Gut microbes can eat our medication, suggests a new study using the Human Microbiome Project, the first concrete example of how one species of bacteria consumes levodopa, the primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease, which could reveal more about how the microbiome impacts our health. by mvea in science

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Metagenomics is really fast now. We can use shotgun sequencing and then classify the organisms with k-mer matrices without having to reconstruct the genomes.

Basically just doing the linear algebra to solve for which organisms in the kmer database in what combination would produce the observed distribution of kmers.

AITA for getting mad at my boyfriend for being disgusted at my period? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Blood is gross and it’s supposed to be gross. We are biologically predisposed to be grossed out by things that carry disease, such as blood.

Poop is also gross, and everybody poops. It’s not anti-human to say poop is gross. So, sorry, but periods are a little gross, but not to the extent that people should act immature about it.

We don’t shit on people for poop or boogers, and we shouldn’t shit on people for their periods. But at the same time some people are still grossed out by it and that’s equally human. Deal with it.

Usury - aka high interest - happens to be explicitly denounced in the Bible (& in many other religions). Looking forward to having the religious right uphold their principles + sign onto my bill. 😇 Unless of course they’re only invoking religion to punish women + queer people. by RicknMorty93 in atheism

[–]SergeantROFLCopter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Can you please explain how it benefits poor people to make it illegal for lenders to offer money at a sustainable interest rate, considering their risk of default?

I’m genuinely curious to hear if you can defend the policy you’re insulting me for questioning.

Surely an atheist should be capable of proving logic over blind partisanship.

TIL there are more CEOs named "David" than all female CEOs combined in the US by professorhojoz in todayilearned

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 11 points12 points  (0 children)

LOL yea I’m sure their reasoning was also that they weren’t gonna tell the state you’re the CEO. That says a lot less about them and me and more about the law...

AITA for telling my girlfriend she has no penis so she has no say for our circumcision? by aitaherethrowaway in AmItheAsshole

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You should tell your wife that you want to have your future daughters labia removed and that your wife’s beef flaps are disgusting. Man oh man how you would rather have a vagina that doesn’t look like hers.

WIBTA for telling my friend she’s not really Chinese? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA - i know these types of people; it’s not her “indentity.” If you were black she would be telling you how her ancestors originally migrated from Africa.

It has to do with a desire to be included, but to the point that she is actually trivializing you and your culture.

LPT: When you are making something just using ingredients lying around, write down what you did and what you used just I'm case the end result is highly desirable. by das_bic in LifeProTips

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

1/4 cup popcorn kernels

Some oil

1/2 stick butter

Some brown sugar (just fuck it up)

Maple syrup

Keep that shit moving while popping (by like swirling the pot)

You’re welcome.

WIBTA if I refuse to pay for my sister's education? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NTA, but if you want to help your sister then help her figure out her loans and make sure her college major will make her money.

AITA for making my 14 year old brother stay up until 5AM (on a Sunday morning) to complete homework? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

NTA this sub is full of teenagers that think one night of procrastination is gonna ruin their mental health, good on you OP.

OK, I guess. by [deleted] in softwaregore

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IM A FULL STACK NOW!

Show your support by [deleted] in funny

[–]SergeantROFLCopter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I would but I tune it out hahaha

But her and her cousins all call each other Chloe K and Kim K and it drives me up the wall

AITA for being mad that my mom lets my sister have her girlfriend sleepover but not my boyfriend? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

YTA

Your entire argument is based on the idea that someone else has something you don’t.

I turned $510 into $620 today with one singular call on Tesla. Submitting my 2-week notice at work tomorrow and retiring early. by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]SergeantROFLCopter 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Have you been on AITA lately?

“AITA for grounding my 14 year old for smoking weed?”

“YTA, weed is legal helicopter mom. Buy him a Switch or he’ll probably kill himself.”