Bah-humbug
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Then they can talk about me and my ladies. I got no problem with that. Referring to them as the females would be too impersonal.
Calling your plants girls - creepy, weird, awkward or totally normal? - Poll
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Shape Shifter
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They are plants. Not people.
Just Be
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Mechanophilia - Wikipedia
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Bah-humbug
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So what.
Shape Shifter
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Not true. Only the ones with female names are creepy.
Bah-humbug
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If the issue is not offending people then that’s a different subject. Either way I would still refer to them as the ladies. The only way to please everyone is to shut up and even then people will still have issues with you doing that.
Romulanman
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I think there needs to be another choice. Neutral.
I always refer to my baby/small plants as lil guys. Idk why and yeah I know. Then when they grow up and are pretty large, they become ladies. Just how my brain works. I don't care what others call their plants.
I always refer to my baby/small plants as lil guys. Idk why and yeah I know. Then when they grow up and are pretty large, they become ladies. Just how my brain works. I don't care what others call their plants.
getogrow
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One simply cannot call plants boys. Thats like saying check out my new car, i named it earl. Thats all fine an dandy if were talking about a ford or mall dope but were talking connoisseur grade GIRLS!I named my first 2 plants that were grown at the same time...
After that they were all just plant.
Can call it dog the cat if you want.
Plant won't know the difference
soil
getogrow
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i third this (or whatever number were on) HAHAHAHAHAHAH
xtsho
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Beans are not as bad as gear. People saying "I'm running XYZ's gear".
I just call plants plants and seeds seeds. I don't like using kiddie nicknames.
vostok
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totally normal..see Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities
Like Bugs Bunny like calling Dogs even Horses ';She'
EvilScotsm@n
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My vote says.....
You need a more adventurous Mrs mate.
I've had much worse shit done to me on a Tuesday night....for fun
Shape Shifter
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Although we like to anthropomorphize, we do not assign human qualities to each and every single object we encounter. What accounts for this selectivity? One factor is similarity. An entity is more likely to be anthropomorphized if it appears to have many traits similar to those of humans (for example, through human like movements or physical features such as a face).
Various motivations may also influence anthropomorphism. For example, lacking social connections with other people might motivate lonely individuals to seek out connections from nonhuman items. Anthropomorphism helps us to simplify and make more sense of complicated entities.
psychcentral.com
Various motivations may also influence anthropomorphism. For example, lacking social connections with other people might motivate lonely individuals to seek out connections from nonhuman items. Anthropomorphism helps us to simplify and make more sense of complicated entities.
What Is Anthropomorphizing? Psychology, Benefits, and Downsides
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects is called anthropomorphizing. This article looks into the psychology behind why people do it.
psychcentral.com
Merlin1147
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I call them my little fertilizer sluts and water whores.
Shape Shifter
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Misogyny is ok with plants. They grow better when you call them whores.
Dontjudgeme
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So a female isn’t a girl or a lady, or she?
Shape Shifter
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Not with plants. You can't argue with science.
Dontjudgeme
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So science doesn’t agree that in order to determine the sex of “ anything “ requires male or female parts? If the answer is no then I guess the case is closed.
Bah-humbug
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Can you please give us your point of view? So far as you see most people don’t think it’s weird / don’t give a crap. Out of the 4 options you gave one has a positive connotation, and 3 of them have negative connotations with no neutral ground.