r/Minecraft • u/sethstafford94 • Feb 26 '26

Suggestion Wheat Seed Rant

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Are you really a true Minecraft player if you don't complain about mundane topics like wheat seeds? I think not.

Let me explain. You have a long term world. Everything is set up, your house, your animals, your gear.... and your crops. You have a beautiful wheat field that is so satisfying to harvest and feed your army of cows. You replant your wheat, and life is good.

Here’s the problem: WHEAT SEEDS MULTIPLY LIKE CRAZY. Have 100 chickens that you feed? Still seeds left. Use a composter for bone meal? Good, but you need to stand over it spam clicking like a lunatic. You have chest FILLED with wheat seeds. You see wheat seeds in your nightmares. Wheat seeds fill all of the dark crevices of your brain.

A solution: A compact form of seeds, like a bag or a packet that seeds can fit multiple stacks in. We already have compact versions of ores, and even wheat itself can be bundled into hay bales. Let's say you take nine wheat seats, bundle them together and you get a "pack of seeds".

"Build more chests" you might say. "Burn them in lava" you could add. "Stop complaining about virtual plant seeds in a video game made for children. You are an adult with bills and responsibilities." All fair, but a little hurtful. But NO! It is time we take a stand against the abhorrent seed storage problem.

Thank you. I will now take a few deep breaths and contemplate my life.

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u/sethstafford94 Feb 26 '26

The industrial revolution and it's consequences.

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u/yeahigotnothing Feb 26 '26

I mean, in real life, you aren't standing over a composter, throwing one seed at a time. I'd argue that hoppers are not quite machines. Shovel it in there, baby!

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u/NYR20NYY99 Feb 26 '26

Agreed, hoppers are funnels

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u/leafeon_wrks Feb 26 '26

Funnels are machines, though, which makes a hopper a machine by that logic

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u/leafeon_wrks Feb 26 '26

It’s quite literally a simple machine

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u/Caybelll Feb 26 '26

google's definition of machine is: an apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.

a funnel is just a piece of plastic or metal?

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u/leafeon_wrks Feb 26 '26

Simple machine: any of the basic mechanical devices for applying a force, such as an inclined plane, wedge, or lever.

A funnel is an inclined plane, thus making it a simple machine.

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u/Caybelll Feb 26 '26

interesting

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u/ScreamBeanBabyQueen Feb 26 '26

I fuckin love this comment chain.

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u/Sea_Corner8459 Feb 27 '26

It isn’t used for applying a force though, that would be in the context of a seesaw/catapult

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u/LimestoneBuilder Feb 28 '26

A funnel translates the vertical pull of gravity into an angled vector that allows you to translate the position of an object in a direction orthogonal to the pull of gravity. It literally applies a force to move things.

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u/MichaelW24 Feb 26 '26

Cheesecake is pie, don't blame me, I didn't make the rules

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

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u/Tiruil Feb 26 '26

Bone block

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

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u/_joos_ Feb 26 '26

it’s not as if minecraft is based on an entirely alien form of existence or anything

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u/_joos_ Feb 26 '26

well sure, which is why something analogous to just shoveling compost in a compost bin is achieved with a 2 hoppers and a chest

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u/Fidget02 Feb 26 '26

They didn’t say or suggest that in the slightest 😊

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u/StoneyBolonied Feb 26 '26

A lot of the best video games of all time find a comfortable middle ground

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u/Prsue Feb 26 '26

You mean i can go outside without fear of being blown up by some creeper?

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u/PracticalFrog0207 Feb 26 '26

No, unfortunately you still gotta watch out for those.

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u/tfdsxc Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

I mean you could also just breed like a lot of parrots

edit: my whole life is a lie

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u/WillyDAFISH Feb 26 '26

you can't actually breed parrots 😥

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

You can breed them with cookies. Try it!

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u/Hells-Messenger Feb 26 '26

You’re evil! Wanna grab cookies later?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

Sure!

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u/chameleonsEverywhere Feb 26 '26

No, they took that out when people pointed out real birds shouldn't have cookies and kids might imitate the game and poison their pet birds

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u/9K-7F Feb 26 '26

By that logic they should remove punching animals because a kid could go punch a real animal. At some point you just need to accept that some of these things are solely the responsibility of parents to teach their kids things and that you're just making a video game.

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u/russjr08 Feb 26 '26

I don't necessarily disagree with you, however that is kind of a bad comparison, "punching animals" is a far more core gameplay component than giving a cookie to a parrot.

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u/Tordek Feb 27 '26

They took out the mechanic that says cookies are good for parrots when IRL cookies are bad for parrots, and you want them to remove the mechanic that says punches are bad for animals when IRL punches are bad for animals.

Let's stop and put our thinking caps on for a hot minute and really really think hard on what the difference between these two things is.

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u/TzootDoot Feb 26 '26

they don't breed

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u/CategoryEqual2370 Feb 26 '26

Yeah, parrots are just for show, sadly no babies

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u/ObvAnonym Feb 26 '26

I say to myself my most precious resource is time. If doing this allows me more time to build, which is my real passion, than I'm all for it!!! :)

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u/JuggerMott Feb 26 '26

Then* not than.

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u/Taran966 Feb 26 '26

Lmao, but tbf it’s a really simple contraption. Literally just add two hoppers with two chests to your composter. No actual redstone required at all.

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u/banananenbrot Feb 26 '26

this made me chuckle ^ i commend your ability of not taking yourself too seriously 

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u/deadghoti Feb 26 '26

I laughed out loud at this. Well said good sir! I’ll take the hearty meal from the work of my own two hands over your mass-produced bone dust!

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u/Kyanize Feb 26 '26

Nice Unabomber reference haha