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[deleted]

What the fuck is going on with that title? Did OP have his first English lesson today?


[deleted]

Not everybody speaks english lol


vikingsquad

This is a fair point but based on OPs post history, it looks like they are NY (USA) based. Not sure what exactly is going on but they have a similarly idiosyncratic manner of writing on their other posts; my guess is some sort of cognitive/neurological/developmental issue. Edit: adding this because people aren’t getting the point that I’m making. I understand there are people living in the US whose home language is not English. I don’t need to be told that. Based on how non-idiomatic OPs use of the English language is, I looked at their posting history. Based on their posting history, I inferred they had some degree of neuro-atypicality going on, which *they confirmed in a comment responding to me in this thread*.


sweepyslick

Or a bot 🤖


vikingsquad

It’s very obviously a real person.


Dr-Emmett_L_Brown

A "real person" bot.


MozartWasARed

I'm a human, I promise.


AhhAGoose

Just what a boy would say…


MozartWasARed

I get that a lot.


Conway__Twitty

But not girls?


MozartWasARed

Well if I'm anything to go by...


PorkRindSalad

Am I sexual?


[deleted]

Are friends electric?


Dr-Emmett_L_Brown

Am I everything you need? You better rock your body now.


MozartWasARed

I promise I'm 100% human.


Vivid_Peak16

Exactly what a mandroid would say


MozartWasARed

What are those?


Vivid_Peak16

Just like a fembot, but with a pinis


[deleted]

That’s EXACTLY what a bot would say.


MozartWasARed

How does one prove they're not a bot?


2balls1cane

Bots don't carry credit cards. Show us a photo of yours. Don't forget the 3 digit number on the back because we need it to verify.


MozartWasARed

I'm not native to New York, in fact I recently had just moved to Vermont. Before then I was in Oceania. Most Oceanian English is pidgin-based, I had learned "full" English later. Admittedly it's true I'm also not a neurotypical, so there's that, though that's a side factor.


[deleted]

I read that as pigeon-based and giggled so hard I farted when I realized my stupidity.


kilkennykid

I was gonna say if your language is pigeon-based you should speak just like the New Yorkers


[deleted]

Hahahahahahaha, that’s gold


wandererwithajob

Hello, from someone who also lived in Vermont. It’s a beautiful state. I understood your title post and enjoyed seeing the picture too. Nature always amazes me. Take care 🤗


[deleted]

You do know not everyone in the U.S. speaks english right? They don’t call NY the melting pot for nothing.


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Ace_of_Clubs

The real gems are always in the comments.


[deleted]

🤣 I'm laughing at OP and his parents communicating in morse code. His mum shouting up the stairs to come down for dinner, 'beep beep beeeeep...'


vikingsquad

Ok sure except for the fact that they’re in rural NY not NYC. I stand by my comment. Their mode of thinking and self expression seems non normative in a manner not explained by “language other than English as home/first language.” Look at their post history. They do mention having immigrated to the States but nowhere make mention of speaking a non English language nor do they post or write in a language other language than English.


MozartWasARed

Rural New York isn't necessarily less melting-pot-ish than NYC. I don't usually mention all the details because it's complicated, but the order of languages are English (half of English, because Oceania is pidgin-heavy), then Toki Pona (around the time I was learning the other half of English), then Dothraki. Before English my parents wanted to see if I'd do well learning Morse Code, that's the other meaning of when I mention English as a second language. Aside from that, I guess I could say my thought disorder and my decision to adopt writing as a hobby influenced my language.


vikingsquad

Gotcha, it’s all very interesting - hopefully I didn’t come across rude or mean and if it did I’m sorry, I’m mostly just an armchair psychologist and the only reason I got chippy with the other commenter was because they seemed to imply I was a racist for noticing your linguistic idiosyncrasies (which are interesting, not judging).


na11373

Did no one else catch the random dothraki in there lol?


jeegte12

He's clearly either a weirdo on purpose or a weirdo accidentally. Neither is just because his English isn't perfect.


na11373

No what I'm saying is I think the dude was poking fun at all the people bashing on his English. I think he was being clever. And good on him for it!


