Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event

Re:Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutiona... by IAmNotACellist on Saturday April 20, 2024 @11:36PM (#40102996)

I'm not sure either. Public school's primary purpose is to teach you just a few things:

1. The mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell)

2. You're made up of DNA and everything is atoms with electrons that zip around on little orbital paths

3. Stalactites vs. stalagmites

4. Crocodiles vs. alligators

5. The Holocaust was seriously bad

6. World history consisted of the US revolutionary war, the Civil war (fought over ending slavery), the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Western Front in WWII (which began in 1941 and ended in 1945)

You were probably looking out the window for a few years when they continually announced that the mitochondria (POTC) was an absorbed bacterium.

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Re:Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutiona... by beacon294 on Sunday April 21, 2024 @12:30AM (#40103186)

Experiences vary. I learned the entire European enlightenment, french, college Calculus, Marching band, percussion, College chemistry, college English. In fact, once I got to college I took only chemistry courses (my degree), 1 calculus course, 2 years of German, and 3 philosophy courses. The german was bullshit requirement, frankly, and I should have taken french to simplify my life. But I was young and naive.

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Re:Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutiona... by bbarnett on Sunday April 21, 2024 @03:34AM (#40103859)

If you took french, all you'd have learned is a different way to pronounce a lot of english words.

By taking german, you learned how to take little things, and turn them into lengthy monstrosities.

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