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Somfin posted:Living plants tend to fight back against predators using chemical warfare, like packing their beans with caffeine or their fruits with capsaicin or their sprouting bodies with allicin Plants are loving wild. It's not their fault humans are crazy and have a high resistance to their poisons.
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Platystemon posted:Some vegetables really do work that way. Stinging nettle comes to mind. But forage like that is the exception and most every vegetable at the supermarket is harmless when raw, though perhaps unpalatable. Someone in one of the threads I follow posted a thing about how Andean cultures would make a sauce out of clay, presumably to help absorb the toxins in some potato varieties.
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Apr 30, 2021 13:48
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In addition to being toxic to bugs and fungus, a lot of these plant chemicals have secondary purposes. Caffeine can be found in the flower nectar of some species (coffee and citrus in particular) and it functions to sharpen pollinator memory so that it doesn't waste too much pollen by revisiting flowers.* Birds are resistant to the capsaicin in chili peppers. They don't have the required receptors for it to even work. Conveniently, birds also don't chew and destroy seeds and are able to disperse them to great distances. Plants are crafty fuckers. Turns out if you can't move and can only communicate and best defend yourself by using chemistry, you can evolve some pretty clever tricks!  * Edit: also to get them coming back to the same plant day after day to get that sweet caffeine buzz Mak0rz has a new favorite as of 16:40 on Apr 30, 2021 |
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Apr 30, 2021 14:51
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Soylent Pudding posted:Someone in one of the threads I follow posted a thing about how Andean cultures would make a sauce out of clay, presumably to help absorb the toxins in some potato varieties. Generally poor strategy to take your health advice from 1. Random internet posts 2. Thousands of year old cultures with massive mortality and disease rates Like there might be something useful in there somewhere but you need to run it through a hefty dose of modern research to make sure it's in any way beneficial
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Apr 30, 2021 14:55
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Gort posted:Generally poor strategy to take your health advice from Kaolinite, a mineral found in many clays, is/was commonly used in many upset stomach/diarrhea preparations, both traditionally, and in modern-ish commercial products like Kaopectate. But generally yeah, it's best to stick to the stuff that has actually been researched unless you know what the gently caress you're doing.
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Apr 30, 2021 15:15
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This man demonstrates that you don't need an understanding of politics, history, or (in his lifetime) current affairs to sit in the House of Lords https://twitter.com/danielmgmoylan/status/1388066714714316806 
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ReidRansom posted:Kaolinite, a mineral found in many clays, is/was commonly used in many upset stomach/diarrhea preparations, both traditionally, and in modern-ish commercial products like Kaopectate. Yeah, like this is a great argument to isolate, purify and investigate the potential medical benefits of kaolinite, but you'll see Internet posts that are like, "These guys ate mud a thousand years ago for health, you should too"
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AFewBricksShy posted:I get that, and that's what I would try and do here (US). But if both parties have to pay court costs for disputes under $2,200 wouldn't it be cheaper for you just to let me be an rear end in a top hat? The court cost is about $150 for the loser if you don't bring a lawyer. Which makes it harder for big corporations to screw with regular people because they have to pay legal representatives to actually go to court while Johnny random shows up with a handful of papers to support his point. Also the case has to be argued in the court closest to the municipality where the target person lives.
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Apr 30, 2021 16:03
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RatHat posted:If he's a joke account then he's wasting a lot of food. It's not much of a waste to take funy twitter pictures of your raw meat before throwing it in a pan and cooking dinner for real.
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Apr 30, 2021 16:17
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Katt posted:The court cost is about $150 for the loser if you don't bring a lawyer. Ok that makes sense. I think my issue is in my head, court costs are way higher than reality (I've never had to go to court for anything so far). Thanks!
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Apr 30, 2021 16:21
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I don't think anyone is suggestion you go out and immediately eat raw mud and potatoes.
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Apr 30, 2021 16:41
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Yeah that was a really odd knee-jerk reaction to that. They were just stating a supposed fact. The alternative to eating poisonous potatoes in mud soup would be to just cook them more thoroughly or breed less-toxic potatoes. People managed to figure that out eventually. Mak0rz has a new favorite as of 16:50 on Apr 30, 2021 |
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Apr 30, 2021 16:46
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Manioc/Cassava is one tuber that is very commonly grown in South America, parts of Africa, and South East Asia. It is relatively easy to grow and produces a fair amount of caloric value for a small amount of work, leading it to be a very widely utilized crop. Unfortunately it is pretty lethal if it is not prepared correctly. Story about multiple deaths caused by improperly prepared Cassava: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/10/content_423641.htm Map of Cassava cultivation 
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Apr 30, 2021 17:00
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Mak0rz posted:Yeah that was a really odd knee-jerk reaction to that. They were just stating a supposed fact. Alternatively, inject the mud straight into your veins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMjNP7mTmNk
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Apr 30, 2021 17:06
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Sausage the mud.
