Why You Wouldn't Survive the Happening's Wahlberg Aerotoxin (KILLER TREES)

[@WowSuchGaming]

This was included in an April Fools bit yesterday but i wanted it to stand on its own, so enjoy and have a good CHOOSDAY!

[@DragonSavior2930]

Dino Squad Dinosaur Apocalypse and TMNT Mutant Apocalypse next please both for summer? Also HTTYD Dragon Apocalypse please, all three requests for separate videos. Also Horizon post-apocalyptic robot wonderland with Primitive humanity as a request please.

[@spawnofragnarok9267]

I do admit TMNT one is got to be an awesome one when or if it been made​@@DragonSavior2930

[@aaronmcclellan12345]

Are you going to do a Zombie Sin video of Everything Wrong With Land of the Dead and then later Everything Wrong With Day of the Dead (1985)?

[@thelonekingwolf7626]

YOU GOT ME

[@tatepalmer1997]

Evil within, stem Crysis, ceph invasion Mortal Kombat outworld invasion Darksiders apocalypse Warhammer 40k grimdark galaxy Quake strogg war Resistance Chimera invasion Mad max wasteland Berserk midland Prey sphere invasion Monster hunter Turok dinosaur planet Bulletstorm stygia Lost planet E.D.N III Terminator Skynet Alien xenomorph Splatterhouse corrupted invasion

[@capriciousstudent]

I saw this in movie in an empty theater the week it came out. It was my grandma and I. When Mark Wahlberg said “Could such a thing be really happening?” my grandma burst out into hysterical laughter. Our takeaway: What an interesting concept. What dogshit execution.

[@nickgavis0305]

Lmao this post made me laugh hysterically

[@Michael-ky7sr]

Literally same. Was my once a week cinema treat trip and we were the only 2 people in the screening...

[@MattCatt09]

The “climate crisis “ crowd would say something like, “Burn more gas because CO2 kills trees!”…. Not realizing that carbon dioxide is plant food, and not harmful to anything 😂

[@keepgoing7533]

What!? No!

[@fatalityin1]

@@MattCatt09 Ehm, I am not in the climate crisis crowd, but just someone who had 3 semesters of biology. Plants also die with increased co2 levels. A 25% increase would kill almost all plants on earth. Of course during day light they would thrive (that is only the half truth, because plants evolved to our current athmosphere and with a 35% increased co2 they would bank down from 60% efficiency to 20%), but plants during the night also metabolise their c6h12o6 to basically survive and require heavily oxygenated air in that process. Plants do both, store and breathe out co2. Plants would just die and it does not need to be a climate activist to understand that, any advanced biology book would be enough for that kind of knowledge

[@MarcusRedfield-d5v]

We literally need this: Why you would survive Wow Such Gaming.

[@Boosted_aj]

Lol “Why your zombie movie won’t survive WowSuchGaming’s review”

[@Thatoneisaac604]

Why you wouldn't survive wow such gamings why you wouldn't survive series

[@MarcusRedfield-d5v]

@@Boosted_aj Why your zombie apocalypse wouldn’t survive Wow Such Gaming’s love for cheeseburgers

[@RowBlanka]

no, it wouldn't be true

[@RichRaptorVr]

​@@Boosted_ajGreat Idea. We need to push this.

[@jamesnicholson3658]

The simplest way to survive literally any doomsday scenario is have a few bags of rice, tinned goods and some bottled water, enough for 2 weeks, this is enough time generally for busy areas to quieten down, then what you do is head for smaller stores, farmers markets etc. instead of supermarkets. The initial panic causes up to 75% of all deaths in doomsday/zombie movies, pass that phase and you're in a better survival situation

[@yoman5029]

depends on the scenario. if it's a generic zombie virus or something like aerotoxins, then this is a really good option. but if it's something like a nuclear war or an asteroid hitting earth that was strong enough to wipe out dinosaurs, or a super-beefed-up-zombie virus that's able to linger for centuries...yeah, you may as well accept your fate.

[@richardarriaga6271]

​@@yoman5029How would the zombies get energy if they are corpses? If there is no circulatory system it wouldn't have energy to charge at you.

[@yoman5029]

@@richardarriaga6271 because some zombies aren't actually "undead" like some dumbasses think

[@sardonicus1739]

Simpliest survival method is become rich, and build a multi million dollar bunker in Hawaii,

[@jamesnicholson3658]

@@sardonicus1739 nah, never have your bunker anywhere there is a potential for volcanic activity lol

[@chameleonx9253]

If this aerotoxin causes normal people to try and off themselves, what would it do to people who are already clinically depressed and/or ready to cash in their chips? Would it make them suddenly love their lives and no longer wish for a game over?

