I had some other work to do this morning (Figuring out some algae stuff involving 1000 L mesocosm up a mountain) so mystery species has been sitting alone in the lab all morning…..
Made it up to the lab today to find this. It’s probably from the fridge defrosting and not the creepy “algae”.
June 13th Update.
According to a few colleagues it’s either a plant, an algae, or a fungi. So that’s been helpful.
After a day with some sunlight I think I might be seeing some chloroplasts.
It seems to like the nutrient solution I added yesterday though!
I for one welcome our new plant, algae, or fungi overlords.
I was about to say “in a sensible lab people wouldn’t waste time with this, they’d autoclave the bottles and move on” but on reflection I can’t think of a single bio lab I’ve been in that wouldn’t immediately go “ooh, mystery algae, that sounds like a fun challenge; let’s devote multiple hours to identifying it for no reason”.
I need updates tell me about the algae
The mystery algae/plant/fungi/alien is stuck in the university growth chamber. With everything going on I probably won’t get to check in on it until September, possibly not until 2021.
So by that time it will have developed what, writing?
God I hope so, then I can train it to write my thesis!
This entire post is the most on-brand biologist thing I have seen in my entire godforsaken life. The moment this pandemic is over these guys have another crisis ready for us.
Yoooooooooo not to bum y'all out, but a lot of stores are reopening rn so please don’t forget that the pandemic isn’t over, and gathering back into large groups as if it is will only skyrocket casualties, please continue limiting your social interactions
I always see the first three panels and think “is this supposed to sound ridiculous? Bc I would love this”, completely forgetting about the last panel, which i then scroll down to and proceed to lose my shit
the Raymond hype is incredibly hilarious because people who know the incredibly huge (and even wholesome at times) discord for animal crossing know that Raymond has always been a special case for everything involving trading for him. in a particular case, he, out of 400+ villagers have a rule catered to him because of the chaos it wroughts to put him up for free
And you can get insta banned for failing even ONE of these steps
he’s for sale on eBay and apparently there’s rumors of faked/hacked Raymonds with inaccurate rooms that can brick your game going for $20, and even listed ones hitting an upwards of $1,000
what even gets me is the last listing here says “amiibo” when there isn’t an amiibo for him
things Raymond has also been on sale for and I’ve seen is:
>400 nook mile tickets. yes. 400. Sometimes 800.
>100 golden crowns (yes, the one that’s 1,000,000+ bells)
>150 MILLION bells, you can’t even carry that on your person. doing the math I’m pretty sure you have to go on and off someone’s island over 20 times
>40 pagodas
>and again, legitimate money for possibly hacked Raymonds
this one business “sexyman” cat has exposed the hubris of human greed in under 2 months and I am living to watch it down
When writing always remember… a character flaw is only a flaw until becomes useful.
Is your protagonist manipulative? Well that’s awful… until they manipulate the antagonist into making a decision that saves the lives of their friends.
Is your protagonist a skeptic? Well that’s not good… until someone tries to lie to them.
Is your protagonist overprotective? That sucks… until someone they love is in danger.
Is your protagonist remorseless? Well that makes them pretty unlikeable… until a hard decision has to be made.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
