this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2026
348 points (95.3% liked)

memes

22505 readers
3732 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/Ads/AI SlopNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 17 points 19 hours ago (9 children)

For the last 16 years there has been some kind of organism that could break down plastic. Never seems to go anywhere.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 14 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (7 children)

This kind of thing always have a long trail of "almosts" before a breakthrough makes it viable outside of the lab. Every attempt makes us closer to it.

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago (6 children)

I once saw a comment saying that a bacteria that consumes plastic could be apocalyptic if it got out of the lab and spread everywhere

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The apocalypse of trash turning into cookies.

[–] Klear@piefed.world 7 points 17 hours ago

Cookie Clicker was right!

load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (5 replies)