Why Do People Mow Their Yards? Is this the most superficial practice of modern society

In my sociology classes as an undergrad, we discussed in detail that people throughout history have had a desire to imitate the upper echelon of society, thus the reason that people have been so keen, and taken so well, to the idea of suburbs.

Everybody gets there own little kingdom, with a stable (garage), walls (fence), etc....you get the idea.

But my question to yall is this: Why do people care so much about mowing their lawns?

I just saw a commercial about a "cub cadet" drivable lawnmower or some shit and was just blown away at the superficial nature of everything they were advertising to.

I mean, I personally like the "natural" yards that I see sometimes, but when was it ingrained in our society that one has to keep their yard trimmed at all times?

And not only that, but if you want to be awesome at cutting grass nowadays, you basically need a grass cutting car.

What happened to the lawnmowers I slaved over as a kid? You know the ones with 4 wheels, but you push it? And why does it matter to cut the grass? Couldn't the ground used for something much more meaningful than the superficial purpose of planting unnatural sod?

Just please help me understand why people are so anxious to keep their yards awesome. Does it go back to the envy of royalty, bread into our bloodlines, which causes us to slave over stupid grass?

What is up with mowing?

In my sociology classes as an undergrad, we discussed in detail that people throughout history have had a desire to imitate the upper echelon of society, thus the reason that people have been so keen, and taken so well, to the idea of suburbs.

Everybody gets there own little kingdom, with a stable (garage), walls (fence), etc....you get the idea.

But my question to yall is this: Why do people care so much about mowing their lawns?

I just saw a commercial about a "cub cadet" drivable lawnmower or some shit and was just blown away at the superficial nature of everything they were advertising to.

I mean, I personally like the "natural" yards that I see sometimes, but when was it ingrained in our society that one has to keep their yard trimmed at all times?

And not only that, but if you want to be awesome at cutting grass nowadays, you basically need a grass cutting car.

What happened to the lawnmowers I slaved over as a kid? You know the ones with 4 wheels, but you push it? And why does it matter to cut the grass? Couldn't the ground used for something much more meaningful than the superficial purpose of planting unnatural sod?

Just please help me understand why people are so anxious to keep their yards awesome. Does it go back to the envy of royalty, bread into our bloodlines, which causes us to slave over stupid grass?

What is up with mowing?

I suppose one could argue that its superficial, but its also practical. Who wants to have to fight their way through a jungle when they walk out the front door? And never mind the possibility of attracting snakes, wasps, and other pests.

OP, do you live here in the rural South? lol

A: City ordinance so I have to.

B: I put the clippings in my compost pile.

In the southern U.S. people mow their grass so snakes don't slither up to the house undetected. A bunch of clueless urban intellectuals at a university are hatching sociological theories? Oh brother... You folks need to get out more.

I don't get lawns either, but they're forced on a lot of peoples homes. We forever get shit about our garden. A few years back the council did a "bring wild Britain back" project or some such about bring back wild flowers and stuff to British gardens. They even send out free packets of seeds to homes. Sounds great, right? Well, as soon as we'd grown them we had the local council coming around complaining about all the wild flowers and stuff growing in our garden and threatening fines! <_< Far as I can tell it was some sort of trick to try and fine people for "overgrown wild gardens", which they themselves promoted. Hey, it's a £1 packet of seed for them, then few hundred pound fine for you! God, they're fucking evil bitches.

i haven't seen a snake in 20 years in the suburbs, everything has been run over by cars. no habitat left for anything and paranoid retards are worried about snakes in their lawns.

Does it go back to the envy of royalty, bread into our bloodlines, which causes us to slave over stupid grass?

to piss off Uriel..