I find that observation to be hilarious…it is an excellent piece of website lore
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I accidentally pressed on Gerald while looking through my notifications! Now, my over 200 notifications are gone forever. Gerald and his lag have struck again!
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I think we should all take note of the importance of Gerald; especially regarding the prevalent reluctance to ID. This thread began with:
and from a previous thread,
Gerald stands as an object lesson: despite the enormous numbers of IDs contributed, we still aren’t 100% certain that it is a muskrat. This should offer some perspective for those who don’t want to identify unless they are certain. You will never see p=0.
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- There once was a muskrat named Gerald
- Who by many false IDs was imperiled
- Groundhog and Wasp are just two of these cases
- But luckily people came clutch in these cases
- They saved oh Gerald so special and full of power
- They certainly came at just the right hour
- They commented, commented and commented some more
- Oh I bet it will reach 2,000+ and more
- Dear Gerald forever
- Please don’t forget to endeavor
- To computers the power that you behold
- Single-handedly you can one down in ten minutes
- Oh imagine if we gave you ten more
- For if we did I’m sure you would break them
14 full lines, one perfect sonnet.
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Just for giggles, I went to the profile of Gerald’s observer. They have a total of 31 observations, all uploaded within one month. All but one are either casual or research grade – and the one that is still at needs ID is also developing an unusually long string of conflicting IDs and comments: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5890939
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