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What doesn't kill you… (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

They don’t try to kill you. They just try to propagate. If it kills you on the way, 🤷‍♂️

[–] stanleytweedle 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] dingus 8 points 6 months ago

Oh heavens, no! Even a slight breeze could kill you.

[–] Sam_Bass 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah well, covid got my mom on the first try

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Ow :/

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

TO STEAL YOUR CARBON

[–] Sam_Bass 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Death already knew the way

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

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Naw, doesn't quite have the same ring to it!:-D

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Whatever doesn't kill you sends you to the ER.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

My usual gag is "what doesn't kill you maims you for life"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

So much worse than

May cripple you.

Nietzsche you syphilitic bastard

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Hey sciency people, or OP if this is your own work, are those representative of real disease germs or just a decorative allusion to germs in general? They seem pretty specific, could we name a few?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

It looks like they were going for cellular scale, which would explain the absence of icosahedral shapes as viruses would be way too small at this scale. However, some parts look like colonies rather than cells.

Most cells would not be this colorful unless stained or grown on media that colors them.

Hard to say what specifically they were trying to portray. MRSA and Strep look represented, still looking for Candida auris. Maybe some cyanobacteria?

To tell friend from foe would require more than looking at them--DNA sequencing, drug resistance assay, etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Definitely not mine, I have no talents. I just found it lying around on the internet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Probably not intentionally - e.g. I don't see any icosahedral shapes representing viruses - but life does come in all shapes & sizes so it still works regardless! :-P

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was so sure that is a birthday cake!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

It is, after some kid sprays out the candles

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

decent with modification

[–] SerotoninSwells 2 points 6 months ago

Sick embroidery!