The 5 word phrase of the week occupies their entire brain.

Even less so for a "democracy"

Noo but some of them understand the electorial collage, live outside a swing state, and want to try and affect the trajectory of the Democratic party in any way at all instead of just letting the modern aristocracy choose who we're allowed to vote for in perpetuity!

If fucking only.

Some of you only ever had tests graded by a Scantron and it shows.

Surface area is evaporative exposure and frost exposure, might not matter much to temperate acclimated plants but it may be an evolutionary holdover. Also plants don't really expend energy to modulate their bodies. It's more about moving water around their internals.

Moving may also prevent some fungus or algae colonization.