Anonymous at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 22:19:05 UTC No. 16468803

>>16468747
Form follows function.

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:29:02 UTC No. 16469267

>>16468747
Their carcinogenic nature becomes a lot more obvious once you realize they punch holes in your cells, illegally print some jank-ass DNA/RNA, then leave their shitty bootleg printers behind

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:43:21 UTC No. 16469630

>>16468747
If you did accept them as life form, they wouldn't be so angry and dangerous. Maybe there would be some which extends life of a host.

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:15:04 UTC No. 16469649

They're weirdos that have genetic code but aren't alive

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:15:51 UTC No. 16469651

>>16469649
They are organised, therefore they are organisms, but they aren't alive?

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:03:22 UTC No. 16469855

>>16469651
this nigga is braindead

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:14:43 UTC No. 16469864

Viruses are alive. Ignore the people saying they're not. They know what they're doing, and they love it when you mald.

Anonymous at Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:28:02 UTC No. 16470159

>>16469864
>>16469855
>>16469651
>>16469649
>>16469630
idiots as usual
>>16468747
main idiot

Anonymous at Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:44:04 UTC No. 16470956

>>16470159
that wasnt kind or necessary
:(

Anonymous at Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:57:43 UTC No. 16471418

>>16469267
>carcinogenic nature
but they existed before multicellular organisms

Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:39:21 UTC No. 16471450

>muh not alive
A pointless distinction. They may lack some properties of most organisms, but on the other hand they still reproduce and mutate. Nature doesn't know or care which things we label as "alive".

Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:39:21 UTC No. 16471831

>>16471450
>A pointless distinction.
It's a pretty big one.
>They may lack some properties of most organisms
They lack most of them, not just "some".
>but on the other hand they still reproduce and mutate
They don't even do that in the strict sense. Viruses are literally just genetic information in a protein shell. They don't REproduce, they are produced by cells of their host.

Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:30:37 UTC No. 16472476

>>16468747
They are alive. Life is the property of non-animated things.
do not let scientists troll ya

Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 23:34:00 UTC No. 16472550

>>16471831
You could say they reproduce as parasites.
I can accept to not considering them a lifeform but any definition at some point is arbitrary.

🗑️ Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:44:44 UTC No. 16473523

it's raining so fucking hard
i don't wanna leave the house and drive in it but i want to go to the gym
:(

Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:52:52 UTC No. 16473528

apologies ive posted in the wrong tab and deleted it

Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:54:30 UTC No. 16473531

>>16469651
no because they're obligate intracellular parasites and can't reproduce without a host.

Anonymous at Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:39:05 UTC No. 16474509

>>16472550
>You could say they reproduce as parasites.
But they don't, all other parasites have their own means of reproduction, even if reliant on the host for nutrients etc. And again, they don't exactly REproduce. They don't have the capability to reproduce. They are only capable of forcing cells to produce them. This is entirely different from how all other life propagates.
>I can accept to not considering them a lifeform but any definition at some point is arbitrary.
Obviously, but they are so much different from all other life that the distinction seems entirely justified. Again, they really are just genetic material in a protein shell. They are so simple we can synthesize them in a lab from ground up.