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Now when it says Pokemon, do they just mean the franchise or would we have found a way to make real, living, breathing Pokemon? ๐ค
180.000 autistic microbiologists spent three years doing normal research in pursuit of Catching Them All.
"What if we genetically engineer pikas with the electrical nodes of an eel?"
"Hmm hmm how about we cross a shrew with a pangolin and make it really like digging in the sand!"
"I made a turtle that can jet water like a squid."
Me standing there with a mime
Man, these are so much better than my idea.
I grafted artillery onto an amphibian.
Japan will find a way for the latter
Everything is possible with autism superpowers
Except a healthy and robust social life.