I’ve had some funny iNat-related experiences and it made me laugh to think of how many positive, and often quite funny effects my usage has had on my life. Go ahead and finish the topic title sentence with your own endings. Here are some of mine to start: You know you’re seriously into iNat when …

…when you see the “iNaturalist will be offline for 1 hour” sign and nearly pass out.

Or, like a few days ago, when the Identify mode is not working, and you and lots of other people freak out: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/failed-to-save-record-please-try-again-later-error-coming-up-when-i-try-to-add-an-id/75453 (And it wasn’t even the middle of the night for us N.A. folks, like…

Haha, I was freaking out too, when the message popped up. I ended up just writing comments explaining why it’s so and so.

Smell-sharing would be great for differentiating between marten poop :disguised_face:

Well, I’m supposed to be studying for the ACT, which I’m taking tomorrow, but, here I am! Hi everyone!!

Nice! I’m currently going through photos (winter here, too cold to really go out) while in premed studying hell

Your friend texts you to say that there’s an Eastern Screech Owl near their house and you immediately jump in your car. (It had flown away by the time I got there. :slightly_frowning_face:)

Is called a Screech Owl because of the sound your car brakes make when you pull up in a hurry? Good work. I hope you have better luck next time.

You know you're seriously into iNat when

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mkanimallover February 14, 2026, 9:04pm 2274

And I completed that test, and here I am once more! INat is my favorite place to be (Including when there are other things I should be doing)

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