buying a plant just to watch it die

trajan · 22-02-2006 05:21PM #1

a mate of mine did this recently, refused to feed it or water it or put it in light.
This, according to him, is the logical step up from letting characters die in the Sims. I'm guessing this isn't a positive life pattern to be entering into. Should I be worried?

Khannie · 22-02-2006 05:36PM

Is your friend under 20 years of age perchance? I'm guessing 17.

simu · 22-02-2006 06:20PM

You can bring people back to life in the Sims. Don't think there is any Resurrect-O-Nomitron for plants, though. Ten Hail Marys for your friend. :v:

Shabadu · 22-02-2006 06:41PM

Tell me. Is he emo? Has he been writing bad poetry?

Sounds like a total poseur.

lau1247 · 22-02-2006 06:41PM

maybe it just fascinate him in that way..

I think you should be concern but not worried too much..

Till he turn to real person.. or hinting it

caff · 22-02-2006 06:42PM

get worried when he goes out into the woods and starts guting squirrls to see how they work

0utshined · 22-02-2006 07:00PM

You guys just don't understand his pain. We need to read his MySpace.

OP, I wouldn't be overly concerned. I too recently killed a plant but it was more to do with forgetting to water it. Your mate probably did the seem and if he didn't it does strike me as attention-seeking/emo more than anything else.

mickymg2003 · 22-02-2006 09:06PM

If hes around 15-19 hes an emo. Does he comb his hair to one side at the front!!? Attention seeking really.

Capt'n Midnight · 22-02-2006 09:24PM

simu wrote:

You can bring people back to life in the Sims. Don't think there is any Resurrect-O-Nomitron for plants, though. Ten Hail Marys for your friend. :v:

http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/POW/resurrection_plant.htm

Victor · 22-02-2006 10:46PM

Shabadu wrote:

Tell me. Is he emo? Has he been writing bad poetry?

Sounds like a total poseur.

Now, now, please don't be so quick to judge. Sure my sister has a biological warfare lab in her fridge.

BuffyBot · 22-02-2006 10:51PM

Keep watering it and feeding it Baby Bio on the sly, just to annoy him.

Seriously, just ask him "why?".

WexCan · 22-02-2006 11:00PM

Did he actually say he was buying it to watch it die? If he did, Shabadu makes a good point.

deimos · 23-02-2006 01:28AM

I have a collection of cacti on my shelf for the simple reason I would forget to water plants regulary enough.

Not so long ago I had a shelf of dead plants, if a friend asked me why they were dying, that's something I would probably say to wind them up...

My point basically, people do strange things, and to be honest, if somebody else told me that I would not really notice or care. Everybody has their quirks.

Ag marbh · 23-02-2006 09:32AM

Emo kid comes to mind

Peace · 23-02-2006 09:35AM

You should buy him a cactus... those fricking things life forever!

Ag marbh · 23-02-2006 09:36AM

Peace wrote:

You should buy him a cactus... those fricking things life forever!

Ya can't write a song about a cactus though

LegacyUser · 23-02-2006 10:53AM

trajan wrote:

Should I be worried?

Perhaps. Has he been watching Seven a few too many times lately? That would be another danger sign.

Imposter · 23-02-2006 01:25PM

Peace wrote:

You should buy him a cactus... those fricking things life forever!

I've managed to kill a few.

Nephertiti · 23-02-2006 01:31PM

Mabye he had been watching Flatliners?? Was there a watering can on standby??

Seriously though.. That does sound odd

stovelid · 23-02-2006 02:01PM

oooh he sounds really mad doesnt he

trajan wrote:

a mate of mine did this recently, refused to feed it or water it or put it in light.
This, according to him, is the logical step up from letting characters die in the Sims. I'm guessing this isn't a positive life pattern to be entering into. Should I be worried?

BaZmO* · 23-02-2006 02:54PM

BuffyBot wrote:

Keep watering it and feeding it Baby Bio on the sly, just to annoy him.

LOL

BuffyBot wrote:

Seriously, just ask him "why?".

Oh no! Don't do that, he might actually tell you his reasons and then you'll end up wishing you were the plant.

Ag marbh wrote:

Ya can't write a song about a cactus though

I dunno, "Childish, Angsty, Attention Whore, Emo Kid" rhymes with Cactus.

azezil · 23-02-2006 09:18PM

When I read the thread title I thought to myself, "hmmm buying a plant just to watch it die, that could be interesting!"

And I don't listen to punk music or any of that other crap 'emo kids' carry on with

I've always had a genuine curiousity with death, not in any manner of dark depressing anxty kinda way, curious as to the actual process of passing from life to death, the biological change, perhaps the same is true of your friend.

Capt'n Midnight · 24-02-2006 07:44PM

Ag marbh wrote:

Ya can't write a song about a cactus though

http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/David-Bowie/Cactus.html

Cactus about a song :v:
http://www.sweetslyrics.com/44687.Cactus%20-%20Cursed.html

simu · 24-02-2006 09:36PM

This is really deep stuff... move to philosophy tbh.

Noooooooooooooooo!

Dooom · 24-02-2006 11:49PM

BaZmO* wrote:

I dunno, "Childish, Angsty, Attention Whore, Emo Kid" rhymes with Cactus.

They don't rhyme at all!

Terry · 25-02-2006 12:10AM

putting the dead plant in a garden will help fertilise the soil and bring life to other plants.

Adam · 25-02-2006 01:19AM

unregedperson wrote:

Perhaps. Has he been watching Seven a few too many times lately? That would be another danger sign.

how in the hell did you post???

BuffyBot · 25-02-2006 05:11PM

fade_to_grey wrote:

how in the hell did you post???

The thread began in PI and was moved to AH after

buying a plant just to watch it die

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