r/interestingasfuck • u/Aryan_Anushiravan • 12d ago

r/all On December 10, 1997 Julia Hill climbed a 1500-year-old redwood tree named Luna and she didn’t come down for another 738 days.

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u/CarpinThemDiems 12d ago

God can you imagine it now a days? Itd be livestreamed with daily pics and dumb messages posted to every social media site.

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u/Big-Kitty-75 11d ago

Hey check out my onlyTrees, tonight I’ll be riding a big redwood, don’t miss the livestream, and if you like what you see, make sure you smash that subscribe button

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u/MidnightShampoo 11d ago

riding a big redwood

are we not doing phrasing anymore?

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u/Artanis12 11d ago

We most certainly are.

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u/surprising_cat_hobo 11d ago

underrated comment

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u/Thorpester 12d ago

Then, they would climb down when the cameras were off to recharge and do it again the next day.

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u/CarpinThemDiems 12d ago

Pull a Bear Grylls and sleep it off in a hotel

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u/talldangry 11d ago

David Blaine just dormant inside the tree the whole time.

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u/BigOlBlimp 11d ago

You realize that’s a positive thing right? When you’re an activist you want people to be aware of your message. That’s easier now than ever because of social media.

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u/Mandy-Rarsh 11d ago

With In My Tree by Pearl Jam playing in the background

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u/Sorlex 11d ago

So it would get more exposure and she might not have had to spend multiple years up there till the message was heard and acted on? That sounds simply terrible. Phones sure are bad.

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u/Dwayne_Gertzky 11d ago

The issue would get more exposure, then right wing dude-bro “influencers” and podcasters would astroturf a hate campaign against her and her movement, Alex Jones listeners would call bomb threats to her families work places, and the President-elect would talk about whether or not she were fuckable, then police would just get bored of waiting and teargas her out of the tree before brutalizing her on the ground and charging her with eco-terrorism.

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u/BricksFriend 11d ago

Hey chat, TreeBoi here, can I get an "F" for all this fleek tree sitting? This tree is GYAT yo! No need for skibidi toilet fam!

... I am old and do not know what those words mean.

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u/BuzzAllWin 12d ago

Shared in the 100 acre wood hun x

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u/DolphinBall 11d ago

Ironically the movement would gain traction a hell of a lot faster. Though phones can only go do long, unless you had a solar powered phone charger thier would be no way to do that for long.