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[-] KraeuterRoy@feddit.org 78 points 2 years ago

Now do a real life Tomacco!

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

fun fact, nicotine is produced in the roots. a dude in lake oswego oregon made tomacco in 2003. you graft a tomato plant onto some tobacco roots. you can also use tomato roots with tobacco grafted on to get tobacco without nicotine.

granted, I read about this over a decade ago so some details may be fuzzy

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 2 years ago

Tooommmmacccooooo!!!!!!

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

This reminded me the tomeato episode of DIlbert.

[-] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 60 points 2 years ago

...the coca plant could already do that...?

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 119 points 2 years ago

Tobacco is a hardier plant that can be grown in more places than coca AFAIK.

Now you can support your community with locally grown and cultivated cocaine, instead of relying on imports. Lmao

[-] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I bet traffickers are gonna be real busy smuggling legal (pre-smuggled) items because of these tariffs.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago

'Psst, need some eggs? I know a guy...'

[-] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Lol! They're so fragile - one or two hiding places quickly come to mind.

"Mexico doesn't produce white eggs"

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Gotta support local businesses y'know?

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And growing tobacco is Not AS suspicious as coca

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

I invite you to try to grow coca plants in your backyard. You will not succeed, for several reasons...

[-] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago

I feel like we already had a plant for this

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

But maybe this'll grow in more regions, breaking up the bloody monopoly, making coke more ethical

I was scrolling down and looking at tv show, leaving my mouse idling and this pop up 'more' align perfectly with your 'more' word in the sentence.

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That's so cool lol

[-] BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

"Are you holding?" "Yeah, I've got A+ grade pure Colombian here." "Yeeeaaahhh, I don't wanna be 'that guy' but do you have any ethical coke?"

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Big tobacco is probably less ethical than cartels.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago

I wonder if you'd get the numbing effect of cocaine when smoking the leaves like tobacco

[-] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 years ago

No, smoking cocaine (aka cocaine hydrochloride) does not do much unless you first chemically "free the base" (aka crack cocaine).

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Fun fact, "free base" is the origin of the of the term "based".

Originally it was not a good thing.

Language changes, so now based is fucking rad. And rad is not a term used by anyone.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 16 points 2 years ago

Only mathematicians still like throwing rads around

[-] vrek@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago

And x-ray technicians. If your ehs representative say there are too many rads.... RUN!

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Fallout RADs system: Fuck my drag, right?

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 3 points 2 years ago

Physicists also use rads for circular motions.

[-] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

rad is not a term used by anyone.

I disagree. It's too rad not to use.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Based still has the innate connotation of doing your own thing without caring how others perceive you, which can still be a crackhead kind of trait.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Based and crackhead pilled.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

And rad is not a term used by anyone.

not tubular, dude. not tubular at all.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Can confirm. I was once given a cocaine cigarette without my knowledge and it did have enough of a stimulant effect for me to notice something was off (though I was expecting a spliff, so it was easier to realize that it was having the opposite effect), but I absolutely did not get any kind of high.

It was mostly just increased heart rate and anxiety with a little nausea, like being overcaffeinated.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That sounds like my experience with the real thing. Didn't really do anything but kill my alcohol buzz.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Depending on the dose it could still do some stuff. Just like sniffing freebase cocaine can also give a tiny bit of effect.

Not that one should be doing that.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

Now do yeast

[-] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I knew smoking'd pay off if I just kept at it! (kidding)

[-] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

The gene sequence is public knowledge, published in academic papers. You can buy everything including the custom sequence to do the CRISPR process online.

Just saying.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

You can also just buy coca seeds. The magic powder is still quite a few steps away from that.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

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[-] nectar45@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago
[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, people won't stop talking when they're coked up.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Tilsonburg? My back still aches when I hear that word.

But I can't feel my face

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