[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I'm guessing just for transport of super-expensive/illegal fish during a deal. (like the cliché silver briefcase)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I don't disagree on the symantics of the term. I'm just alluding to the fact that selective breeding/hybridizing foodstuffs can be similar to genetic modification from an outside perspective.

There are a lot of people that will completely discredit anything that that says It has been genetically modified. What they don't necessarily realize is that GMOs and selective breeding/hybridizing can both carry similar, if not the same risks/benefits. You can make your "all-natural" seeds (for instance) sterile. They can both carry similar risks for allergies. They can also both have the same benefits of of disease/pest/drought tolerance. (see the Great French Wine Blight)

It's also not good, not being able to feed your people without imports.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

There are also times when honesty can only get you so far. This is especially true when dealing people that don't believe in validated facts/science. (We still have flat-earthers, don't we?)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah. Those were just two examples that came to mind. Tangelos or any "seedless" produce are some other ones.

I see GMOs as just another form of agricultural development to decrease issues/problems with production. (like splicing in a gene that makes them less appetizing to pests so you would use less pesticides or one that makes them more drought tolerant)

One of the largest drawbacks to GMOs though (aside from the capitalistic approach of introducing sterility) is due to allergies. This could however be easily mitigated by listing where each gene comes from so people who may be allergic to the gene of the donor would know if it should be avoided.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Less votes from his super-conservative followers maybe?

The ones not going for him already have a multitude of other things which make him a no-go.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Alkaline water = artificial spring water

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

My PCP is a DO. It works for me as my body is still relatively young. (late 30's) I also don't have many issues that would require more intensive/specialized treatment that I don't already have a specialist for.

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

Isn't there a limit of how much protein your body can absorb in a meal and the rest just gets metabolized/excreted.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Aren't bananas and corn both genetically modified, at least in the analog sense? Both wouldn't exist without humans altering them.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

They are just allergic reactions waiting to happen.

Tea tree oil was the only one I think to actually have merit, but I imagine we've been able to reproduce the beneficial part of in a lab. (with minimal risk of triggering allergies)

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

I agree, but with one caveat.

Fully analog tube amps do definitely produce a warmer/richer sound with less complicated things to go wrong. Artists like them because they are reliable, generally user serviceable, (usually just need to replace bad/old tubes) and makes each recording sound relatively unique.

The thing is, is that it really only works during production. Unless being cut direct to a master record, the sound will get saved in a digital format to produce the user-facing media, which can include digital-source vinyls.

Those products marketed to audiophiles try to take the digitally recorded/archived products to "try" making it sound like the original.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Should have used putin instead of Biden. (then spread it around)

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