And we love to see it.
, an extinct mollusk that’s one of the most common fossils in the world. “When I made that connection, it snowballed into a childish obsession of paleontology that just never went away,” Daddy tells me of his first time playing the games at 12 years old. Even now, he sells
that contain artifacts from his fossil hunts, and he frequently plays the games on Twitch and YouTube streams. “It really inspired me to look [at] the real world around me,” he says.So Daddy set out to become a paleontologist, eventually earning three environmental science degrees by 2017. But his lengthy journey through the world of academia left him feeling dejected and craving change.
In hopes of appealing to a new, diverse audience, he worked through his fear of being on camera and rebranded his faceless Instagram account as Fossil Daddy in 2020. “I wanted it to be something paleontological,” he tells me. “But I also wanted it to be kind of cheeky. ... I just figured if I put the two together, that would create the perfect niche audience that I was looking to cater to.”
By being visibly queer, refusing to stay quiet, and insisting on taking up space, Daddy has been able to build the inclusive geology community he’d always dreamed of.Though he credits his growing popularity to more than just thirstiness, he acknowledges that’s a big part of it. “I think people forget that they love to learn,” he tells me. “They go onto these platforms for an entirely different motive, but then they end up staying because they’re getting a surprise at the end of it.
By being visibly queer, refusing to stay quiet, and insisting on taking up space, Daddy has been able to build the inclusive geology community he’d always dreamed of. His Discord server boasts more than 500 members, many of whom were eager to chat with me about Daddy’s impact on their lives. “Coming out last year I felt so isolated, but now I have a life line of people [who] are willing to help me out with any questions I may have,” a user, who goes by the screen name JcHaynes, tells me.
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