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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• De_Narm@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those things have a tendency to stick around hey

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    10 years… of barnacles.

    yeah. I’d hate my life too.

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    • Chestnut@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The history of Darwin’s Barnacles is fascinating 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

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  • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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  • magic_lobster_party@kbin.run ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Reminds me of this Onion video: https://youtu.be/qXD9HnrNrvk?si=x3vd96q2BzMRFAnA

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• NounsAndWords@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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…

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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…

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Finding out the rum is gone…

      Why is it always?

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• TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Where are you getting anything about a ship?

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  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It was an assumption,

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