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minus-squareCase@unilem.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·edit-21 year 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-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoAt.that point wouldn’t they be symbiotes?
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoWouldn’t it be a symbiote and not a parasite if it benefits us?
minus-squareautumn (she/they)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoserious: i love truck stop egg salad sandwiches. don’t tempt me!
minus-squareono@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoLet me know when we get translator microbes.
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!
At.that point wouldn’t they be symbiotes?
Why wait? You can do that today!
Wouldn’t it be a symbiote and not a parasite if it benefits us?
serious: i love truck stop egg salad sandwiches. don’t tempt me!
Let me know when we get translator microbes.