this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 124 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell?

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

A Cell with huge mitochondria?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I was thinking the dots meant it would be

Ion transportation through a cell.

But yours is probably right

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

That's would also be my guess

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn I would have considered it below average humor if I didn’t know any better..

[–] sarchar 22 points 1 year ago

Clearly you're wrong. Just check the text at the bottom of the image, it plainly states the correct level of humor involved here.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Roses are red, it's hot like hell, I've exposed my intestines, and, oh god, the smell!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's some kind of crap,

Inside the pea shell.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

This ain't no pun chief

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

how do people still not know it's multiple

mitochondriae are the powerhouses of the cell

(I may be incorrect about the spelling of th word lol)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mitochondria is plural. Mitochondrion is singular. They're still wrong though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

ya I guess that makes a lot more sense than mitochondriae

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A maze in avocado?

Amazing avocado.

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

Lmao. It's the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Peak humor. I know because it said so.

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

Bruh how funny is it that every person around the world knows this in the exact same way?! 🤣🤣🤣

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

around the world

IME it's a uniquely American joke.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is a great day for Canada, and therefore the world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, Europe doesn't exist

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

"The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" is not an American joke.

It's a simplified explanation to a scientific fact.