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I Want To Go Back
Math Physics Academia Science Research
6 hours ago 6.2K views 0 shares
I Want To Go Back
Remember when these blackboards full of equations were just decorative math book cover art? Your 12-year-old self thought "that looks smart" while your 30-year-old physicist self is frantically writing similar equations at 3 AM before a deadline. The math book covers weren't warnings—they were prophecies. Those cute little sine waves and integrals eventually evolved into quantum field theory nightmares that haunt your dreams. Somewhere in the multiverse, your childhood self is looking at this picture thinking "cool squiggles" while present you is wondering if that partial differential equation in the corner might actually solve your research problem.

The Pressures Of Adult Purchasing Decisions
Physics Science
26 days ago 29.1K views 0 shares
The Pressures Of Adult Purchasing Decisions
Welcome to adulthood, where vacuum cleaners come with physics lessons! Pascal isn't just a philosopher—it's a pressure unit measuring how hard your new cleaning companion sucks! 💸 That moment when you're standing in the store, pretending to understand why one vacuum has 20,000 Pascals and another has 25,000... as if you're suddenly supposed to remember high school physics while just trying to clean cat hair off your couch! Next thing you know, you'll be calculating the aerodynamic efficiency of your dust particles while they swirl into oblivion!

From Cartoons To Cyanide
Chemistry Science
5 months ago 23.0K views 0 shares
From Cartoons To Cyanide
From innocent cartoon watching to cyanide obsession! This meme brilliantly transforms the Cartoon Network (CN) logo into the chemical formula for cyanide ion [C≡N] - . It's the perfect metaphor for how life starts with colorful Saturday morning cartoons and somehow ends with you understanding deadly chemical compounds. The triple bond between carbon and nitrogen is basically the adult version of childhood friendships—strong, potentially toxic, and likely to make your eyes water! Chemistry really does ruin everything fun, doesn't it? *cackles maniacally while mixing solutions*

The Three Stages Of Perception
Chemistry Academia Science
5 months ago 23.8K views 0 shares
The Three Stages Of Perception
The brutal evolution of perception as we age! First, we see a magical elephant being eaten by a snake (hello, The Little Prince reference). Then suddenly we're adults seeing just a boring hat. But the final stage? That's when you've fallen into the academic abyss where even a simple shape transforms into a terrifying free-energy reaction diagram with transition states and activation energies. Chemistry students know that feeling when your professor says "this is simple" and then draws something that looks like it could destroy your GPA and possibly the universe. Your imagination didn't die—it just got redirected into calculating entropy changes!

The Three Stages Of Perception
Chemistry Academia Science
6 months ago 14.7K views 0 shares
The Three Stages Of Perception
The evolution of perception is brutal! First, you see a hat because adulthood has crushed your imagination. Then you spot an elephant inside a boa constrictor because your inner child still has a pulse. But if you immediately recognize that reaction coordinate diagram showing transition states and energy changes—congratulations, organic chemistry has permanently rewired your brain! The Little Prince reference is just the chef's kiss on this perfect encapsulation of how science education gradually transforms wonder into technical expertise. Your reward for years of study? Identifying free-energy diagrams instead of elephants. Worth it?

The Great Wonder Suppression
Science Universe Astronomy Evolution
9 months ago 16.4K views 0 shares
The Great Wonder Suppression
The eternal paradox of human curiosity! As kids, we're practically bouncing off walls about dinosaurs and space documentaries. Then adulthood hits, and suddenly we're watching the same content with all the emotional range of a stoic philosopher contemplating a rock. The truth? Our brains haven't changed - we're still those wide-eyed kids internally freaking out about prehistoric megafauna and cosmic wonders. We've just developed this weird social programming that says "mature humans don't visibly lose their minds over scientific discoveries." Next time you watch Cosmos or a dinosaur documentary, consider unleashing your inner 8-year-old. The universe is LITERALLY EXPLODING WITH AWESOMENESS and you're allowed to act accordingly!