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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Thank you so much for using the singular, that's a real bugbear of mine.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Non-anglophones, is this a thing you can relate to? I've never been told "das Mitochondrium ist das Kraftwerk der Zelle" or anything like it, at least not nearly to the extent that anglophones seem to, so much so that it's forever burnt into their brain folds apparently.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (11 children)

Sadly, humans don't have chloroplasts.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The cell membrane is the thin veneer of respectability of the cell

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Welcome to the slaughterhouse; I'm autosome

[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The cell wall is the wall of the cell

Finally one I can remember

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

For real? Any tips for those of us having problems?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

The HIV is the HIV of the cell.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The midichlorian is the light saber of the cell.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

the mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell

[–] [email protected] 105 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The cell is the cell of the cell

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Cells within cells within cells, interlinked

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And blood-black nothingness began to spin… A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem… And dreadfully distinct against the dark, a tall white fountain played.

Cells.

Cells.

Have you ever been in an institution? Cells.

Cells.

Do they keep you in a cell? Cells.

Cells.

When you're not performing your duties do they keep you in a little box? Cells.

Cells.

Interlinked.

Interlinked.

What's it like to hold the hand of someone you love? Interlinked.

Interlinked.

Did they teach you how to feel finger to finger? Interlinked.

Interlinked.

Do you long for having your heart interlinked? Interlinked.

Interlinked.

Do you dream about being interlinked?

Interlinked.

What's it like to hold your child in your arms? Interlinked.

Interlinked.

Do you feel that there's a part of you that's missing? Interlinked.

Interlinked.

Within cells interlinked.

Within cells interlinked.

Why don't you say that three times: Within cells interlinked.

Within cells interlinked. Within cells interlinked. Within cells interlinked.

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