8. Fulu-cky you
I work at an aquarium and I am one of two people in the US that have successfully bred Silver Fulu (Haplochromis argens) in captivity this year. The only other person being my supervisor/coworker. They’re not the most beautiful fish but they are currently extinct in the wild which makes what we do important. If anyone wants to know more about Silver Fulu let me know!
9. But how many rings?
I was really good at organic chemistry. I performed a reaction that created more rings in a single step than anyone had ever done before or since, to my knowledge. It was the cover article on Angewandte Chemie, the oldest chemistry journal. I was so proud and then… nothing happened. I feel like I did something incredible and no one noticed. I quit chemistry several years later after an awesome Nature Chemical Biology paper was met with a similar silence.
10. …but isn’t that also kind of a bummer?
When I was in Amsterdam I got a sex worker. She wouldn’t have sex with me because she said my penis was too big. I’m abnormally well endowed, very above average. I’m so proud of myself but at the same time how can I ever brag about it? You have to be a real jerk to brag about your penis size.
11. Good job, man
I quit heroin. I’ve been clean almost 7 years now, and am a completely different person. Most of the people I spend time with don’t know about my past drug use, so it isn’t exactly something I want to bring up. But it is my proudest achievement, and the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I also think past a certain point in sobriety, people quit wanting to hear about; at six months and a year clean, my family was hugely supportive. 7 year clean date? I’m sure they’re all super happy I quit slamming dope, but they probably won’t even realize what day it is. Which is fine, honestly- I got clean for me, not for validation.
12. To be fair, tires are pretty…exciting
Grew up in a small farming town in the midwest. I got out of there, and in college I was part of a choir and got to sing in Lincoln Center in New York with a full Orchestra. So I tell this story to my hometown friends. It’s followed with, “yeah, that’s cool, so I got a new set of tires for my truck at Walmart yesterday.” Other friends listening, “cool lets go see them.” I had a once in a life time experience, something these tools couldn’t understand how great this was. They were more excited about tires for a truck.
13. That’s legit pretty cool
I’ve been practicing lucid dreaming, and can do it every once in a while but no one really wants to listen to what you did in ‘fake life’.
14. Nearly Homeowners
My fiancé and I have managed to save nearly $11000 for a down payment on a house! We’re so close to buying our own home, I’m so excited!
No one cares. His dad is unhappy about it because he doesn’t want us to move out (we pay rent which helps with the mortgage), his mom wants us to move in with her, our friends already have their own homes so they just think we’re behind the times.
But I’m proud of us.
