this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Oh are we not using the scientifically correct term for giant viruses? Because I think the word Girus is hilarious and want to see it more (don’t you dare curl monkeys paw).

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"first sightings of viruses that we have never seen before."

This can hardly be the first ones. I'm pretty sure there were other sightings of viruses never seen before. 😬

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I guess they had already seen all of the other viruses that they hadn't seen before they saw them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Of course it's from around Worcester 🙄

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unrelated but with more and more permafrost thawing, I wonder if we'll see even more weird and ancient virus and bacteria in the future.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die."

Seems appropriate considering these were found in Lovecraft country. How long until we start seeing the fish-faced people?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Presumably they were found in the area near Dunwich by researchers out of Miskatonic University?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Isn't this how The Whisperer in Darkness begins?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've seen the Andromeda Strain and this does not end well!