Young People Cloning Things and the Possible End of Civilization

Byjay

22 Year-Old Japanese Student Believed World’s Youngest to Clone a Mouse
(article in Mainichi Daily News)

Hey! I don’t want any more young people cloning any more things! It’s bad enough when they have kids and then bleach their hair!

What’s next, the guys going to create a bunch of pocket monsters and we’ll have a bunch of picachus running around?

Doesn’t anybody remember what Godzilla did to Tokyo?

Sure, it’s just a mouse, but… what if they start cloning this guy!!!
   (Egashira 2:50)

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