ifyouknowmeirlgoaway:

I think one of the reasons why tree law is so popular and people are so enthusiastic about it is because a big, old tree being killed feels so awful. You’ve got something that took years or decades to get that big, that provides so many benefits, and then it’s just…gone and irreplaceable. Of course people are like oh boy, you didn’t think that thing was valuable and now the law is gonna come for you and you’re gonna regret it.

And it feels like one of the few cases where the rich (not the mega rich, but the regular rich) actually get held to account for their crimes, because the punishment is designed to match the actual damage they do. You cut down a bunch of your neighbor’s trees to make your property more valuable? The punishment is basically the cost of your property.

(via egg-and-cheese)

deadryn:

poundsofnothing:

deadryn:

Roomate’s dog: *new collar*

Me, internally: “Huh, what a weird thing to put on your dog”

when I was young I heard a family friend talk about a leather worker was talking about being commissioned to make dog collars and occasionally they would get measurements that they knew was from a human and not a dog and I though oh goths are too embarrassed to just say it’s for them.

Yeah…. goths….

(via egg-and-cheese)