Burnout Memes

The stark contrast between science enthusiasts and actual scientists is painfully accurate here! While the pop-sci crowd looks polished and composed, real physicists are just caffeinated husks running on energy drinks and existential dread. Nothing says "I've been debugging the same FORTRAN code for 72 hours" quite like that thousand-yard stare. The transformation from "I love quantum physics documentaries" to "I've stared into the mathematical abyss and it stared back" happens somewhere around the third year of grad school. Those Monster cans aren't just drinks—they're structural support for the entire research project.