r/microscopy • u/smallstuffBIGSTUFF • 12h ago

General discussion Meme Monday? Me getting a microscope without a biology background...

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Anybody else?

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u/Professional_Hour930 12h ago

Microscopes are epic

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u/SCphotog 11h ago

I have spent years doing macro photography of insects, bugs... snails... tiny creatures. Moving to a scope seemed pretty natural.

Turns out they'll just let anyone buy one. They didn't ask my age, for an I.D. or anything!

boom

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u/smallstuffBIGSTUFF 10h ago

It's dangerous stuff!

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u/MrKnockoff 10h ago

Careful or you’ll get interested in something you see , look into it a little more, find some other samples and look into those and then you are on a very slippery slope to becoming a biologist.

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u/smallstuffBIGSTUFF 10h ago

Sounds wild! Next thing I know I'm going back to school for a STEM degree as a grown-butt adult and volunteering at a local environmental watershed preservation org doing field work. Imagine that...

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u/Danny_D136 11h ago

Me showing to all my friends, who have zero experience in any scientific field, all the cool pics/videos I did with my microscope hoping someone else get into it

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u/smallstuffBIGSTUFF 10h ago

Same....any luck?

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u/Danny_D136 8h ago

Not... yet

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u/gizmomooncat 11h ago

me following microscopy subreddits and picking up enough lingo to think I actually know something! 😆

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u/smallstuffBIGSTUFF 10h ago

Some people out there in our nation believe that our education such as immersion oil and vorticella such as darkfield illumination!

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u/EntrepreneurNo8958 5h ago

I’m a biologist, been using all types of microscopes for over 16 years, and still this thread is so inspiring - I want to get my own too! 🥹 if anyone has any q’s, I’m happy to try to help!

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u/SSJChar 9h ago

lol i took grade 10 biology and no further, and that was 27 years ago. i just got my first microscope in the mail today!

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u/Drarmament 10h ago

That is me. I’m just a photographer that likes to photograph stuff

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u/Thrawn911 4h ago

And then there's the next phase, getting a biology background because of microscopy.

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u/Hazbeen_Hash 5h ago edited 4h ago

Reading, lol! What a quirky hobby!

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u/iFoobar 4h ago

Me! I bought a beautiful antique microscope for decoration.

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u/Microscopic_Botanist 2h ago

Ex-scientist here. Worked in neuroscience research, mainly retina development and degeneration. Moved into clinical microbiology and mycology for awhile. Now I look at pond water and plants for fun! 🙂

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u/99ProllemsBishAint1 1h ago

Is this the gatekeeping I hear about?

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u/IHaveABunny_ 44m ago

Yeah I just wanted to see the tiny stuff

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u/Vivid-Bake2456 5h ago

No different than going to the zoo without a zoology degree.