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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 63 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (26 children)

Sadly I've still never seen any real papers on this being an actual theory.

I still want to believe I'm Ent livestock though.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Consider the Navel Orange. Completely unable to reproduce on its own, yet it has millions of progeny because of people like you!

[–] TeamAssimilation 12 points 2 weeks ago

Every seedless fruit is a testament of how humanity has deviated from its original, seed nurturing purpose.

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