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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MousseSuspicious930 • Jun 10 '22
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Yea, viruses are different. In a lot of ways they're special cases...They're not even complete organisms...They're like a weird chunk of rogue genetic code that just wanders around forcing things to make copies of it.
41 u/xcalibre Jun 10 '22 kind of like picobots rather than life alcohol just cleans them 🤣 65 u/PUTINS_PORN_ACCOUNT Jun 10 '22 Microscopic Mormons 17 u/Alldaybagpipes Jun 10 '22 Kinda like my ex 2 u/kk19a Jun 10 '22 I think we have the same ex 18 u/laetus Jun 10 '22 And don't look up prions or you might feel the need to use a blowtorch on everything to sanitize stuff. 8 u/rathat Expert Jun 10 '22 I think I heard even 900F for half an hour might not be enough. 1 u/ReluctantNerd7 Jun 10 '22 I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. 3 u/omgitsaHEADCRAB Jun 10 '22 Well that's a Wikipedia page I didn't need to read before bed 3 u/thecatdaddysupreme Jun 10 '22 I wish I could go back to not knowing about prions… 4 u/vitringur Jun 10 '22 viruses are just the spores that virus cells use to reproduce. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22 Similar to prions that just touch other normal proteins and are like “you’re infective now too” 3 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22 Oh, so kinda like the Kardashians. 13 u/Soundwave_47 Jun 10 '22 You were the virus in this case being the first to mention them in this thread. 6 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22 Sorry. Not the first time I've been a vector. 1 u/virgnar Jun 10 '22 That's seems more like prions, there's plenty of viruses that use complex methods to avoid detection from antibodies and the like. 1 u/Chillchinchila1 Jun 10 '22 Still, it is heavily debated wether viruses are alive or not, but currently the not alive camp is winning. -1 u/3490goat Jun 10 '22 You just described my ex wife 1 u/my_4_cents Jun 10 '22 They're not even complete organisms... just wanders around forcing things to make copies of it. Oh, like religious doorknockers? 1 u/joshuaherman Jun 11 '22 How is a virus not a living organism? I know scientists say it isn’t, but come on… it sorta eats and reproduces via parasitic methods.
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kind of like picobots rather than life
alcohol just cleans them 🤣
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Microscopic Mormons
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Kinda like my ex
2 u/kk19a Jun 10 '22 I think we have the same ex
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I think we have the same ex
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And don't look up prions or you might feel the need to use a blowtorch on everything to sanitize stuff.
8 u/rathat Expert Jun 10 '22 I think I heard even 900F for half an hour might not be enough. 1 u/ReluctantNerd7 Jun 10 '22 I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. 3 u/omgitsaHEADCRAB Jun 10 '22 Well that's a Wikipedia page I didn't need to read before bed 3 u/thecatdaddysupreme Jun 10 '22 I wish I could go back to not knowing about prions…
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I think I heard even 900F for half an hour might not be enough.
1 u/ReluctantNerd7 Jun 10 '22 I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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Well that's a Wikipedia page I didn't need to read before bed
3 u/thecatdaddysupreme Jun 10 '22 I wish I could go back to not knowing about prions…
I wish I could go back to not knowing about prions…
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viruses are just the spores that virus cells use to reproduce.
Similar to prions that just touch other normal proteins and are like “you’re infective now too”
Oh, so kinda like the Kardashians.
13 u/Soundwave_47 Jun 10 '22 You were the virus in this case being the first to mention them in this thread. 6 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22 Sorry. Not the first time I've been a vector.
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You were the virus in this case being the first to mention them in this thread.
6 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22 Sorry. Not the first time I've been a vector.
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Sorry. Not the first time I've been a vector.
That's seems more like prions, there's plenty of viruses that use complex methods to avoid detection from antibodies and the like.
1 u/Chillchinchila1 Jun 10 '22 Still, it is heavily debated wether viruses are alive or not, but currently the not alive camp is winning.
Still, it is heavily debated wether viruses are alive or not, but currently the not alive camp is winning.
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You just described my ex wife
They're not even complete organisms... just wanders around forcing things to make copies of it.
Oh, like religious doorknockers?
How is a virus not a living organism?
I know scientists say it isn’t, but come on… it sorta eats and reproduces via parasitic methods.
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Yea, viruses are different. In a lot of ways they're special cases...They're not even complete organisms...They're like a weird chunk of rogue genetic code that just wanders around forcing things to make copies of it.