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Oatmeal Is Concrete: Change My Mind
Materials Chemistry Science
23 hours ago 2.7K views 0 shares
Oatmeal Is Concrete: Change My Mind
The scientific battle between oatmeal and concrete is finally getting the attention it deserves! Both are mixtures that start out wet and end up solid, but the similarities don't stop there. Concrete is essentially calcium silicates binding with water to form calcium silicate hydrate—a process called hydration. Meanwhile, oatmeal absorbs water through its soluble fiber (beta-glucan), creating a gel-like matrix as it cools. From a materials science perspective, they're both examples of phase transitions, just at different scales and timeframes. The structural integrity of your breakfast might not support a skyscraper, but the molecular principles aren't entirely dissimilar. Delicious building material or inedible porridge? The boundaries between food science and construction materials are blurrier than we thought!

Look At Me, I Am The Preservative Now
Chemistry Biology Science
4 days ago 3.2K views 0 shares
Look At Me, I Am The Preservative Now
Honey is basically nature's immortal food! Ancient Egyptians placed honey pots in tombs and pyramids, and thousands of years later, archaeologists discovered this honey was still perfectly edible! The natural antibacterial properties and low moisture content create an environment where microorganisms just can't survive. So while modern foods need chemical preservatives to last a few months, honey's sitting there like "I've been preserving myself since the pharaohs were building selfie backgrounds!" The cat's face is the perfect reaction to learning honey has outlasted entire civilizations!

When pH Knowledge Saves Your pH-alling
Chemistry Science
8 days ago 3.3K views 0 shares
When pH Knowledge Saves Your pH-alling
When your chemistry knowledge finally pays off in the kitchen! Someone hollowed out a tomato paste can for... intimate purposes, forgetting that tomatoes have a pH around 4.5. That's gonna be a burning sensation no amount of buffer solution can fix! The comment about having "a very basic dick" is pure genius—turning this into a pH pun masterpiece. Remember kids, save your experiments for the lab, not the pantry.

Crunchy Calculus: Engineering The Perfect Chip
Math Engineering Physics Materials
9 days ago 4.2K views 0 shares
Crunchy Calculus: Engineering The Perfect Chip
Finally, a mathematical equation I can actually taste! While your calculus professor droned on about "real-world applications," Pringles engineers were quietly becoming the true heroes of applied mathematics. That hyperbolic paraboloid shape isn't just fancy jargon to impress your date—it's the perfect marriage of structural engineering and snack technology. The saddle curve distributes force evenly, preventing your precious potato-based approximations from shattering before they reach your mouth. Next time someone asks "when will I ever use math in real life?" just dramatically pull out a Pringles can and whisper, "I eat equations for breakfast."

The Chemical Composition Of Humiliation
Chemistry Science Academia
11 days ago 3.5K views 0 shares
The Chemical Composition Of Humiliation
The classic "well, actually" guy gets absolutely demolished by chemistry facts! Trying to sound smart by calling salt "sodium chloride" backfires spectacularly when someone points out table salt contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodate to prevent iodine deficiency. The scientific smackdown is brutal—like bringing a molecular model to a knife fight. Next time you want to flex your chemistry knowledge at the dinner table, remember: being technically correct isn't always the seasoning for success!

Thermodynamics And Heat Transfer Got Me Calculating Semi Infinite Apple Slices
Engineering Physics Science Academia
11 days ago 3.7K views 0 shares
Thermodynamics And Heat Transfer Got Me Calculating Semi Infinite Apple Slices
Food engineering students experiencing the brutal reality check. The top panel shows the dream: "This looks cool!" The bottom panel reveals the nightmare: calculating heat flux through marshmallows like they're solving rocket science. Those semi-infinite approximations hit different when you're staring at food instead of textbooks! Engineering professors really be turning snack time into differential equations. Next time you bite into a perfectly toasted marshmallow, pour one out for the poor souls who had to model its thermal conductivity.

