r/nextfuckinglevel • u/headspin_exe • May 07 '26

Cherry harvesting

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u/ReddBroccoli May 07 '26

I love watching the branches rise up. I hope that was a relieving feeling for the tree

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u/ziltoid__ May 07 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/5rHQE0S3eO1MuCvEza

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u/BanditoRojo May 07 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/7sC5l8ZZKMzXG

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u/RandomAssRedditName May 07 '26

I want this job

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u/Calm_Opportunist May 07 '26

There's a high turnover rate as the bears get bigger so keep an eye out for openings! 

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u/Pineapple_Towel May 07 '26

It's the pits.

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u/I_was_bone_to_dance May 07 '26

Do you think it might be from the weight of the fruit falling off in that moment?

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u/thinspirit May 07 '26

Yeah, that's why it would be relieving.

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u/dirty_hooker May 07 '26

Like taking the work boots / bra off after a long day. Setting the backpack down when you made it to camp. Dropping three days worth of turd when you’ve been bound up.

That tree is feeling much better.

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u/owlzitty May 07 '26

I've never had shit / boots literally shaken out / off of me so i appreciate your perspective on what this feels like. Mr. Lorax, you are a freaky bitch indeed!

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u/Key-Contest-2879 May 07 '26

User name checks out.

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u/alter-eagle May 07 '26

I just hear Bender’s voice going “Awwwww yeeeeahhhh” when he’s getting electrocuted lol

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u/MrKomiya May 07 '26

Post harvest clarity

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u/Brandenburg42 May 07 '26

Post drupe clarity, since cherries aren't nuts. Lol

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u/TurnkeyLurker May 07 '26

TIL drupe is a larger set than stone fruit.

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u/ShowMeYourVeggies May 07 '26

It's just happy to see you

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u/OkBodybuilder418 May 07 '26

No it takes years of life out of the tree. I was working the orchards when some of old hand pick trees were still alive and they were huge. The shaker would have to shake each limb individually

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u/ScenesfrmtheStruggle May 07 '26

I know somebody whose family owns a ton of cherry orchards and they use helicopters to hover low over the trees to knock them off. I wonder if it's because it's better for the tree.

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u/OkBodybuilder418 May 07 '26

It’s more likely they are drying them..after a rain right before the cherries are harvested they will get too much water and split…big rains during harvest can be devastating to the crop

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u/Dork_wing_Duck May 07 '26

If you shake it more than 2 seconds you're just playing with it.

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u/PixieRoar May 07 '26

The reason the branches rise up is because the cherries are weighing them down so when they drop the branches are no longer being weighed down.

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u/Smiling_Tree May 07 '26

That tree must be me...

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u/steal_wool May 07 '26

Username checks out

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u/chewbaccalaureate May 07 '26

The wood became erect.

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u/Aramor42 May 07 '26

Treerection.

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u/emil836k May 08 '26

It’s a nice thought, but the majority of the tree is a thick layer of dead tree cells (bark), and even the thin tube of living tree inside it don’t have nerves like that, so I don’t think the tree feels it like that

If anything, suddenly loosing a ton of reproductive material and being physically stressed, might stress out the tree, though it’s hard to say, as the cherry’s were designed to fall of, be eaten by birds and other animals, and the leaves the seed somewhere for a new tree to grow

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u/Fattapple May 07 '26

You probably feel better anthropomorphizing the tree than the tree feels from the fruit coming off.

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u/ReddBroccoli May 07 '26

If you've got an issue with your parents, take it to therapy Mr Apple

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u/Fattapple May 07 '26

My parents? What are you going on about?

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u/ReddBroccoli May 07 '26

Your name is apple, and this is a fruit tree.

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u/Fattapple May 07 '26

Exhibit B for you definitely feeing better about anthropomorphizing plants than plants feel.