[@Jump-Shack]

Good question

[@JimSebastianWhittembury]

Really god question

[@stardragon7893]

Maybe it makes them love nature, so they're not a threat to the plants? IDK, I doubt it was ever considered.

[@ironnj]

They turn into hippies but not the cool stoner type

[@ajax3310]

Completely different things. Statistically some of the people we saw in the movie were depressed, and it affected everyone it touched. Neurotoxin probably hitting different receptors in the brain than what depression is affecting lol

[@theshowmaster3836]

You should do a “why you DEFINETLY wouldn’t survive The Absolute Solver from Murder Drones.” Its literally a demonic computer virus that straight up explodes earth AFTER releasing a horde of murderous robots upon the planet

[@Deadblud]

He FOR REAL should

[@sunnyd6519]

i think if he wanted to tackle it, he would probably wait till the series/season is over ^u^;

[@richardarriaga6271]

How is the virus escaping? It won't be able to hack Voyager probes due to how primitive they are.

[@chrishansen9102]

You should really take a deep dive on why you wouldn't survive 30 Days of night

[@AiNEDuE20]

Yesss 🙏🏽

[@Shadowcat753]

The way I'd think of to survive is simple - identify which plants are creating this toxin first. Based on the plant scenes in the movie, I think we can say it's mostly bushes and/or trees doing this. I'm not an expert but have taken a college class in botany. With most plant-life, it's often a particular species and/or subtype of plants that creates different aromatic smells, offense option, and/or defenses. For a very simple example of this - only Female Gingko trees make that smell that 90% of people find gross. The male Gingkos never make that smell. No other tree makes that particular scent either. However, this scent smells good to a lot of bugs (and about 10% of people), which allows the Female Gingko to get itself to be better able to have the Gingko Nuts (with seeds inside) moved by animals. This is also the case on why Red Algae is dangerous to multiple things humans use while most other algae isn't. Most algae is green and can be fed on by all sorts of animals. Red Algae can literally corrode all sorts of stuff (including certain metals). So, if we can have some scientists figure out which plants are doing this, we don't have to destroy all plant-life - we'd just have to destroy the specific plant species that are doing this. Than, humanity can plant new, similar plants to be able to allow for Oxygen creation. We never see a Gingko Tree doing this, but we see a lot of classic green-leaved trees. So - I think we have a few good clues with just that fact. We also see no trees with obvious fruit and/or flowers on them either.

[@MamaMOB]

Do you have any idea how many shrubs there are in the United States? I'm not 100% sure it would be possible to purposely eradicate a single species of shrub let on multiple and multiple species of trees.

[@o0MakubeX0o]

You are the only person that got me with an April Fools yesterday... and I feel cheated because I was lowkey excited to watch you cover the A-Pooh-calypse

[@Lycan_of_1941]

Why You Wouldn’t Survive the Day of the Triffids.

[@HalfLife2Crowbar]

oh hey! i read that book!

[@Lycan_of_1941]

@@HalfLife2Crowbar and saw the film and read about them in a book called Monsters and Villains.

[@gabrielpardo4229]

"We Must Escape to the one place that is not Corrupted by Vegetation. SPACE."

[@TheDefaultName]

2026 AMAZONIA

[@Homelander1234]

African villages they have no vegetarians or water

[@jaquanzxcxz]

Red alert, reference confirmed

[@matthewhinkel6079]

MANIC THORNBERRY CACKLES

[@imeddiewilson1572]

Was that a reference to Tim curry in red alert game? Be aise of that was? That was some fantastic timing

[@kyle666man]

My dude. You went hard with this one 😂 Peak. The spongebob reference. Free Falling with the building jumpers 😂 God tier video

[@HaughsCausedit]

The movie where the plants decide that they would handle population control themselves.

[@ubersoldatant]

Why you wouldn't survive Plants Vs Zombies

[@nielsatoyab6065]

Ooooopss!

[@falcongamingproductions9938]

Why you would probably survive Animal Crossing

[@idolhandz3946]

It’s not hard to believe that, as we destroy more and more of the earth, that something will evolve that can destroy us in a large scale before we can evolve/cope with said calamity.

[@MillimeterPeter-t51b]

I know you typically stay in zombies, but I would love to see a WYWS The Zone from the Stalker games. I've been seeing a bunch of Stalker stuff recently so it could be cool.

