Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Feb 12 Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Didn't he have chagas disease or however it's spelled? And for decades I thought. Anyone with a condition that has 'dying sensations' listed as a symptom gets my pity.
Is he the one that threw a tantrum on Hans Christian Anderson's front lawn or am I flipping that?
Thanks. I hate this.
He's so babygirl- wait did this motherfucker say he hates BEES?! Fuck it I'm a young-earth creationist now
I never realized how much I like Charles Darwin.
@aylac.top you talk like this
See also another Charles - Babbage.
I'm reading On the Origin of Species right now, and working my way through his thoughts on species and varieties; I gave myself permission to skim some of the detailed passages because, yeah, it's convoluted, and you can see him working out several thorny issues.
This is oddly comforting to know. Thank you!
If only Darwin could have lived to see the day
He'd have fitted right in on social media.
Sounds like my kids, age 9-15.
Darwin hating species and varieties is like when IT curse the existence of computers.
I can hear Morrisey singing every one of those lines
This is how you know Darwin was a real scientist
"Oh my God how I do hate species & varieties." -Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 11 Mar 1858 darwin's work on species & varieties did not progress smoothly. from Darwin Correspondence Project - Darwin's bad days www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwins-bad-...
He sounds like a perpetual teenager.
I can go along with all of this except the bees bit.
"J.D. Hooker".
Fuck clover
Doesn’t seem like he evolved much over time
"Oh my god how I do hate species and variants" - Charles Darwin You could put this on the top of any biology term paper
Clover and bees, really getting into the nitty gritty of hating
Religious fundamentalists must have been like "I can't believe we're losing to this guy"
I'm beginning to think he wasn't talking about evolution when he said "Monkeys, the whole lot of ya's!"
LoL. Today is my husbands birthday. Imma send him this
Just sounds like Aubrey Plaza tbf
“I hate a barnacle as no man has hated before.”
"I hate bees" -- ? That's going too far. 🐝
this is super relatable
Bees gave him hives.
Such a ray of sunshine!
Oh my gosh. 😂 I have a newfound appreciaton for Charles Darwin.
hes so me i fear
My hero. One of them.
Love that correspondence of Charles Darwin writing his favorite hooker
Glad to know shit posting existed long before twitter.
Interesting that his hateful disposition doesn't seem to evolve
I need an entire account dedicated to the things Darwin hated
I think I'm related to Darwin!
Apparently Charles Darwin had beef with me personally.
ahhh, he would have LOVED 2026
I didn’t know he was such an angry fellow 😭
This belongs here, enjoy your mood. youtu.be/HrQLdqkk-j8?...
nothing but sympathy from me
This is the best thing I’ve seen in a long time.
Rancid white men are, maybe, the wrong folks to turn to?
depressed icon ❤️ give me strength
@maryspezz.bsky.social I think I have sent you most of these messages
My journal as a young teen.
For some reason even more funny that he sent messages like this to different people
He had a chronic illness.
Darwin, the No Bro.
In 1990 he would have been a grunge band.
He sounds like an angsty teen girl lol
Sounds like he might have not hated the Darwin Awards, though.
RIP Charles Darwin you would've banged on social media
Leftists sure do love their hate
Honestly, same
Just imagine what he could have achieved if he loved bees.
Relatable
This is amazing and hilarious
!!!
Relatable
My hero.
hell, same. what posesses people to write journals?
Waves absolutely *do not care* what anyone thinks about them.
"I hate clover. I hate bees." XD
Oh, I deeply appreciate this. #hatersgonnahate
Tag yourself I'm "Oh my God how I do hate species & varieties."
One thing he did like was this picture of him youtu.be/gWQRf74L968
"I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees." Classic Darwin!
In Voyage of the Beagle the dude whined for like 15 pages about the terrible time he had on a riding and camping trip to the pampas with the gauchos (he REALLY hated camping lmfao) before launched into a detailed reverie about all the beetles he found.
If Jim Boobyshoes had written one book featuring a character named Stuart O’Starvethelittlekids in 1850, we’d never had heard of Dickens.
Interesting- we as part of a complex ecosystem- are at the mercy of the bee.
An ecumenical hater, the bast kind of hater 😹
Languid and Bedevilled. A state devoutly to be wished.
Loved getting this e-mail today. A much needed laugh!
Mood.
This has the vibe of a 6 year old having a bad day.
Apparently Toby Ziegler was based on Charles Darwin!
I'm pretty sure if I was on that boat for that long I'd be hating a few things too 😀
I have so much in common with Darwin! I say "I hate everybody and everything" at least 12 times a day. Twinsies!
Same, Charles. Same
I too am very stomachy and hate bees
At least he will always be remembered for his amazing serial work on Capitalism published in The Times of London and his amazing novel, War and Peace. /s
I hate lamp
Sounds like he’d be fun at parties!
paging @ceaubin.com as a certified hater 😂💖
♥️ Happy Birthday Charlie. I quote you daily in my session work with folks working on their own evolution!
damn this is what I write in my diary
he was so real for three ampersands in one sentence
Bee's out here catching strays like "dafuq did I do?"
I wish Darwin could have known just how much people in 2026 would relate to him and these awesome messages he wrote ~200 years ago (in addition to the gratitude for all the science stuff of course)
that last one i need to steal for my sign-off
I am always languid and bedeviled.
So Darwin was an angsty teenager?
So even Darwin has imposter syndrome?
Got my favorite quote on a mug!
Clover and bees, man
"very stomachy" I hear ya, Chuck
‘Very stomachy’ explains a lot
Time to dust off an old favourite. youtu.be/Y626eTivs60
Darwin, returning home from the trip of a lifetime: "How glad I shall be when I can say like that good old Quarter Master who, entering the Channel on a gloomy November morning, exclaimed 'Ah, here there are none of those damned blue skies.""
He certainly had his moments O.O
“I hate varieties” my guy discovered natural selection and was furious
Yeah, fuck clover.
And I specifically hate 🐝 and 🍀, but why Charles why?
If he was still in Madagascar and recovering from sea sickness or something (or just bitching about the humidity) I 100% get this.
Don’t forget the barnacles! www.azquotes.com/quote/1095192
Well, at least he hated everybody, including himself. No partisan bias there.
That's the sentiments of a man who has truly lived at sea.
Oh my, these sound like MY morning pep talks to myself....
Ahhh a much superior chuck d
To feel so discouraged, to sift through a lifetime of tedious data, to have so many people disagree with you, and to keep going... thats why he's such a hero
For most of his life, Darwin did not have his famous beard. In his later years, he got so sick of being recognised, he grew a massive beard so people would leave him the hell alone.
Aw, man. No alt-text means I can't share this!
One has to love how consistent he was in his hate throughout the years 😅
By Emily Dickensonian extensio, that means he hates prairie, too. 🧐
how the hell can a man hate bees
Same tbh
Very relatable.
If this is all true, I feel so deeply validated.
Also Darwin: #TrueStory
an account this big that only posts text really ought to know to use alt text! makes me actually sad to see :(
"everybody and everything" subsumes it all - why did he bother naming specific hates?
This is a good post
I have never loved him more.
"Languid and bedeviled" is best read in the voice of Moira Rose
liretlaly me fr
Oh yes! One of the original over-sharers.
Adding to my folder of haters of all time (and fiction).
trying to work "I am very poorly today" into everyday conversations from now on
One could make a Dr. Seuss book out of this. "Oh the Species You Hate"
Hé also hated slavery and thanked god when he set sail from Rio that he would never set foot in an enslaving country again.
So relatable
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