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When I met the woman who would become my wife, I knew nothing of biology. She wasn't a biologist but was far more knowledgeable on the subject than I. (Side note: this is still true.)
She told me that fruit is an "interkingdom, interspecies orgy" since it involved multiple partners and participants of both flora and fauna varieties.
Fascinated by that, I posted the message on my Facebook (it was a long time ago and I didn't know they were evil). Suddenly, all my friends thought I was weird.
“Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced.” -Terence McKenna
I like the quote, but what does "yang" mean in this context? Thanks in advance.
McKenna just uses a lot of terms from different philosophies and cultures, most often leaning to Eastern philosophies though.
Here it's what you probably thought of, the yang in "to yin and yang". So if you're into Chinese creative theory... (but if you're not you can just tldr; an "active"/"masculine" solution, but I realise those don't properly translate the concept and simplify it a tad too much)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang
That is indeed what I thought of, but I wasn't sure whether to believe it since I've never heard it used in isolation. Again, I appreciate the answer.
Your wife sounds awesome. If your friends thought your weirdness was awesome, then they're rad. If not, they are less awesome than your wife.
My wife is awesome! Thank you for noticing.
My friends were a mixed bag in terms of how they reacted. However, I don't think I would marry any of them, so I'll have to agree that few are as rad as my wife.