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Calling Jeff a f@ggot and then when Jeff retorts he laughs at him and goes “you’re so mad! You’re so mad, what’s the matter buddy?” Legitimately reminded me of high school bullies, like actually psychotic shit.

“Jeff you’re closeted gay and you molested a gay guy at a show.”

“Wtf that is not true why would you say that.”

“Hey man, why are you so mad? Take a chill pill lmao.”

I wanted to cave Ben’s head in when I heard that shit, that is insane. That interview made me hate Ben and it reminded me of the abuse Tim Dillon threw at him. This is a father of two we’re talking about, btw.

I see this often: a beginner, bless his heart, excitedly posts a pictures of his new spongebob-themed aquarium and is immediately battered with the refrain "get real plants." Plenty of correct benefits for the real plants are always listed: increased oxygenation, hiding places, nitrogen uptake, etc. etc. Everyone's heart is in the right place, to be sure.

The problem here is that if our beginner simply wedges an amazon swordplant into his pink-and-black gravel, it will die. Plants can only give as good as they get, and if they get a sterile and fluorescent bikini bottom, they'll quickly become an expensive pile of brown mush. Ironically, water quality declines at this point. Plants need the right substrate, light, temperature, fertilization, which all need to be taken into account beforehand. It's a process, and it won't work without the right starting materials. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I've never once seen a brightly colored spongetank with vibrant, healthy plants; its just not an environment for them, and therefore, also not an optimal environment for fish that evolved to live in planted ecosystems.

All this is to say, are we setting beginners up for failure by encouraging them to buy plants without also encouraging them to create an environment where the plants will grow? What exact advice should be given, I don't know. We can discuss that. But I would argue "just add plants" is unfortunately bad advice.

People still referring to him as “Shohei Ohtani” in posts, instead of just “he” or “him.” It’s the Shohei Ohtani subreddit, who else would we be talking about

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