My co-workers call me weed I think it's because I'm tenacious. So much in fact I have a meeting with HR on Monday probably a pay rise

am i not supposed to want weed around?

How about honeysuckle vs trumpet vine? Both grow like hell, invasively, where I live. One is a tasty and pleasant treat when flowering. The other is just.. there, growing. A lot.

Weeds are just highly successful flowers that have earned resentment from others.

i call this the weed paradox.

even though weeds grow unassisted. it is impossible for everyone to grow weeds in their garden. for is they try, they are no longer weeds

Nobody's said it so I will.

A weed is any plant that grows on disturbed or compacted soil without cultivation. Their growth conditions are created by humans and their spread is caused by humans.

Our opinions mean nothing to plants

OOP is the author of something like seven published novels, one of which has been adapted into a movie and another of which may soon be made into a streaming series. Never feel embarrassed to say what you learned today.

Ironically, weed isn't a weed for many people.

A weed is whatever your HOA says it is.

Weeds is just the gardening term for "their kind".

He's a bit slow on the uptake