Kilogram Memes

Finding an outdated physics textbook that still defines the kilogram using Le Grand K is like discovering someone using a flip phone in 2024! For the uninitiated, Le Grand K was a literal platinum-iridium cylinder kept in a vault in France that defined THE EXACT MASS of one kilogram for over 130 years. In 2019, scientists finally replaced this physical object with a definition based on Planck's constant. Talk about a weight being lifted off that cylinder's shoulders! Now it can retire in peace while modern physics textbooks catch up... eventually... maybe... hopefully?

The eternal struggle of intuition versus reality! Your brain wants so badly to believe that steel is heavier than feathers, even when both literally weigh 1kg. It's that classic density confusion that makes our brains short-circuit. The bottom panel perfectly captures that mental blue screen of death moment when you realize mass is mass regardless of density. The confusion is palpable - like trying to explain to someone that the Earth isn't actually flat in 2023. Next up: convincing people that a ton of bricks and a ton of cotton candy also weigh the same. Mind = blown.

Patrick Star giving a surprisingly correct etymology lesson is peak scientific comedy. The kilogram is indeed 1000 grams, with 'kilo' meaning 1000. The real punchline? The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) representative just nodding along as if they're shocked a starfish understands basic SI units. Meanwhile, metrologists worldwide are having existential crises because the kilogram was redefined in 2019 using Planck's constant instead of a physical prototype. But sure, let's celebrate Patrick getting the prefix right.