This meme is pure elemental comedy! It shows modern germanium (a shiny metalloid element) on the left versus "germanium in 1948" on the right, which is actually a map of post-WWII divided Germany with its occupation zones. The punchline works because "Germanium" sounds like "Germany" - so we get this brilliant wordplay between the chemical element and the country's post-war partition. 1948 was peak Cold War division time, just like that colorful map! Semiconductor historians and history buffs are quietly snorting into their coffee right now.
Post-War Germanium

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