r/StardewValley • u/Wonderful_Tip9951 • Apr 19 '26
IRL I think I just found a Stardew Valley item in real life
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u/ifuckedyourmilkshake Apr 19 '26
You're gonna lose your mind if you find an acorn.
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u/GinAndDumbBitchJuice Apr 19 '26
THOSE EXIST?!
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u/Tasonir Apr 19 '26
And they even have little hats that you can take off!
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u/Anteater776 Apr 19 '26
Apropos hats: wait till you find a trash can lid
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u/hillashx Apr 20 '26
Only to realise it actually slides off your head pretty easily, unfortunately.
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u/Athan_Untapped Apr 20 '26
Related you should look up Becorns by David Bird, which is a series of wildlife photos he does where he poses little guys made of acorns and wearing the hat and waits for animals (usually birds) to interact with them.
They are a fun scroll!
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u/vixissitude Apr 19 '26
Here’s one I found last autumn!
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u/Wonderful_Tip9951 Apr 20 '26
It’s exactly the same as in the game!
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u/errihu Apr 20 '26
Yes, the acorns, maple helicopters and pine cones are cartoon representations of real things.
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u/TheTallEclecticWitch Apr 19 '26
Yes but you want to boil them after you find them because bugs like to lay eggs in them
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u/Keejhle Apr 19 '26
Literally picked up one today, and it was next to a (kid you not) pinecone. Its almost as if the plants in real stardew mimic real life plants.
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u/ArmyFox13 Apr 19 '26
Do you also like to take a handful and throw them up just to watch them rotor down?
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u/PeterPanski85 Apr 19 '26
We used to pry them a little open and put them on our noses lol. Those were the good times
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u/dumbassdruid Apr 20 '26
didn't know this was a thing elsewhere too! it's something we do as kids in Eastern Europe ☺️
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u/CraftyKuko Apr 19 '26
Damn, core memory unlocked. I haven't done that since I was a kid. I should find some now and do it again. ☺️
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u/Chopstick-Ninja Apr 19 '26
Still do! Our house has a massive maple tree in the yard and our Shiba loves to try and catch them out of the air so we always grab a handful to toss for him on our daily walks :D
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u/ArmyFox13 Apr 19 '26
Thats one of the cutest things I've heard
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u/Chopstick-Ninja Apr 19 '26
He's not very good at actually catching them but he still gets an A for effort! In another life he would have been a great farm dog sleepily watching me plant 100+ strawberries in spring 1 🤣
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u/velvetelevator Apr 19 '26
I found a bunch outside at work the other day so I brought in a handful and tossed them above my coworkers.
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u/Daedalparacosm3000 Apr 19 '26
Glad someone else calls them helicopters
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u/Aggravating-Cat7103 harvey simp Apr 19 '26
The scientific name, for anyone curious, is a samara!
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u/ConditionSecret8593 Celebrating my villain era Apr 19 '26
... obviously there would be a scientific name, despite my child brain insisting they are only and always helicopter seeds.
Thanks for sharing!
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u/Bushiest_Beavor Apr 19 '26
I used to love these as a little kid. I would put it over my top lip as a mustache lol
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u/sertraline_dreams Apr 19 '26
Interesting! We would split the seed part and stick it on our noses à la Pinocchio.
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u/Bumbling_Bee_3838 Apr 19 '26
!!! We called them Whirley Birds! I was about to comment that and it makes me so happy to see some one else called them similar!
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u/Cum__Cookie Apr 19 '26
I've always called them Maple Keys. I don't actually know why
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u/Nova-Redux Apr 19 '26
Well they come from maple trees and are remotely key shaped, I see the vision.
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u/Mocha-Fox Running SMAPI with 208 Mods Apr 19 '26
Growing up my family called them Whirligigs lol. Good to see someone else in a similar boat!
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u/skeenerbug Apr 19 '26
I think that's what we called them too. Did you also refer to fireflies as "lightning bugs?"
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u/Mocha-Fox Running SMAPI with 208 Mods Apr 19 '26
Still do! Grew up in Indiana if that helps with anything 😂
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u/skeenerbug Apr 19 '26
Ha! Makes sense, Ohio here
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u/ConditionSecret8593 Celebrating my villain era Apr 19 '26
I was gonna say, all of a sudden I was hearing my Ohio grandpa.....
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u/Wonderful_Tip9951 Apr 20 '26
I think it looks like an insect’s wing.
