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Many plant names are offensive: botanists will vote on whether to change them (www.nature.com)
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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Things that can reasonably make you feel despair: mass extinction, ecosystem collapse, crop failure, nuclear proliferation

Things that have no business making you feel despair: a small number of plant species being renamed for social reasons when a larger number of species are renamed due to new discoveries in a routine fashion.