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minus-squareFixbeat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down5·9 days agoIs entertainment wasteful?
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·9 days agoSometimes! I think pumpkins are fairly harmless though
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·9 days agoPumpkins are pretty low on my priority list, but entertainment isn’t really a good reason to throw useful stuff away. It’s a waste of water, waste of growing space, waste of fuel for harvest and transportation, and obviously a waste of food.
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agowhat if I burn it for heat afterwards?
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoAnything is better than the garbage. Pretty sure.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days agoAnd people don’t realize just how much growing space pumpkins need!
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days agoTechnically you can grow them with corn, but the US doesn’t do companion planting so 🤷♀️
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoYeah there definitely won’t be enough room in there.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·9 days agoIt certainly can be Golf courses come to mind Or cruise ships
Is entertainment wasteful?
Sometimes! I think pumpkins are fairly harmless though
Pumpkins are pretty low on my priority list, but entertainment isn’t really a good reason to throw useful stuff away. It’s a waste of water, waste of growing space, waste of fuel for harvest and transportation, and obviously a waste of food.
what if I burn it for heat afterwards?
Anything is better than the garbage. Pretty sure.
And people don’t realize just how much growing space pumpkins need!
Technically you can grow them with corn, but the US doesn’t do companion planting so 🤷♀️
Yeah there definitely won’t be enough room in there.
It certainly can be
Golf courses come to mind
Or cruise ships
Frequently, yes.