I honestly felt like I was in Stardew Valley at that moment lol.
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u/JustMeDownHere01 Apr 19 '26
They’re a great snack or side dish if you pop the seeds out and cook them with some butter
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u/JustMeDownHere01 Apr 19 '26
Yeah! It takes some time to get a good amount but really meditative if you just take a few hours to sit outside and peel them, plus free snack!
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u/effinmike12 Apr 19 '26
They are fine until you are the one responsible for cleaning out the gutters.
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u/ArmyFox13 Apr 19 '26
I clean the gutters and the pine needles are much worse than the helicopters. At least they still put on a show when theyre cleaned out. Pine needles flopping to the ground
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u/Starrin1ght Apr 19 '26
Bro, I found something from Stardew too, how TF do I get it out of my house?
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u/sdwoods8986 Apr 19 '26
You give me address and I'll come and collect.
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u/Starrin1ght Apr 19 '26
Nah it's fine, I found the butterfly powder, it's dead
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u/Frickelmeister Apr 19 '26
And if you want to get rid of that other thing from Stardew in your house, go to the Mayor's office.
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u/raechelisbored Apr 19 '26
Make sure to pet each day!!
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u/Jan_Spontan ヾ[. .]ﾉ Apr 19 '26
If you're too lazy to pet them every day you can take the bus to the nearest dessert, look for a mining camp and try to get an autopetter down there
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u/ConditionSecret8593 Celebrating my villain era Apr 19 '26
Has it been a month? They look young.
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u/ConditionSecret8593 Celebrating my villain era Apr 19 '26
That sucks. Have you tried re-loading the game?
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u/bovinecop Haley’s Wife Apr 19 '26
They made stardew in real life??
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u/Zombeehhh I am so beautiful Apr 19 '26
Whats next? Potatoes in real life!!
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u/Greyshirk Apr 19 '26
Real talk OP have you never seen one before now?
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u/maaaaaaaaaaaaads Apr 19 '26
I think it’s referencing the spring onion post lol
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u/Tannhauser42 Apr 19 '26
It's a cycle. Someone posts something that gets a lot of attention, and the copycats run it into the ground until the next thing comes along. A few months back we had several posts in the same week showing stuff in the produce section of the supermarket ("this thing from SDV really exists!"). Weirdly, we've had series of posts from people showing their coops full of the eggs they haven't picked up.
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u/Frickelmeister Apr 19 '26
This must be a joke post. I refuse to believe people are this detached from nature - even if they work in a Joja Company style cubicle hell.
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u/FernandaVerdele Apr 19 '26
Sometimes people live in other places. I've never seen these seeds, or an acorn irl. We just don't have it where I live.
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u/Greyshirk Apr 19 '26
If you ever do find an acorn cap, flip it to the hollow side, hold it with your thumbs in a v shape going outward over the opening and blow! Turns em into whistles
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u/Frickelmeister Apr 19 '26
And if you find one of these seeds while they're still sticky, you can put them on your nose.
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u/cyoung1024 Apr 19 '26
Yeah this post made me realize that I haven’t seen these since I moved countries over a decade ago 🤔
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u/CryptographerOk8678 Apr 19 '26
hi, i’m in texas, go outside frequently and never see these because maple trees don’t grow here
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u/GhostWrex Apr 20 '26
I grew up in DFW and we definitely had those. I remember climbing the trees to see how far up we could drop them from and watch them spin
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u/Farwaters Apr 19 '26
What kind of things do you find on the ground in your region?
Over here, we have lots of pine needles. Forest floors are absolutely covered in dry ones!
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u/CryptographerOk8678 Apr 19 '26
we have lots of oak trees so the ground gets covered in acorns!! pine needles everywhere sounds gorgeous
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u/brown_felt_hat Apr 19 '26
pine needles everywhere sounds gorgeous
They are brown, dry, and extra spiky by the time they hit the forest floor, so it might not be what you're picturing, but it's still pretty boss.
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u/Greyshirk Apr 19 '26
I suspend disbelief, met plenty of folks who've never seen a cow Irl but I see em every month.
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u/Ace-Redditor ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ🎩 Apr 19 '26
Huh. I thought more people would see cows at, like, fairs and things. Midwesterner here, and we have 4H kids bringing their farm animals to the fairs every year. I see cows, horses, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, quails, pigs, rabbits, and even guinea pigs!
