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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days ago

The virus she told you not to worry about.

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The virus she told you not to worry about.

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    Pretty much.

    The ocean is a war zone, an endless battle between bacteria and viruses. Trillions of dead every day; weapons developed and discarded as the tide of battle ebbs and flows.

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      Yeah but viruses are obligate intracellular parasites - they can’t survive for long outside of a host cell and have to reproduce using the machinery of a host cell. I’m curious what this virus is parasitizing.

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        Depends on the virus. Some of the hepatitis viruses can live for months outside of a host.

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          And many bacteria can live for years in hard vacuum. That doesn’t tell us anything about the environment they need to live though.

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            The differences between surviving, living and thriving can be pretty big.

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              Especially seeing we haven’t even made up our minds on whether they’re ever alive to begin with.

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        Probably your mom, the whale.

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      Tide of battle goes up, tide of battle goes down. You can’t explain that.

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      This sounds like a game I would play the shit out of

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        It’s called spore

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          Honestly that stage of the game doesn’t last long enough. It’s the best part.

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            Have you played Thrive? It aims to be the game that Spore should have been and it’s pretty cheap. It’s a work in progress but the cell stage is already a lot deeper than Spore’s.

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              I second this, Thrive is a good game. It’s also open source (though by buying it on Steam you’re supporting the devs)

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                It’s $4.99 right now!

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                  It’s 8675309 right now!

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                It’s $4.99 right now!

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                  Guys, I think it’s $4.99 right now!

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                    Dear god, I just saw the multiple reply carnage a day later - I never received a confirmation message that my comment was posted. 🤣

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        well, there was a game called “Everything” from 2017 where you can do that….
        (i recommend playing it before reading about it but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_(video_game) ).
        (also, very good with weed)

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      eh pretty much the blood war then

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