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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Tiny genetic change"

Oof. Would that it were so easy....

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Genes are very small, so, you know, technically correct

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

The best kind of correct!

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

And people say yardwork can't be surprisingly fun.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao my whole family quotes this: 'DONT LET YOUR DREAMS BE DREAMS!'

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's pretty funny to hear a 6 year old say it

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

now this is an evil scientist plan I can get behind

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

LET HER COOK

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Botanists, can you please get started on the research?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Stinging nettle -> singing nettle

[–] Case 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now I'm thinking of some wide spread agent like pollen being laced with naturally occurring psychedelics.

I mean, pollen, as an allergen is often taken in through the nose, which is a great route of administration to affect the brain quickly.

Oh the rag weed count is high? Get ready to trip balls people, lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This would have been a much better movie than whatever The Happening was about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Can I sign up for a timeline change, please?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Where do I meet her? All the ones I have been with were indeed thinking of other men.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't get it. If the sting of U. pelulifera already contains bufotenin, what genetic change would be needed for a psychedelic sting? Wikipedia says bufotenin is a psychedelic substance and a DMT analog.

Fun fact: while searching for this, I've found that apparently some people seem to have elevated levels of bufotenin in their pee. Could be another source...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would guess the change would be to produce more bufotenin and less stinging, rather than adding bufotenin out of whole cloth.

Still probably more than one change, but theoretically feasible to manually breed a population of hallucinogenic stinging nettles if you're open to being stung a lot for testing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, I thought that it was qualitatively already a psychedelic sting. But yeah, quantity is key here xD

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Gonna need a bigger dose.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago