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I suppose their lab would be a glow-op…
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Great for xmas trees!
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If I eat glow in the dark vegetables will I have glow in the dark poo?
Will our sewage systems be all aglow with this poo?
These are the kinds of questions that keep me awake at night.
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Unfortunately, while super cool, this seems like a great opportunity for more night sky light pollution and all sorts of other unintended side effects.
At least LED based streetlights are directional to large extent.
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So you soak the plants in cell invading chemicals that are “generally regarded as safe.” I guess it beats lead on Christmas tree wires and mercury in fluorescent bulbs. But this seems more like a bio-art project ala Eduardo Kac than anything ever meant to be practical.
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How about different colors? Making the back garden look like Avatar would be cool.
Then again, green would be fine for a Lovecraftian theme.
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Mixing this stuff into lawn sprinklers would be fun!
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Pffft…
Caverns have been lit by phosphorescent fungi since I started playing D&D back in ‘75
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There are also plants stuffed with chemicals that will make everything glow…
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Didn’t Phil and Lem at Veridian Dynamics do this years ago?
Also accidentally inventing glowing squirrels in the process as well
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You know the “Golgathan” in the film Dogma?
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Please someone do this with weed just to see the reactions!
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This is the brightest timeline.
The Shit Demon!!!
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