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![A screenshot from the "THS Forums" on a board called OEPStudents, conversation on a thread titled "about an old plant" reads as follows:
OEPStudents / about an old plant
Risa_e_art<
8:32
Hi, I’m a secondary student and I hope this is ok to post here. For an assignment, I’m supposed to talk to an envoy about an aspect of old Earth and talk about it in my paper. I talked to my uncle's friend, who works at OEPS. She said that one thing she wishes were around are these tall plants that had spikes on them called kacktuss (idk how to spell it). But when I asked my uncle about it he had no idea and said she's kind of in her own world sometimes. Were kacktuss a real plant or is she just making fun of me?
ujiwaraswife<
9:01
!Almost__Scholar
Almost__Scholar:<
9:05
Hi! I understand why you’d be unsure about this plant, considering the envoy you’ve been speaking to seems to like jokes. I spoke to a couple of people in [OldEarthBiologists], which is a private board. A few of them have heard of this before; it’s spelled “cactus”. It was a kind of plant that grew in deserts and dry climates all across Old Earth.
Risa_e_art<
9:30
Thanks!
TopIdea1392<
9:39
came across this thread and just wanted to say wow, I’ve never heard of this before. I so wish we had as many plants as Old Earth did!
Dryuchk07<
10:08
save it for [OldEarthNostalgia], ge.
TopIdea1392<
10:27
ha ha, very funny. I just wish I could see trees everywhere and not just the one downtown on Old Luna
Dryuchk07<
10:42
now ain't that the truth](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udbg5uaop65yssj5czuenloi/bafkreiegotdomewsxijs6rxggnx6yyfqondpyy6o2odluy5en7docpjify)
![A thread from the "THS Forums" in the "desertnet" board with the title: "new thread 12:54\WED"
Discussion is as follows:
xXHAVOCXx_<
12:54
Verified Envoy
I went into the city last week and someone wanted to buy my shirt to donate to THS. How do those fucks have the nerve. Is this shit getting more common or am I just unlucky?
anUsername<
13:43
Why would they want your shirt?
SYSTEM: User has included the below addendum at [15:56]
wait jjj I just saw the envoy badge thats on me
durtdist<
14:03
are you the envoy with those red arm mods
xXHAVOCXx_<
15:48
Verified Envoy
Something about "preserving Old Earth”
DNexit_324789345<
15:58
I’m sure that it may be sentimental to you, but think about it. You have your memories of Old Earth, but the humans around you don’t have even those to hold onto. Why hold onto material possessions when you could better our entire society’s understanding of our long lost history?
SYSTEM: User has left desertnet. Posts preserved and anonymized for recordkeeping.
xXHAVOCXx_<
16:00
Verified Envoy
fuck off
anUsername<
16:41
!!ADMIN check !DNexit-324789345, i smell oe.ps on this one
durtdist<
16:45
I bet !he asked for the shirt
SYSTEM: Alert unsuccessful, user "!he" does not exist on desertnet](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udbg5uaop65yssj5czuenloi/bafkreievn2tw46rpu43hblc6f2zaqcafkiwcvv75rbbdm5xugw7axkv6v4)
