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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 05:18:48 JST Evan Prodromou

   A society is truly great when old people plant trees under whose shade they will never sit, because they did it wrong, because they are bad at planting trees.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 05:32:39 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Fifi Lamoura

     @fifilamoura yeah they're great!

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     Fifi Lamoura (fifilamoura@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 05:32:40 JST Fifi Lamoura

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     @evan Are your trees doing okay?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 05:33:43 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Bam

     @Bam yes, this is a common saying.

     https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/04/29/tree-shade/

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     Bam (bam@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 05:33:44 JST Bam

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     @evan I’m not sure why, but this reminded me of the grove at Yad V’Shem. At Yad V’shem, there is a carob grove in dedication to the righteous among the nations. The reason it is a carob grove is that the carob tree takes 70 years to fruit, so those who plant a carob tree do so entirely selflessly because they will never enjoy its fruit. They plant the tree for those that will come after them.

     That’s why it is at Yad V’shem. The righteous among the nations that risked their lives to save Jews during the Shoah never saw the true fruit of their risk.

     So I’d suggest planting a tree under the shade of which you will never sit is not just doing it right, but doing it the most right because you’re doing it truly selflessly.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 07:50:24 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Dave Neary

     @dneary oof

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     Dave Neary (dneary@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 07:50:26 JST Dave Neary

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     @evan I think I read that in the Easter Island Book of Wisdom...