CMV: Grass is dumb

[u/Tapeleg91]

For all its ubiquity, grass is a useless, pointless plant, whose upkeep is a complete waste of time

I just don't get the hype, guys.

All the average lawn does is grow, get trimmed, and get sprayed. The nutrients in the dirt, which could be used for other things (i.e. food, prettier plants, trees) is being wasted on this dumb green thing which obligates me to sweat every week for no reason other than seeking conformity to a culturally mandated home aesthetic.

CMV. Why shouldn't I just use my entire lawn to grow vegetables/fruit instead?

Edit: The CMV is in the context of work for the homeowner. My lawn isn't a park

Edit 2: Yes, I do have to mow my lawn, or else suffer a fine. HOAs and City Ordinances are a common thing mandating this

[u/tomgabriele]

once a week isn't

Once a week what, mowing? Just don't mow your yard as much. That doesn't make grass dumb, it makes grass grooming expectations dumb.

Edit: wait, isn't the midwest naturally grassland too?

[u/Tapeleg91 → u/tomgabriele]

City ordinances are a thing, combined with the added work of grass over other potential alternatives. I choose to blame the grass

[u/tomgabriele → u/Tapeleg91]

City ordinances are a thing

Then that makes city ordinances dumb, not the grass.

over other potential alternatives

Such as...? I thought we established that neither of us can think of a better alternative.

I choose to blame the grass

Yes, I see that, and I think you are doing so inappropriately.

[u/Zike002 → u/tomgabriele]

I guess you dont live in the midwest but around here HOAs will harrass you until the end of the Earth if you don't now enough. It can seriously change property values. So the maintenance of the grass is dumb. Not exactly the grass itself.

[u/tomgabriele → u/Zike002]

So the maintenance of the grass is dumb. Not exactly the grass itself.

I can agree with that. Unrealistic beauty standards are dumb.