• BruceTwarzen
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      7111 months ago

      I will make you sick and turn you into an unlikable blob.

      You don’t understand how funny i am when i’m drunk.

      You pissed yourself the other night.

      I’m sooooo funny i swear

    • @[email protected]
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      3011 months ago

      I think that’s a bad example because alcohol develops when sugar is half digested by microorganisms. Not sure about the details but alcohol isn’t “actively” added to fruits by the plant. The plant wants you to eat the fruit and shit the stone into the woods. Alcohol is a byproduct nobody intended.

      Better examples are caffeine, hotness in chili, …

        • @[email protected]
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          1511 months ago

          Human: this yeast shit is so good we should put yeast in our grape juice, potatoes, barbecue sauce and boil all the water out of it

          Government: oh no you don’t, not unless you pay us money to do that

          Human: but I’m not selling it

          Government: M O N E Y!

      • @[email protected]
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        1211 months ago

        The plant wants you to eat the fruit and shit the stone into the woods. Alcohol is a byproduct nobody intended.

        Can’t remember exactly what tree it is, but there’s a rainforest tree that’s almost entirely pollinated by drunk little monkeys. The monkeys are specifically attracted to the pollen with the highest alcohol content.

      • @SeabassDan
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        911 months ago

        What’s the apparent evolutionary purpose for developing caffeine?

        • @Ross_audio
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          1111 months ago

          A really bitter tasting pesticide essentially.

          Us mammals coming along recently has changed some things.

        • @[email protected]
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          611 months ago

          That’s a good question tbh. If I remember correctly, the effects on other animals (was it insects?) is very different from ours.

          • Dhs92
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            611 months ago

            It’s toxic to insects, so it’s a natural pesticide iirc

    • @Dasnap
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      711 months ago

      I want crack.

    • Destide
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      11 months ago

      Kola also archives this with Leaf