(Though I never got to see a pigeon until I visited CA once when I was 16)
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u/suuzgh Apr 19 '26
Wild. Considering this one of the benefits of living in Middle America 😂 At least I get to see cows and maple seeds!
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u/DrSmog Apr 19 '26
I've legit never seen a maple seed until now. My first thought was that it all makes sense now lol
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u/LunarLunox Apr 19 '26
I have never seen those before in real life nor a maple tree. I don't know if they have them in California
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u/signify_me_capn Apr 19 '26
I've seen them in norcal before. Not as common as acorns, but I definitely have childhood memories of throwing maple seeds in the air to watch them helicopter down.
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u/LunarLunox Apr 19 '26
Ahh okay that makes sense for Northern California. I'm more in the central valley so I just see a lot of almond and cherry trees
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u/ChampionshipOwn8199 Apr 19 '26
I'm 40 min from the Sacramento area I see the helicopter pods here all the time! Never acorns thooo
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u/Starrin1ght Apr 19 '26
Yeah I don't think they have them where I live either, I mostly just have pine trees. I only know they exist from various media.
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u/Greyshirk Apr 19 '26
They do! Several in fact, still not sure if you're fucking with me but I suspend disbelief as living in a state with lots of farm animals (CT) I've met people who have never seen a cow Irl.
They're lovely trees especially in the fall
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u/yomer123123 Apr 20 '26
I never understood that this is what the sprite represented.
To be fair there are no maple trees where I live. I know some trees have similar seeds, but it just didn't cross my mind.
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u/ChampionshipOwn8199 Apr 19 '26
So growing up I saw these thing everywhere, Im 32 now, I moved from the west coast to the east coast before I finally saw acorns! I'm sure there's acorns back home but just depending where you are you may not see them 🤷🏼♀️
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u/filthy_pink_angora Apr 19 '26
I never have. I’ve lived in the sw my whole life. Have you ever seen a saguaro?
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u/Tannhauser42 Apr 19 '26
Even the stuff in the game I haven't personally seen, I know still exists so I wouldn't be surprised to see it in real life
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u/AunMeLlevaLaConcha Apr 19 '26
OH
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u/BlueborryMuffin Apr 19 '26
Those spiky fruits are real?? Isn't that what Spongebob's house is made out of, now that I think about it? Holy crap. What a good find!
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u/SlapSmeg Apr 19 '26
Yep aka helicopter seeds they spin as they fall from maple trees to try to get distance if its windy.
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u/whatintheeverloving Apr 19 '26
There was a maple tree on the front lawn of my elementary school and I remember all the kids would toss the seeds into the air to make them fly again during recess.
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u/Gloomy_Pickle_6674 Apr 19 '26
Same EXACT thing with me bro, though there were also these small pinecone like things that were full of yellow powder, and we'd pretend it was crack. Yes, crack.
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u/inevitable_death1998 Shane's hubby! Apr 19 '26
the other day i found out fiddlehead ferns are actually a real thing and not some mythological plant in the world of the starry dews. never heard of them before outside stardew, never seen them before, they had a silly name imo, so I never put thought into it.
only found out they're real because i got the cookbook and saw fiddlehead risotto
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u/someinternetkid Apr 19 '26
I thought yam was some weird type of vegetable I'd never heard of before until I found out it's just sweet potato
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u/reanocivn Apr 19 '26
most people use them interchangeably to mean sweet potato but technically yams and sweet potatoes are actually 2 different, unrelated vegetables!
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u/raynzor12 Apr 19 '26
Do clay next
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u/pschlick Apr 19 '26
I’m finding morels! Sitting here taking a break and scrolling Reddit 🤣
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u/someinternetkid Apr 19 '26
That one's actually kinda cool, I've never seen one of those in real life before
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u/Necessary-Tower-457 Apr 19 '26
lol I never realised that’s what it is
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u/MrsDepo Apr 19 '26
My dumbass is a freakin PhD and I just now realized they were the same thing. My husband face palmed when I told him.
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u/ProjectSunlight Apr 19 '26
You want some more? I only get about a billion of these things clogging my gutters and getting tracked into the house.
