Lemmy, what did i get in the mail?

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.

kadu,
@kadu@lemmy.world avatar

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.

MonkderZweite,

Yeah, burn it.

nova_ad_vitum,

Cooking them relatively briefly would probably take care of it.

GissaMittJobb,

For the curious, here’s a really nice podcast episode on the subject: underunderstood.com/…/closing-the-loop-on-chinas-…

EdibleFriend,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

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

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ddb32efe-61b5-4997-8629-cd1cd453991a.webm

naticus,

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

EdibleFriend,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

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.

littlebluespark,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

Waitwhat

EdibleFriend,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

It…changes things just a tad.

smort,
@smort@lemmy.world avatar

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

wildginger,

Tom Cruise

AgentGrimstone,

Little Shop of Tom Cruise

thisbenzingring,

Little Shop of Horrors

AceFuzzLord,

Little Shop of Horrors

EdibleFriend,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

Tom Cruise.

littlebluespark,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

It does. The cast is timeless. 😱🥰✨

Supermariofan67,

I’m quite surprised it wasn’t seized by customs with how blatantly obviously it contains seeds

Darkassassin07,
@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca avatar

Small enough to not get randomly selected for inspection. Too many packages to open and inspect them all; so stuff slips through.

I doubt they declared it as seeds on import.

dylanTheDeveloper,
@dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

Plant them in the ground so their forms mature

allroy,

it does. and there are 2 versions. both are good.

Teon,
Teon avatar

Those are the seeds used to grow charcoal briquettes.
/s

Pratai, (edited )

It’s a brushing scam. You’re now going to find that somewhere online, you have left wonderful reviews for their products.

Killing_Spark,

You ought to love humanity. “We are shipping flower seeds halfway across the globe so we have at least some legitimacy to make an online rating marginally better”

Pratai,

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    stom,
    @stom@lemmy.world avatar

    Explain?

    AAA,

    He won’t because that’s exactly how it works. They need a successful delivery to be able to boost their own rating with a fake review.

    Someone explained it in more detail I this topic, and there’s also a link to the scam warning PSA.

    rustydomino,
    @rustydomino@lemmy.world avatar

    The label is in Chinese (simplified characters common in China) and translates as “100 rainbow chrysanthemum seeds”. I have no idea whether the contents are what the label claims.

    Denjin,

    My other half gets identical packages arrive all the time, looks about right for chrysanthemum seeds

    Crackhappy,
    @Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

    Yeah, but that’s the boring answer.

    sagrotan,
    @sagrotan@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s just code for “dark matter from Temu”

    Adrien_0715, (edited )
    @Adrien_0715@lemmy.ml avatar

    100 rainbow Chrysanthemum seeds

    There is a kind called “Livingstone Daisy” we just translate it to rainbow😂 Example

    Anticorp,

    Might as well plant them then!

    doctorcrimson,

    Yeah, np, OP that says these are 彩虹菊花种子.

    mortalic,

    Hah!

    cone_zombie,

    You’re now a mod of r/Beijing

    doctorcrimson,

    Maybe I can reverse my own ban…

    halva,
    @halva@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    You’ve been permanently banned from participating r/Beijing.

    mortalic,

    You all are awesome. What’s the best way to dispose of them?

    cosmicrookie,
    @cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

    Send them to someone random

    derpgon,

    Make it someone else’s problem, I like it.

    nxdefiant,

    Fire.

    mosiacmango,

    Trash should be fine. They aren’t going to enjoy the soil at the dump.

    HurlingDurling,
    @HurlingDurling@lemmy.world avatar

    Plant them

    JustZ,

    Do not plant them. You have no idea what the seeds are. The label means nothing. Could be an invasive species.

    Burn them.

    Nudding,

    Feed me Seymour!

    derpgon,

    Could also be something cool, like sentient fly traps.

    Maalus,

    The label actually says what they are and they are benign. If you don’t speak the language, why would you say “it doesn’t say anything”?

    JustZ, (edited )

    Back when this first started several years ago a number of the seed packs were found to be mislabeled.

    So while it is labeled, OP can have nearly zero confidence that it’s the correct label.

    towerful,

    Yes, lets trust the label that a scammer put on a package, seeing as they have been so trustworthy so far!

    Agent641,

    Crush up and snort

    swab148,
    @swab148@startrek.website avatar

    Those little pip things on new tires, you gotta glue them on individually!

    mortalic,

    No question. You must be right.

    motor_spirit,

    cilia

    LordOfTheChia,

    They help the tires move phlegm from the inner to the outer treads.

    motor_spirit,

    I just recently learned!

    PopMyCop,

    Go back! Tread not on this dark path, padawan. Learning leads to the dark… places.

    Sterile_Technique,
    @Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world avatar

    I prefer flagelli for my tires, personally.

    Agent641,

    I thought they were hangnails for tires

    Pinkburitto,

    Burnt Rice

    Darkassassin07,
    @Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca avatar

    Rainbow chrysanthemum flower seeds

    According to google translate + OCR on the label.

    DragonTypeWyvern,

    Trusting labels on mystery seeds is…

    Unwise.

    Especially as others have noted that this is some weird Chinese algorithm rigging/scam/plot to destroy America?

    Darkassassin07,
    @Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca avatar

    I didn’t provide any advice as to what to do with them. Simply an English translation of the label and my method of acquiring it.

    einlander,

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/88b31270-f20f-4a01-8915-e1fdec8b16a4.jpeg

    ccunning,

    Used pencil leads.

    Ubettawerk,

    iPhone says that the translation to English is “Grains of rainbow chrysanthemum flower seeds”

    someguy3,

    Rainbow? They’re gay?? Chinese plot to turn everyone gay??? Ahhhh! (/s)

    Teon,
    Teon avatar

    Finally, some good news!!!

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