Jules she/her
Today I learned that my colleagues refer to the method I discovered for easily inserting a temperature probe into compost as "Jules's wiggly worm trick", and while I suppose I always wanted a scientific method named after me I wish it hadn't been this one
Nov 13 at 10:44amWeb
Show threadPalmAndNeedleNov 13
@afewbugs fame chooses you :p
Show threadEmily KingNov 13
@afewbugs that is, uh, quite memorable.
Show threadJules she/herNov 13
@emkingma I may have to find a new job
Show threadRoberto von ArchimboldiNov 13
@afewbugs take the wins where you can, I say
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@afewbugs also known as the Julesie wiggle.
Show threadJules she/herNov 13
@econads thanks I hate it 😂
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@afewbugs you're extremely welcome, Wiggley Jules.

Also please share the method, this is something I also will need to do again when I turn the compost and get my thermometer back. Does it just involve randomly wiggling the end until it goes in? (I'm so very sorry, that sounds really dirty)

Show threadJules she/herNov 13
@econads It does yes 😂 Our temperature probe is basically a rigid bit on the end of a cable, but the cable only has so much flex in it so if you hold it close enough to the rigid bit you can push it in as though it were rigid then slide your hand back a little way and do it again and there is absolutely no non dirty sounding way of describing any of this is there
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@afewbugs well at least you gave me a good laugh. I think this doesn't apply to my thermometer which is entirely rigid (oh my God)
You know what, I'm just going to lean into it. "If you know what I mean, nudge nudge wink wink"
We are already lost.
Show threadDavid Mitchell Nov 13

@afewbugs @econads

This thread gave me a good chuckle, there’s nothing the right inflection can’t make dirty…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmUJpcPAaM

The Frantics - Boot to the Head - 14. Make Up Dirty Words

YouTube
Show threadTiota SramNov 17
@econads @afewbugs honestly, I'm surprised how could anyone expect the conversation *not* to get dirty when two people are talking seriously about ...compost. Isn't that the end goal here?
Show threadTiota SramNov 17
@econads @afewbugs honestly, I'm surprised how could anyone expect the conversation *not* to get dirty when two people are talking seriously about ...compost. Isn't that the end goal here?
Show threadTiota SramNov 17
@econads @afewbugs honestly, I'm surprised how could anyone expect the conversation *not* to get dirty when two people are talking seriously about ...compost. Isn't that the end goal here?
Show threadQuixoticgeekNov 13
@afewbugs unfortunately. We now need a video of this technique... Also thank you for making me laugh.
Show threadJules she/herNov 13
@quixoticgeek The name they've given it I feel like if I wanted to share a video I'd have to start an OnlyFans
Show threadQuixoticgeekNov 13
@afewbugs depends what you grow. Maybe an only ferns...
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@afewbugs @quixoticgeek
I'm not there, but I might be for non sexual videos of compost & worms.
Show threadMer-fOKxTOwlNov 13
@afewbugs @quixoticgeek Its never to late to be wormy on main.
Show threadJules she/herNov 13
@glowl @quixoticgeek @normjess great minds think alike
Show threadThree plus or minus fiveNov 13
@afewbugs @dtl
Take it. I got nothing. I was envious of the guy who got an annoying wiggle on an oscilloscope trace named after him.
Show threadcommonstNov 13
@afewbugs one of our teammates got a change made after he had a rather unprofessional moment in a work chat channel in frustration, and we now call a last ditch effort to make change by pitching a fit "pulling a Mike".
Show threadbovazNov 13
@afewbugs Is there a "I would like to know more" reaction/emoji? I would click that.
Show threadEndlessMasonNov 13
@afewbugs
Keep at it, eventually it'll just be listed under "early work" in your Wikipedia page
Show threadStarkRGNov 13
@afewbugs Does it involve tying the probe to a worm and letting it pull the probe deeper into the compost like some kind of limbless, sightless, subterranean Rudolph?
Show threadJules she/herNov 13
@StarkRG how did you guess?
Show threadStarkRGNov 13
@afewbugs It's what I would do.
Show threadSteve GisselbrechtNov 13

@afewbugs

I invented a buffer to replace PBS (Phosphate-Buffered Saline) in some DNA-binding experiments and my labmates started calling it SB (Steve's Buffer) but I insisted that since I invented it I get to name it and it's now published as EN (Ersatz Nucleoplasm).

Show threadGlyphNov 17
@afewbugs no no, this is great news. bad would have been if you'd found out they were calling it "The Jules Technique". The "wiggly worm" being in there means that you've got some—no pun intended—wiggle room for other, perhaps more profound, techniques to be named after you
Show threadElengaleNov 17
@afewbugs Heavy is the burden of those who progress science.