(I don’t know where I read this story originally, or if I’ve gotten the details right - I’m still trying to rediscover the source. Please let me know if you have any leads!)
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Ok, I’ll do a poll. Is the ancestor curse:
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I’ve heard the Central American rather than African version (nixmatalization of corn). I think there’s several such examples.
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as a plant I am sorry to report that we are trying to kill you at all times and only your culture and technology can save you
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Replying to @eigenrobot @literalbanana and
God now we have to worry about robots AND plants? No wonder my anxiety levels are so high
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Replying to @liminal_warmth @eigenrobot and
actually my favorite theory is that sublethal methods are favored by plants so as not to drive selection for resistance - meaning we mostly just want to mildly annoy you
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@liminal_warmth eats vast quantities of plants too she has a budget line item for frozen berries she once made fun of me for ceremonially throwing away lettuce but that shit is dangerous2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes -
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don’t know if you knew this already but I learned late in life that you can stir-fry lettuce and it’s good
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I am astounded by this doctrine
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i'm calling the cops
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