The darkest chemistry joke ever! This meme brilliantly plays on the double meaning of "effect" - Radium literally had a devastating effect on the Radium Girls who painted watch dials with radioactive paint in the 1920s (they would lick their brushes and later suffered horrible radiation poisoning). Meanwhile, Marie Curie, who discovered radium, died from radiation exposure herself. Talk about a deadly attraction! The element is personified here with a smug confidence that's both hilarious and horrifying when you know the tragic history behind it. Radiation burns never looked so... confident?
Marie Curie And The Radium Girls
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