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[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

A rat done bit my sister Nell
With whitey on the moon
Her face and arms began to swell
And whitey's on the moon
I can't pay no doctor bills
But whitey's on the moon
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still
While whitey's on the moon
The man just upped my rent last night
Cause whitey's on the moon
No hot water, no toilets, no lights
But whitey's on the moon
I wonder why he's upping me?
Cause whitey's on the moon?
Well I was already giving him fifty a week
With whitey on the moon
Taxes taking my whole damn check
Junkies making me a nervous wreck
The price of food is going up
And as if all that shit wasn't enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell
With whitey on the moon
Her face and arm began to swell
And whitey's on the moon
Was all that money I made last year
For whitey on the moon?
How come I ain't got no money here?
Hmm! Whitey's on the moon
Y'know I just 'bout had my fill
Of whitey on the moon
I think I'll send these doctor bills
Airmail special
To whitey on the moon

Whitey on the Moon - Gil Scott-Heron

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Did you know that when a cell is copying its DNA the enzyme that unzips that DNA doesn't just start in one place, but rather unzip multiple parts of the same strand at the same time? If that weren't the case, unzipping the DNA would take too long, and the cell would die before it could be done.

Pretending that doing one thing is stopping us from doing other things is an incredibly idiotic way of thinking about the way progress is made.