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The Middle School Quantum Crisis

The Middle School Quantum Crisis
That moment when your 12-year-old brain discovers atoms are mostly empty space and suddenly your entire reality crumbles! The classic middle school existential crisis where you learn about electron clouds and atomic structure, then immediately jump to "wait, so I should be able to walk through walls?!" What they don't teach you in 6th grade is that electromagnetic forces between atoms are what prevent you from ghost-mode teleporting through your desk. Those pesky electron clouds repel each other with such force that solid matter feels, well, solid. But honestly, who among us didn't try to phase through a wall at least once after learning this fact? Science class: creating unrealistic expectations since forever.

Happy Permanganate Noises Of Destruction

Happy Permanganate Noises Of Destruction
The innocent joy of middle school chemistry vs the muscular reality of actual oxidizing agents! That cute little 8th grader thinking they've conquered redox reactions with the simplistic "OIL RIG" mnemonic (Oxidation Is Loss, Reduction Is Gain of electrons), while powerful oxidizers like potassium permanganate (KMnO₄) and dichromate (Cr₂O₇²⁻) are flexing in the background ready to obliterate organic compounds into CO₂ and H₂O. It's like bringing a plastic spoon to a nuclear war. Those purple permanganate solutions don't just make "happy noises" - they make entire carbon chains disappear faster than your confidence during an organic chemistry final!