Writing philosophy offers its own kind of immortality, much like the canine transmissible venereal tumor
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Replying to @literalbanana
That, the Tasmanian Devil face cancer, and one other are the only known transmissible cancer. Don't know what the third is.
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Replying to @NorskHaus
oh man there’s a third??? I only knew about those two
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Replying to @literalbanana @NorskHaus
tree burls are a thing too. they're somewhere in-between scar tissue and benign tumors. transmissible both through pathogens (viruses, fungus, and insects) and probably also through grafting/cloning (though that would require human intervention).
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factoid: the best wooden pipes are made out of burls because they don't have a directional grain
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you must now write a ribbonfarm about burls and things that are like burls
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they’re really hard to carve with a knife they’re very dense
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