OT: This is so freaking COOL!

[DragonfromTO]

This is pretty incredible stuff I think.

Scientists engineer crops to conserve water, resist drought: Crops with higher levels of a protein require 25 percent less water

And I also encourage everyone to remember this the next time their great-grandpa goes off about how everyone needs to be sterilized to conserve resources (every family has one of these, right? Or is it just me?). Human beings are awesome, we figure shit out, knock down obstacles and keep growing and developing all the time.

 

[forty_three]

Human beings are awesome, we figure shit out, knock down obstacles and keep growing and developing all the time.

And some of scream that we need to stop doing this stuff because it wasn't written about in a 2,000 year old book :/


I personally think it's an amazing time to be alive. The things we, as a species, are doing is incredible.

 

[DragonfromTO]

And some of scream that we need to stop doing this stuff because it wasn't written about in a 2,000 year old book :/


I personally think it's an amazing time to be alive. The things we, as a species, are doing is incredible.

I've never really observed a GMO protest and I don't follow them terribly closely or buy the scorebook but are there a lot of bible thumpers at those things? I'm not completely surprised by that I suppose (like I can see how they would frame the argument) but maybe a little bit, just because it seems like kind of a fringey view for regular "mainstream" Christians to have.

 

[dare2be]

GMOs, stem cell research, etc...it's all "playing God" as I've heard the complaint many times from the religious fright.

 

[forty_three]

GMOs, stem cell research, etc...it's all "playing God" as I've heard the complaint many times from the religious fright.

One of my favorite jokes:

A guy was in a small town, downriver from a dam. There were heavy storms and the area started to flood. It was up to the first step in front of his house when the Sheriff paddled by in a canoe. The guy was on his porch and the Sheriff called out - "Hey, that dam may not hold. This area's gonna flood. Get in, I'll take you to higher ground."

Guy called out: "Nope. I have faith the Good Lord will save me."

Few hours later, the dam is close to bursting, the flood waters are up to the second floor of the guy's house. He is leaning out a second story window when the Sheriff comes buy in a speedboat. "Hey, the dam isn't going to hold. Get in, I will take you to higher ground."

"Nope. I have faith the Good Lord will save me.

Few hours later, the dam has burst. House is underwater. Guy is standing on his roof with the water up to his chest. Sheriff comes by in a Helicopter. "LAST CHANCE, Still rising, get in and I can save you."

"NO! The Good Lord will save me. "

So the guy drowns. He gets to the gates and he's upset. He looks at God and says:
"Hey, I had faith that you would save me, and you just let me die!"

God says;
"I sent you two boats and a Helicopter, what more did you want me to do?"

 

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That needs to be posted in the Jokes and Riddles thread @forty_three

 

[forty_three]

That needs to be posted in the Jokes and Riddles thread @forty_three

I know, I just wasn't inspired to type it out before

 

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[forty_three]

Loves me some good old British snark

 

[thedddd]

GMOs, stem cell research, etc...it's all "playing God" as I've heard the complaint many times from the religious fright.

Yeah when I hear that I just tell them to quit eating the following foods:

Beef
Chicken
Watermelons
Bananas
Carrots
Anything with Soy Beans (which is a TON of different foods)

To name a few altered foods that made them edible and sustainable so they could live today.

 

[thedddd]

Future Darwin award winner.

 

[thedddd]

Seems legit

 

[thedddd]

 

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For clarity, I had to give a bs rating to a toilet post @thedddd

 

[thedddd]

Now we know Fiona has fresh breath.

 

[thedddd]

Karma

 

[thedddd]

Whatever you do, don't mess with the soulless ginger on the left.

 

[Comeds]

Whatever you do, don't mess with the soulless ginger on the left.

The Incredible Journey 2 - 2 Fast Too Furrious?

 

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The Incredible Journey 2 - 2 Fast Too Furrious?

starring Kat Von Diesel?!?

 

[forty_three]

Oh well, A for effort.