How To Produce Laughing Gas

The eternal funding disparity in academia, illustrated perfectly through SpongeBob! Chemistry gets the Krusty Krab—colorful flags, proper structure, even a fancy jellyfish lamp out front. Meanwhile, physics is stuck with... a literal bucket. The department that studies quantum mechanics and black holes gets housed in what looks like a janitor's leftover supplies. This hits way too close to home for anyone who's ever wandered between science buildings on campus. Chemistry departments swimming in industry grants while theoretical physicists calculate string theory in what might as well be a broom closet. Funding committees be like "You can explain the fundamental forces of the universe in THIS."

The eternal flex of mathematics! While physics textbooks become doorstops after Newton drops his apple-inspired revelations, and chemistry books turn obsolete the moment someone spots an electron, math books from literal antiquity still hold up. Euclid's Elements from 300 BCE? Still teaching triangles to confused teenagers. The Pythagorean theorem? Still making students sweat 2500 years later. Math is basically that one friend who refuses to update their wardrobe because "these togas are timeless, bro."

The ultimate chemical third wheel! This meme brilliantly captures the catalyst's existence in chemical reactions - always essential but never consumed. The top panels show reactants getting distracted by each other while the catalyst tries to help. Then comes the middle panels where reactants are getting cozy while the catalyst facilitates their interaction. Finally, the bottom panels reveal the heartbreaking truth: reactants form a beautiful product and celebrate their union, while the catalyst stands alone, unchanged, staring wistfully out a window. The catalyst did all the work lowering that activation energy barrier only to watch the reactants transform without it. Chemistry's unsung hero - bringing molecules together since forever, never getting credit on the final product label.

The textbook shows the molecular structure of lysine, but let's be honest—that 3D model up top is giving serious "anatomical appendage" vibes. Some biochemistry professor definitely knew what they were doing when they positioned those atoms just so. Somewhere, a structural biochemist is giggling while generations of students pretend not to notice that their essential amino acid looks suspiciously phallic. And they say science isn't creative!

The ultimate chemistry wordplay! "Youler and Oiclid" is a brilliant pun on "Euler and Euclid" - those legendary math/science titans - but transformed into chemical compounds! "Eu" is europium on the periodic table, so we've got "You-ler" (minus the Eu) and "Oi-clid" (Eu replaced with Oi). The person's triumphant pose against the blue sky is basically every chemist after successfully remembering all the lanthanides. The striped scarf? Clearly representing electron energy levels. Chemistry jokes - they're only funny periodically !

The ultimate scientific plot twist! Studied hard to avoid washing dishes at home only to end up washing even MORE glassware in the lab. That's the scientific method of irony right there! Instead of soap and dinner plates, you're scrubbing beakers with acetone while handling chemicals that could potentially melt your eyebrows off. Congrats on the upgrade from kitchen sink to laboratory sink – same activity, just with more expensive equipment and a fancy white coat!