OT but that’s almost unbelievably comical idea for an American tourist in the wild to actually do. Did you get the feeling that people glanced? Did you notice any other differences (besides the lack of lids/straws)?

No. The particular community I’ve recently noticed this issues with is hosted on fedinswf, but it is frequent among other communities and instances as well. It seems to be more frequent with videos/gifs.

I mean, There’s also the more direct approach if one wants to give out bribes in return for votes… Remember this? Tell me more about how amazing and just the Western Democracy is.

That was my thought as well. But apparently they are known for their fast growth —the genera can grow as fast as half a metre a day (that is, about 20 inches a day), ultimately reaching 30 to 80 metres (100 to 260 ft.

So although they may reach a pretty impressive length, they seem dependant on sunlight like a previous comment pointed out.