u/ASecularBuddhist

I’m assuming because it was an issue in the community, an Assyrian pastor reminded the congregation to do a better job at loving their neighbors. Would you say that xenophobia is a common issue in many Assyrian communities or is it more of an issue in certain areas?

I know it’s a false dichotomy, but if you had to prioritize one, which one would it be?

Before the Internet, gardening was often passed down from person to person or through published books. Now, everybody with a phone is an expert, and I feel like it must be much more difficult to sort through different and sometimes conflicting recommendations.

Pruningmania in growing tomatoes is an example. In the olden days, we just casually took off the bottom leaves touching the ground and any dying or dead ones. People in humid or rainy environments created more of an airflow to try to prevent disease.

But somehow, a simple idea turned into this obsessive and highly complex series of highly specific questions about whether to prune or not. And then people following along with those in-depth conversations feel like they have to do something too, and on and on that goes.

There are many ways to garden and everybody gets to choose how they want to go about it. It’s all great. Every attempt to try to grow something can be a rewarding experience, whether it is successful or not. I just think that it could potentially be confusing to try to learn from so many people saying so many different things.