Congrats, fellow IMC-er! Or IMCee?
Anyway, excitement is entirely justified, but no reason to be terrified: For all the myth & fame it's still basically like any other academic conference, just, well, quite a bit larger.
Here's a helpful thread with infos & further links: bsky.app/profile/anot...

In my case it's "oh, you research alpine history? That must be fascinating!"

And it is, but for every source with a great story there's about two dozen dry court cases about how someone saw a cow on a pasture where she shouldn't be

Yup, all of that is a winning combo and the exact reason why I *also* was surprised by how relaxed I suddenly was, when I started wearing noise cancelling headphones.
Sensory overload can really mess with you, because even stuff that's below the threshold of being really noticeable can be an issue

Evergreen & Darkplace kanonischer Text um mein Hirn zu verstehen

Ha haaa...hatte ich auch schon fast 1:1!
Als leichtere Variante auch Stresstraum "oh shit Maske kaputt und ich hab keine mehr".

+Träume in denen es darum geht, dass ich bei meiner Forschung was übersehen habe und ähnliches

Mein Unterbewusstsein hält offenbar nix von Subtext

Congrats! Sound like some great karmic justice

Ist halt wirklich maximal hirnverbrannt so ne Idee. Weil es ja unbedingt nötig ist, dass alle immer und überall miteinander verglichen werden & irgendwie in Wettbewerb sein müssen. Gibt ja nicht schon genug Stress & mehr Rankings = immer mehr besser 🫠

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