robinsbruce 4985 Posted February 20, 2015 Did not mean to scare you Bruce but I recognized the signs when I read you posts ! I'm pretty sure I know what those emails from your french boss look like as well. What a git. I am now out of the research game but after graduate school in UK I came over here to join the foreign postdoc army and I worked in labs for a really long time. My bag is/was biochem and mol biol. Mostly plants and algae. Also, like you I'm sure, I have a tonne of crazy lab stories. I'm sure your boss is mad and is slowly trying to drive you insane. And your lab mates will throw you under the bus at lab meeting and isn't it your turn to do Journal Club ? MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM This gives me many feels. I'll be brief so I don't bore everyone with learn'ed bullshit. I am also a biochemist and I work almost exclusively on plants. These god damned secondary metabolite assays take all day and the sample prep is so absurd it can hardly be exaggerated. In what reality does someone look forward to a partially completed SNP array and QTL analysis as a break from vitamin B9 screening?!?! FUCK. Molecular breeding is inane and working 60+ hours a week for a measly stipend from the man makes me feel dirty (not good durty). That felt good to get out there. Sorry everybody. I bought a nice bottle of Scotch and I will be in a better mood on the forums here soon. Promise. When is good for you Anastasia? People are about to start leaving around here and then I can half-ass my way around the lab for a while. 5 Share this post Link to post
marshall mellow 1671 Posted February 20, 2015 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM This gives me many feels. I'll be brief so I don't bore everyone with learn'ed bullshit. I am also a biochemist and I work almost exclusively on plants. These god damned secondary metabolite assays take all day and the sample prep is so absurd it can hardly be exaggerated. In what reality does someone look forward to a partially completed SNP array and QTL analysis as a break from vitamin B9 screening?!?! FUCK. Molecular breeding is inane and working 60+ hours a week for a measly stipend from the man makes me feel dirty (not good durty). That felt good to get out there. Sorry everybody. I bought a nice bottle of Scotch and I will be in a better mood on the forums here soon. Promise. When is good for you Anastasia? People are about to start leaving around here and then I can half-ass my way around the lab for a while. This should make you laugh .... I spent several years tipping maize plants with balloons attached to the ends filled with media and expensive chemicals and inhibitors. Sometime the balloons would burst into your face and your lab coat would be sticky. And then measuring how much they would bend ... by hand. And then extracting RNA. Also, it took 6 weeks to set up the plants and sometimes rats would get into the greenhouse and eat your experiment. And there were black widow spiders in the greenhouse so you had to make sure to give things a good kick before picking them up. I eventually became allergic to maize after my eye blew up and I had to go to the hospital. 3 Share this post Link to post
Shrek & Donkey Kong 4336 Posted February 20, 2015 im late on posting this but that live show was the most fun i can remember having in a very very long time. cracked my whole shit up. 3 Share this post Link to post
dixon 5920 Posted February 20, 2015 Damn. Sorry to bring the forum down, but RIP Harris. 8 Share this post Link to post
Casaba 5942 Posted February 20, 2015 Damn. Sorry to bring the forum down, but RIP Harris. No! This sucks 2 Share this post Link to post
mwn 5470 Posted February 20, 2015 this is the worst day in earwolf history, other than the day I registered hand to god someone linked the Carl Sjunior bit on twitter and I started listening for the millionth time and instantly teared up 6 Share this post Link to post
rod aug 5637 Posted February 20, 2015 Hope everyone here is well, I love you all. RIP Harris, gone far too soon. 10 Share this post Link to post
marshall mellow 1671 Posted February 20, 2015 Oh no, this is really tragic. So sorry to hear this. 2 Share this post Link to post
Assblaster(truly_blessed) 125 Posted February 20, 2015 Harris was one of the coolest dudes ever. He had a lot more love and comedy to bestow on the world. Man this sucks. 3 Share this post Link to post
NoahTomaszewski 2768 Posted February 20, 2015 Absolutely heartbreaking. 2 Share this post Link to post
NotTheNarnold 413 Posted February 20, 2015 I was just gonna come here and say how awesome it is that Sean and Hayes seem to actually care about us fans but I'm really sad now. RIP Harris, drugs fucking suck. 4 Share this post Link to post
Casaba 5942 Posted February 20, 2015 Harris was so talented and delightful and this breaks my heart. 5 Share this post Link to post
Bozos of Basketball 3689 Posted February 20, 2015 Kinda feel like not doing anything ever again. 15 Share this post Link to post
Casaba 5942 Posted February 20, 2015 Bruce and I are hanging out and talking about it, if anyone wants to join us. 1 Share this post Link to post
xoValeriexo 4369 Posted February 20, 2015 Why couldn't it have been Jonah Ray? 18 Share this post Link to post
samschilling22 516 Posted February 20, 2015 When I first was getting into podcasts I found CBB, then I listened to an episode with Foam Corner and became obsessed. I listened to Harris' episodes over and over and kept bugging my friends and family, making them listen to these dumb yet great jokes delivered so perfectly. I scoured every medium looking for more jokes from him or articles talking about him and projects he worked on. I then obviously made mix CDs of his band Don't Stop Or We'll Die and loved showing people who had never heard it. I played the song "I Got A Perm For Our Camping Trip" for this girl that I liked and she thought it was hilarious, and I thought that was awesome, and it became an ongoing joke that I'd play it every time I saw her. I'm bummed. RIP Rodney Aug 13 Share this post Link to post
JacobCrites 4977 Posted February 20, 2015 This has really messed me up. You feel like you know these people. Podcasts are so personal. People are so vulnerable and human; even if they're doing a persona, it feels more intimate than a show or movie. I've been genuinely upset about this; that interview on You Made it Weird helped me through my own breakup and struggles with spiraling out of control. Idk what to say. Addiction is a scary thing. 17 Share this post Link to post
rod aug 5637 Posted February 20, 2015 His YMIW episode was sad and scary to listen to, the way he talked about his run in with dealers at the park...he knew he was in deep and he couldn't find his way out. I can't imagine how his friends and family must feel, he was such a one of a kind person . 12 Share this post Link to post
