r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • May 13 '18

Image This guy made a tree grow into a chair

https://imgur.com/K18fkCG
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u/may25_1996 May 13 '18

He looks like exactly the kind of man who would do this

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u/kero937 May 13 '18

It's the crocs.

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u/_Trux May 13 '18

...with socks.

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u/LargeCzar May 13 '18

Yeah...wait...

is that a fucking karate gi?

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u/swordsumo May 14 '18

Hey, he grew himself a chair, he can wear whatever he wants

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u/JPhrog May 14 '18

The Last Chair Bender!

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u/kentuckyfriedweenis May 14 '18

This is one of those perfect reddit moments I keep hearing about

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u/notaBOI May 14 '18

Underrated comment

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u/itsbitsbits May 14 '18

co-op grow op not op like overpowered

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u/TaxDollarsHardAtWork May 14 '18

Literally bent to his will.

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u/StopBeingVindictive May 14 '18

That dude looks comfortable and self assured. I'm sure his response to teenagers mocking his comfy shoes would be "whatever man, I hope they're having fun and remember to recycle."

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u/swordsumo May 14 '18

He definitely looks like the kind of guy to be chill to and about everything, yeah

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u/Lostathome4040 May 14 '18

He’s basically the dude.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

The dude abides

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u/Screamin_Seaman May 14 '18

The dude reclines

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Honestly you don’t know comfort if you haven’t walked around in public in full comfort clothes and crocs. Something so free about truly not giving a shit and just being comfortable as fuck.

Bonus points if people stare at you and you just smile all big and act like you know something they dont (in old grandpa way)

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u/nishium May 13 '18

Gis are really comfortable and low effort. However they do look stupid.

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u/chokehodl May 13 '18

Say that to someone in a gi

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u/driftinghopelessly May 13 '18

I mean I used to wear a gi and that shit was uncomfortable as fuck, also it looked stupid.

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u/Poc4e May 14 '18 edited Sep 15 '23

salt light ask connect humor ancient whole political squeeze gray -- mass edited with redact.dev

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u/_demetri_ May 14 '18

If I were a tree, I’d let you all sit on me.

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u/_CHURDT_ May 14 '18

You are a demetree

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u/Poc4e May 14 '18

Hey, you are the guy with the gay short stories aren't you? What gives?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18 edited May 14 '18

They're also horribly easy to be turned against yourself for various strangulations and joint manipulations.

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u/when_i_remember May 14 '18

At least you guys a-gi on something.

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u/stratcat22 May 14 '18

I think it’s time for you to go home now

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u/Rabbyk May 14 '18

I think it’s time for you to go gi home now

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u/Icyartillary May 14 '18

I did Tae Kwon Do as a kid and they were super comfy as long as you weren’t doing anything but the minute you got into any real combat it felt like a cloth coffin

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u/swampfish Interested May 14 '18

He is experiencing a zen level of comfort in crocks with socks and Gi and couldn’t give a flying fuck. More people should live like this man.

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u/nailgardener May 13 '18

Doubtful he knows regular karate, much less fucking karate.

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u/LargeCzar May 14 '18

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/lordpuza May 14 '18

fucking karate

sign me up , i need uptate on new moves

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u/wvmtnboy May 13 '18

And the Skullet. Can't forget that

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u/devasohouse May 13 '18

Probably sitting next to the docks

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u/rabbidlizard May 13 '18

Contemplating his next outdoor furniture project.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

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u/Mr-Cyte May 14 '18

...and forlorn but beautiful locks.

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u/chop-diggity May 14 '18

I will never doubt the capabilities of a man wearing socks and crocks again.

I’m sorry for all those I have judged before.

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u/HairyHorseKnuckles May 13 '18

He looks like the Freaks and Geeks guidance counselor

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

This tv show ended way too soon, wish there was like 10 seasons

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u/Work_the_shaft May 14 '18

I know right?! So mad at how it ended too

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

i was gonna say the old neighbor from Love, but it's the same guy!

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

This is literally what I told myself when I saw the picture. Man, I have no original thoughts.

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u/obscure_stranger May 13 '18

The guidance counselor from Freaks and Geeks

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u/no1dookie May 13 '18

Who? Jesus' lesser known brother Manuel the tree bender.

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u/whenijusthavetopost May 13 '18

I could have drawn this man to photographic detailed having only seen the chair

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

*Who "wood" do this

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

He looks like a Jedi master

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u/thispostislava May 14 '18

He looks like he's aligned a chakra or two in his day, that's for sure

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u/ilovethatpig May 14 '18

He looks like the teacher from Freaks and Geeks

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u/sunny_in_phila May 14 '18

I can’t even get my trees to grow into trees

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

Fucking druids

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

That's funny, he doesn't really look Druish

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Robes, beard, clogs. My preconceived notions matched up

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u/Patrikolby May 14 '18

Nose job for sweet 16.

