Poison Ivy as a kindergarten teacher
no, but really: flytraps use up a LOT of energy closing their traps. You know a lot of other plants that move that much? Tricking them into closing when there isnât food there is indeed mean.
B-but⌠theyâre plants⌠theyâre devoid of sentience, right? They donât âfeel,â theyâre more like little wind-up machines. Right? They donât act on instinct, theyâre⌠well⌠traps. You canât actually be mean to a plant. Right??
Iâm of the opinion that meanness is about the nature of the action, not awareness on the part of the target of the action.Â
Tricking them into closing their traps is actually harmful to them, since the energy expended in closing and then re-opening the trap isnât replenished by having a tasty insect to digest.
Iâm of the opinion that meanness is about the nature of the action, not awareness on the part of the target of the action.













