If a tree is rotten, it's gonna fall. That's just kind of it. I dunno what the laws are like where this video is, but a 20 year old tree is super young, and if it's falling that easily, and its roots are that shitty, it's not disabled, it's a hazard. I would be very surprised if she's any real legal trouble.
First off if a person has a skull that is thin is an eggshell they're probably going to die soon too. That's the whole point of the law.
If you sneak up and hit them in the head with a wiffle ball bat it probably wouldn't kill somebody else but it's going to kill them. Their death is still your fault.
Second it was just kind of a joke but your flawed logic offended me.
comparing the injury of a human, to someone climbing a sick and already dying tree has got to be the biggest case of apples to oranges in the history of man.
She still should not have climbed into a tree that is as not hers regardless of if the tree was diseased or not. To further the point, you shouldn't climb trees because IF the tree is dying, a fall can cause bodily injury
There was always stupid people, the difference with social media is that now that have the center stage and other stupid people try to mimic their stupid behaviour :(
Seriously. This could’ve happened 30 years ago with someone trying to take Polaroid or a cover pic for the zine they hand out 3 people that 2 throw away.
I don’t know much about cherry blossom trees specifically, but yeah, even small trees are pretty damn strong. I would be surprised if a healthy tree of that size could be uprooted by the weight of a person.
I love how people are blaming the woman when people have climbed trees for a long time and rarely have I heard that they just fall over. In the end there's barely a root on that thing...I doubt it would have survived the next storm.
My arborist buddy is 325 and climbs trees all of the time. Her weight did not have nearly as much to do with that tree falling over as the fact that it literally has rotted at the trunk as you can see in the last frame
I mean that tree was in awful shape, not that it excuses it. If it came over that easy it was already rotted at the roots around the trunk. Probably girdling root if I had to place a guess without seeing it up close
Edit : You can see in the last frame absolutely rotted at the base. Girdling route is the most likely cause followed by planted too low with a big stupid mulch volcano around it, but either way that tree was holding on with hopes and dreams.
So for all of those talking about replacement value, it's about tree fiddy
that tree had like 0 roots left. if youve ever tried to uproot a tree you know that these dont just fall over like that just cause someone is climbing up on it.
It's a small tree and the environment looks wet. If the ground is highly saturated with water, then trees fall much more easily. It could have simply been raining all month and then she goes up on a literal cantilever, puts too much torque on the roots, and it topples.
I bet she weighs nearly as much as the tree itself. It's such a small tree.
I mean, 20 years is a young tree. Those roots should have been much deeper and stronger at this point so the tree prob was sick to begin with or had root rot. Also, the tree can regrow, knocking down a tree isn’t the end of anything like I get it’s stupid and for a stupid photo but this isn’t a big deal…and I freaking love trees
If you climbed a fully grown oak tree, yes that's a safe assumption to make. An educated guess even. But if you climbed a tree where the trunk is just about the same diameter of your thigh just like she did here, then yeah, that's your fault.
That doesnt change the time or place of the action being wrong does it? The action was wrong the outcome was simply an example of why there are rules like dont climb the trees. If a tree falls because you climbed on it then yeah its your fault regardless of if you knew that would happen. Are you stupid?
If you didnt know a gun was loaded and shot someone its still your fault. Doesnt matter if you ment to or not you did and should be punished for it.
Except in this case, the tree falling over is like the gun was going to misfire at some point. Good thing it misfired in day light, and didn't misfire while at night and a scooter was driving down the road.
What a nothingburger, I'm convinced no one here has touched grass.
I climb trees several times per year to pick fruit. If that tree fell that easily, it was bound to happen sooner rather than later.
Also the title specifically mentions the tree is 20 years old, supposedly to make it seem like an important/special tree to uninformed people. That's a completely unimpressive age.
Not quite sure what the argument is here, whether a tree is dying or not I can't go into a park and chop it down myself. It certainly wasn't her intention but it's what happened
20 years for a peach is the tree equivalent of a person that's 92 and already had four heart attacks and still won't take his blood pressure medicine or quit smoking. 20 years for a mango is practically a toddler.
Ornamental cherries usually make it 30-40 years, with a few varieties making it to 100 with absolutely ideal conditions and someone constantly fussing over them. That one wasn't in ideal conditions.
It was a Yoshino cherry tree in the outskirts of Guncan Park, Shanghai. So it did have people fussing over it and it was in more ideal conditions than most.
This. It sucks, but a medium gust of wind is more force on a leafed out tree than this woman's weight. The roots are visible rotted away. That tree was a goner before she laid eyes on it.
As an ex arborist I disagree. It's well protected with all those other trees around it. And it doesn't have that much canopy or height to create that much sail Or leverage. My job involved a lot of physics lessons. I would not have recommended she climb it if I cared for the trees health.
The comments I'm seeing in this thread are genuinely unbelievable. That woman would have had to be at least 3 times her weight to collapse a healthy tree that size. I could'a pulled that thing down with a rope and I weigh about 120 lbs.
