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Figs have wasps remains in them. Wasps are a necessary step for pollination, explained here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink https://en.m.wikiped

Figs have wasps remains in them. Wasps are a necessary step for pollination, explained here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink

cm2012 5y ago
The average fig you'll buy in the US has never had a wasp in it, different species.
mc32 5y ago
What do wasps have to do with automotive design?
- supahfly_remix 5y ago
  Haha. Great question! Copy and paste sucks on my phone
  - doctor_eval 5y ago
    URL or it didn’t happen!
senectus1 5y ago
that's not entirely accurate. not all species of Fig pollinate that way.
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ohCh6zos 5y ago
This is wholly for my own curiosity, but can people with severe wasp allergies eat figs?
- JadeNB 5y ago
  Aren't wasp allergies usually to their venom, not to the wasps themselves?
mig39 5y ago
This is great. I spent 30 minutes on Wikipedia reading about automotive design!
- discreteevent 5y ago
  This is weird for me. You're not going to believe this but a long time ago I worked in a BMW factory making the rear pillar for the 3-series. It was made of about 4 pieces which were already cut and shaped. I clipped these pieces into a machine which would then spot-weld them together. I would take out the finished piece and load it onto a rack (this is probably all automated now). My qouta was about 480 pieces per shift which kept me really busy. I didn't even know that this shape was called a Hofmeister kink.
therein 5y ago
Whether that is the case or not, we are talking about the remnants of a sentient being that went through a stage of its biological life willingly. Besides being more an insect than an animal, it's not like this is similar to asking a vegetarian to eat roadkill or an animal that died of natural causes, which wouldn't be healthy or conventional anyway. If some are taking it this far, would they be opposed to eating apples from a tree that was fertilized by the remnants of a decomposed animal?
- deafsquid69 5y ago

Figs have wasps remains in them. Wasps are a necessary step for pollination, explained here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink

cm2012 5y ago

The average fig you'll buy in the US has never had a wasp in it, different species.

mc32 5y ago

What do wasps have to do with automotive design?

supahfly_remix 5y ago
Haha. Great question! Copy and paste sucks on my phone
- doctor_eval 5y ago
  URL or it didn’t happen!

senectus1 5y ago

that's not entirely accurate. not all species of Fig pollinate that way.

deleted 5y ago

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ohCh6zos 5y ago

This is wholly for my own curiosity, but can people with severe wasp allergies eat figs?

JadeNB 5y ago
Aren't wasp allergies usually to their venom, not to the wasps themselves?

mig39 5y ago

This is great. I spent 30 minutes on Wikipedia reading about automotive design!

discreteevent 5y ago
This is weird for me. You're not going to believe this but a long time ago I worked in a BMW factory making the rear pillar for the 3-series. It was made of about 4 pieces which were already cut and shaped. I clipped these pieces into a machine which would then spot-weld them together. I would take out the finished piece and load it onto a rack (this is probably all automated now). My qouta was about 480 pieces per shift which kept me really busy. I didn't even know that this shape was called a Hofmeister kink.

therein 5y ago

Whether that is the case or not, we are talking about the remnants of a sentient being that went through a stage of its biological life willingly. Besides being more an insect than an animal, it's not like this is similar to asking a vegetarian to eat roadkill or an animal that died of natural causes, which wouldn't be healthy or conventional anyway. If some are taking it this far, would they be opposed to eating apples from a tree that was fertilized by the remnants of a decomposed animal?

deafsquid69 5y ago