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• Barbarian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Chill, he’s just being a fun guy!

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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If you’re serious, I think you’re mistaken who’s making the statement. I’ve had conversations with humanity majors who made comments about mushrooms being plants despite the obvious fact that they don’t photosynthesize. Never mind that they breath oxygen in and release co2.

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  • the_artic_one@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Mushrooms were plants until the 70s, maybe they just had outdated textbooks in school.

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Maybe. He’s old enough, but he also get a lot of his “science” from old scifi novels.

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  • drolex@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Some plants don’t photosynthesis either (e.g. Orobanchaceae). Its not the photosynthesis that makes the plant

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