Acetylene Memes

The chemistry nerd's fever dream! Noah's trying to load his ark with benzene rings and acetylene, but these aren't the animals God ordered! The joke is that these chemical structures (benzene and acetylene) look like elephants with their molecular diagrams as faces. It's basically organic chemistry's version of seeing shapes in clouds, except these clouds would probably give you a nasty headache if you breathed them in! The benzene ring (that hexagon) is literally the backbone of organic chemistry, while acetylene is what powers welding torches. Chemistry teachers everywhere are quietly nodding in approval while the rest of us wonder if we need glasses.

The punchline is written in molecular structure! That's H-C≡C-H, which is ethyne (acetylene) - a molecule with a triple bond between two carbon atoms. So what did one carbon say to the other? "I feel like we have a triple bond between us!" Chemistry pickup lines are the absolute best way to form a reaction with someone! 💯 This is basically the molecular equivalent of "I think we have a strong connection" but WAY nerdier and infinitely better!