Geopolitical Memes

The periodic table just got geopolitical. This meme cleverly shows chemical notation evolving with increasing numbers of bonds: single bond (Putan), double bond (Puten), and triple bond (Putin). It's basically what happens when you let chemists name world leaders instead of journalists. The increasing number of bonds corresponds to increasing stability in chemistry, which is either ironic or terrifying depending on your perspective. Next week in the lab: Merkelium and Macronium compounds.