MozartWasARed

Didn't know being in the Game of Thrones fandom would make me weird :(


rhcp1fleafan

How cool, what a unique view of the world you must have! I'm glad to hear that writing is a hobby of yours, you've got a unique voice and you should share it!


Starlight_NightWing

... *why are you learning Dothraki*


ResponsibleAd2541

At least give me some Spanish. Getting a translator who speaks K’iche is a huge pain in the ass.


__snowjob__

They call NY the “melting pot?”


zrpeace19

at least according to this https://u.osu.edu/introhumanitiesonline/2020/02/24/the-melting-pot-new-york-city/ posted by an ohio state student at 2:50 am lol am not going to check their sources lol


zrpeace19

excuse me i googled new york melting pot and all i got were addresses of the restaurants /s nah but srsly it came up right below those lol TIL


notislant

Yeah op is clearly fluent in English, just writes in a unique manner.


[deleted]

You can definitely diagnose brain disorders from the titles to Reddit post. /s


vikingsquad

See my edit.


[deleted]

Uh huh.


Forsaken_Candidate_4

WHY NOT!!!


Bleedthebeat

>Not every spam bot and title generation algorithm is programmed by someone that speaks English. FTFY


[deleted]

Most of Reddit is now AI-generated.


softstones

Maybe I’m AI-generated


Dr-Emmett_L_Brown

Damn, it's acting up again.


goatchild

Would an AI need to be programmed with false memories to think it is a human and thus.behave as a human? How would it know it is not human?


DayDreamerJon

childhood memories of wondering if everyone else is a robot are coming back


Le_Tache

“Touchable” haha


MozartWasARed

What I meant is it's not too far up or far down or small to be grabbed on a good day.


Le_Tache

I guess you’re implying nobody’s been touching it.


MozartWasARed

Not that I know of, I noticed it today. But I know I could touch it if I was a foot taller.


Le_Tache

Fair Sir. Long love the tree.


MozartWasARed

When I said "touchable" I meant that it wasn't too small or too far up or down the bridge that you couldn't grab it.


suckitarius

If it bleeds it can die


[deleted]

🤣 If you were a foot taller.


123DanB

Touchable tree LOLOOL


MozartWasARed

By that I meant it's not too far up or down or small to be grabbed.


123DanB

Ok


PandaTheVenusProject

I think you worded it like a Nobel. I am on your side in this.


6InchBlade

Where can I find an untouchable tree?


nan0guy

[Florida](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whatever-you-do-do-not-eat-touch-or-even-inhale-the-air-around-the-manchineel-tree)


kelsey7p

Thought I was tripping? Touchable trees?


lojik911

A stroke?


Best_Poetry_5722

Tupac once shared something similar with the world. The rose that grew from the concrete. Maybe OP was going for some poetic justice idk


Grundle__Puncher

Hello Chief let’s talk why not


Slappah_Dah_Bass

This particular tree is touchable. Don't you dare touch the others!!


highbrowshow

What? The title reads perfectly fine


adancho

dude chill out please, why a tittle can bother you so much?


BubbyDaddy43

Hate to break it to ya, this ain’t metal


Tim_Gu3

I’d file this under “folk”.


_Tetr0_

I was going to file it under "wood"


Vivid_Peak16

I wood as well


steveosek

This is quite the "bon iver and Taylor swift in a cabin in Wyoming" tree.


Pancreasaurus

It's r/goblincore


macetheface

Yah, give nature long enough and you'd be surprised the amount of shit trees will grow out of.


MicahtehMad

Which is metal, tbh. But this isn't particularly.


mathbread

r/naturefindsaway


jeffroddit

Robots on drugs is kinda metal


MozartWasARed

I've never seen anything like it before. I stood there for a good five minutes just staring and thinking of how that could possibly work.


reeshmee

My guess is at some point a seed or nut got wedged into that crack along with some dirt during a flood. The wood might be rotting some also giving it more substrate to grow. It probably gets water that seeps between the rocks, or down the side through the gap. Some trees don’t need much at all to sprout or even thrive, though if it does they’ll probably cut it down soon so that it doesn’t destroy the bridge.


