let's talk about some pollen.
I can neither breathe nor move because NYC has taken it upon itself to fill our streets with strange trees, all of which I am apparently allergic to, in addition to the grass and the maple.
What is up with that? I mean, really. I would be bad enough if we had just the grass and the maples here. Why does Manhattan feel the need to import flora? Why not celebrate our lovely New York State trees flowers shrubs and grasses? I say this not just from a selfish standpoint (though I will note that my "native" allergies have gotten significantly better as I've gotten older and really don't trouble me SO much anymore, at least, not so much that I wind up in BED), but from the point of view that illicits questions about the morality: we are introducing strange flora and often because of this strange fauna or at least insecta to our NYC habitat. Right? Is this wrong? Are we messing with stuff we shouldn't be messing with? Is the pollen this stuff releases going to do something weird, in the long run, to our native trees and flowers? Is it bad-weird or good-weird? It's times like this I wish I'd paid more attention in science class.
What is up with that? I mean, really. I would be bad enough if we had just the grass and the maples here. Why does Manhattan feel the need to import flora? Why not celebrate our lovely New York State trees flowers shrubs and grasses? I say this not just from a selfish standpoint (though I will note that my "native" allergies have gotten significantly better as I've gotten older and really don't trouble me SO much anymore, at least, not so much that I wind up in BED), but from the point of view that illicits questions about the morality: we are introducing strange flora and often because of this strange fauna or at least insecta to our NYC habitat. Right? Is this wrong? Are we messing with stuff we shouldn't be messing with? Is the pollen this stuff releases going to do something weird, in the long run, to our native trees and flowers? Is it bad-weird or good-weird? It's times like this I wish I'd paid more attention in science class.