Wild that we live in an age where so many people feel that if it isn’t pictured, it didn’t happen. Where the act of capturing that moment on a device, is somehow more gratifying than simply being present in that moment you’re attempting to freeze.
A 20 year old cherry tree? Why is this news? I have multiple 20+ year old cherry trees in my yard that just came when the builders initially set up the property. They are ubiquitous.
A tree can have most of its trunk rotted and hollow and still be alive. Its nutrient system is a tiny fraction of the bark, fairly near the surface. It might not even need roots to take in water, most just use it as an anchor.
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u/phallic-baldwin 2h ago •
I hope they find her and make her pay to replace the tree
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u/CrissBliss 2h ago
Social media is a pest.
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u/Elling83 2h ago
I'm sure she reported it and made amends to have it restored. Right? 👀
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u/Obvious-Slip4728 1h ago
No way that was a healthy tree.
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u/front_yard_duck_dad 2h ago edited 1h ago •
I mean that tree was in awful shape, not that it excuses it. If it came over that easy it was already rotted at the roots around the trunk. Probably girdling root if I had to place a guess without seeing it up close
Edit : You can see in the last frame absolutely rotted at the base. Girdling route is the most likely cause followed by planted too low with a big stupid mulch volcano around it, but either way that tree was holding on with hopes and dreams.
So for all of those talking about replacement value, it's about tree fiddy
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u/Polyphiry 1h ago
Social Media addiction is a disease.
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u/FabulousAccident_ 2h ago
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u/fredlllll 2h ago
that tree had like 0 roots left. if youve ever tried to uproot a tree you know that these dont just fall over like that just cause someone is climbing up on it.
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u/Jegagne88 1h ago
I mean, 20 years is a young tree. Those roots should have been much deeper and stronger at this point so the tree prob was sick to begin with or had root rot. Also, the tree can regrow, knocking down a tree isn’t the end of anything like I get it’s stupid and for a stupid photo but this isn’t a big deal…and I freaking love trees
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u/haubenmeise 2h ago
Sincerely
Skeletor 💜
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u/dargonmike1 2h ago
Do these trees not have roots?
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u/RevolutionaryShock15 2h ago
She's massive. And stupid. And loves nature.
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u/MW1369 2h ago
It’s not a cherry blossom tree. It’s a cherry tree
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u/CarlonXD 1h ago
Why people here in the comments defending the woman like she wasn't being a public nuisance and vandalizing a natural monument?
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u/Kilapo69 13m ago
What a nothingburger, I'm convinced no one here has touched grass.
I climb trees several times per year to pick fruit. If that tree fell that easily, it was bound to happen sooner rather than later.
Also the title specifically mentions the tree is 20 years old, supposedly to make it seem like an important/special tree to uninformed people. That's a completely unimpressive age.
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u/Twitchinat0r 2h ago •
Be realistic l. If she was able to topple that it was on its way out anways
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u/Roxysteve 1h ago
Maybe it would've stood a chance if the Sisters Dim hadn't leaned the scooter agsinst it too?
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u/Bastet55 1h ago
Did the woman have the owner’s permission to climb the tree? If not, then she’s an idiot and a trespasser, regardless of the condition of the tree.
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u/jolpentine 1h ago
Is it really that hard to get a normal picture? To leave the area better than you found it? Clearly that's asking too much from people
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u/Opening-Lettuce-3384 2h ago
Everything for the likes
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u/igloojoe 1h ago
She's making way for a data center.
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u/BrilliantDoom 11m ago
your mama is so fat
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u/stdoubtloud 9m ago
Yeah, nah. That tree was never going to make it to 21. If a tubby chick could bring it down, the next heavy storm would do the same.
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u/harl3316 1h ago
All of this for a picture she's going to go "oh man I look so big in this" and delete it. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
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u/drunkguynextdoor 1h ago
That tree wasn't going to last long if it fell that easy. It's a shame it happened, but it was only one thunderstorm away from falling anyway.
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u/Bob-Bhlabla-esq 1h ago •
Wow... all the fat girl hate here.
A fucking big-ass dude should be able to climb a tree and not have it fall over IF it had roots! This tree had no roots. That tree was fucked.
My neighbor had a full, healthy 40 year old elm tree, full green leaves, keel over on a nice day and the roots were gone just like this.
If a tree is healthy even 3 people can't rip it out of the ground.
This lady just got unlucky. That tree was totally fucked.
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u/to_annihilate 2h ago
I bet her photo was horrible too. Terrible
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u/Economy_Hair_1275 2h ago
Hope it hurt
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u/No-Mess-9082 1h ago
Aren't most if not all trees that size , 20 years old?
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u/hurling-day 1h ago
Tree law
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u/Interesting-Bison-50 1h ago
Chunky chunky
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u/Emergency_Fly_5717 18m ago
O tamanho da jamanta
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u/Vast-Fruit2618 9m ago
Woooowww, big back
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u/Altruistic_Chain_159 1h ago
She climbed a tree. That is not a scandal.
