this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
1160 points (97.6% liked)

Memes

45655 readers
1747 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Agent641@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

๐Ÿ˜ƒ scientists genetically engineer a new bacteria that can digest plastics

๐Ÿ˜จ the bacteria escaped containment and is spreading prodigiously

[โ€“] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Is that a thing or are you doing a bit?

[โ€“] DarkenLM@artemis.camp 2 points 1 year ago

It's not outside the realm of possibility. Though it had to be the perfect storm for something like that to cause a global catastrophe.

load more comments (8 replies)
load more comments (10 replies)