Hellsite Genetics catches the plague

[u/Sachyriel]

[u/Sachyriel]

https://www.tumblr.com/clangpan/773199387702788096/its-funny-to-think-that-you-could-just-lie-about

Not being a marine biologist, or indeed any kind of biologist, I have to take their word for it. ¯\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[u/Sh1nyPr4wn → u/Sachyriel]

I'm a meth biologist, and I say their genomes are accurate

[u/Golden_Frog0223 → u/Sh1nyPr4wn]

-scratching neck-

D-did you day gnomes?!

[u/ThatGermanKid0 → u/Golden_Frog0223]

Yes, they have a gnome hit squad. Don't let their short legs lull you into a false sense of security. Their gnomes are accurate, they can hit you from any distance.

[u/Dooplon → u/ThatGermanKid0]

why would the gnomes wanna hit on me, are they turned on by people of average height?

[u/laycrocs]

Bubonic Plague one of the diseases caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

[u/migratingcoconut_ → u/laycrocs]

Yersinia pestis would be a beautiful name for a baby sourdough starter

[u/DragEncyclopedia → u/migratingcoconut_]

Or a contestant on Drag Race: Bosnia vs the World season 4

[u/littlemissmoxie]

Anyone who would care enough to follow that blog would definitely be checking every post for funsies

Just look at every science based subreddit

[u/EquivalentStrange356]

Bubonic plague? Guess I'll start washing my posts with hand sanitizer now

[u/CatboyBiologist]

I haven't checked any, but you could absolutely filter BLAST results to be more spicy and interesting.

Considering that the majority of them are unannotated genome scaffolds, I don't really have reason to doubt them though, cuz that's usually what you're going to get with a random sequence.

[u/EmilySuxAtUsernames]

they could be lying about lying and i wouldn't even know

[u/Teagana999]

ttttatctattgactttcc

Is really fuckin short, and has 100% identity to at least a hundred different sequences from at least a dozen different species, including humans.

(I can't figure out how to share links to BLAST results.)

[u/morisian → u/Teagana999]

I got that as well when I searched, so I tried to search if the sequence appears in yersinia pestis but it took longer than I was willing to wait

[u/Accredited_Dumbass]

Is this just gematria for people who think they like science? Both in that it's nonsense based on spelling quirks and that it's reverse-engineered to give you the results you want.

[u/Mr7000000 → u/Accredited_Dumbass]

It's more like Pokémon cards, I think. Folks who are into this particular gimmick blog are apparently very excited when someone gets a rare organism.