this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2024
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The"single cell pet" gets me even more... Like isn't that a tad specific? Dogs? No prob! Rabbits? Be my guest. Amoeba? Fuck off, weirdo!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Some guests have the stomach to hide their pets there

[–] dingus 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

$525/mo for a 2 bedroom apartment? I'm going to cry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Any idea the area based on the phone number?

Not American so not sure how your area codes work and I can’t remember the Ludacris tune about hoes in different area codes.

[–] Agent641 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's a meme paper. The genetic observer. No single cell pets, 13721 Genome way, etc

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

As others have said the paper is fake but 813 is a real area code, specifically Tampa, Florida.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

The middle number 555 is used in fake adverts in the US. It’s not used anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

The Page d12 would put this straight in D&D territory

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Single-stranded? Wouldn't that be RNA?

[–] DragonsInARoom 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, some viruses are single strand RNA (+ssRNA or -ssRNA) the textbook Microbiology: with Diseases by Taxonomy by Robert W Bauman is a good reference with a section for both. (Does have sqeemish pictures though.) (And its on zlib.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait wait. What would happen if a long half-strand of DNA tried to pair with another but there was one letter wrong in the middle?

[–] PapaStevesy 3 points 3 days ago

If that's how DNA worked, I imagine it just wouldn't pair, but that's not how DNA works. However there can be and are many mistakes in the transcription and translation of genes, they're called mutations and they're the mechanical cause of cancer. The kind of spontaneous mutation your imagining is unlikely to lead to cancer without other contributing factors, and the body has numerous control and correction mecahnisms, but there are billions of base pairs (i.e. A—T is one base pair) in each cell of the body getting transcribed and translated over and over and over, so quite a few mistakes get through.