• DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    1 year ago

    I’m personally waiting for supermarkets to literally smarten up and start offering Extra-GMO food.

    Just let the geneticists go wild on those animals, I want a turkey leg the size of my head served with a side of golden rice.

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      To be fair, they already kinda do that. The chickens are massive compared to normal ones we would’ve had decades ago, which can lead to some premature deaths (I think it’s heart issues?)

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        For some breeds if you let them live to full adulthood instead of slaughtering them at 6 weeks they can’t really walk well. The extra muscle doesn’t make them stronger, it just adds so much bulk they can’t move it all. It’s pretty sad.

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    1 year ago

    Wow, science actually does something useful for a change. There’s no way I’m giving up my 40 piece McNuggets over some stupid germs 😂 😂 😂

  • SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    we’ve been using crispr to perform gene editing for 11 years now. “science” articles need to stop using analogies about it.