Fancy Thermodynamic Terminology

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.

Someone at this facility deserves a Nobel Prize in Chemistry Humor! The bathroom signs show Fe (Iron) for women and Mn (Manganese) for men—because Fe-male and Mn-male. It's the perfect chemistry pun hiding in plain sight on restroom doors. Even better that they used different shapes too—circle for women, triangle for men—just like actual periodic table elements have distinct properties. Chemistry teachers everywhere are frantically taking notes for their next dad joke.

That's not a weird piece of metal—it's a radioactive warning label! The photographer is literally holding a chunk of uranium or some radioactive material while complaining about not getting a "good picture." Of course you can't get a clear shot—your camera sensor is being bombarded with ionizing radiation! Next time try photographing something that won't give your phone cancer and your future children extra limbs. Pro tip: if it says "DANGER RADIATION" maybe don't use your bare hands?

That moment when you realize you're just a simple sugar getting called by your IUPAC name. The chemical structure shown is actually sucrose (table sugar), with its full systematic name that looks like someone had a seizure on a keyboard. Chemistry professors love dropping these monstrosities on exams and watching students' souls leave their bodies. Next time your mom uses your middle name, be grateful she didn't name you after your molecular structure!

Behold! The epic chemical crossroads for our unsaturated fatty acid protagonist! Choose your destiny: the sunny path of hydrogenation (turning those bendy double bonds into straight-laced saturated fats) or the dark, stormy road of bromination (where bromine atoms attach to those same double bonds like tiny chemical vampires). It's basically a fatty acid RPG where vegetable oil must decide its chemical fate. Go left and become margarine! Go right and become... well, a brominated compound that probably shouldn't be in your sandwich. The chemistry life choices are HARD, people!

This chemistry student is making a pun about molecular isomerism while simultaneously acknowledging their lab safety record is... questionable. In organic chemistry, cis-trans isomerism refers to how groups are arranged around a double bond - cis means same side, trans means opposite sides. The joke brilliantly parallels gender transitioning with chemical isomerization, while the self-aware "something is about to be on fire" comment speaks to the chaotic energy of undergraduate lab experiments. That beaker probably contains something far less ambitious than their proposed project, but far more flammable than their professor would prefer.