Pandemic Memes

When COVID hit, physicists were like "hold my beer" while other scientists ran for cover. Classic Patrick Star energy—marching up to the pandemic fortress shouting mathematical incantations like "First-order Taylor expansion" as if differential equations could scare away a virus. The sheer audacity of physicists thinking they can model a biological catastrophe with the same tools they use for falling apples and spinning tops. Meanwhile, biologists and epidemiologists are in the corner whispering "that's not how this works... that's not how any of this works." But hey, when your only tool is a Hamiltonian, everything looks like a quantum problem—even a pandemic. Truly the academic equivalent of trying to open a biological door with a physics key!

Behold! The perfect visualization of quarantine brain consumption! That little blue blob labeled "me" is being absolutely DEVOURED by a ravenous monster of science YouTube channels and educational content. When normal entertainment runs dry, we all turn into knowledge-hungry goblins! Minutephysics, Veritasium, PBS Space Time - the gateway drugs of science content that start as "just one video" and end with you questioning the fabric of reality at 4AM. The pandemic turned us all into accidental physics enthusiasts. Who needs sourdough bread when you can binge-watch explanations of quantum field theory instead?!

While everyone else was busy dying during the Bubonic Plague, Isaac Newton was sent home from university for a little "social distancing" and casually revolutionized physics, optics, and mathematics. Picture this: Europe in total chaos, bodies piling up, and Newton's just vibing in his mom's garden like "Hmm, that apple fell down instead of up. Interesting. Also, check out what happens when light hits this prism. Neat!" Talk about making the most of your work-from-home situation! The man invented calculus as a side project while others were fighting for toilet paper... I mean, plague remedies.