stinging nettle

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• Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Tiny genetic change”

  Oof. Would that it were so easy…

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  • nxdefiant@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Genes are very small, so, you know, technically correct

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    • Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The best kind of correct!

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• Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And people say yardwork can’t be surprisingly fun.

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• Toes@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lmao my whole family quotes this: ‘DONT LET YOUR DREAMS BE DREAMS!’

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    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      NOT TOMORROW. TODAY!

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• Rubisco@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  now this is an evil scientist plan I can get behind

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• waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  LET HER COOK

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• rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Botanists, can you please get started on the research?

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• megabat@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I seriously hope someone is working on this

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• b000rg@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stinging nettle -> singing nettle

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I sat on a stinging nettle while in shorts once without realizing it was there until I sat on it. Would not recommend.

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• JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Where do I meet her? All the ones I have been with were indeed thinking of other men.

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• flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t get it. If the sting of U. pelulifera already contains bufotenin, what genetic change would be needed for a psychedelic sting? Wikipedia says bufotenin is a psychedelic substance and a DMT analog.

  Fun fact: while searching for this, I’ve found that apparently some people seem to have elevated levels of bufotenin in their pee. Could be another source…

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gonna need a bigger dose.

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  • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I would guess the change would be to produce more bufotenin and less stinging, rather than adding bufotenin out of whole cloth.

    Still probably more than one change, but theoretically feasible to manually breed a population of hallucinogenic stinging nettles if you’re open to being stung a lot for testing.

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    • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh, I thought that it was qualitatively already a psychedelic sting. But yeah, quantity is key here xD

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