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The Chemist's Defensive Reflex
Chemistry Scientists Academia
8 days ago 4.8K views 0 shares
The Chemist's Defensive Reflex
The fastest way to make a chemist say "no" is to ask them literally anything after they tell you their profession. We've mastered the art of preemptive rejection before you even finish your sentence about fixing your pool pH, making meth, or explaining why your shampoo burns your eyes. That blank third panel? That's the chemist internally calculating how many periodic table elements they can recite before you finish your question. The transformation from friendly yellow blob to irritated yellow blob is basically what happens when you go from discussing molecular orbital theory to "Hey, can you help me remove this stain?"

The Physics Radar Is Always On
Physics Scientists Academia Science
26 days ago 4.3K views 0 shares
The Physics Radar Is Always On
The eternal plight of the physicist at social gatherings. While everyone else enjoys casual conversation, you're sitting there like an alert retriever, ears perked up at the faintest mention of "quantum" or "relativity." Then comes the inevitable moment when you interject with, "Well, actually..." and watch as everyone's eyes glaze over faster than supercooled helium. Your spouse has seen this routine so many times they could set their atomic clock by it. The real physics experiment here is measuring how quickly you can clear a table with an impromptu lecture on string theory.

The Physics Major's Paradox
Physics Science Academia
1 month ago 5.4K views 0 shares
The Physics Major's Paradox
The eternal paradox of physics majors! Secretly proud that nobody knows they study physics, yet physically incapable of having a conversation that doesn't involve quantum mechanics, relativity, or why everything you know about gravity is wrong. The party trick is spotting them—just mention "flat Earth" and watch them transform into a walking textbook with uncontrollable hand gestures. Their friends aren't annoyed... they're just experiencing social friction, which is directly proportional to the number of times "according to Maxwell's equations" is mentioned per hour.