2y ago

me too

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so.
what is the context to that? anyone know? I could imagine a bout of some food poisoning or something affecting the ship.
- I don't know about this quote specificly, but Darwin spent almost 10 years working on barnacles to establish himself and came to hate them. It was supposed to be a quick detour before releasing 'On the Origin of Species'. During that time he made a lot of similar statements.
  
  Those things have a tendency to stick around hey
  
  10 years... of barnacles.
  yeah. I'd hate my life too.
  
  The TLDR is that he couldn't figure iut how to classify the fuckers because he didn't have modern biology tools like genetic analysis, protein identification, or any molecular biology.
  
  Reminds me of the Onion video about the man who wasted his life studying anteaters: https://youtu.be/qXD9HnrNrvk?si=x3vd96q2BzMRFAnA
- I assumed it was something more inconsequential and personal. It's the sort of thing I usually say after doing something particularly embarrassing that I can't get out of my head...
  
  Oh, there’s a lot things it could have been.
  Late night caused by the guy next door getting drunk and trying his hand at singing opera.
  Getting rejected because barnacles reek;
  Finding out the rum is gone…
- Where are you getting anything about a ship?
  
  Darwin is well known for his voyage on the HMS Beagle, but there is no mention of that in the post.
I think I need subtitles for his handwriting
- Lucky for you they're included in the image
Can anyone read his handwriting?
- That's how you know he was a scientist.
- I do like the abbreviated ''very''.
- I can get But, everyday, everything
Jesus that handwriting
- Doctor Darwin, I presume. It almost looks like every medical prescription I've ever gotten.
I feel you, Charles. I feel you!
If you compare "rough weeks" with Darwin, I guess 99.99% of the population will discover they are extremely happy.
Yeah that tracks.
I hear you, Chuck.
- Name something more US than nickname Chuck for Charles
  
  Double quarter pounder cheeseburger.
The backstory is that he wrote it in a letter to Charles Lyell, and also used the opportunity to rant about how much he hated orchids
(During grad school, I had this quote printed on my office wall because I identified with it)
I am also very poorly my friends
Wait no one understands my hand righting either

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