I am an endosymbiotic cyanobacterium

By evolgen on April 23, 2006.

Otherwise known as a choloroplast:

The Chloroplast
You scored 46 Industriousness, 54 Centrality, and 23 Causticity!

You're the Chloroplast!

Most of the Earth's energy comes from the chloroplast's ability to capture the energy of the sun and fix cabon dioxide for conversion to starch. Like the mitochondria, they have their own DNA and live somewhat independantly from the rest of the cell.

In terms of real life, you have it all! You're the person everyone wants or wants to be. Just watch out for being overconfident, as you may end up alone.

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 23% on Industriousness

You scored higher than 95% on Centrality

You scored higher than 55% on Causticity

Link: The Which Cell Organelle are you? Test written by fading_shadows on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

(Via Lynch's Odd Fruit.)

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Joining my cell-mates.

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To ER is Lynch, apparently

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Atheist ranking scheme

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"Odd fruit" ... *splutter* :)

I live at 77466 Commonwealth in Seattle. Been up here before?

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