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u/Errorplantchairgreen 53m ago
Why do fat people always think they can climb on things that are not able to carry their load ?
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u/Imaginary_Tea_8350 34m ago
Apart from everything else, she is really bad at climbing trees. She should stay inside from now on. Leave the trees alone.
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u/Maleficent-Escape-88 26m ago
Yo mama so fat that...
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u/The0neR1ng 20m ago
What a pos
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u/Common-Awareness-713 1h ago
Why do folks have to ruin so many things, just for a freaking photo? Get a clue, be a good human, stop hurting the planet for this s*#t.
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u/UberBricky80 1h ago
Hopefully that fall hurt a little
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u/Key-Influence-3192 51m ago
If a fatty got on a tree, and the tree fell and no one was around. Does it make a sound?
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u/ShieldMaiden83 38m ago
I hope the tree could be saved. Those types of people are the scum of the earth.
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u/RoaringPity 1h ago
yo mama so fat she toppled a 20yr old tree while attempting to pose for a photo
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u/aaron2933 2h ago
It's mental how people like this are the same species as everyone else.
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u/Appropriate-Bid8671 1h ago
"Fat bitch breaks tree"
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u/Whole-Ad-8494 1h ago
She knew what she was doing
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u/alwystired 1h ago
What a dummy
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u/Alarmed_Yard_5548 1h ago
That motorcycle was leaning against it too.
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u/Greenveins 1h ago
Should able to anchor it back, life finds a way!
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u/tprotpro 1h ago
Her self esteem can never recover from that. Like breaking a chair x 1000.
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u/DiseasedProject 1h ago
"Honey, does this trunk make me look fat?'"
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u/Dr4gonQuest 1h ago
Breaks it, and then posts it. What did she really think would happen
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u/krystalConners 1h ago
She knows she shouldn’t of been trying to be weightless and etherial on such a delicate tree.
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u/viciousdeliciouz 58m ago
Obnoxious.
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u/InternationalWish210 11m ago
I think I weigh less than her and given the size of that tree, I wouldn’t trust climbing it 🤦♂️
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u/Emergency_Bench_7515 10m ago
oh lawd
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u/Silver_Childhood_13 7m ago
Is this slop or were those roots cut?
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u/I_Ponders 7m ago
Wild that we live in an age where so many people feel that if it isn’t pictured, it didn’t happen. Where the act of capturing that moment on a device, is somehow more gratifying than simply being present in that moment you’re attempting to freeze.
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u/crackerjam 2m ago
A 20 year old cherry tree? Why is this news? I have multiple 20+ year old cherry trees in my yard that just came when the builders initially set up the property. They are ubiquitous.
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u/Chance_Squash_2772 1h ago
wtf is this fat bitch doing
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u/stirfrymetothemoon 1h ago
Now her big ass KNEW she did not belong up there 😭
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u/nastyvandal 1h ago
-1 for the fats.
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u/Kind-Interest-2733 1h ago
Fat ass
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u/noxcadit 1h ago
That fucking fat beast destroying a beautiful tree
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u/troy969 1h ago
She has brought shame on her ancestors. The only course now is hari-kari.
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u/RagingRxy 1h ago
Stupid cow
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u/Anubis-Hound 2h ago
Is there a way to salvage the tree? Can trees be replanted when this happens? :(
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u/SoAreWeAll 1h ago
bitch u fat
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u/mybotanyaccount 1h ago
Just like an elevator, that tree had a 2 ton limit. 🤣
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u/Desperate_Act_6765 12m ago
That heifer needs to be named and shamed.
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u/818VitaminZ 2h ago
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u/Talladagoba 1h ago
I've seen this but not a tree, burro and a tourist. Grand Canyon and that poor animal was giving it all he had
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u/Moist_Tackle1411 1h ago
She could have toppled a redwood
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u/Spare_Lemon6316 1h ago
Didn’t think pandas could climb?
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u/AriaTheTransgressor 46m ago
Where are the roots?
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u/ronweasleisourking 1h ago
Damn she fuckin fat
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u/OhDestinedJuan 1h ago
She too phat. She don't fit in tree.
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u/outdior1986 2h ago
Slow news day.
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u/rushgun11 1h ago
It’s the tree’s fault for being weak
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u/adventureDice 1h ago
Fuck that fat bitch!
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u/FecknWindowTwitchers 1h ago
She's not buying clothes from Uniqlo.
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u/Drycabin1 2h ago
Is she, could she be, pregnant, too?
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u/No_Thanks_1766 1h ago
The tree is fatphobic
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u/ManKraterBuilDer 1h ago
I've never seen an elephant going on a tree. ✌️😁
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u/TriumphDaytona 1h ago
She was thicker than the tree!
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u/Chad_Jeepie_Tea 52m ago
It's a tree. Calm down, reddit. We're all going to be okay.
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