• lugal@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    I think that’s a bad example because alcohol develops when sugar is half digested by microorganisms. Not sure about the details but alcohol isn’t “actively” added to fruits by the plant. The plant wants you to eat the fruit and shit the stone into the woods. Alcohol is a byproduct nobody intended.

    Better examples are caffeine, hotness in chili, …

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      8 months ago

      ok :)

      Human: I eat bad fruit

      yeast n shit in the fruit: nooo what are you doing we’re already eating this!

      Human: taste bad!

      Yeast n shit: Ya bro that is like literally our shit n waste

      Human: ooh i feel funny n good!

      Yeast n shit: are you listening to me?

      Human: haha fun! grabs another rotten peach

      Yeast:…

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        Human: this yeast shit is so good we should put yeast in our grape juice, potatoes, barbecue sauce and boil all the water out of it

        Government: oh no you don’t, not unless you pay us money to do that

        Human: but I’m not selling it

        Government: M O N E Y!

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      8 months ago

      The plant wants you to eat the fruit and shit the stone into the woods. Alcohol is a byproduct nobody intended.

      Can’t remember exactly what tree it is, but there’s a rainforest tree that’s almost entirely pollinated by drunk little monkeys. The monkeys are specifically attracted to the pollen with the highest alcohol content.