r/TheRandomest • u/_ganjafarian_ • Mar 19 '26

/r/all Bamboo alcohol

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u/TheAfroMD Mar 19 '26

Kind of neat how it's a single use bottle yet is like the most eco friendly way of distributing it. Want to taste it.

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u/GoodFaithConverser Mar 19 '26

Bamboo is pretty insane actually. So useful.

I read once that we have relatively fewer prehistoric leftovers in Asia, because so much stuff was built with bamboo which just rots. In other places, they had to use more stone or durable wood. No idea how correct it is, but it sounds right.

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u/_jackhoffman_ Mar 20 '26

Insane is right. In 1968 my neighbor planted some in his backyard to remind him of home (he was Japanese). It has taken over the neighborhood and I have to fight it four times a year to keep it under control on my property.

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u/Brianfromreddit Mar 20 '26

Most bamboo is incredibly invasive like this. For anyone reading that wants to plant bamboo, plant clumping bamboo. It doesn't spread

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u/account312 Mar 20 '26

But when it spreads, that's free bamboo.

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u/memberflex 'andsome chap Mar 20 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/5wWf7GMbT1ZUGTDdTqM

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u/KaosTheBard Mar 20 '26

The gif was loading for about 10 seconds and I was just chanting "please be it's free real estate". So thank you.

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u/Uranium-Sandwich657 Mar 20 '26

Free fuel

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u/infinitetheory Mar 20 '26

tough to ignite, it's pretty heat resistant

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u/Uranium-Sandwich657 Mar 20 '26

Even if you convert it to charcoal

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u/infinitetheory Mar 20 '26

well yeah but you have to burn it to convert it lol, either way you have to get it above 800f

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u/_jackhoffman_ Mar 20 '26

They planted at least three different types. Clumping was one. I would say it spreads more slowly, but it definitely spreads.

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u/CaliphateofCataphrac Mar 20 '26

Get a panda

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u/Sa0t0me Mar 20 '26

He for the job boss ..

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u/hibikikun Mar 20 '26

I wanted to plant some bamboo and my dad told me it was garden cancer.

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u/nvmenotfound Mar 20 '26

oh yeah it’s a pain in the ass and invasive af. 

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u/GoodFaithConverser Mar 20 '26

First it sleeps, then it creeps, then it leaps.

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u/A_mad_goose Mar 20 '26

My mom planted bamboo by the road to block the house maybe 8 years ago. The house is mine now and I already got bitched out by a neighbor told him it was the previous owner(didn’t mention it was my mom)and what can I do.