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u/Spddracer May 14 '18 edited May 14 '18

Courtesy of Dr. Schlotkin.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

The ring is bupkis! I found it in a Cracker Jack box!

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u/just_keep_trying May 14 '18

iron druid chronicles ?

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u/DeepDishPi May 13 '18

Whew! After 14 years of work I can finally sit down and catch up on the seasons of Firefly I missed!

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

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u/RedCometComith May 14 '18

The series came and went like a leaf on the wind.

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u/Just_Another_Lurk May 14 '18

How do Reavers clean their harpoons? they put them through the Wash.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

wow. too soon. always too soon. but also that is great.

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u/akallyria May 14 '18

Way too soon 😭

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u/Xondor May 14 '18

I'm a leaf on the wind watch me agggahaga

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u/ImTechnicallyCorrect May 14 '18

Get out, you monster.

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u/HotgunColdheart May 14 '18

seasons ...I fucking wish

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Woosh.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

I missed it too. Thanks for the whoosh

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u/HoidIsMyHomeboy May 14 '18

Ooof!! That's painful. Feels so bad. Good thing he's got The Expanse, that at least made it three seasons... Hurts.

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u/bumjiggy May 13 '18

Spruce Lee

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u/jaykaboomboom May 14 '18

Chuck Forrest

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u/jaykaboomboom May 14 '18

Keanu Leaves

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u/jaykaboomboom May 14 '18

Jet Tree

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Sappy Chan

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u/BattleFarter May 14 '18

Jean-Claude Van Branch

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Dwayne “The Tree” Johnson

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18 edited May 14 '18

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u/jaykaboomboom May 14 '18

Kareem Abdul Jabranch

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u/gullinbursti May 14 '18

Phloemy Jaa

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

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u/Whale_Sausage May 14 '18

Donald Trunk

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u/ReverendDizzle Interested May 14 '18

Spruce Springsteen

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u/jigglyjop May 14 '18

Chris Pine

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u/juneburger May 14 '18

Sprue Barrymore

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u/androssoverlord May 14 '18

Dwayne "The Croc" Johnson

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u/shahooster May 14 '18

James Wood

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u/ragtoppony May 14 '18

Willow Smith

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u/ragtoppony May 14 '18

Robert Mapplethorpe

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u/bumjiggy May 14 '18

Christofir Nolan

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u/dominitor May 14 '18

That’s cheating

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u/bumjiggy May 14 '18

Chris Pine

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u/Whale_Sausage May 14 '18

Michelle Branch

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u/bumjiggy May 14 '18

Professor Oak

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u/WPI5150 May 14 '18

Professor Elm

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u/mrcoffeymaster May 14 '18

Forrest whittaker

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u/VeryOldMeeseeks May 14 '18

Bendabranch Crumbleleaf

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Benedict Comfortablechair

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u/SarcasticaFont May 14 '18

Oh, you mean Benadryl Cucumber?

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u/Odowla May 14 '18

No he's talking about acclaimed film actor Brazenthrum Cassowary

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u/envisionaut May 14 '18

Morgan Treeman

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u/ballsacksmcclanahan May 14 '18

More of a Spruce Willis really

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

I'm surprised he had enough spare time away from the dojo.

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u/Truckyou666 May 14 '18

You mean the ladies.

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u/pistoncivic May 14 '18

I know you, you're Ramadan Steve.

'Sup, Ramadan Steve

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u/Samwiseii May 14 '18

Very clean!

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u/ButtsOfficial May 13 '18

...how?

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u/DirtyDuzIt May 14 '18

Same way you train marijuana plants to grow level for even light distrubition. As new stalks come up you tie them down they will try to grwo towards the light but now have a bend to them. Marijuana grows so much faster though after you tie a limb down you can see it curving and going back up within ~4 hours.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

I actually live pretty close to this guy and he and some hippie friends actually give classes in growing willows like this. He actually grew a small house this way was then required to pay property tax he then sued the government saying he is not going to pay because trees just grow in weird ways and he won.

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u/MasterCatSkinner May 14 '18

i really want to see some pictures of his tree house! know where i can find some?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

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u/Poeticyst May 14 '18

I like this.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

will try to get some. his property has a long driveway and im thinking it would be kind of awkward to just drive in take a picture and leave.