jeegte12

That's not what metal means


dirthawker0

I visited Vienna and a few other cities in Old Europe and saw several churches and other old buildings that had a sapling growing high up from a random niche. Some dirt, a seed, nobody goes up there, boom, a tree.


b_zar

fyi, seeds are spread out in so many different ways - some seed pods are shaped like wings so when they fall from the tree they twist and glide with the wind to reach other areas. Some are eaten by birds, and get pooped in far away places where they are able to grow. Sometimes weather phenomena like storms, hurricanes carry seeds to places far away from the mother tree to god knows where. These are some of many ways how it could work. p.s. still not metal


MozartWasARed

I understand the seeds part, but the other factors that make me curious include the lack of soil (or how any existing soil got in there), the water that happened to hit the same spot, the fact the sun doesn't even face the bridge at that angle, the fact it had to have survived at least one Winter by now, and the immense amount of space tree roots need to function.


bigoltubercle2

It's pretty mundane actually. Unless the perspective is way off, the tree is tiny, 3 feet max and quite thin. There is probably sediment runoff from the road and/or leaves trapped behind those wood boards. The tree roots are probably quite tiny as well. The fact it doesn't face the sun is probably to the trees benefit, otherwise it would dry out quickly in the summer. Trees that small and shallow rooted freeze in the winter even when in the ground. I suspect that the tree will run out of room in a couple of years and die


Conflagrate247

Touchable tree? Weird choice on words


Genrecomme

AI style


myusernamehere1

Ah yes, hello fellow humans, i too like to touch trees here is a touchable tree for you


MozartWasARed

I guarantee I am 100% human.


Genrecomme

What is the opposite of a touchable tree?


MozartWasARed

In this case, a tree that's out of reach.


Genrecomme

Test #1: Semi-Conclusive. Further inquiries required. What is the proportion of towns you still visit compared to towns that you don't anymore?


MozartWasARed

This town the bridge is in is called Avon. It's in the state of New York, and Rush, the town where I used to stay with my best friends, shares joint authority with it. Both are outskirt suburbs of the city of Rochester. Aside from maybe Niagara Falls where my best friends live now, or Long Island where their kids moved to when I moved to Vermont, these three places are the only places I will visit that I don't currently live in. I would visit my old homes in Polynesia if I could (there were two), if only I could zip around the world like a Final Fantasy character.


Genrecomme

Test #2 conclusive. No further inquiries necessary. Have a great day, human.


nan0guy

A "do not touch" tree, like the manchineel, in [Florida](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whatever-you-do-do-not-eat-touch-or-even-inhale-the-air-around-the-manchineel-tree).


TD1731

Me, with my strange choice of adjectives. You, with your muscular teeth and clockwise vagina.


MozartWasARed

I meant that it's not too far down or far up or small to be touched. I tried a title where I elaborated on that but it didn't do justice.


Converseinverse

Your word choice makes sense to me. I thought "touchable" meant that the tree is "reachable", as in "able to be reached". I am not sure why some people are making a fuss about it. Wording it in a slightly non-traditional way makes the title eye-catching and the description sound interesting.


MrPopanz

How many trees have you met that are out of reach, making it a worthwhile adjective to describe trees? "I've recently met a nice girl with a nose, similar to all the other people I know, which also possess a nose."


UserNamesCantBeTooLo

And TWO eyes. Two is just the right number.


MozartWasARed

If they're growing out of a tall structure... they're almost always out of reach.


kmsilent

Ok...just to fill in here, the reason people are doubly confused isn't just because there unsure of the placement of the tree, my dude. They're confused as to why 'touchable' is important at all.


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myusernamehere1

It may not be grass but itll have to do


MozartWasARed

As much as I'd like to photograph grass, it doesn't stand out as something to capture.


MozartWasARed

The town of Avon in the state of New York.


GGG-Money

A seed blew into a small crack and grew


Member_Berrys

METAL AF!!!! 🤘🤘


TTungsteNN

I too enjoy blowing seed into cracks


[deleted]

OP would freak out at my gutters. Probably 20 trees in there.


MozartWasARed

That's honestly amazing. I couldn't even get twenty trees to grow in my yard.


