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[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

What's with americans and mitochondria ?

[-] ScrooLewse@lemmy.myserv.one 0 points 20 minutes ago

It's been so ubiquitous for so long that I honestly don't know where it came from. But most of the time when I hear "the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" it's being used to take a jab at how impractical our education system is, as though to say, "instead of teaching me about X, they taught me about the mitochondria"

[-] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Grew up in Asia. Only moved to the US for undergrad... And this applies. So it's not just the Americans methinks.

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 1 hour ago

That's interesting

We don't have that where I live, sure we had to learn the organelles of a cell, but there wqs no über-focusing on the mitochondria.

(Btw I didn't know about "methinks". Learned a new word, thanks !)

[-] Yoga@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 hours ago

Can we take a step back and just appreciate how good Bluey is?

  1. Challenging but accessible

  2. Inclusive

  3. Emotional depth

  4. Grounded

  5. Not disgusting annoying

I really appreciate when kids shows are made with parents/guardians in mind (ie will watching the same episode 50 times make you want to off yourself or not)

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

It's really amazing. The only (not really) downside is that certain episodes make me tear up.

[-] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Lmao I was watching an episode of ST: Voyager the other day and a little girl learning about mitochondria said they were the "warp core of the cell". That phrase is ridiculously pervasive

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee 66 points 5 hours ago

It was ruined for me when I was getting my masters in genetics and learned that "mitochondria" is plural, and the singular is "mitochondrion." So, it's either "the mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell" or "the mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell," and neither feel right.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago

I refer to one piece of broccoli as a broccolus.

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 points 10 minutes ago

Except its Italian, not Latin, so the singular is broccolo . If you want to use the Latin word,.it's broccus

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I have one die which gives one datum at a time.

[-] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 23 points 4 hours ago

I feel like the leading "the" is what's messing that up.

"Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell" sounds fine to me.

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

*powerhouses might be better(it sounds better for me)

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Why have you done this to us?!

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

A grammatical error in a translation from a foreign galactic basic to English is what ruined the force for you? Lol. If we can believe in defying gravity, I think we can believe "The iceburgs is the ship's fear."

[-] trevdog@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I constantly struggle with what's proper and what sounds right when using Latin plural in English.

[-] BlursedTarot@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins

[-] snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 hours ago

Inertia is a property of matter

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 points 7 hours ago

It's mental how this is pretty much known worldwide, like drawing that S thing. The one similar to the Suzuki logo

[-] TheEntity@lemmy.world 32 points 6 hours ago

As a non-native English speaker, I still have no idea why this specific phrase is so significant and at this point I'm afraid to ask.

[-] xpinchx@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

I think it's just the most simplified you can get talking about cellular biology, specifically when teaching organelles. So most primary science textbooks use that terminology and it's more memorable than all the other organelles so it just stuck and it got repeated and reviewed every year and it sorta became a pre Internet meme and part of a shared consciousness if you were schooled in the US.

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

6th grade biology class in the United States, 2001 AD.

The teacher slaps up a diagram of a cell and organelles.

30-45 children all looking around the room, not exactly paying attention

She points to the various organelles, trying to explain their purpose, the golgi complex, ribosomes..

"And the mitochondria"

"Is the power house of the cell"

Children cheer in applause and repeat it, because it rhymes.

It then enters the collective unconscious of English speakers.

I was in the room where it happened.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 6 hours ago

I was born in the 1970's and it is lost on me too, I think its something that became a thing to the generation after me

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I took biology in 1996; it wasn't a thing yet. Someone else claimed it was already widespread by 2001. I don't think I encountered it in the wild before 2005, but it could have been much later than that.

KnowYourMeme suggests the phrase originated in a textbook from 1957, but it didn't reach memehood until 2014.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 hours ago

I think it comes from an episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and exploded as a meme.

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 29 points 6 hours ago

It’s not from any specific media reference, it’s just essentially what every child was taught, verbatim, in grade school.

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 hours ago
[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Huh, I figured it was Dexter's Lab or some cartoon.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

the meme originated from tumblr. the quote itself is older than color tv.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 6 hours ago

Lol that's like saying a joke originated on the Family Guy

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 33 points 7 hours ago

The S was known worldwide pre internet though. Was the powerhouse line?

[-] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 29 points 7 hours ago

They are both universal knowledge passed down through generations

[-] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 6 hours ago

...maternally via mitochondrial DNA

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 hours ago

we are the self-preservation society.

[-] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 11 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

The exact origin of the symbol (cool S) is unclear; however, it is generally considered to be an artifact of childlore, meaning that it is taught by children to children over the course of generations.

TIL
Cool S wiki

Childlore

[-] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 7 points 4 hours ago

Its so ubiquitous that LLMs will always say it like that when it comes up.

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago
[-] biscuit@lemdro.id 8 points 6 hours ago

Damn, I haven't thought about that 90's Sabrina show since, well.. the 90's!

[-] Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago

I learned about mitochondria from Parasite Eve. Damn I wish they'd remake that.

[-] Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

came here to say this. hopefully they don't become sentient and destroy the island of manhattan... or maybe it's not a bad idea afterall

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 15 points 7 hours ago
[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago
[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

M I L P O O L

[-] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 8 points 7 hours ago

She's mighty-mighty, just lettin' it all hang out

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Why does everyone know this, but still think the definition of "metabolism" is solely built towards fake weight loss regiments? Bit of a tangent.

[-] CreatingMachines@fedia.io 5 points 7 hours ago

the mitochondria is the energy center of the cell

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

The oft repeated line is grammatically incorrect.

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