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[–] [email protected] 86 points 7 months ago (21 children)

Human: I want to drink alcohol

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago (12 children)

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] 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

ok :)

Human: I eat bad fruit

yeast n shit in the fruit: nooo what are you doing we're already eating this!

Human: taste bad!

Yeast n shit: Ya bro that is like literally our shit n waste

Human: ooh i feel funny n good!

Yeast n shit: are you listening to me?

Human: haha fun! grabs another rotten peach

Yeast:...............

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 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!

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