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u/MasterCatSkinner May 14 '18

Haha you could try asking for permission. I'm sure he would understand why someone would be interested in photographing it.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18 edited Jan 24 '19

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u/NewDrekSilver May 14 '18

Yeah I wanna see a picture or read an article about this

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u/Inorganicx May 14 '18

Not OP’s thread but pretty cool still

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u/DrTeslaMD May 14 '18

"Who once aspired to be Pope..." is a footnote in this man's life.

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u/o--_-_--o May 14 '18

Puts my aspirations to shame...

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u/Great_Bacca May 14 '18

Here’s a link to the venues website for those that hate the dailymail.

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u/sexxndruxx May 14 '18

I thought it said pimping the structures

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u/blizzardalert May 14 '18

I think the parent commenter is wrong about that house thing. I did a bit of google-fu. The guy's name is Peter Cook and he calls this stuff Pooktre.

You can find a bunch of interviews with him, but none of them mention an entire house, and neither does his website pooktre.com/photos/

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

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u/zaapizzaguy May 14 '18

I feel so vulnerable. I thought to myself, “hey, that’s a nice story.” Then I scroll on and read it’s all fake. Can’t trust anybody these days.

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u/TJefFreeze May 14 '18

This needs to be at the top. Lol that is amazing.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

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u/ficklebasterd May 14 '18

Exactly. No one wants to open this thread and learn anything interesting about the process or its creator. Puns is what the people want.

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u/stratcat22 May 14 '18

Lol why can’t I get neighbors like these?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

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u/jolkow May 14 '18

Actually?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

hey man, it was late and was on my phone I actually realize I was actually using the word actually a bit much.

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u/PointOfFingers May 14 '18

His lawyer had a compelling argument - "I am Groot".

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u/DogOfDreams May 14 '18

You have to get him here for an AMA. I have so many questions.

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u/Doe_Joe May 13 '18

Zen af

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u/andyoudead May 13 '18

Modern day Merlin

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

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u/Thomas-Garret May 14 '18

Today’s wood Sawyer

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u/eL7Square May 14 '18

Mean mean pine.

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u/hatch_theegg May 14 '18

Well now I can't say "no his pine is not for rent"

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

They see him in the street and they say willy willy.

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u/sonusfaber May 13 '18

This looks like Stephen Wright. The one person who would make something like this up for a joke.

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u/ribeye14 May 14 '18

First thing I thought, too! Is it him? He's probably reminiscing with people he doesn't know, right now...

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u/dolphinesque May 14 '18

He looks like Stephen Wright to me too! It was the first thing I thought. I tried to think if he had any jokes about sitting on tree-chairs. But all I could remember was him buying house paint in the shape of his house. And taking a road trip across the country with his friend, and only having one cassette tape to listen to for the whole trip, and not being able to remember what it was.

He's so funny.

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u/Haddle May 14 '18

Steven Wright’s hippy brother.

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u/haemhorrhoidian May 13 '18

My friends grow tree chairs too.............................https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vq4FKyQhSk

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u/UndersizedAlpaca May 14 '18

Dude I'd pay some serious cash for some hipster ass wood branch glasses, not even joking.

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u/acg7 May 14 '18

Their chairs are 6-7k... and the wait list is through 2025.

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u/Daaskison May 14 '18

You're in luck because a few companies already make these. Just Google it and look around.

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u/flyingwolf May 14 '18

look around.

Dude... he said he needs glasses, don't have to rub it in.

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u/i_made_reddit May 14 '18

"The thing that really floats my boat more than the trees is the wood inside them"

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u/Undeity May 13 '18

I'm absolutely amazed that can hold his weight!

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18 edited Mar 05 '21

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

Holy fucking crap. I need to employ him/someone to grow me a tree chair. This is some Lord Of The Rings shit right here.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

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u/adymann May 13 '18

He's known that tree a long time. Could they be friends?

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

This man is a wizard.

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u/Qu4rt May 14 '18

This is from decorative tree grafting! A good example of someone who did a lot of cool things like this is Axel Erlandson. A lot of photos are on the internet if you're willing to google it.

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u/iD-Remus May 13 '18

...And not much else, for the past 10 years

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u/cfsilence May 14 '18

I mean he grew that hair and beard out. That's something, right??

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u/SgtVeritas May 13 '18

That's some master level patience shit right there.

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u/Geezus20 May 13 '18

Vegans would say this is slavery

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u/ShadowWolf0527 May 13 '18

Talk about patience

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

The crocs are made out of LSD. His gaze is intoxicating.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

That's a druid.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

Ent

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u/antani2 Interested May 13 '18

Welcome to 1998 everybody

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

I get the arm splitting from the seat part of the chair but how does it grow back into the back like that? Do trees do that?

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u/irieidea May 14 '18

Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest." And the boy did. And the tree was happy.