@jenni007@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 11 days agoWho needs a lawn?message-square30fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWho needs a lawn?@jenni007@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 11 days agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square@salacious_coaster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish30•11 days agoManor lords who want to see attackers coming from a distance. Requires a few dedicated serfs for all the scything, but such is the cost of protecting one’s estates.
minus-square@MrFinnbean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink16•11 days agoWerent it more a flex how rich you were? “See that lord over there. He is so rich he does not even need to use all off his land for agriculture.”
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 days agoIn the 20th century it morphed into a marketing gimmick to sell lawn equipment, fertilizer and products to maintain a perfect manicured lawn “See Mr Jones next door. He is so rich that he can afford to have a perfect cut grass lawn with no dandelions in it”
Manor lords who want to see attackers coming from a distance. Requires a few dedicated serfs for all the scything, but such is the cost of protecting one’s estates.
Werent it more a flex how rich you were?
“See that lord over there. He is so rich he does not even need to use all off his land for agriculture.”
In the 20th century it morphed into a marketing gimmick to sell lawn equipment, fertilizer and products to maintain a perfect manicured lawn
“See Mr Jones next door. He is so rich that he can afford to have a perfect cut grass lawn with no dandelions in it”