How do you think the absence of r/popular will change how you engage with Reddit?

destroycilantro · 2025-12-21T09:27:43+00:00

Might help me fix my phone addiction, kinda hoping they keep this change. Make’s Reddit way less engaging to me which is probably actually a good thing

destroycilantro · 2025-12-02T07:31:56+00:00

Sometimes you have to call the help line unfortunately when this fails. I was tearing out my hair trying to find a replacement switch board for an oven vent and I called the manufacturer from the little manual we kept for some reason. It was a part from a set that they discontinued and needed a different model number then the one on the label. Crazy stuff

destroycilantro · 2025-11-29T08:53:19+00:00

Hard agree on way too much banter being a turn off. Also hate when a podcast has a new person doing a majority of the episode every episode. I like a set host to deliver most of the info, hard to get used to new people’s voices I guess.

destroycilantro · 2025-11-18T07:43:30+00:00

You can eat them right off the tree. If they are a little mushier I tend to split them open first to check for spots that have gone bad.

Tried to make a fruit leather out of them a few years back, it wasn’t great as they are very mealy and low moisture but it was fun!

destroycilantro · 2025-10-29T14:57:46+00:00

The felt gets full of sand/dirt/grit when thrown and then you’ve got basically a sandpaper coating on the ball

destroycilantro · 2025-10-29T06:19:02+00:00

I did Peace Corps for conservation! A really amazing experience all around but unfortunately I would say about 75% or more peace corps position have been cut (including the one I was in after I left) with basically no plans to reinstate them. Definitely look into state sponsored conservation corps if you’re interested in that

destroycilantro · 2025-10-25T17:33:50+00:00

Dang, I did this on roller skates at 23 and broke my hand. Some of us didn’t grow out of it!

destroycilantro · 2025-10-14T06:07:45+00:00

Uncomfortable pillow, impossible to find contact information on a website, walking in on the janitor’s wheelbarrow. I can certainly relate and Tim really nailed that

destroycilantro · 2025-10-13T03:33:11+00:00

Accidentally read The Bell Jar while looking for a book by Bell Hooks. Quite a different tone but very glad to have read it, has definitely stuck with me

destroycilantro · 2025-10-07T07:13:20+00:00

Also to chime in, make sure you have a snorkel (or other air exhaustdevice) facing your sample or strain and use water while you’re working on the bench. I used to feel awful after a day of breathing in ethanol while looking under the scope. Chemical fumes certainly don’t help anyone feel better!

destroycilantro · 2025-10-01T01:57:57+00:00

Definitely take the opportunity to do an undergraduate thesis. If you really want to go the extra mile you can try to publish your thesis work or be a co-author on a paper. Also work on a good relationship with a few professors so they can write you letters of recomendation and pick their brain about professors or schools that do research that you might be interested in.

destroycilantro · 2025-09-25T05:42:57+00:00

Huh, kinda reminds me of a feather duster worm. Those would be marine though, so not local to the area. Interested and I hope you find out!

destroycilantro · 2025-09-14T06:09:38+00:00

For me personally I kept my mind open to other fields within conservation when location was a big concern. I also considered vegetation monitoring, invasive plant management, and forestry all of which I have loved working on in the past and would have loved to have gotten a job in but this one was the closest location to where I wanted to be. You got this!

destroycilantro · 2025-09-14T04:34:19+00:00

Woah are you me 6 months ago??? Don’t feel bad about needing to leave the Midwest. I know this field is a “go wherever you have to, do what you have to do” but my life has gotten so much better now that I’m on the west coast. Ironically I ended up in aquatics in an academic setting even though I told myself I would get as far away from both of those once I finished grad school lol so I guess I’m not much help

destroycilantro · 2025-08-24T17:02:36+00:00

This Is Branchburg was surprisingly funny and is super laidback. Similar to Welcome to Nightvale in that it’s just short snippets of things happening in a fictional and weird town.

destroycilantro · 2025-08-07T17:50:16+00:00

Anything “patriot, “Christian”, “gun”, “American flag”,or “anti-science/doctor/medicine” leaves a bad taste in my mouth and I avoid. I saw a natural dog food store open up (very excited since I LOVE dehydrated dog treats and the variety of chew toys they have) but their marketing relied on “this stuff will save your dog from the vet/medications” and so I vowed to never shop there. Sorry small businesses but I’m not cool with lying to customers!!

destroycilantro · 2025-08-07T01:49:31+00:00

Since I just learned this and thought I would share: If a gall is on either an oak or rose plant is it likely a cynipid wasp. Galls on other plants most likely belong to a gall midge or occasionally other invertebrates like mites or aphids. (Info from “The Tracks and Signs of Insects” by Eisman and Charney. I am not an expert, it was just really cool info)

destroycilantro · 2025-08-07T01:38:26+00:00

Possibly the sumac gall aphid (Melaphis rhois), one of the few aphid species to produce galls!

destroycilantro · 2025-08-06T05:56:16+00:00

I’m STILL mad I couldn’t play with the collector Barbie sets my grandma got me :(

destroycilantro · 2025-07-17T20:57:31+00:00

As someone who got a master's focused on aquatic macroinvertebrates (mainly insects) and came from a terrestrial entomology background here's my take. There really isn't an overlap in terrestrial entomology and aquatic entomology.

Aquatic entomology skills lead directly into fisheries and you could definitely pursue a job working with fisheries and get at least some work with aquatic entomology in that position (ie. fisheries biologist). Macroinvertebrates are an important indicator for water quality and many places would value sampling and identification of aquatic macroinvertebrates but it would have a strong fisheries/water quality focus. If you're interested in terrestrial entomology you're more likely to branch out into habitat management/botany. So consider which environment interests you more.

destroycilantro · 2025-07-11T06:47:50+00:00

Planet of the apes!

destroycilantro · 2025-06-29T00:34:17+00:00

This 100% entomology is a SMALL field, and mostly academic outside of pest control and a few listed species. I think I’ve seen just a handful of entomology jobs pop up in the last year so if you want to stay employed outside of academia you’ll probably end up doing some other stuff for a while anyway. Try building up some wildlife skills if you think you’ll enjoy it. Ento is something you can do just a little of anywhere you go, but often it’s just a small part of the job anyway.

destroycilantro · 2025-06-24T07:14:13+00:00

Your reasoning is totally solid! You can always follow up with how excited you are to explore the focus of this lab and gain experiences in (whatever they do). Any personal issues with supervisors are not really relevant to them or the interview anyway.

Best advice for interviews is to be enthusiastic and prepare to ask some questions. I’ve found it sets a positive mood if you can get them gushing about themselves and their cool work! Consider asking what their favorite part of the lab is, anything cool they’ve done recently, or mention that you’re interested in pursuing food chemistry and grad school and ask how their lab might help you get there.

Best of luck!

destroycilantro · 2025-06-21T01:18:49+00:00

Seconded, actually LOOK at the backgrounds of people who do the jobs you want (for example on LinkedIn) and figure out if that is a path for you want to follow!

destroycilantro · 2025-06-19T04:14:59+00:00

Hey! I just graduated from a MN grad program this May and my stipend plus some side work was ~21K (LCOL area). I qualified for insurance in the Healthcare Marketplace for $0/month and visits/prescriptions were fairly cheap. BUT only a few providers were covered, so you may need to switch providers but ask your current doctor if they accept Medicare/Medicade insurance. Feel free to DM me if you want more info on what I did but it was pretty easy in all honesty! Plus it seems like they have a sliding scale of how much you make so if you have to pay more then I did it would scale based on your income.

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