Dichloromethane Memes

What chemists call "Tuesday afternoon lab session," the internet calls "DESTROYS Plastic!!!" The meme captures that special moment when non-scientists discover organic solvents like acetone or dichloromethane dissolving plastics and react like they've witnessed actual sorcery. Meanwhile, chemistry students have been accidentally melting their plastic rulers, pens, and occasionally lab goggles since freshman year. Just another day of watching polystyrene disappear into a solution while filling out incident reports.

When chemistry meets safety regulations! The meme shows OSHA and EPA (safety agencies) trying to stop someone from using methylene chloride, a potent but hazardous solvent that chemists secretly adore. It's the forbidden love story of the lab world! Methylene chloride (dichloromethane) is amazing at dissolving practically anything, but it's also super toxic and potentially carcinogenic. That's why researchers have this love-hate relationship with it - works brilliantly but might just kill you! The troll face with a rifle is basically every stubborn chemist who's like "try and take my favorite solvent, I dare you!" Pure chemical rebellion in its natural habitat!

Only a chemistry nerd would rank their beverages by molecular structure! This "unbiased" drinks tier list is actually ranking compounds like dichloromethane and tetrahydrofuran in the S-tier, while relegating plain water (H-O-H) to F-tier. Basically, some mad scientist is claiming that drinking chlorinated solvents is superior to hydration. Sure, dichloromethane might dissolve your lab gloves impressively fast, but it'll also dissolve your liver even faster! The creator's "unbiased" opinion is clearly just organic chemistry propaganda. Next time someone offers you a drink from their "S-tier" collection, maybe ask for a chemistry safety data sheet first.

Chemists ranking solvents is like people arguing about pizza toppings, but with more hazardous materials involved. This tier list reveals the secret hierarchy that exists in every lab! The S-tier features the lab rockstars: dichloromethane (because who doesn't love a solvent that might be carcinogenic but dissolves EVERYTHING?), acetone (the lab's makeup remover), and THF (tetrahydrofuran, for when you want your reaction to work AND explode if you're not careful). Meanwhile, water got banished to F-tier because apparently being the "universal solvent" and "essential for life" isn't impressive enough for chemistry snobs. The creator of this list probably still has PTSD from that time water ruined their air-sensitive reaction. The best part? The "less biased" in the title suggests there was an EVEN MORE biased version. Imagine being so passionate about solvents that you need multiple drafts to tone down your dichloromethane fanaticism!