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Mak0rz posted:In addition to being toxic to bugs and fungus, a lot of these plant chemicals have secondary purposes. Caffeine can be found in the flower nectar of some species (coffee and citrus in particular) and it functions to sharpen pollinator memory so that it doesn't waste too much pollen by revisiting flowers.* omg little caffinated-nectar plants that bumblebees can visit when they wake up in the morning, that is so loving adorable
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that some parrot species, I think macaws and african greys regularly eat clay to counteract the toxins in some of the fruits they eat. Also don't some savannah trees (acacias?) release pheromones when they get nibbled on by giraffes so that other trees of the same species get advance warning and release chemicals that make their leaves bitter before the giraffes get there?
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Syd Midnight posted:omg little caffinated-nectar plants that bumblebees can visit when they wake up in the morning, that is so loving adorable  Pookah posted:Also don't some savannah trees (acacias?) release pheromones when they get nibbled on by giraffes so that other trees of the same species get advance warning and release chemicals that make their leaves bitter before the giraffes get there? A lot of plants do this sort of chemical communication. Some release wasp attractants when they're predated by caterpillars 
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Pookah posted:Also don't some savannah trees (acacias?) release pheromones when they get nibbled on by giraffes so that other trees of the same species get advance warning and release chemicals that make their leaves bitter before the giraffes get there? dont doxx me
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Apr 30, 2021 18:53
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Technocrat posted:This man demonstrates that you don't need an understanding of politics, history, or (in his lifetime) current affairs to sit in the House of Lords I looked this guy up and the only reason he’s in the House of Lords is because he’s the only person other than the Prime Minister who thinks building an airport on some sandbanks about a mile away from over a thousand tons of WW2 UXO is a good idea. It’s not even the only infrastructure plan of Boris Johnson’s that involves disturbing WW2 UXO, that’s the crazy thing.
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Apr 30, 2021 18:56
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TinTower posted:I looked this guy up and the only reason he’s in the House of Lords is because he’s the only person other than the Prime Minister who thinks building an airport on some sandbanks about a mile away from over a thousand tons of WW2 UXO is a good idea. Oh christ I forgot about that plan. Why does the thames estuary need an airport in the middle of it again? Doesn't london have enough airports?
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Apr 30, 2021 19:02
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OwlFancier posted:Oh christ I forgot about that plan. Heathrow is pretty small despite being Europe's busiest airport. Boris wanted a new airport in the Thames estuary because he realised something that Shaun Bailey hasn't: people in Kent don't vote for Mayor of London, but people living near Heathrow do.
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Apr 30, 2021 19:17
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Skwirl posted:It would be honestly better if we were all obliterated by an asteroid. update: the artist would like to speak to the manager https://twitter.com/DaveOshry/status/1387892556558585856
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Apr 30, 2021 19:40
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Juchelia Child is a good name
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Apr 30, 2021 20:07
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Why do brands insist on continuing with the "we were hacked!!!" bullshit that no one in the history of ever has ever believed?
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Apr 30, 2021 21:04
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Sounds like something a hacker would post
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Apr 30, 2021 21:07
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It wasn't me, it was my evil twin.
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Apr 30, 2021 21:11
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jjack229 posted:It wasn't me, it was my evil twin. Growing a mustache so I can use this
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Apr 30, 2021 21:16
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"My cat was walking on my keyboard!!"
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A wizard did it
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TinTower posted:It’s not even the only infrastructure plan of Boris Johnson’s that involves disturbing WW2 UXO, that’s the crazy thing. There’s the airport near the Dick Montgomery, and what’s the other one?
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Zuck is trying to cancel Saddest Rhino (｡ŏ﹏ŏ) e: left in personal info brb e2: fixed Laopooh has a new favorite as of 22:27 on Apr 30, 2021 |
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Apr 30, 2021 22:17
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I mean astrology aside this (or something close to) is almost certainly what's going to happen lol
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Apr 30, 2021 22:39
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Platystemon posted:There’s the airport near the Dick Montgomery, and what’s the other one? Bridge to northern ireland running over beaufort's dyke, which is full of a million tonnes of explosives. E: and apparently about two tonnes of nuclear waste lmao.
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Apr 30, 2021 22:40
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I never actually did it, but for a while I thought I should just try living my life completely according to astrology, because even though I think it's bullshit, it's not like my horoscope is gonna make worse decisions than I do on average. This tweet feels a bit like that to me. Bad poo poo is gonna happen when New York completely re opens and there will probably be another shut down around the 28th.
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Apr 30, 2021 22:50
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Astrology, fortune tellers, etc. all exploit confirmation bias by making broad or obvious predictions. Btw you will all empty your bowels in May, to subscribe palpal me $100 per month
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Ratjaculation posted:Astrology, fortune tellers, etc. all exploit confirmation bias by making broad or obvious predictions. nope i'm gonna get constipated out of spite no one tells me what to do
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OwlFancier posted:Bridge to northern ireland running over beaufort's dyke, which is full of a million tonnes of explosives. Don't forget the literally thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons!
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