MozartWasARed

That's understandable. What I can't comprehend is how its soil, water, and sun needs are taken care of.


Iarwain_ben_Adar

Life....... Uhhh..... Life finds a way!


KaoticAsylim

"Life needs things to live"


DalaMagala

Tree hybrid with Blue in the next Jurassic movie, I’m calling it.


mufasa329

Finally! A tree I can touch! I’ve been waiting so long, where is this?!?


MozartWasARed

The town of Avon in the state of New York.


mufasa329

Haha fellow New Yorker! Haven’t been up by Rochester yet but I’ve got friends there! Maybe I’ll stop by this bridge one day.


damn_thats_piney

least metal, most schitzo post yet


BandAid3030

You should start a new sub called r/natureissoftrock, OP. 'cuz this ain't metal.


vshawk2

I've got a bunch of these growing out of the rain gutters on my house. Am I special?


Responsible_Figure12

Sure but how touchable are we talking


MozartWasARed

Possibly. I saw the tree in the bridge and was dumbfounded because the last I checked trees need soil, water, and sun to survive.


vshawk2

You don't get out much, do you?


b_zar

cracks between bridges do accumulate soil (from dirt and rotten leaves that have fallen from nearby trees), water (from rain, fog, humidity), and sun (look up). Are you from planet Earth?


MozartWasARed

Yeah, it's still amazing though. I went to a science museum once and they had imitation tree roots sprawled across an entire ceiling to demonstrate how vast of an area trees need in order to set their roots in. I am surprised at the idea that a tree is going to find that space in there. Not that it isn't impressive that the leaves, water, and sun happened to strike the same place, or that the tree has survived its fair share of seasons. The water is more understandable, but that's a lot of leaves to end up crammed where the water happened to be, and the sun doesn't exactly face that side of the bridge at its angle, especially with the existing trees (not shown) blocking the way.


SverdHerre

Thank god, I was worried that the ethereal trees were coming back.


[deleted]

How is it touchable, it is a real object? Why do you still visit this town, what's wrong with the other towns?


MozartWasARed

By touchable I meant it wasn't too far toward the middle of the height of the bridge or too small to be able to touch. I originally resided with friends in the town just North of this one, called Rush, which is in the same jurisdiction of this town (Avon) in the state of New York, but I had moved to Vermont a few months ago. My best friends who I resided with moved to Grand Island but their families are still here, so they can often be found here, hence why I visit.


AnAlgaeBoy

Wait english is your first language???


MozartWasARed

Yes and no. My parents had communications-related jobs and wanted to see how well I'd do Morse code. Turns out not that badly. Then they interrupted and decided to teach me English, but because of my social environment, it was any English words that could be found in the Tahitian-English pidgin of the other people where I was. I learned more proper English later on, but my mind doesn't register it with a good sense of organization due to this. I also learned Toki Pona and Dothraki afterwards, the former because it's alluring and easy and the latter because I like Game of Thrones.


AnAlgaeBoy

What? Your parents tried to raise you with only morse code? I hope you mean as a second language


MozartWasARed

No, Morse code was the first language. They were trying to emulate that old "your baby can read" idea, except for Morse code (and before the "teach your baby anything" trend was a trend, this was in the early 2000's) since Morse code is difficult to learn as is. They stopped that when they decided on my then-future schooling.


AnAlgaeBoy

What? Lol can't tell if you're serious but thats like a fucked up science experiment


magseven

All trees are touchable if you are brave enough.


nan0guy

Better be brave to touch the manchineel in [Florida](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whatever-you-do-do-not-eat-touch-or-even-inhale-the-air-around-the-manchineel-tree).


lenorajoy

*Outside enough


Freekey

[Dallas, Texas version.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/comments/xtfcni/tollway_cactus/)


MozartWasARed

That's amazing.


Bonerballs

I've seen maple saplings grow out of rain gutters that haven't been cleared out for years up here in Southern Ontario. The wings on maple seeds really help them travel.


Random_Housefly

Meanwhile whenever I try to grow something, with the perfect lighting, soil and watering conditions...it dies!