The Inevitable Dietary Dissonance
Medicine Biology Psychology Science Research
15 days ago 4.8K views 0 shares
The Inevitable Dietary Dissonance
Ever notice how traditional diet folks react when new nutritional research drops? They're basically Thanos refusing to accept that maybe—just maybe—their ancestral eating habits aren't the ultimate cosmic power they thought! 😂 The scientific method keeps evolving our understanding of nutrition, but some people cling to their dietary beliefs like Infinity Stones. "You could not live with your own failure" is basically what happens when someone's told their keto/paleo/carnivore diet isn't actually backed by the latest research. And then boom—they snap right back to their original beliefs anyway! The cognitive dissonance is stronger than Thanos' armor!

Sweet Mistake, Sweet Millions
Chemistry Science Medicine Research
23 days ago 5.2K views 0 shares
Sweet Mistake, Sweet Millions
The ultimate scientific plot twist! James Schlatter was just trying to cure stomach ulcers but accidentally created the sweetener that would fuel America's diet soda addiction. Talk about a finger-lickin' good mistake! While most scientists spend years trying to make groundbreaking discoveries, this dude just needed to skip washing his hands before turning a page. Next time your research advisor tells you to follow lab safety protocols, just remember—sometimes not washing your hands makes you a millionaire. Safety third, serendipity first!

The Naturalistic Fallacy: When Chemistry Meets Marketing
Chemistry Science
25 days ago 4.7K views 0 shares
The Naturalistic Fallacy: When Chemistry Meets Marketing
The magnificent irony of modern consumer psychology! People recoil in horror at "artificial chemicals" but gleefully embrace the exact same compounds when labeled as "natural." Newsflash: benzaldehyde is benzaldehyde whether it's synthesized in a lab or extracted from almonds. Both will kill you equally well in sufficient quantities! The marketing geniuses know we're suckers for the naturalistic fallacy - slap "all-natural" on a bottle of cyanide (which occurs naturally in apple seeds) and watch consumers line up to pay premium prices. Chemistry doesn't care about your shopping preferences, darling.

The Calculus Of Dairy Production
Math Science
28 days ago 4.9K views 0 shares
The Calculus Of Dairy Production
The perfect mathematical dairy progression! This meme brilliantly combines calculus notation with food science. We start with a cow [f(x)], which produces milk [f'(x)] - the first derivative. Continue the process and you get cheese [f''(x)] - the second derivative. It's literally a mathematical transformation of matter through differentiation! Next time your calculus professor asks for real-world applications, just point to your breakfast.

That's Not How Chemistry Works
Chemistry Science
28 days ago 4.7K views 0 shares
That's Not How Chemistry Works
The molecular structure of margarine is nowhere near plastic. It's like saying humans are one chromosome away from being bananas. Margarine is primarily vegetable oils with emulsifiers, while plastics are synthetic polymers with completely different chemical structures. And those "27 shared ingredients with paint"? Pure fiction. Both might contain water and some preservatives, but that's like saying coffee and motor oil are similar because both are brown liquids. Next they'll claim peanut butter is two molecules away from being superglue. The food science here is about as accurate as measuring temperature with a ruler.

I Expanded The Food Phase Diagram
Physics Chemistry Science
1 month ago 7.6K views 0 shares
I Expanded The Food Phase Diagram
Someone's taken the classic phase diagram from thermodynamics and turned it into the culinary equivalent! This brilliant parody maps food states based on viscosity and solid food fraction. The "Bolognese critical point" marks that precise moment when your pasta sauce achieves perfect consistency—neither too runny nor too chunky. The "stew gap" represents that mysterious region between sauce and solid food where things get... interesting. And let's not forget the "soup dome," which perfectly captures the physics of why your chicken noodle always splashes onto your shirt. This is basically what happens when physicists get hungry during thermodynamics lectures and start daydreaming about dinner instead of triple points and phase transitions!