• ditty@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Tobacco plants: produce nicotine, a toxic alkaloid

    Humans: imma smoke that shiiiiit

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      Humans: I will now cultivate you, export you, protect you and make sure you’re growing well so I can keep smoking you despite a 50% chance of dying from it.

      Tobacco clearly has the last laugh in this story.

      • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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        Tobacco clearly has the last laugh in this story.

        Well, it’s not like we’re immortal if we abstain.

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          Every second I’ve lived so far, I haven’t died, so if we simply take that pattern and extrapolate it for each future second…