Oversimplification Memes

The meme perfectly captures that chemical engineering student who learned the ideal gas law (PV=nRT) and now thinks it's the universal solution to every thermodynamic problem. Spoiler alert: using ideal gas equations near critical pressure is like trying to predict weather with a Magic 8-Ball. The ideal gas law assumes gases behave... well, ideally—which they absolutely don't at extreme conditions where molecules start getting clingy with each other. The dog's disappointed expression in the final panel is basically every professor watching students apply oversimplified models to complex systems. It's the thermodynamic equivalent of bringing a plastic spoon to dig the Suez Canal.

The chemical genius of Rick Sanchez strikes again! Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) is technically just water (H₂O) with an extra oxygen atom slapped on, but that tiny difference turns harmless drinking water into a bleaching, oxidizing agent that'll burn your skin. Classic chemist humor - reducing complex molecular structures to hilariously oversimplified descriptions that make other scientists cringe internally. It's like calling nitroglycerin "just glycerin with some spicy nitrogen" right before the lab explodes.

Spent four years mastering Lewis dot structures only to discover that electrons aren't actually little dots but probability clouds existing in quantum superposition. Nothing like reaching graduate-level chemistry and realizing those neat little octet rules were just training wheels for the chaos of reality. That moment when your professor casually mentions that the periodic table is more of a "suggestion" at higher energy states. Suddenly your perfectly balanced equations look like a child's crayon drawing compared to computational chemistry models.