Prism Memes

While Europe was busy dying from the bubonic plague in the 1660s, Newton was sent home from Cambridge and decided to casually revolutionize physics and optics. Nothing says "productive quarantine" like discovering that white light splits into a rainbow spectrum through a prism! The man literally invented calculus because he was bored. Meanwhile, I can barely finish a Netflix series during a sick day. This is peak scientist energy—ignoring a catastrophic pandemic to play with shiny trinkets and accidentally change the course of human understanding. Newton's priorities were crystal clear: plague

The meme plays on Newton's famous prism experiment where he split white light into a rainbow spectrum! Instead of just explaining optics, the joke suggests Newton "proved" going outside is gay because rainbows (often associated with LGBTQ+ pride) come from sunlight. It's a hilarious anachronistic mashup of 17th century science and modern slang. Newton would be so confused if he knew his groundbreaking work on light refraction was being used this way centuries later! 🌈

The meme plays on Newton's famous prism experiment where he discovered white light contains all colors of the spectrum. In this historically inaccurate but hilarious twist, Newton appears to be creating a rainbow with his prism and immediately jumping to the most unscientific conclusion possible. Instead of his actual groundbreaking work on light dispersion, he's portrayed as discovering that "going outside is gay" because... rainbows. The absurd anachronism of applying modern slang to a 17th-century physicist is what makes this so ridiculously funny. Newton would be rolling in his grave fast enough to generate electricity if he knew his optics experiments were reduced to this.

Historical clickbait at its finest! The meme shows Newton's face but attributes his famous prism experiments to Leibniz - his arch-nemesis and calculus rival! It's like crediting Edison for Tesla's work or giving your lab partner credit for your Nobel-worthy discovery! 🔍⚡ Newton would be rolling in his grave faster than an apple falls from a tree! These two brilliant minds already fought over who invented calculus - now they're battling over who split light first? The scientific rivalry that keeps on giving!

The perfect visual representation of how prisms work! When sunlight hits a prism, it splits into a glorious rainbow—no magic required, just good ol' physics doing its thing. And bonus points for the "Alienstock" reference at the bottom. Nothing says "I understand light refraction" quite like explaining it at a festival where people were planning to raid Area 51. Because obviously, aliens are very interested in our understanding of the visible light spectrum!

While everyone else was busy dying from the plague, Newton was at home discovering that white light contains the entire spectrum of colors. Classic Newton move. Quarantined in his country house during the 1665-1666 Great Plague, he's just there with a prism going "rainbow go brrr" while society collapses. The man invented calculus as a side project during this time too, because apparently not even a pandemic can stop the relentless march of physics. Some people stress-bake during lockdowns; Newton revolutionized our understanding of light.