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Are You Gonna Let Supercritical CO₂ Talk To You Like That?

Are You Gonna Let Supercritical CO₂ Talk To You Like That?
Carbon dioxide just went super critical of your fashion choices! 💅 When CO₂ reaches 350 Kelvin and 1,000 bars of pressure, it transforms into this sassy state that's neither liquid nor gas - it's basically the molecular equivalent of that brutally honest friend who has NO filter. The joke here is brilliant because supercritical CO₂ is actually used in dry cleaning and textile processing - so it literally has opinions about your clothes! It's judging your fashion while simultaneously being used to clean it. The audacity!

When Hollywood Physics Makes Scientists Cry

When Hollywood Physics Makes Scientists Cry
The meme captures that iconic Pirates of the Caribbean scene where Jack Sparrow and crew are walking underwater by flipping a boat over their heads. From a physics standpoint, this is gloriously impossible! The buoyancy force should make that boat shoot straight to the surface like a champagne cork, not create a convenient underwater air pocket. Plus, the pressure differential at that depth would collapse any air space faster than you can say "savvy." It's basically the maritime equivalent of cartoon characters running off cliffs but not falling until they look down. Science is crying in the corner while Hollywood physics gets all the applause!

Even Carbon Is In Relationship

Even Carbon Is In Relationship
The ultimate scientific blind date disaster! Coal and diamond—two carbon allotropes—having the most awkward dinner ever. Coal complains "you look older than your profile picture" because carbon dating literally measures age through radioactive decay. Meanwhile, diamond responds "I've been under a lot of pressure" because THAT'S LITERALLY HOW DIAMONDS ARE FORMED! Billions of years of intense geological pressure turning humble carbon into sparkly bling! It's the chemistry pickup line that actually works! 💎🖤

That's It? That's How Engineering Crushes Dreams?

That's It? That's How Engineering Crushes Dreams?
Welcome to Engineering 101, where complex mechanical marvels are reduced to "just pressure differences." The look of utter disbelief perfectly captures that moment when you realize four years of engineering education will be spent converting magnificent machines into boring differential equations. Professors love doing this—reducing jet engines, rockets, and sports cars to simple physics principles, then wondering why half the class is questioning their life choices. The beautiful complexity of a combustion engine? Nah, just gases pushing things around. Next week we'll reduce your student loan debt to "just a negative number in a spreadsheet."

The Perfect Chemical Response To Interview Pressure

The Perfect Chemical Response To Interview Pressure
The ultimate chemistry dad joke interview! When asked how he handles pressure, Le Chatelier's response is pure chemical genius—"by counteracting it." This is a brilliant play on his famous principle that states when a chemical system at equilibrium is disturbed, the system shifts to counteract the change. So in a job interview, while others might say "I thrive under pressure" or "I do yoga," this chemistry legend literally shifts his equilibrium to oppose the stress! The follow-up question about increasing or decreasing pressure is just *chef's kiss* because according to his principle, the system responds differently depending on which way you push it. Chemistry nerds everywhere are silently nodding in appreciation.

Reporter Is Surely Not A Scientist

Reporter Is Surely Not A Scientist
That's not a deep sea fish with feet—it's a blobfish! The poor creature looks like this because of extreme decompression trauma. In its natural habitat (deep ocean, ~3000ft down), it looks like a normal fish. But when yanked to the surface, the pressure change makes it literally melt into this sad blob. It's like taking an astronaut's helmet off in space, but for fish. Scientific journalism fail of the highest order! Next they'll discover mermaids in the Mariana Trench (spoiler: probably just a manatee with good lighting).

My Brain Is Having A Dimensional Crisis

My Brain Is Having A Dimensional Crisis
The first panel shows Mr. Incredible calmly accepting that pressure in 3D space is force over area (N/m²). But when the concept jumps to 4D space, where pressure becomes force over volume (N/m³), his brain short-circuits into existential horror. This is dimensional analysis having a mental breakdown. Just like how my students look when I casually mention "and of course, if we extend this to n-dimensional space..." right before an exam. The fourth dimension doesn't care about your comfort zone—it's coming for your sanity whether you're ready or not.

The Real Pressure Point

The Real Pressure Point
The correct answer is B, unless you're a student desperately taking a fluid dynamics exam, in which case it's definitely C. Or maybe A? The Bernoulli principle states that as fluid velocity increases, pressure decreases. But what's really under pressure here is every engineering student staring at this question at 11:58pm when the online assignment is due at midnight. The narrowest point has the highest velocity and lowest pressure, but the real pressure peak is in your professor's sadistic smile when they designed this "simple" question.

The Professor Who Fought God (And Physics)

The Professor Who Fought God (And Physics)
The expectation vs. reality of college professors is SENDING ME! 🤣 High school teachers warn you about dressing formally for college, but then you meet the ACTUAL professors—chopstick Cheeto enthusiasts comparing sinus pressure to deep sea hydrostatic forces while chugging NyQuil in class! Fun science fact: The pressure at the bottom of the Mariana Trench is about 1,086 bars (15,750 psi)—enough to crush a human like a grape! Meanwhile, sinus pressure during a cold feels like your head might explode at a mere 0.03 psi differential. This professor wasn't just fighting a cold—they were fighting the fundamental laws of physics! 17-minute class? That's not education, that's a TED talk with hallucinations!

DIY Ocean Diamond Factory

DIY Ocean Diamond Factory
Just your average Tuesday in the lab: create extreme pressure conditions in the deep ocean, trigger a carbon implosion reaching temperatures comparable to the sun, and harvest diamonds. Nature's pressure cooker hack that geology textbooks don't want you to know about. Forget waiting millions of years for diamond formation—just weaponize basic physics and commit minor environmental crimes. The ultimate get-rich-quick scheme for the scientifically unhinged.

When Physics Meets Bathroom Emergency

When Physics Meets Bathroom Emergency
The bathroom physics we never asked for but definitely deserved! Bernoulli's principle states that as fluid velocity increases, pressure decreases. Here we see a makeshift toilet paper blower using a vacuum cleaner in reverse mode - creating high-velocity air that literally demonstrates how fast-moving air creates a low-pressure zone that lifts the toilet paper. Engineering genius or desperate times call for desperate measures? Either way, fluid dynamics has never been so... practical! Next time someone says "when will I ever use physics in real life?" - just point to the bathroom!

Fluids Be Like

Fluids Be Like
The Bernoulli equation is basically the fluid dynamics version of "conservation of energy" - when one side goes to zero, pressure and velocity have to compensate dramatically. Just like when you put your thumb over a garden hose and suddenly get blasted with high-velocity water, this poor soul is experiencing the existential crisis that comes with zero head pressure. In fluid mechanics, "head" refers to pressure energy per unit weight of fluid. No head = chaotic fluid behavior = existential physics crisis. Engineers who've ever designed a pipe system know this feeling all too well!