You might not realize it, but on occasion, nature has a sense of humor. It can be subtle, but sometimes, its metaphorical and comedic power can be too obvious to ignore.

This was the case in a recent viral Reddit post. 

On the r/mildlyinteresting subreddit, a user posted a picture of their neighbors' lawn, with the caption: "My neighbors fake grass is being overrun by real grass." 

Indeed, the accompanying picture shows just that, with grass, weeds, and shrubbery all taking up about half the lawn.

In response, multiple commenters joked that "life finds a way," a famous line from Jurassic Park, referencing that plants and animals will do whatever they can to survive when in mortal danger, as may have been the case with the natural grass sensing a threat from the artificial turf.

As far as the original poster's neighbor is concerned, this whole situation was easily avoidable. However, if they or anybody else facing a similarly unmanageable lawn problem wants to circumvent this issue (as well as simply avoid the ecological and aesthetic issues that turf often poses), it may be easier to just rip out the turf and everything else and start over with an upgraded natural plant lawn.

A natural lawn can also save you significant money and time on maintenance and can lower water bills as a result. They also create a healthier ecosystem for pollinators, which ultimately benefits everyone, as pollinators protect our food supply. Even a partial lawn replacement can provide these same benefits, too.

Virtually every response on this post's long comment thread was in fervent support of the grass' campaign to take back its home.

"Nature is reclaiming the place from that horrible fake grass that should be outlawed! Go for it, grass!" read a top response.

"Good. That's ridiculous," one commenter scolded. "There's no way plastic turf is more environmentally friendly than the native shrubs."

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"This is so funny to me," another user joked. "Nature took one look at that tacky nonsense and said absolutely the f*** NOT."

A fourth reader was a bit less jokey and a bit more frank about the environmental cost of turf, writing that they "...hate fake grass. Yes, let's just pollute the ground further with unstable plastic s***."

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