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> Eventually capable of producing more than 200 million screwworm flies a week, the Mission factory was a grotesque marvel of insect-producing efficiency. Opera
by whalesalad 4mo ago
> Eventually capable of producing more than 200 million screwworm flies a week, the Mission factory was a grotesque marvel of insect-producing efficiency. Operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it was, in essence, a 76,000-square-foot artificial wound. Trays full of meat, blood, and water, each one heated to the exact right temperature to stimulate screwworm growth, moved through the facility on a monorail system timed to the lifecycle of the screwworm.
Imagine working at the screwworm factory.
- bee_rider 4mo agoI guess you’d probably have taken some solace in the fact that you didn’t have to live at the screwworm factory. Past tense, unfortunately, since the worms are setting up their own factories all over.
- alexpotato 4mo agoI was born with no sense of smell [0] and I always wondered if I could combine that with my tech skills to be CTO at a place like the screwworm factory or possibly Waste Management. 0 - https://x.com/alexpotato/status/1559865770515087360?s=20 https://x.com/alexpotato/status/1559865770515087360?s=20
- delichon 4mo ago> I applied this principle and married someone with a great sense of smell May you and your smelling nose wife live happily ever after.
- trashface 4mo agoI'm sure the fly production methodology has improved over the years, but based on what TFA describes, I'm not sure lacking smell would save you from disgust. I think even a Buddhist would be hard-pressed to find compassion for this particular fly species.
- computerdork 4mo agoScenes from the human harvesting operations at in the Matrix come to mind, but am sure it's different than that:)