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 …

There was a Lot of time in life, where I was to busy to care about me enough, and I didn’t take enough time to care about my interests in nature as I should. I am so glad I changed that now! But I remember something in that time, which fits. When people asked me, what I did the day before and I t…

… You have to pre-agree whether a family walk will be an iNat walk or not. … You have a full-time job with a local church but are seriously considering doing an MSc in Entomology on the side. … You brought an endoscope just from reading comments in this thread. … You read this thread… To the end. …

You make 50,000 identifications in less than a month You keep going during bioblitzes and stay up till midnight taking pictures You cannot sleep thinking about your observations You log on everyday and you stay on for hours You never leave your house without your phone for pictures You take pho…

And also, all of those apply to me

…you ask for (and receive) the iNat tee shirt ! Special thanks to @carrieseltzer for corresponding w/ my husband and looking into the delays in shipping. I received the adorable black tee just a few days after my birthday.

[image] jessicaleighallen: I received the adorable black tee just a few days after my birthday. Oof, I’m glad it wasn’t too terribly late :-) The delays can be so extensive now, especially for anything destined outside the US. Start ordering now for Christmas and 2021 ;-)

I got mine as a Christmas gift from my husband.

My parents got me one as a surprise, and gave it to me after I finished last semester (which was predictably chaotic after mid-March or so). I wear it for luck when I go out in anticipation of a big day of birding/bioblitzing.

… you get sunstroke staring at an anthill in a desert … your camera becomes a part of your body … you join the Birds Aren’t Real organization to appease insects and arachnids … your neck becomes permanently horizontal … your non-iNatter hiking buddies are five miles ahead of you … you educate r…

you keep going back to the same plant to check its growth You Take photos of every organism you see You stop your family members from killing a spider just to get a photo of it You look for the white patches on the maps and try to get a species there You go to every other person’s observation an…

You know you're seriously into iNat when

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