Sundray@lemmus.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoScientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies Because That’s the Future We Deservefuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1347file-text
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minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoI thought that was about a subset of people who had mutated to digest plastic, not that they modified themselves to do so. The whole opening scene has a small child too young for surgery, just going ham on his trash can.
minus-squareYaksPT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoI didn’t want to give away everything but yes, the other plastic eaters had modified themselves and somehow a surgical modification changed a live birth to be able to be the first human to be able to eat plastic. Hence the kid.
I thought that was about a subset of people who had mutated to digest plastic, not that they modified themselves to do so.
The whole opening scene has a small child too young for surgery, just going ham on his trash can.
I didn’t want to give away everything but yes, the other plastic eaters had modified themselves and somehow a surgical modification changed a live birth to be able to be the first human to be able to eat plastic. Hence the kid.