Crisis Memes

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The Tale Of Two Nobel Sciences
Medicine Academia Science Research
1 month ago 28.0K views 0 shares
The Tale Of Two Nobel Sciences
The classic Swole Doge vs. Cheems meme perfectly captures the contrast between medicine and economics! On the left, medicine flexes with concrete achievements: doubled life expectancy, disease eradication, and a century without global pandemics (pre-COVID, obviously). Meanwhile, economics is just... repeating "crisis" like it's the only word in its vocabulary. Nobel Prize committees must have vastly different standards for these fields. Medicine: "Here's your prize for saving millions of lives." Economics: "Congratulations on your theoretical model that predicted seven of the last two recessions!"

The Ultimate Space Mission Dilemma
Astronomy Engineering Science Tech
8 months ago 21.2K views 0 shares
The Ultimate Space Mission Dilemma
This meme is playing with the iconic "Armageddon vs. Deep Impact" space movie dilemma! When faced with a world-ending crisis, do we train specialists for a new environment (astronauts learning to drill) or train existing specialists for a new context (oil riggers learning space travel)? The button slam choice is HILARIOUS because it's referencing the actual plot of the 1998 movie "Armageddon" where they sent oil drillers to space instead of training astronauts to drill. Bruce Willis would be proud! 🚀 The format comes from The Killers' "Spaceman" meme template, where a hand dramatically slams a blue button representing the obviously wrong but somehow irresistible choice. Because sometimes the ridiculous solution is just too tempting to ignore!