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[-] Case@unilem.org 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] robdor@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

At.that point wouldn't they be symbiotes?

[-] nis@feddit.dk 9 points 1 year ago

Why wait? You can do that today!

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't it be a symbiote and not a parasite if it benefits us?

[-] ono@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Let me know when we get translator microbes.

[-] autumn@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

serious: i love truck stop egg salad sandwiches. don’t tempt me!

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