blood*
totallynotaghost
Jokes on you: I turned into my eagle form and flew off *laughs in eagle*
ibetyoufivedollars
Joke's on you: I'm a warlock. I Dimension Doored the fuck out of there. *laughs in Eldritch*
SabotageThis
Joke's on you, I'm a Bard. I'll make a gods damned fortune off of the ballad I write about this.
GloriusEmpire
On the subject: what do you call an Aarocka Paladin?