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Fallen Heroes Of Temperature Conversion
Physics Academia Science Chemistry
3 days ago 3.5K views 0 shares
Fallen Heroes Of Temperature Conversion
Pour one out for the temperature conversion casualties! 🫡 The classic blunder of thinking 37°C = 300K has claimed many science students over the years. For those who slept through class: you need to add 273.15 to Celsius to get Kelvin (so 37°C is actually 310.15K). That's a fever-inducing 37-degree difference! The saluting cat, crying guy, and military men are all paying their solemn respects to everyone who bombed their thermodynamics exam with this rookie mistake. Trust me, even science professors still have nightmares about this one!

Thank God I'm A Math Major
Math Academia
4 days ago 3.4K views 0 shares
Thank God I'm A Math Major
Fractional blindness strikes again! Our self-proclaimed math major proudly declares that 1 in 1,000 equals .001% when it's actually 0.1%. That's only off by a factor of 100 – no biggie, right? The irony of confidently correcting someone while making such a basic decimal conversion error is *chef's kiss* perfection. Even better is getting schooled by the reply explaining that 1/1000 = 0.1%. Maybe they should consider changing majors... or at least retaking that intro to fractions class from 3rd grade.

The Great American Temperature Conspiracy
Science
5 days ago 4.2K views 0 shares
The Great American Temperature Conspiracy
The metric system's elegant water-freezing-at-0°C and boiling-at-100°C scale makes perfect scientific sense, but somehow Americans are over here defending Fahrenheit like it's a constitutional amendment! Meanwhile, the rest of the world watches in confusion as the US clings to a system where water freezes at 32°F and boils at 212°F—because clearly, arbitrary numbers based on brine solutions from the 1700s are more "intuitive" than powers of 10. It's like watching someone insist that counting by 12s is easier than counting by 10s while they're desperately trying to convert inches to feet to yards with a wild conspiracy board behind them.

The Illusion Of Energy Efficiency
Physics Science Engineering
5 days ago 4.3K views 0 shares
The Illusion Of Energy Efficiency
When your appliance uses 68 watts: 😒 When it uses 68 kilowatt-hours per 1000 hours (which is still 68 watts): 🧐✨ Nothing captures the essence of energy-conscious consumerism quite like being fooled by unit conversion trickery. The same power consumption suddenly feels sophisticated when expressed in a more complex unit. It's like ordering "dihydrogen monoxide with frozen crystalline structures" instead of "ice water" and feeling fancy about it.