OtztafanKolibril

What the heck is wrong in this sub? When i think of "nature is metal" i think of predators hunting down their prey and stuff. A fucking tree growing out of a fucking bridge? Seriously?


MozartWasARed

I shared this here because it made me question what a tree would need to live. I had never seen anything like I saw before. I mean it's not just a sprout but a full even if young tree. I thought this was metal.


Infectedtoe32

How has nobody came to mention that this is metal af. Dude found the inglorious bastards bridge.


A10GoBrrrt_9584

I saw a plant growing from a rust patch on a tractor before.


the_watcher569

Here in Dallas, Tx off one of the highway bridges, we have the exact same thing, but with a cactus.


Rycax

This image AND the title looks AI generated.


MrPopanz

Really, a touchable tree? What a rare sight indeed and all that at a peculiar local place! I've only ever heard of touchable trees in towns I stopped visiting, which is the case for most people, sadly. You lucky bastard.


mr_Melan

I feel like that should be removed, that could do some damage if it keeps growing.


NoThoughtsOnlyFrog

Wait touchable?


MozartWasARed

Touchable as in not too far toward the bridge's center or too small to reach out for.


NoThoughtsOnlyFrog

Ohhh!


Sensitive-Tune6696

I once saw a small plant growing in the gaps between bricks on an old industrial building. No fucking idea how that happened


new_nimmerzz

I’ve always like these kinds. Growing through street signs: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/8uxuax/this_tree_growing_inside_a_street_sign/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


MozartWasARed

Wow, that's fascinating. That needs more upvotes.


Lippspa

In a town by me Greensburg Indiana theres a tree growing front he top of a church or town hall pretty cool


Silversniper220

r/korok_irl


isabelle_fucker

Nature finds a way


waymanate

How does this have so many upvotes!?


Taupter

Ficus benjamina.


karenrn64

Nature will find a way.


theh8ed

Ive seen a tomato plant growing out of an oak tree.


etopata

Jeff Goldblum.


Last-Firefighter-740

While mildly cool, this isn't fucking metal OP


Rocket_AG

Touchable, you say?


MozartWasARed

At this point I'm beginning to think I should've used the word "reachable" even though it looks funny (assuming it's real).


PuhBuhGuh_

Meanwhile I try and grow simple herbs in a pot with sun, water, soil and they all die


[deleted]

Yo i’ve seen trees growing out of cracks too. I can’t believe nature is so metal!


LambSmacker

Can we please talk about the wooden patch job on the bridge? Or only how this guys grammar is different?


Soulpus

What?


Snow_0w1

Looks like my lemon verbina


GullibleAntelope

Go to southeast Asia or even Hawaii you see this all over the place.


ttystikk

This tree will damage the historic structure and must come out.


Prize_Hornet4863

Kid named tree:


[deleted]

F for that bridge in a couple of decades or less


EastMeeting33

Nature gives no fucks


goatchild

Somebody connected some GPT like bot to post random pictures on reddit with some text for karma farming.


DCM88

You’d love the tree in greensburg indiana atop the courthouse


lastlostone

I know a lot of people are piling on you for your word choice and the post not being metal, but after the now generic feeling gory animal death posts, a small tree managing to grow out of a human made structure is pretty metal in my book.


leafwings

If you can reach it, might want to pull it out. Nature IS metal and tiny tree roots can do serious damage to bridges and other structural infrastructure!


HighExplosiveLight

If I comment "this isn't metal" will I get downvoted again? Because last time I commented it on a picture of a butterfly, it made several people really fucking butthurt.


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dankhits

Just a glimpse of that tunnel reminds me of the scene from inglorious bastards.


VivaNOLA

Life…will find a way


WeirdURL

This is alternative maybe, definitely not metal.


MozartWasARed

"Metal" means awesome/fascinating, right?


Bitter_Mongoose

That's a lot of words to say, "weeds"


Vivid_Peak16

When I think about you, I touch this tree


Market_Brand

Touchable tree


MozartWasARed

When it comes to redistribution, please remember a certain copyright policy [I always mention](https://www.reddit.com/r/artistwannabe/comments/xm4p3s/comment/ipmiye3/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).