[@coolsceegaming6178]

For a summary for those who got no idea what bro is talking about: The zone is around the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Mutated creatures and “anomalies” are common, with the anomalies being damn near magic (but science). There’s a monolith that supposedly gives wishes, and has an army of brainwashed nerds fighting for it. It also Can practically fry your brain and make you act like a zombie.

[@kronospictures54]

Real fans remember when this video was called _"Why You Wouldn't Survive The Poohniverse"_

[@knapples5526]

Hold up!!! He took down the video?

[@Null94]

11:36 Nuclear plants do not pollute their surroundings...

[@glassramen]

Exactly, but irl I'm betting that there'd be people who'd use that as an excuse like in the movie.

[@harrycallahan5018]

You can google this in 5 seconds to see that you are wrong. It may not pollute where the plants are, but the radioactive waste certainly goes somewhere.

[@dracmeister]

​@@harrycallahan5018but not into public places. They're stored in several layers of concrete and steel sealed silos. No, they're not stored in barrels oozing with green sludge.

[@harrycallahan5018]

@dracmeister I never said they were, just pointing out blatant misinformation. Also, isn't that just a landfill from your nightmares?

[@dracmeister]

@@harrycallahan5018 the places where they store the "waste" is typically owned by the plant itself no one unauthorized is allowed on there anyways. The term "waste" here is a misnomer. They're keeping the used control rods in these silos. The silos are built in such a way that it can sustain damage from even aerial raid-an airstrike and not be compromised easily. I urge you to visit a nuclear plant to ask if they can give you an idea how they work. I know some older ones out there are converted musuems about nuclear power.

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

Why you wouldn't survive the IRS

[@richardarriaga6271]

Trump does.

[@thekiller7994]

Why you wouldn’t survive the Poseidon Adventure

[@NewsGiver]

I get what you're saying but last time I checked not even a cruiser survive tsunami

[@princeofpokemon2934]

Why you wouldn't survive A Plagues Tales Bubonic plague and Inquisition

[@mitchellw7118]

The ORIGINAL Poseidon adventure.

[@princeofpokemon2934]

@@mitchellw7118 didn't that also sink to a tsunami?

[@jimmilton6644]

oh my fucking god i dreamt about this movie last night

[@erikreber3695]

Oh shit...

[@aliasfakename3159]

Please do "why you wouldn't survive the Dragon Ball Universe" in honor of Toriyama.

[@and3ro]

he kinda did that, with the saiyan invasion

[@Goofygoober584]

Why you wouldn't survive my basement

[@hammerheadtheseawing3263]

Oh my god you unlocked a childhood memory I had forgotten about This was the first ever R-rated movie I saw. I remember watching it because my grandpa fell asleep and left the TV on, so me and my cousins watched this movie. I was terrified of this happening to me for a long time.

[@thebardsong]

Why You Wouldn't Survive: THE CROSSED

[@sentenza5766]

Omg yes, that would be one his most brutal videos

[@bradsly3386]

My favorite scene of this movie is when he's talking about cough syrup XD cause he knew that this man kept trying to contact her and the best line of the movie is "and it was a superfluous bottle of cough syrup"........ To which she replies "you're joking right" and he does the classic Wahlberg look and shakes his head yes. That had me die laughing

[@enclave1014]

It was the protective instinct for loved ones that overrode the erasure of the self-preservation instinct.

[@newbornviking9721]

Ideas for future why you wouldn't survive videos DC Martian invasion DC Kryptonian invasion Warhammer 40K Chaos invasion Warhammer 40K Ork invasion World of Darkness Demonic invasion Avatar the last airbender Fire nation invasion

[@erikreber3695]

Isn't is really obvious why you wouldn't survive any of that? Warhammer 40k is realy picking up in popularity I see people hailing the emperor all over the webs... As someone who liked it way back it's cool to see it get the recognition it deserves...

