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[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 124 points 1 year ago (21 children)

The best way to never go extinct is to be usable by humans

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It depends, silphium was potentially an effective contraceptive that was harvested to extinction.

[–] Kempeth@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

The difference in survival probably stems from a single hyphen.

Mint grows like a fucking weed. Silphium grew like a fucking-weed.

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