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[–] [email protected] 121 points 8 months ago

[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago (3 children)

so.

what is the context to that? anyone know? I could imagine a bout of some food poisoning or something affecting the ship.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 8 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] Aurenkin 50 points 8 months ago

Those things have a tendency to stick around hey

[–] [email protected] 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

10 years... of barnacles.

yeah. I'd hate my life too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

The history of Darwin's Barnacles is fascinating https://youtu.be/plYuvU2VZkE?si=Xq6rwC8FdhXFBDYD

At the time barnacles represented a major taxonomic mystery. They have a bizarre lifecycle that baffled scientists and figuring out what they were related to was baffling

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Reminds me of the Onion video about the man who wasted his life studying anteaters: https://youtu.be/qXD9HnrNrvk?si=x3vd96q2BzMRFAnA

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Finding out the rum is gone…

Why is it always?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where are you getting anything about a ship?

[–] threelonmusketeers 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Darwin is well known for his voyage on the HMS Beagle, but there is no mention of that in the post.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Right exactly. Wondered if it was just an assumption or if I missed something

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It was an assumption,

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think I need subtitles for his handwriting

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago

Lucky for you they're included in the image

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Can anyone read his handwriting?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago

That's how you know he was a scientist.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

I do like the abbreviated ''very''.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I can get But, everyday, everything

[–] Batbro 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Jesus that handwriting

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Doctor Darwin, I presume. It almost looks like every medical prescription I've ever gotten.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

I feel you, Charles. I feel you!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

If you compare "rough weeks" with Darwin, I guess 99.99% of the population will discover they are extremely happy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Yeah that tracks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I hear you, Chuck.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Wait no one understands my hand righting either

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I am also very poorly my friends