Still Better Than Biology

This meme is a brilliant play on chemical notation using political satire! It shows the progression of chemical bonds (single, double, triple) between atoms, but replaces the atoms with faces and uses a wordplay on "Putin" that mimics the naming convention of hydrocarbons. In chemistry, alkanes with single bonds are named with "-an" (like ethane), alkenes with double bonds use "-en" (like ethene), and alkynes with triple bonds use "-in" (like ethyne). The meme cleverly transforms "Putin" into "Putan" (single bond), "Puten" (double bond), and "Putin" (triple bond)! The title "Old But Au" is itself a chemistry pun - Au being the chemical symbol for gold, suggesting this joke is an oldie but a goldie. Nerdy chemical nomenclature has never been so politically charged!

That tiny green sliver representing "It's hard" is the understatement of the century. But the real tragedy? Watching a movie where someone creates an explosive from household cleaners in 30 seconds and thinking "that's not how redox reactions work." Chemistry ruins entertainment faster than sodium ruins water. Just yesterday I caught myself mentally balancing equations during an action scene instead of enjoying the explosion. The curse of knowledge is real.

The ultimate chemistry bamboozle! "Dihydrogen monoxide" is just a fancy scientific name for... water (H₂O). The meme claims it's "an acid with a pH of 7" which is technically incorrect since pH 7 is neutral, not acidic. And that skull and crossbones logo? Pure fear-mongering about the "dangers" of water. This plays on how scientific terminology can sound scary to the uninitiated. People have actually fallen for "dihydrogen monoxide" hoaxes where petitions to ban this "dangerous chemical" (that causes drowning and is found in tumor cells!) get signatures from folks who don't realize they're voting to ban water. Next time someone offers you dihydrogen monoxide, just remember - it's the stuff coming out of your tap! No need to "spay it with water" as the title hilariously suggests... that would just be adding water to water!

Ever notice how physicists are totally chill explaining mind-bending concepts like black holes and multiverses, but completely lose their marbles over whether water is actually "wet"? 🤯 It's the ultimate scientific paradox! Water makes other things wet, but is water itself wet? The molecules are surrounded by... other water molecules! *frantically scribbles equations on whiteboard* The definition becomes a philosophical nightmare that turns confident astrophysicists into existential wrecks! Meanwhile, they'll casually explain quantum entanglement over coffee like it's no big deal. The cosmic irony is simply *chef's kiss*.

Cellular energy production is basically just a molecular bar fight! 😂 The respiratory chain is like Moe throwing out troublemakers - Complex I-IV is the bouncer grabbing hydrogen ions (H+) and tossing them outside the mitochondrial membrane, creating an electrochemical gradient (basically a crowd of angry H+ ions waiting to get back in). Then ATP-synthase is the crafty doorman who only lets these H+ ions back in if they pay the entry fee - which gets converted into ATP, the cellular energy currency. It's literally the most elaborate nightclub shakedown happening inside your cells right now!

The molecular biology joke that keeps on giving! During transcription, DNA's thymine (T) bases get replaced with adenine (A) in RNA. So when DNA says "TTTTTTTTTT," RNA literally screams "AAAAAAAAAAA" in response. That panicked orange creature is just RNA doing its job with existential dread. Transcription has never been so relatable—it's basically molecular biology's version of screaming into the void.