Neither Fan Nor Frond

1. They're not even real trees
2. Cockroaches live inside them, meaning your home will likely be infested if you have palms in the yard
3. They are a pain in the ass to maintain, and it costs a lot to get someone else to do it
4. Wasps nest in the leave fronds
5. They provide way less shade than large trees like maple or oak
6. Most species are generally ugly. I can't speak for other tropical places in the world, but the ones in south Texas look scraggly and gross
7. I hate them

via r/unpopularopinion

I have case studied [anti-palm-tree sentiment] quite well and I have discovered multiple causes. Palms do not produce in our latitudes anything with economical interest (fruits, oil). Palms do not produce big colorful flowers. Palms do not create deep shade. Many of us (if not all) try also more marginal spss which do not have a very decorative effect (if not at all). Palms need more care in summer, when people want to go on vacation and of course they are more or less cold sensitive. Many palms have spiny leaves and their fronds are not suitable for composting, so a dicard of pruned leaves is a problem itself. Now if you add recent problems with pests in Europe (rpw and paysandisia), meaning dead, ugly plants (whose removal is also troublesome- have you ever tried to cut down a freshly dead CIDP?) or constant spraying, which neighbouts have to endure, all becomes explicable.

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I just despise palm trees. They're so stupid, so incredibly dumb, I hate them. They think they're so cool with their fronds and weird scaly bark. They try so hard to look nice but guess what? It isn't working. They're the tree equivalent of a skin disease. They just look stupid. Why do they grow leaves just on the top? Out of all the diverse branch and leaf designs in the tree world they chose the bowl cut?

And hey, fun fact: they aren't even real trees. They're a variety of overgrown grass! They're phonies, fakers, shams. They're just giant grasses trying to make it in the tree world and they can't. It's just not their destiny, and yet they fight so hard. It's a little funny, a little sad.

You ever see a good Douglas Fir? Or a hearty maple? Now those are real trees. Big strong trees. They know their place in the world and they embrace it. I can respect them, unlike palm trees.

Now, don't get me wrong, I can tolerate them in their natural habitats, I respect mother nature. But I especially hate when they're brought into a completely separate climate. I live in the Pacific North West, and I still see palm trees. They don't belong here! And they can't properly grow here (not that there's anything proper about them anywhere) and they just end up stunted and uglier. I hate them, I hate them so much.

Every time I see one rage just begins to rise, just a little. I'm not overwhelmingly angry, but it's a cold hatred. Me and the palm trees are at a stalemate. I can't legally attack them, and they can't move, but I have no doubt if they could they would attack me and I likewise would attack them. If my friend was cursed into the form of a palm tree, I'd do everything in my power to change them back because no one deserves that pain, but failing that I'd put them out of their misery. I don't believe in a palm tree hell: they already exist in constant pain. I pity them, yes, but I hate them.

If there is a creator, either I fail to see their designs or they're a cruel maker for inventing such a horrible creature/plant. Their presence is a punishment both to themselves and the world, a divine reminder of man's mortality and our hubris. I hate them, I hate them so much.

I exaggerate a small bit but I do hate palm trees. This is not a meme. If I had one wish, even if I were on my deathbed, I'd wish them all to die and we'd perish together rather than I waste my wish on self-preservation. And you should hate them too.

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