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Proplifting, Plant Piracy, and Dumpster Chocolates


Apparently gourmet chocolate shops make batches unsuitable for customers, but perfectly suitable for low-lifes like me.

According to California v. Greenwood, dumpster diving is totally legal on public property if there are no superceding local laws. To create a genetic clone of a plant, sever it in a spot rich with stem cells, then leave that tip in water or soil. In 2020, a plant influencer stole cuttings of Monstera obliqua peru from the Huntington Botanical Gardens and publicly confessed to the crime.

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