Ligand Memes

Chemistry pickup lines have reached new levels of nerdiness! This meme plays on coordination chemistry, where a metal center forms bonds with surrounding ligands. The phrase "She ligand on my metal center till I coordinate" is a hilariously risqué chemistry pun that transforms complex bonding interactions into something... well, less scientific. In coordination chemistry, ligands (electron-donating molecules) literally "attach" themselves to metal centers, forming coordinate covalent bonds. The more ligands that coordinate, the more stable the complex becomes—and apparently, the more satisfying for the metal center. Whoever made this clearly has a PhD in Chemistry Innuendos.