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stinging nettle

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Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Tiny genetic change”

    Oof. Would that it were so easy…

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    • nxdefiant@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The best kind of correct!

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  • Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And people say yardwork can’t be surprisingly fun.

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  • Toes@ani.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        NOT TOMORROW. TODAY!

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  • Rubisco@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    now this is an evil scientist plan I can get behind

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  • waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    LET HER COOK

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  • megabat@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I seriously hope someone is working on this

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Botanists, can you please get started on the research?

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  • b000rg@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Stinging nettle -> singing nettle

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  • Case@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Now I’m thinking of some wide spread agent like pollen being laced with naturally occurring psychedelics.

    I mean, pollen, as an allergen is often taken in through the nose, which is a great route of administration to affect the brain quickly.

    Oh the rag weed count is high? Get ready to trip balls people, lol.

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    • CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This would have been a much better movie than whatever The Happening was about.

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    • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can I sign up for a timeline change, please?

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Gonna need a bigger dose.

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    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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