Oxidation Is A Bitch

Combining Spaceballs' iconic "ludicrous speed" with the legendary Mentos-Coke reaction is pure genius! Einstein would be jealous of this propulsion system. The top shows Dark Helmet declaring lightspeed insufficient, while below we see the REAL physics-defying solution: a bicycle loaded with Mentos and Coca-Cola. Who needs NASA when you've got convenience store rocketry? That bike isn't just breaking the speed limit—it's breaking several laws of thermodynamics! 🚀 The pressure buildup would send you halfway to Alpha Centauri before you could say "nucleation sites."

The escalating madness of salt acquisition! 🧂 What starts as a simple grocery trip spirals into increasingly unhinged chemistry methods. My personal favorite is harvesting tears from failed experiments—been there, collected that! The final panel with Fritz Haber is the chef's kiss of chemical chaos. The progression from "normie" table salt to synthesizing it with cyanide and mustard gas is peak scientist humor. It's the chemical equivalent of using a nuclear reactor to toast your bread when the toaster is right there!

The culture shock when switching from physics to chemistry is REAL. In physics, you're trained to calculate everything - forces, velocities, energies down to the last decimal. Then you step into chemistry where they're like "just explain the reaction mechanism" and your calculator-dependent brain short-circuits. The blank stare of confusion followed by that angry realization that you've spent years developing mathematical muscles you don't even need here. Meanwhile, chemistry students are just vibing with their electron arrows and reaction pathways.

The infamous "buff doge vs. cheems" meme perfectly captures the chemistry student's journey into madness. You start with organic chemistry thinking you're hot stuff because you memorized some reaction mechanisms and can draw hexagons. Then physical chemistry hits with its quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics—suddenly you're reduced to a whimpering shell questioning your life choices. That moment when you realize drawing pretty molecules was the easy part, and now you have to calculate exactly why they behave that way using partial differential equations. The mathematical trauma is real!

The existential crisis of every chemistry student condensed into four panels. First three panels: frantically asking "WHY?" while staring at incomprehensible reaction mechanisms that seemingly defy all logic. Fourth panel: that brief moment of clarity when the electron finally decides to move where it's supposed to. After 3 hours of questioning your life choices, career path, and possibly the fundamental laws of the universe, suddenly everything makes sense... until the next problem set.

Chemistry nerds have the weirdest nostalgia! Dihydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is basically rotten egg gas - the stuff that makes your lab partners run for the hills. Yet here's our chemical cowboy proudly declaring his love for it like it's some fancy cologne. The kicker? That childhood connection! Because nothing says "fond memories" like a compound that literally smells like death and can kill you at high concentrations. Only a true chemistry enthusiast would romanticize something that makes normal people gag. The nose knows... and yours might be broken if this resonates with you!