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[-] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago

I'm genuinely afraid of fungi. I think the only reason they allow us to exist is bc they can't move around and communicate with us. As such, I think it's truly foolish of scientists to provide them with the means of locomotion via my other true fear, robots

[-] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

they can't move around

Ahem, athlete's foot is a fungus. And there's a nail fungus too. They're walking a mile in your shoes...

Oh, and ringworm? Fungus.

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago

they can’t move around and communicate with us

[-] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Cordyceps were the thing that initially sparked my fear of mushrooms before Last of Us was even a thing! And I never considered shrooms the fungi communicating with us. Much to consider. Did you ever hear about the guy that shot up with psilocybin and they grew inside him and almost killed him?

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

part of the multifaced aspects of fungi – cordyceps is both the zombie fungus and a performance enhancing drug

[-] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

That's wild and I think it's running a long con

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