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Perfect chemistry pickup line! The molecule shown is EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), famous for its hexadentate ligand structure that forms incredibly strong coordination bonds with metal ions. Those red dotted lines? That's a metal ion getting absolutely smothered in a chemical hug with six coordination sites. The binding is so strong that EDTA is used to treat heavy metal poisoning by literally yanking metals out of your body. Nothing says "I'm clingy but in a good way" like a chelating agent that refuses to let go!

The molecular biology joke that keeps on giving! During transcription, DNA's thymine (T) bases get replaced with adenine (A) in RNA. So when DNA says "TTTTTTTTTT," RNA literally screams "AAAAAAAAAAA" in response. That panicked orange creature is just RNA doing its job with existential dread. Transcription has never been so relatable—it's basically molecular biology's version of screaming into the void.

The duality of the scientific mind on full display! Dismisses astrology as "made up nonsense" but immediately gets excited about the ideal gas law (PV = nRT). The title nods to Van der Waals, who actually improved this equation to account for real gases because—plot twist—the ideal gas law is also an idealized model that doesn't perfectly describe reality. Scientists: rejecting one set of approximations while worshipping another since 1873. The only difference? One has math.

The middle school chemistry lab vs sci-fi movie contrast is just *chef's kiss*. Nothing says "I respect science" like donning a full hazmat suit to mix some baking soda and vinegar while Hollywood sends explorers to deadly alien worlds in hiking boots and a baseball cap. Because obviously, diluted NaCl is far more terrifying than extraterrestrial microbes that could liquefy your organs! The irony is delicious - we teach kids that water with food coloring requires military-grade protection, then wonder why they think sunscreen is optional. Next time you're mixing 0.01% solutions with three face shields, remember: somewhere in the universe, a fictional astronaut is poking unknown alien goo with their bare finger and saying "hmm, interesting."

The brilliance of this meme lies in the dual meaning of "conjugation." In the top panel, we see a grammar table showing verb conjugation (be, become, begin...) with a disappointed face. But the bottom panel shows a chemical conjugation in benzene with its resonance structures—and suddenly there's pure joy! Chemistry nerds know that conjugated systems with their delocalized electrons are basically the rockstars of organic chemistry. The face transformation perfectly captures how linguists and chemists experience entirely different emotions from the same word. The benzene resonance structures are basically electron party time!

The structural formula of hope! This meme brilliantly represents 2020 vs 2021 as a carboxylic acid functional group. The negative charge on 2020 perfectly captures how that year was basically an electron-stealing nightmare, while 2021 sits atop as the carbonyl group—still attached but theoretically more stable. Spoiler alert from the future: turns out both years were part of the same chaotic molecule. Just like in resonance structures, the pain was simply delocalized across time. Chemistry doesn't lie, folks—we're all just atoms trying not to lose our electrons in this crazy reaction called life.