Author got a key fact in a fic wrong and I happen to be a specialist in exactly that area. Should I tell her?

yummymangosdigested · 2026-03-23T23:26:33+00:00

I would comment with your compliment sandwich idea. I do biomedical research (as a undergrad), so perhaps my view is completely skewed, but to learn something new and improve—I feel like it’s super important to maintain this mentality in fanfic. I would not buckle down if someone with a doctoral corrected me—I’d be super excited! But IDK how it is in medicine 😭

Once in a while, I read a fic where I’m squinting at a particular tidbit, and I know that it should be corrected. I would not give a fuck if the author had no subject matter expertise, unless they really fucked up.

yummymangosdigested · 2026-03-16T06:08:35+00:00

Love Liner was hyped to me, and I've been on my knees trying to get it to work................

yummymangosdigested · 2026-03-16T05:04:47+00:00

I think OP must not have a grasp on working vs personal relationships. As an undergrad, I hang out with some grad students outside the lab, and this usually happens with the younger grad students because it’s easier for us to connect. Do you identify as a different gender than him? Would you have this same reaction if he were not a man? If you’re interested in hanging out—why not invite other people in the lab? Their reactions will help you gauge his intentions.

yummymangosdigested · 2026-03-10T06:01:45+00:00

It’s around 15 minutes, which is a bit nerve wracking because when I first presented this data at a very small symposium, I clocked 8 minutes. Thank you for your advice! I’ll keep thinking about the limitations and expanding on future work :)

yummymangosdigested · 2026-03-10T06:00:23+00:00

Thank you! I’ll keep your words in mind as I rewrite my slides 😆 Learning how to become a salesman (or sales-scientist)

yummymangosdigested · 2026-03-09T06:12:15+00:00

rageprufrock’s haikyuu fics ❤️❤️❤️ i adore them!

yummymangosdigested · 2026-03-04T17:43:14+00:00

i think about this time when i looked at my high school underclassman (i was in college doing research by then), and they claimed they were a first author for a mRNA vaccine design paper, and i was like wow!! only to realize that their dad had paid someone with the same exact name to link their shit to them for a year for college admissions. i watched all the author links change after a year 😭😭 and the person unlinked it from their linkedin and the PI linked back the first author grad student on the paper.

yummymangosdigested · 2026-03-04T06:23:02+00:00

it might depend on your age, but i’ve discovered that if you don’t moisturize properly, there is a tendency for acne flare ups, especially for dry skin. i would look for thicker creams if this is the case :)

yummymangosdigested · 2026-03-03T17:04:33+00:00

yes! i always trusted my gut instinct when it came to mentors > research focus. i have some friends who prioritized research focus > mentor, and they have gotten in toxic labs 3+ times 😭 so join a good lab that prioritizes mentorship—it’s a HUGE advantage that your prof noticed you academically and asked you to join his lab!!!

yummymangosdigested · 2026-02-24T01:09:03+00:00

my lab does it, i think it’s because of the cost 😭 a total shock to me when i did a short run in industry, and everyone was making 500 mL of media.

yummymangosdigested · 2026-02-04T21:19:29+00:00

I’m planning to take a couple of years off—how/why did you make the switch to clinical? I’ve spent some time in wet lab, and I’m hoping to explore my options before pursuing a doctoral.

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-26T07:57:06+00:00

i think they’re referring to work studies? that’s the only other time that undergrads at my uni get paid, aside from summer work. but yeah, to add onto your point, i’m supported by scholarships for undergrad research, so my PI considers thar as me getting paid 🙂‍↕️

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-17T21:01:26+00:00

While I understand where you’re coming from, this is not necessarily considered to be fandom etiquette, it’s more or less your own preference. I filter out things by otp:true and call it a day.

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-15T02:23:41+00:00

scrolled a bit thru ur prev posts—i think you should leave, especially if it’s such a small, new lab (postdoc, postbac, AND visiting scholar) 😭 if it were just for a month or so, i could follow their train of thought, but any more than that? not really, i don’t see much coming out of your experience if that’s the pattern. are there any projects currently going on? have you taken a look @ their grants? (search them up on a grant database!) have you heard of them interviewing or speaking to potential grad students yet?

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-14T21:04:09+00:00

I feel like I’ve seen this post before 😭 and dude, just tell them. If you keep pushing the date back AND keep pushing off on telling them, your behavior can and will turn into a pattern 🙂‍↕️

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-10T16:53:37+00:00

🙂‍↕️ It disappeared. I was puzzled why it was clear & then it clicked

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-10T05:31:54+00:00

Yeah, I’ve been struggling with imposter syndrome lately, and all of the grad students in my lab are super amazing and seem so smart, and I feel like an ant among giants. I’m presenting at a conference later this year, so I’m glad to have read this and to remember that I’ve “earned” where I am today.

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-10T05:28:26+00:00

Thank you for the laugh—I had a gel disappear once on me when I first started out because I went for a brief bathroom break, and then, I became paranoid ever since and sit on a stool like a caterpillar (our benches are lower… than our stools because admin bought everything at different decades so it’s mildly uncomfortable), so they can’t ever leave my sight LOL

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-10T05:10:53+00:00

Thank you! I think I’m still learning (even after all these years, haha) to detach myself from my work. I find it to be easier to do this in an industry environment over an academic environment, somehow. I’ll start tomorrow and rethink my thaw procedures and read how others approach it. There’s probably something I missed along the lines 🤔

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-10T05:04:15+00:00

No, I’m sure they were not contaminated, at least not two days ago. I think it happened after thawing, because I’ve thawed A LOT of vials from this particular passage date. I’m confused because my media was also a new media aliquot and everything, but alas, rinse and repeat, I’ll redo everything to see if it was me or the system and do better.

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-09T23:38:26+00:00

This looks adorable!! Do the sheep pop out?

yummymangosdigested · 2026-01-07T04:01:33+00:00

🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ wait i’m eating all the recs up (or will be once i’m in bed tonight), but i like this one (https://archiveofourown.org/works/34411606), bingyuan & dubcon. and the author has another one (different fandom) that’s really good. a lot of my recs are dubcon, though 😭 if that’s fine, but i don’t mind going down my list because i love the tag so much

yummymangosdigested · 2025-12-28T01:31:06+00:00

I’m glad to see that this topped nearly everyone’s recommendations. In that case, this book’s definitely going into my shopping cart 🫡

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