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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

Now when it says Pokemon, do they just mean the franchise or would we have found a way to make real, living, breathing Pokemon? 🤔

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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

180.000 autistic microbiologists spent three years doing normal research in pursuit of Catching Them All.

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"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."

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago*

Me standing there with a mime

Man, these are so much better than my idea.

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago

I grafted artillery onto an amphibian.

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Everything is possible with autism superpowers

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago

Except a healthy and robust social life.

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[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago

Japan will find a way for the latter

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