What people don't tell you about being a scientist:

1) 80 percent of science is making mistakes and testing things that don't work. You're not stupid that's how it works

2) You are now the on-call IT for your whole extended family. I don't make the rules

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3) People will randomly compare you to one of the guys in the Big Bang Theory. It's not offensive, it's "funny".

4) People assume you know about every hype news article tangentially related to your subject... But you struggle to keep up with the literature in your niche

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5) It's now super easy for unimaginative family members to buy you Christmas presents: wether it's a Planets blanket or T-Shirt that says "the mytochondria is the power house of the cell"...
Worst thing is? You actually dig that shit.

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6) You dread the science question at the pub quizz because everyone turns to you and when you inevitably get it wrong cuz it's NOT YOUR FIELD everyone judges you anyway

7) You're super skeptical of your own science until a conspiracy theorist slips into your comments

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