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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fuck this. I want to be primordial soup again.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

there's a theory that life (metabolism) predates cells. which implies that the first living organism was an global spanning supercell bound be coastlines not cell walls. miss being there, miss LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor)

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So, probably fungus then.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

LUCA predates mushrooms, by Billions of years

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I meant like how there currently a global mycelium network.

I definitely used poor wording.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

we used to be like mushrooms. that's what they took from us 😔