Anything that’s not 100% adulation and praise qualifies as flame bait on r/bonsai. It’s participation trophies for everyone on there, lol.
Thread titles: what makes you get ready for a fight?
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andrewiles
Shohin
Mikecheck123
Omono
That thread is pure comedy. Makes me laugh rather than fight.
RJG2
Omono
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
Frankly no title or even full length post can get me into a fight. I have had enough fights in my life time. I only look and thus find good things to learn from. I've learned that people get pissed off when they encounter things that have hurt them or go against things that they have verified to be good info. If that is the case, it is better to learn from their experience than to piss them off all the more.
PS: You really wouldn't like to fight me. I won't fight back. In most conflicts I encountered, I am usually the one who ended the fight.
PS: You really wouldn't like to fight me. I won't fight back. In most conflicts I encountered, I am usually the one who ended the fight.
Not sure about fight-worthy, but some pet peeves:
"What cultivar is this tree?" - as if someone has a special DNA test they can use through the screen.
"Does this tree have potential?" - Silly. It's a seed/seedling and has infinite potential. It's a Walter Pall tree and has no potential to be anything other than the master tree that it is.
Anything with the words "indoor tree" in it.
Not a thread title, but folks asking a question totally unrelated to a specific thread.
On that note, this is my favorite fight-provoking thread:
OP: Can someone identify this bonsai?
Response: It's a monocot, blade of grass.
OP: Something to the effect of "f#$%^ng c%$t"
I guess he was expecting a maple?
"What cultivar is this tree?" - as if someone has a special DNA test they can use through the screen.
"Does this tree have potential?" - Silly. It's a seed/seedling and has infinite potential. It's a Walter Pall tree and has no potential to be anything other than the master tree that it is.
Anything with the words "indoor tree" in it.
Not a thread title, but folks asking a question totally unrelated to a specific thread.
On that note, this is my favorite fight-provoking thread:
OP: Can someone identify this bonsai?
Response: It's a monocot, blade of grass.
OP: Something to the effect of "f#$%^ng c%$t"
I guess he was expecting a maple?
Mikecheck123
Omono
Didn't he specifically ask if it was grass, too?
Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
Oof, yeah. But the opposite too: people who say that chemicals are nazi and that all problems can be resolved with water.''Experts '' who prescribe indiscriminate use of pesticides without knowing whats actually wrong with someone elses trees and believe that treating with chemicals is the only way to keep all trees healthy!
It don't always work like that.
Comments that rile me up too are the ones where people ask "how should I use this stuff?"
Seriously dude.. You have it in your hand, it's on the label!
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
I am guilty of this from time to time because it is so reassuring to see that in the answers here.
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