[@JPSRCE1987]

A Tyranid invasion would be mooorreee devastating then Chaos or Orks imo

[@MexicanSpy]

Why you wouldn’t Survive Dr. Gero’s Androids 17, 18 and Cell

[@crispy0799]

Why you wouldn't survive: Evil within 2 stem outbreak Sunset overdrives overcharge apocalypse Jigsaw's puzzles/Traps Alien xenomorph invasion Predator invasion/hunting Lollipop Chainsaw zombie invasion Dead rising 2 Fortune city outbreak Mortal kombat tournament Mad max wasteland Dante's inferno 9 circles of hell My hero academia Quirks Naruto Ninja war Transformers invasion/war Tmnt Mutagen outbreak Until dawn wendigos Man of medan Ghostship The Quarry werewolves Planet of the apes invasion/war God of war Greek/norse pantheons EDIT: i remember it being a "why you wouldnt survive the poohniverse" got me with the april fools. 🔥👍

[@cdawg214]

Why you wouldn’t survive Hulu’s “the strain”

[@GrimCryptid]

🤣🤣🤣 Thank you!! One of the few KZbinrs to seriously ( &hilariously) cover this one. I enjoyed the movies concept (execution of it, eh) I think much "the like last of us" humans transporting live plants for food and otherwise would be a good adaptation bridge between continents.

[@angelicafigueroa0221]

Ever since 9/11 a lot of movies have had an insane obsession with ending the world on a Tuesday Also you have to take into consideration the fact that people as a whole don't like to listen to anything that they feel inconveniences them Look at the pandemic The absolute whining and tears people had about not going out or following social distancing guidelines, like even if it's for their own safety humanity rather their creature comfort come first than protecting themselves and others You can prep all you want, one setback or obstacle and unity gives way to self preservation p.s Dante from Clerks was driving the car John Leguizamo was in, again he wasn't supposed to be there that day

[@user-xw5yr3fh8i]

Where is why you would live "Juan of the Dead."

[@tykierwalker2364]

It could be the fact of they were already suicidal by stepping out so if you flip the switch you just end up normal again

[@youtrades]

First things first, I love your observations and delivery of them!! Second- I loved this concept, liked the movie, and seriously think this needs more consideration. Thirdly, I Believe it's already happening. Plants only defenses are chemical, and they make it clear with the oxylates and other compounds that are unhealthy for us already. (O oh yeah, your Wahlberg and star wars comments are Soo on point😂! And I seriously respect Mark for doing this movie and for giving what he did for it:)

[@richardaiken1]

14:50 HVAC guy here 👋 Mini splits don't bring in outdoor air. In fact, most residential AC systems don't unless they are installed in a newer construction which would be very well insulated which in turn prevents passive air infiltration / exfiltration.

[@aschizo4111]

this movie is so good!! thanks for making an episode out of it

[@yipflaptheexecutioner6519]

I'm glad I found at least one person who likes it

[@commiedog425]

Why you wouldn't survive z nation pleaseee

[@burryme4359]

I don't get why this movie got so much hate, it's good!

[@makeda6530]

Yeah, I thought it was a fun movie. Never knew it was so hated until I was an adult. Lol

[@scarletamazon3455]

Oh come on! The way they were directed to act was so incredibly goofy that it's become iconic based on that alone. Truly in a "it's so bad, it's good" way. In the hands of good writers, the concept could work. Plants do create toxins etc, and there's a lot that could be done with it in the right hands, but this certainly wasn't well written. Terrible dialogue, storyline, characters - who again, are made even more silly because they were directed to act in such a bizarre way - weak ending, what's to like? There's also the fact that M.night had such promise as a director after "I see dead people" and Signs, but then began making terrible films like this one... it's a goofy movie, but if you like it, then it's okay to like it! You just can't rely deny that it's so silly.

[@Hwhshahdj]

My theory for how it jumped from USA to France is that it takes around 2 weeks up to 35 days on average for air to travel the entire globe. Maybe what ever caused the plants in the USA to start releasing the toxin, took a while to cause the plants in France to mutate. I also think its quite clear that the plants just wanted to thin the human population out enough to give us a chance to reset back down to a manageable population and to overall bring down stuff like our deforestation rates and plant consumption.

[@richardarriaga6271]

That's risky. What if the humans decided to bomb the surface with nukes and live underground?

[@and3ro]

WYWS War Of The World's Martian Invasion (2005 version) WYWS SOMA's Telos Impact / PATHOS-II WYWS Devil May Cry 5's Demonic Invasion WYWS ULTRAKILL's Layers of Hell that's it... i'm all out of ideas.

[@AseliaB]

How about "why you wouldn't survive zombie army (trilogy/4)"? :')

[@OrlaSeraphxD]

Kudos for the use of baby metal

[@TheCheshireMadcat]

Same

[@vhs360]

This movie could had potential, of course if they had gas masks and went far away from where the event is happening there wouldn’t be an interesting movie plot with all the character deaths, but the fact that they could had made this into like a realistic chemical attack scenario but didn’t

[@kylespooner4949]

How about this Zombies Army zombies apocalypse.

