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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish71•edit-22 years agoSo possibly, in a thousand years or so, we could have parasites that improve our lives in every conceivable way. Just need to eat an egg salad sandwich from a truckstop restroom coin op machine. Edit: I’m a little busy at work, so maybe I read the replies wrong - but this was a Futurama reference.
minus-squareautumn (she/they)linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoserious: i love truck stop egg salad sandwiches. don’t tempt me!
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpenlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoWouldn’t it be a symbiote and not a parasite if it benefits us?
So possibly, in a thousand years or so, we could have parasites that improve our lives in every conceivable way.
Just need to eat an egg salad sandwich from a truckstop restroom coin op machine.
Edit: I’m a little busy at work, so maybe I read the replies wrong - but this was a Futurama reference.
Why wait? You can do that today!
serious: i love truck stop egg salad sandwiches. don’t tempt me!
Jaffa kree!
At.that point wouldn’t they be symbiotes?
Wouldn’t it be a symbiote and not a parasite if it benefits us?
Let me know when we get translator microbes.