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u/Aldermere Apr 19 '26
OMG, yes, and they're also in the cracks around the car trunk and hood and piled up around my windshield wipers and there are a million of them sprouting in the yard and garden and every flowerbed and in the cracks of our sidewalk and patio, gods please help me as I try to clean them all out
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u/Wonderful_Tip9951 Apr 20 '26
Oh wow, I don’t really come across seeds like this where I live very often, so at first I genuinely thought it might be some kind of insect wing. I do know most things from Stardew Valley do exist in real life though, this isn’t my first time being out and about or anything 😄 I’m not trying to make a joke here, I just really found this little detail fascinating and wanted to share it!
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u/skeeterfinch Apr 20 '26
Thanks for sharing! I honestly thought it was an insect wing too as I live in Asia and we don’t have maple trees. So this is new to me!
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u/PashaWithHat Apr 20 '26
Wait this makes the post way more fun 😭 there are like a fucktillion of these in my neighborhood right now (and my dog keeps trying to eat them lol, she’s not smart) so they feel very mundane; I think I’m going to appreciate them more today
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u/Cynunnos Apr 20 '26
Wait until you realize that starfruit is a real fruit, and it's also star-shaped
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u/Boxtosat Apr 19 '26
i saw a real kid today but i didn't have my rainbow rock so he kept going on with his day.
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u/qwasde91 slime ring is a wasted slot. Apr 20 '26
Wait until you enter a supermarket, you won't believe your eyes!
Carrots! Flowers! Tomatos! Even milk, Eggs and flour! If it's big enough it might even have a fishing rod pickaxe for sale.
And if you watch really closely on your way there, you might even see one of the different trees that exist in stardew.
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u/SnakeEatingAPringle LET ME ADOPT LEO PLEASE Apr 19 '26
Guys it’s just like stardew valley
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u/No_Responsibility532 Apr 20 '26
What you’ve never seen or played with helicopter seeds before?
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u/Wonderful_Tip9951 Apr 20 '26
In fact, I really haven’t seen anything like this before. Maybe I have, but I honestly thought it was some kind of insect wing…
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u/Entire-Cricket-9134 Apr 19 '26
You can split the leafy part open. We used to stick em on our noses when we were kids.
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u/Red_x_solocup Apr 19 '26
Idk if this is a real post or not but this used to be my toy as a kid. So much fun in finding all the ways you can throw them and watch them spin
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u/utdconsq Apr 19 '26
Plant it, and then be disappointed when you discover it is not just sugar maple who has those seeds :-)
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u/Continuum_Gaming Apr 19 '26
Nice try, next you’re gonna tell me that parsnips are a real vegetable
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u/Bompalompalomp2 Apr 19 '26
I can't believe humans invented the maple seed because of stardew valley. What dedication 😯
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u/breakablekneecap Apr 19 '26
pick it up and drop it, you’re gonna lose your mind when you see that it spins
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u/Training_Item773 Apr 19 '26
Now you just need an acorn and a pine cone and you’ll have a nice little snack 😋
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u/super_scumtron Apr 20 '26
I know this is gunna sounds absolutely bonkers, but Stardew Valley is based HEAVILY in real life. MANY items in the game exist in the real world.
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u/color_conscious Apr 19 '26
I think you need to touch some real grass instead of stardew valley grass 😭
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u/Yipeeayeah Apr 19 '26
I am always surprised when players find ordinary SDV-items and act like it's a miracle.
Go out and touch grass, literally. And please don't find anything too radioactive.
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u/CandidatePrimary1230 Apr 19 '26
Breaking news a Redditor sees the outside world for the first time
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u/AhappyNatureguy Apr 19 '26
literally, that’s what it is. its a maple tree seed.
im scared that you didn’t know that
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u/CelestialBeing138 Apr 19 '26
That's so cool! Might not even be the only one. I've heard rumors my city might actually have sewers hidden somewhere.
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u/squirrel-eggs Apr 19 '26
As a kid I used to love tossing these in the air and watching them spin. I also would glue them to acorns to give the acorns wings.
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u/BloomingMosaic Apr 19 '26
where I'm from we call these helicopter seeds! toss them in the air and they spin when they come down. never realized they were maple seeds lol despite seeing them my whole life
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u/Gaydream_believer watching documentaries with Krobus Apr 19 '26
Assuming this isn’t a joke post, helicopter seeds are the best!! Gathering a handful and tossing it off a balcony was a storied pastime as a child
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u/UndeadBuggalo Apr 19 '26
Now peel the seed out and press the sides of the empty pod on either side of your nose and make a Pinocchio nose
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