[@vicwolfrin]

I think it would be cool to do a why you wouldn’t survive Frankenstein’s army

[@dragosden36]

Plants are extremely competitive with each other too. It's highly unlikely a whole existence of plants will try to wipe out one species. This movie is a "I heard grass produces that smell when it's cut to warm other grass." and rolled with it with 0 context beyond that.

[@Akutenshi1990]

Here are two ideas for vids: 1) Why You wouldn't survive Helldivers 2 tyranids or automatons. 2) Why you wouldn't survive Baldur's Gate 3's Illithid Invasion

[@StrikerUSS]

Why You Wouldn't Survive the Sadness pretty please?

[@troylowe814]

Why you wouldnt survive Breakfast at Tiffany's

[@catbellyrubber6075]

1:46 so THATS where the sound effect came from.

[@darkreflection9087]

Can you do Why you wouldn’t survive COD Ghost: Extinction Cryptids

[@thisismyusernow]

but he already made a Cawadoody video

[@Dubinitout]

Why you wouldnt survive cyberpunk 2077 dystopia

[@beebtv]

Logically a place with very little air circulation seems a good place to be. If you shut off a building's air conditioner system there's plenty of air to breathe. Personally chilling out in a cavern seems a good plan because the wind doesn't usually blow directly into a cave, a tunnel? Sure wind loves tunnels. A last option could be a sewer system.

[@822livinglegend]

Man yesterday the intro was funny i thought I was tripping just now rewatching it

[@Meetbaw]

The plants never signed the Geneva convention

[@206Zelda]

Since the Mario Movie had been referenced here, I have to say that "The Happening" would have been several exponents funnier if Lumalee had been narrating over it.

[@tatepalmer1997]

Evil within, stem Crysis, ceph invasion Mortal Kombat outworld invasion Darksiders apocalypse Warhammer 40k grimdark galaxy Quake strogg war Resistance Chimera invasion Mad max wasteland Berserk midland Prey sphere invasion Monster hunter Turok dinosaur planet Bulletstorm stygia Lost planet E.D.N III Terminator Skynet Alien xenomorph Splatterhouse corrupted invasion

[@Panzer_rama]

Why you wouldn't survive the T Abyss Virus

[@voidprimordial]

Why you wouldn't survive the Life Is Strange Tornado.

[@s.a.munknown4300]

There was another video about this where it mentioned that something about the survivors was that they were calm or not threatening? Its why walbergs character and zoes character werent affected. (But through poor directing their characters just end up acting weird and having weird facial expressions)

[@bradsly3386]

Omg the Wahlberg aero-toxin is more like how much everyone loves mark Wahlberg XD but seriously trademark that. I love and always look forward to your videos!!!

[@davidvancamp5448]

But would you survive the 70’s sitcom What’s Happening?

[@Thomas-VA]

they can't do that, then we'd have to not eat plants due to their feelings towards humanity. Also as many times as the plant has wrecked plants with gases, lava, letting asteriods hit . . plansts must have been hella made at the rocky planet.

[@radioactive828]

Why you wouldn't survive an FBI raid.

[@Monster_NopeNope]

WSG *drops the most chaotic take* The music:💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻

[@regnskyer]

I'm a little embarrassed to say that this movie terrified me, I was to scared to open the window (in the middle of summer!), and feeling the wind through the walls was anxiety inducing XD

[@RuminatingGuardian]

Why you wouldn't survive Life

[@reidcacaro2919]

One of the weirdest movies made and not in a good way. So glad you covered it

[@russelllopes7416]

Why you wouldn't survive helldivers

[@thatboiscotty]

So happy to see a video made about my favorite thriller ever.

[@nukiesduke6868]

Yea this was be an extinction level event. I was watching this with my 5 year old niece and at the end she said "Wait wouldn't we have to destroy all the plants to keep it from happening again?" and I was like damn she's right.

[@nothing-of5yc]

Why you wouldn't survive plants vs zombies

[@spawnofragnarok9267]

Why you wouldn't survive DC comics war world invasion Why you wouldn't survive Marvel comics Hell invasion Why you wouldn't survive Zoo's mudder cell Why you wouldn't survive Rampage's Kaiju Apocalypse

[@CalvinAnimations]

Early bird catches the worm

[@Rick79LUFC]

Love how you showed a sceen from WWZ lol 😆

[@thomasrose4523]

I see the continued collaboration between you and Roanoke Gaming is alive and well!

[@midderdixon]

Why you wouldn't survive DC: Anti-Living Plague. Or why you wouldn't survive Marvels: Zombies.

