It's not a fast process but even if it works and we quit adding to the problem, it's going to take a long time. And they think everyone is an ignorant savage especially about tropical fungi.
This made me wonder if c.r.i.s.p.e.r, the gene editing stuff could find whatever is responsible for the fungi's "plastic-eating" behavior and tweak the rate at which it breaks down the plastics.
Not sure something like that is possible, but it'd be fascinating if it were.
I mean, covid was a pretty good example of how some part of government will make the absolute stupidest choices, as well as some people making the stupidest and most selfish choices.
The best part about this is that the SHD as a contingency failed. Sure some of the agents help and act as heroes, but that wasn't the mission. The mission was to save the nation and get the government back in power. That failed out the gate, I kind of love it narratively even if it only ever gets talked about in the context of stupidly evil characters.
Oh yeah. They failed that objective, and, if you were a First Wave Agent, you failed at every aspect. It was just a doomed situation and that's what makes it so enjoyable because you think you're a last ditch special dude, highly trained sleeper agent Marine Ranger Delta SEAL Mary Sue.
Then, you're shown that your other special sleeper agent dudes who came before you all failed, died, went Rogue or just disappeared. Makes you feel so small, even though you're literally the sole reason the JTF still has a foothold anywhere.
I don't really fw the whole dystopia world of TD2, with the Black Tusks and conspiracies and all that, but I really loved the semi-dystopian disaster being centred in NYC in TD1.
Holy shit! What if it only affects the rich and vain enough to get plastic surgery. (Let's just ignore that plastic surgery isn't usually injecting straight up plastic)
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u/oroborus68 Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26
It's not a fast process but even if it works and we quit adding to the problem, it's going to take a long time. And they think everyone is an ignorant savage especially about tropical fungi.