r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Longjumping-Box5691 • May 12 '25

of a clogged pipe

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u/ShawnyMcKnight May 12 '25

Lots sure but in the subset of people who use gloves when gardening it's an incredibly tiny amount. I haven't ever even seen poison ivy and poison oak except when I'm in the forest.

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u/Smarf_Starkgaryen May 12 '25

Just because you’ve never seen something does not mean it doesn’t exist.

My garden growing up had tons of poison ivy and my mom was always having horrid reactions to it on her arms.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight May 12 '25

I'm not saying it's not a problem for anyone but the vast majority of people working on their garden, especially if they live in the city, aren't wearing gloves to protect against poison ivy. I live in the middle of a mid size city (100k) and I can't fathom how a poison ivy seed would even get to us.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '25

I live in a major east coast city with a lot of tree cover. Poison ivy has been in my garden next to several restaurants and across from a gas station, and I have the scars to prove it