1. We LOVE science puns. Seriously, we love them.
I can't tell you how much of my life has been spent looking up funny science jokes/puns on social media & the internet... (I will admit, it is an embarrassing amount and gives me WAY too much joy)
2. Our lack of lives in college outside of homework
Friend: "hey, do you wanna go out tonight?"
Me: "sorry, I have a test next week, 2 lab write-ups due Monday, and homework to do".
Sure, other majors are most certainly difficult and time-consuming, but it's a lot harder to get out on the weekends with the amount of workload were stuck having (and it's something non-science majors have a hard time understanding). I've had to stay in practically every weekend this past year and have been stuck looking at social media like
3. Labs are only worth 1-2 credits... but are also the most time-consuming
if that isn't the most irritating thing in the world YOU ARE LYING.
4. Looking at all the products you use daily to see what organic functional groups are in it after taking organic chemistry
5. ... And more organic chemistry jokes
6. When your friend says something scientifically incorrect and you sit there like
then proceed to go off on a descriptive rant that they really don't care to hear but you do it anyway
7. When people say they don't care about science or the environment
I'm not a COMPLETE tree hugger (at least not that I would fully admit to being...yet), but I do feel as though everyone should care about the environment. How do you not care about sustaining life on the only planet that has been known to harbor it? It is one thing I will simply never understand. As for as we know, we are the most evolved species. Do I think we are alone in a never-ending expanding universe? No, but that is a conversation for another time. All I'm saying is, this planet (along with this universe) was not built for humans to destroy. RESPECT THE PLANET.
8. Our ultimate love-hate relationship with our major
I constantly am saying "remind me why I'm a science major again?" when I find myself being overwhelmed after having a microbiology & orgo exam on the same day... along with a lab write up due. But, I honestly cannot imagine doing anything else with my life. I am so in love with understanding how everything works and why things happen - to finally understand why the sky is blue, how our heart and brain function, how there are microscopic organisms (microbes) we cannot see with the naked eye that have such a significant impact on our lives... some might say it takes the magic away, but not for me. If anything science is the magic. Humans are made of the same materials that stars are made of. We're just a bunch of tiny particles that have evolved on a 4 billion year old planet and are just trying to fill our short lives with happiness and memories. I cannot imagine anything else I'd rather spend my short life learning about/doing, no matter how hard it gets.
