Organocatalysis Memes

The 2021 Chemistry Nobel Prize went to scientists who developed asymmetric organocatalysis - basically using organic molecules (carbon-based, no metals) to speed up chemical reactions. Meanwhile, inorganic chemists who've spent decades worshiping at the altar of transition metals just collectively gasped and died inside. It's like telling a metallurgist that the best tool is actually a wooden spoon. The meme perfectly captures that moment when metal-loving chemists realized their shiny transition metal complexes got snubbed for... carbon compounds. The betrayal! The horror! The dramatic seagull death!