this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 124 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A Cell with huge mitochondria?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I was thinking the dots meant it would be

Ion transportation through a cell.

But yours is probably right

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That's would also be my guess

[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months 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] 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

There's some kind of crap,

Inside the pea shell.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

This ain't no pun chief

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

ya I guess that makes a lot more sense than mitochondriae

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A maze in avocado?

Amazing avocado.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Peak humor. I know because it said so.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

around the world

IME it's a uniquely American joke.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, Europe doesn't exist

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

It's a simplified explanation to a scientific fact.