[@JPkilla8116]

Perfectly enough, Roanoke gaming has a video listed in the recommended next videos on the neurotoxin explained lol

[@PGHDude]

Why you wouldn’t survive CHUD

[@Ivanzertuche]

There's two types of people in the world, people who think the happening is a masterpiece and liars

[@saltmines5240]

Why you wouldn't survive the 1st or 2nd galactic war.

[@Isit_friend_orfriend_shaped]

Personally this and the 6th sense are the only good M.Knight movies. I'm prepared to fight over this.

[@jamman3464]

You could try moving to a harsh desert area where plant life is sparse. Though it wouldn't be easy to survive. There is a reason we typically avoid those areas of the planet.

[@neo94_gaming2]

You’re the goat !!! Especially when you make zombie movie reviews

[@exploratory-fordora9672]

Neurotoxin *exists* Me who was asleep

[@goni2493]

When "Why you wouldn't Survive: Warhammer 40k's Tyranid Invasion"?

[@zachsilby4569]

If he starts coming 40k, this will become a 40k channel.

[@Faust1an]

When your dad finally gets back from buying that pack of cigarettes he left for all those years ago

[@MrSwccguy]

No

[@tuffzomboiidj4568]

i dont even got to watch the video cause i know ima surive this

[@AnOmanOfDeath]

I forgot this movie was a thing, I vaguely remember being interested in it

[@benjamincarmine2566]

no plants in the artic, always was a fan of the cold

[@richardarriaga6271]

Live off sealed hydroponics and cook anything before you eat it.

[@Obsessor23]

3:10 never did I ever think I'd hear a line and think "Oh that's a Jeff the Killer reference" only to realize "No that's a Spongebob reference"

[@JSyncGames]

i was fully expecting this to be about the pooh murder movies i was like A DOUBLE

[@xonus1487]

Why you wouldn’t survive scape and run parasites

[@dadegg8998]

Why you would not survive Smurf Village

[@drewmendoza2041]

Any chance you can cover the Reanimator film series, Splinter, Slither and the Obscure game series? Would love to see your take on the infected/zombie variants of those.

[@coby9282]

I actually liked the movie very much ^^ Was something different at last and imo, that you couldnt see the "enemy" made it kinda more frightening than a lame zombie. But as far as I know, the actual cause of the outbreak was never prooven. There were people theorizing that its just mother nature taking revenge, but as far as I know there were never more than theories.

[@brianjordan3841]

Any chance u would be willing to do a survival video regarding The Day Of The Triffids???

[@Justicar333]

As much fun as the review is, and well deserved fun indeed. The scenario is not am impossible one. Plants already have developed in some cases the ability to emit things to ward off or kill predators. The ideal they develop one for humans, who had done massive ecological devastation could happen. Of course to the scale seen here all at once, that is far harder to swallow. If they showed, perhaps a plant somewhere killing someone. Then that plants seeds spread and a time jump later we see a later generation of these things that have drifted now in considerable number into populated areas before sprouting a deadly generation. Every year pushing humans back as they didn't quite understand what was happening. That could actually play more reasonably. So far as plants having intent, that's a bit more subjective. There have been some experiments that are starting to suggest while it's extremely alien to our way of thinking. Plants do perceive stimuli from the world around them and can react to it. More than just light. Some studies are even starting to claim evidence of stress reactions that might be comparable to what we would call pain amongst animals. Of course playing that to an audience when people still mostly think of plants more as inanimate objects they can eat more than anything, will cause confusion at best. Maybe if it had been framed as say, one of those types of trees that are essentially a colony, connected by root structures across entire forests. Then you use this type of tree and say it's spreading the information amongst it's network of hey this gets rid of those damned things that keep killing our trunks and everything else around here. Easier to digest then the ideal they are.. I guess communicating in some silent summit via chemical signals to develop and then deploy the toxin attack? Oh, just want to add, it wasn't love that saved them. The toxin appeared to shut down the part of the brain, as you pointed out, that prevents that little negative voice we have inside that can push us to do horrible things. Essentially they lost the ability to control their reaction to negative emotions. Everyone offed themselves because they suddenly couldn't ignore whatever was in their heads that made them angry at/hate themselves/or just flat be depressed. In that moment, when they rushed out they had let go of all regrets. They were at peace and ready to accept whatever came. So when their brains reacted to the toxin there was no negative emotion to loose control of. This also suggests that the attempt of the toxin is temporary. Otherwise they would have still killed themselves later after their moment of peace had passed. That's my analysis anyways.