Mitochondria: The Wall Street Wizards Of Your Cells

The cartoon shows a character recognizing serotonin's molecular structure as "you?" only to be told it's an "old photo" of psilocybin (the active compound in magic mushrooms). Chemically speaking, this is peak molecular humor—serotonin and psilocybin share structural similarities, but psilocybin has that extra phosphate group that makes your walls breathe and your carpet start philosophizing. It's basically serotonin that decided to go through an experimental phase in college and never quite returned to normal. No wonder the account got banned—showing chemical compounds having identity crises might be too edgy for the algorithm.

The molecular biology drama we didn't know we needed! This meme brilliantly captures the chaotic signaling cascade of MAP kinases (Mitogen-Activated Protein kinases) that seemingly phosphorylate everything in sight before finally reaching their actual target protein. It's basically the cellular equivalent of playing telephone through four people before delivering a simple message. The MAP kinase pathway is notorious for its multi-tiered "kinase kinase kinase kinase" naming convention that drives biology students to tears during exams. The punchline? Despite all that dramatic signaling cascade, the actual target protein is just chilling in the corner, waiting for its turn. Contrary to what some might think, this pathway isn't even involved in protein degradation - it's about signal transduction. The cell biology equivalent of taking the scenic route when Google Maps offered a shortcut.

Time travel question: "What would you do with a time machine?" Meanwhile, this person's answer is to go back 375 million years and poke a Tiktaalik with a stick. You know, that critical fish-tetrapod transitional species that crawled out of water and eventually led to all land vertebrates including humans. Nothing major, just casually disrupting the entire evolutionary timeline that led to your own existence! Who needs complex paradox theories when you can just boop your ancestor on the snoot and potentially erase yourself from history? Darwin would be having an aneurysm right now.

Medical students discovering that facial expressions perfectly demonstrate the emotional journey of procrastination! First, the neutral "I should study" face. Then the slight smile at discovering mimic muscles (ironically using those very muscles to avoid studying them). Next, the full grin when realizing your anatomy textbook could fuel endless memes instead of your education. Finally, the devastated expression when you realize you've turned valuable study time into meme-scrolling oblivion. The ultimate med school paradox: learning anatomy by avoiding learning anatomy!

The perfect intersection of molecular biology and fast food puns. This scientist's joke about KFC wanting "something CRISPR" for their chicken genome is peak nerd humor. For the uninitiated, CRISPR is a revolutionary gene-editing technology that lets scientists modify DNA with unprecedented precision—kind of like a molecular pair of scissors. Meanwhile, KFC just wants crispier chicken. The scientist's little "hee hee" in the last panel perfectly captures that self-satisfied feeling when you drop a science pun so terrible it circles back to brilliant. The future of fried chicken might be in a petri dish rather than a pressure fryer!

The pun is strong with this one! The meme shows a person made of puzzle pieces with one piece missing from their skull, while holding the "occipital bone" piece. The occipital bone protects the visual cortex of your brain, which explains why some people just can't see what's wrong with their reasoning. Next time someone makes a bafflingly illogical argument, don't blame them—they're just missing their occipital puzzle piece and literally cannot see the bigger picture.