Paraffins Memes

The escalating excitement of organic chemistry nerds is a beautiful thing to behold. First, they're mildly interested in "alkanes." Then they get a bit more excited about the formula "CnH2n+2." By "paraffins" they're practically hyperventilating. But mention "saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with C-C" and their heads literally explode with joy. It's like watching someone discover increasingly pretentious ways to say "I have a chain of carbon atoms with as many hydrogens as possible." Chemists really do get turned on by the most mundane molecular relationships.