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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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It was only in 1969 (nice) that fungi officially became its own separate kingdom.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If anything is close to having a consciousness and experiencing an array of emotion, including suffering. That's a mushroom, much more than a plant.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Actual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Fungi are a nervous system.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

We actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

so hang on, mushrooms are like uh, well not milk, but as if say a cow regrew its meat every season? or maybe like a lizard that regrows its tail?

mushrooms are weird, man

wild idea, would it be possible to hijack mycelium with animal DNA and make it grow mushroom shaped meat??

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Notch funds a real life Mooshroim when?