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[–] three@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

New name for my penits just dropped

Also known as a jeans gun.

[–] trampel@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

I used one of these for my bachelor thesis. The concept sounds a lot cooler than it feels actually using one. Especially after the 30th time.

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I learned about this 2 days ago when watching a yt video about monsanto and glysophates. They managed to create glysophate resistant plants by shooting the plants with dna from bacteria found around their factories, because whatever managed to live there had to be resistant to the stuff. They used gold as the heavy metal.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I learned about this 2 days ago when watching a yt video about monsanto and glysophates.

That's actually what got me to look this up. It was a Veritassium video, surprisingly.

Exposing Why Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own Seeds

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yea, I'm not surprised. It was the same video and although I didn't know the channel, it did seem quite popular (with 16 or 17 M subscribers)

[–] teft@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

It’s a hypospray from star trek.