#gmo plants

[stone2stars]

Dear Senku,

It seems my father was mentioned and so here I am, I know you've missed my poor attempts at comedy and overly long letters.

My goal for achieve asexual reproduction sadly has gotten me barred from the lab this week because "mixing random plants together and drinking them isn't science it's insanity". But! I come with a science question!

What are your opinions on genetically modified flowers? I'm too late for Valentines day so don't mistake this as some poor attempt for romance as I do in fact have "W rizz". P.s: Sadly triple-bonded hydrogen was in fact something I used to do by accident in chem. I've well learned my lesson but heating/cooling curves did not improve.

-There'sOnlyOnePersonInsaneEnoughToMakeALongUsernameEvenLongerItsLikelyDarwinsFirstExampleOfNatureSelection

You got barred from the lab for drinking random plant mixtures?

GOOD. That’s not research, that’s speedrunning natural selection. Even your Father would’ve taken notes before ingesting mystery foliage.

Genetically modified flowers, though? Ten billion percent valid science. We’ve been modifying plants for thousands of years through selective breeding—GM just does it faster and with precision. You can enhance color expression, scent compounds, pest resistance, bloom longevity. It’s not “playing god,” it’s editing code we already understand.

As long as you’re not engineering carnivorous roses in your kitchen sink, I’m pro-innovation. But seriously, “W rizz”? I’m glad you didn’t fall through with that. The moment you typed that, it statistically decreased.

P.S. Now, about triple-bonded hydrogen. That’s not a “whoops,” that’s a crime against valence electrons. Go study your fundamentals. Stop drinking mystery plants. And stay out of my lab until further notice.

[creature-wizard]

Found a video of a guy claiming that we can't digest anything that's genetically modified. Lemme ask this: if we put a gene from one edible plant into another edible plant, would the offspring be inedible? Why would this be so?

[ahhvernin]

Random Pet Peeve

When people think GMO and Biofortification they instantly think of non-plant genetic material being put into plant material and being bred as thus and immediately think of cancer, glow in the dark plants, plants that have their own pesticides and other toxic side effects.  And argue about Heirloom tomatoes and other vegetables and how they are better for people.

What they FORGOT is when you grow HEIRLOOM PLANTS, you are artificially selecting for better nutritional qualities you are BIOFORTIFIYING THEM through SELECTIVE BREEDING, you are CHANGING THEIR GENETIC MATERIAL FOR HIGHER STANDARD aka GENETICALLY MODIFYING THEM FROM THEIR WILD COUNTERPART.

People have also forgotten that many plants have chemical defenses against pests and infectious material.  Like Tomatoes, Eggplant and Potatoes, they are from the same family. NIGHTSHADE, if you don't know what Nightshade is go Wiki it.  If you never had an orange and cried when its acid and citric juices squirted you in the eye and made you drop it, then you don't know that many insects hate that smell and don't like orange oils either.  

SO BUGGER OFF You've forgotten that plants have natural defenses too and SOME people may think oh HEY THAT plant has that chemical defense and THIS one doesn't, I wonder if I could introduce it to it.

So in conclusion:

A that Heirloom tomato you're so fond of.  Is a GMO tomato selectively bred from more 'basic' plants, over several seasons if not years by that nice old man or lady from down the street.  OH!  THEY'RE GROWING GMO!  That just HAPPENS to have good seed stock too!

Stop looking at the dark side of the moon and look at the whole picture of GMOs, like everything in the world, everything has a bad side and good side.

And for God Sakes  put a label for every food with GMO?  Where do you draw the line between foods that are "GMO" and "Heirlooms"?  Like I said even if they are Heirlooms they are technically GMOs and just because they are Heirlooms, doesn't mean they are "Organic".  

But the use of "Organic" is another pet peeve day.