![]() DNA has become trendy, my social life has significantly improved, and it’s a wonderful time to be a genetic nerd. ![]() Everyone is hungry to learn about their DNA. Celebrities get their genes tested during talk shows, and YouTubers upload videos on their spit-into-the-tube experience. after porn, are full of enthusiasts discussing chromosome markers like they were at a laboratory meeting. Genealogy websites, the second-most visited category in the U.S. Millions of people are spitting into a tube to get their genes analyzed and share the results on social networks. We were undateable, and the level of endogamy amongst us was startling. Back in the early 2000s, the only people who could get stuck in a dreary conversation about DNA, Mendel’s peas and alleles were four-eyed genetic nerds who wasted their lives in laboratories. I still recall their unsettled looks when I answered “molecular biologist,” which would send them running to powder their noses. ![]() When I was a young student in Paris, the City of Love, girls at parties would what I did for a living. ![]()
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