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Crystalline Budget Crisis
Materials Chemistry Physics
1 month ago 6.1K views 0 shares
Crystalline Budget Crisis
When someone asks about your budget and you're basically living like atoms in a poorly packed crystal structure. Those gaps between the spheres and cubes? That's where my money should be. Materials scientists know the struggle—inefficient packing means wasted space, just like my financial planning means wasted opportunities. The difference? Atoms have an excuse for their inefficiency. My bank account doesn't.

Can You Afford To Eat Today, Or Are You An Undergrad Who Has Broken Some Glassware?
Lab-life Chemistry Academia Research Science
2 months ago 11.0K views 0 shares
Can You Afford To Eat Today, Or Are You An Undergrad Who Has Broken Some Glassware?
That moment when your Erlenmeyer flask develops a crack and your stomach sinks faster than your academic GPA! Nothing says "ramen for the next month" like the distinctive sound of breaking lab equipment. Fun fact: Some specialty borosilicate glassware can cost upwards of $200 per piece—roughly equivalent to 40 packets of instant noodles or 2 weeks of actual groceries. The silent prayer every undergrad makes before inventory check: "Please don't notice, please don't notice..."

When Reading Too Much Physics
Physics Universe Astronomy Academia
3 months ago 12.8K views 0 shares
When Reading Too Much Physics
The perfect illustration of the first law of academic thermodynamics: knowledge increases while financial stability decreases. This poor soul has clearly spent enough time with cosmology textbooks to understand the universe's accelerating expansion, but not enough time with a financial advisor to prevent his own economic collapse. It's the classic physics student paradox - smart enough to understand dark energy, not smart enough to realize those textbooks cost more than a small planet. Next semester he'll discover that his student debt is expanding faster than the observable universe - a phenomenon even Einstein never had to calculate.