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Lemmy, what did i get in the mail? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Weird story, so about 9 years ago we sold our house to a family member, who rented it out. Those renters reached out to them and said that we got a package. We still live in the area so I went and got it from them.

We have no idea what this is, or who sent it. When I search that sku I can't find much except an article about how Americans are getting sent seeds from China, the return address is from Equatorial Guinea. But even if they are seeds, what are they? Also why?

What you got Lemmy? Maybe put a sarcasm tag on your response if you have a humorous thought. But I really want to know. Google lens thinks they are bugs.

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[–] [email protected] 325 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Yep, those are seeds.

Why you got them? The leading theory from a few years ago was sellers getting fake positive reviews on their products by creating alternate accounts, "buying" the product and to fulfill the shipping status just sending some random leaked address a bag of the lightest, most cheap product they could send, just so platforms like AliExpress had an actual transaction completed allowing the review to be posted.

Do not plant foreign seeds or discard them incorrectly. You have no idea what that species is, and you do not want to be the one introducing a new invasive species to your local biome.

[–] [email protected] 139 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do not plant foreign seeds or discard them incorrectly. You have no idea what that species is, and you do not want to be the one introducing a new invasive species to your local biome

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I've been meaning to rewatch this for a while now. Does it still hold up well?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Fucking awesome. and a while back they finally put out a directors cut with the original ending that, for the longest time, you could only see in shit quality on youtube. Just saw that version a few weeks ago actually.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Waitwhat

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It.....changes things just a tad.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (5 children)

The image isn’t loading for me. What movie/show?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

Little Shop of Horrors

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Little Shop of Horrors

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Tom Cruise

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Tom Cruise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Little Shop of Tom Cruise

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

It does. The cast is timeless. 😱🥰✨

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago

For the curious, here's a really nice podcast episode on the subject: https://underunderstood.com/podcast/episode/closing-the-loop-on-chinas-mystery-seeds/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

Yeah, burn it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Cooking them relatively briefly would probably take care of it.