chill out angry gardener

[threeplusfire]

The amount of hostility generated in reviews of lettuce seeds I'm reading this morning is astounding. I can't imagine there is any reason to get so worked up over lettuce.

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[in-thy-bounty.livejournal.com]

My friend and I often exchange favourite angry or misguided reviews for entertainment.

Usually it's DVDs, but lettuce seeds... that just blows my mind.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I am constantly surprised by what people choose to get angry about in the consumer world. It's so bizarre. This wasn't even someone furious about genetically modified crops or anything serious either - just about feeling angry that the lettuce seeds had a ridiculous name.

It makes me sort of want to eat some lettuce now though.

[the-brown-bunny.livejournal.com]

i was about to ask what they were all fired up about. what is the name of these lettuce seeds??

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I think it was Healing Hands or something. It hardly stood out from the numerous other seed names in the catalog. Black Beauty tomatoes and Happy Harvest Corn and Sweet Sunshine and whatnot. It would be one thing if they had just said "oh what a silly name, that's dumb, I don't like the name." But instead I was treated to a multiparagraph complaint about how the catalog people must all be drunks who spend their time making up ridiculous names and ought to be fired. How is that a productive review!? I didn't learn anything about the lettuce seeds.

[the-brown-bunny.livejournal.com]

sounds like caffeinated rant-writing of a deranged and mentally stunted individual. i must ask if this job is lucrative, as it seems wildly entertaining.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Product reviews are quite often surprisingly emotional and hyperbolic. Even seemingly ordinary people will produce the weirdest stuff and take strange offense. Hotel reviews for example, those are my favorite. An angry hotel review is an angry review.

My job pays a decent amount for part time, and I get to work at home. Aside from the usual bullshit of any job it is pretty good. Plus I get this constant weird insight into the mind of the consumer and I learn all about TVs and stuff.

[the-brown-bunny.livejournal.com]

doesn't sound like an altogether bad deal. and thanks for satisfying my curiosity.

[alainn-sorcha.livejournal.com]

Lettuce is very important.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Apparently it is also serious business. Lettuce is a serious vegetable, not for frivolous people. Are you serious enough for your lettuce?

[alainn-sorcha.livejournal.com]

I'm not nearly serious enough for lettuce.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Clearly you should stick to un-serious fruits and vegetables from now on then!

[alainn-sorcha.livejournal.com]

I only fruits and vegetables that dress like clowns.

[orbie.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, people do find the silliest things to get all bent out of shape about. Lettuce included!

Are you looking for lettuce seeds? Black Seeded Simpson is a good variety of leaf lettuce for the Austin area. Very prolific, and if you let it go to seed at the end of the season, you'll a) never have to buy seed again and b) it will reseed itself amazingly well. In fact, I am about to declare lettuce (and basil) a weed in my garden. Not that I'm pulling any up, mind you, except to eat. LOL!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I read your garden posts with some envy because I can't grow plants to save my life. I'm terrible at it. I planted a small tree in our front yard and I think the only reason it survived was because I accidentally planted too deep so it made it through the horror summer we had in 2009. I did manage to kill the beautiful rose of sharon bush in the backyard though, which makes me terribly sad.

The lettuce crossed my path because my work assignment today involved a gardening center client. It makes a nice break from reading about televisions and dresses and baby furniture.