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minus-square Case ( @Case@unilem.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish71•edit-210 months agoSo possibly, in a thousand years or so, we could have parasites that improve our lives in every conceivable way. Just need to eat an egg salad sandwich from a truckstop restroom coin op machine. Edit: I’m a little busy at work, so maybe I read the replies wrong - but this was a Futurama reference.
minus-square robdor ( @robdor@lemmynsfw.com ) cakelinkfedilinkEnglish16•edit-211 months agoJaffa kree!
minus-square agent_flounder ( @agent_flounder@lemmy.one ) linkfedilink10•11 months agoAt.that point wouldn’t they be symbiotes?
minus-square SokathHisEyesOpen ( @Anticorp@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish9•11 months agoWouldn’t it be a symbiote and not a parasite if it benefits us?
minus-square ono ( @ono@lemmy.ca ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoLet me know when we get translator microbes.
minus-square autumn (she/they) ( @autumn@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoserious: i love truck stop egg salad sandwiches. don’t tempt me!
So possibly, in a thousand years or so, we could have parasites that improve our lives in every conceivable way.
Just need to eat an egg salad sandwich from a truckstop restroom coin op machine.
Edit: I’m a little busy at work, so maybe I read the replies wrong - but this was a Futurama reference.
Jaffa kree!
Why wait? You can do that today!
At.that point wouldn’t they be symbiotes?
Wouldn’t it be a symbiote and not a parasite if it benefits us?
Let me know when we get translator microbes.
serious: i love truck stop egg salad sandwiches. don’t tempt me!