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Population Of Celestial Bodies By Subreddit Size

Population Of Celestial Bodies By Subreddit Size
The internet has spoken, and apparently the Moon is the true center of our solar system! This pie chart hilariously measures celestial bodies not by mass or diameter but by subreddit subscriber count . The Moon absolutely dominates with 119,000 followers while poor Mercury sits at a measly 450. Even Mars with its 79,000 followers can't compete with our lunar neighbor. Turns out humanity's fascination with that big cheese wheel in the sky translates directly to Reddit karma. The Sun may power our entire solar system, but it only commands 51,000 followers - pathetic compared to its satellite sidekick. I guess when it comes to internet popularity, being Earth's closest companion beats being a literal nuclear fusion reactor.

Population Of Celestial Bodies By Subreddit Size

Population Of Celestial Bodies By Subreddit Size
The internet has spoken, and apparently the Moon is the most popular celestial body in the solar system! This pie chart hilariously measures planetary "populations" by subreddit subscriber counts instead of actual scientific metrics. The Moon crushing everyone with 119,000 followers while poor Mercury sits at a measly 450 is peak internet astronomy. Notice how Mars has 79,000 - clearly all those rover photos and colonization dreams are paying off in the Reddit karma department! Meanwhile, Pluto still hanging in there with 6,000 loyal fans despite being demoted from planet status. The true cosmic hierarchy isn't determined by mass or orbital position, but by upvotes and meme potential!

Four Levels Of Science Enthusiasm

Four Levels Of Science Enthusiasm
The evolution of scientific enlightenment in four stages! Starting with the basic blue-lit brain just trying to pass exams, then progressing to the colorful neural fireworks of hobby enthusiasm. By stage three, your mind expands into a cosmic understanding of reality itself. But the final form? Pure intellectual superpowers activated solely to destroy random strangers in internet arguments. Nothing says "peak scientific achievement" like citing obscure journal articles at 3 AM to prove someone wrong about vaccines or flat earth theory. The intellectual equivalent of training for the Olympics just to dominate your neighbor's kid at basketball.

The Feline Physicist's Dilemma

The Feline Physicist's Dilemma
That smug feline expression perfectly captures the moment when you realize your groundbreaking theories don't matter without institutional backing. Welcome to science, where being ignored by academia is practically a rite of passage. Even Einstein had papers rejected. The difference? He wasn't a cat posting on r/Physics. Pro tip: Next time, try attaching a grant proposal with your theory. Money talks, even when cats don't.

This Comment Cracked Me Up

This Comment Cracked Me Up
Oh the mathematical drama! Someone asked if infinity is quantifiable on r/askmath, and while one user politely suggested researching countable vs uncountable infinity, our hero "Just_Rational_Being" swooped in to declare it all "abstract nonsense from Cantor's mental illness." The irony is DELICIOUS! Georg Cantor, who revolutionized our understanding of infinity with set theory, faced brutal criticism in his time. Meanwhile, our supposedly "rational" commenter got downvoted to oblivion (-39) for dismissing one of math's most profound discoveries. Turns out infinity IS quantifiable in multiple ways, and the only thing not rational here is that comment! The mathematical community has spoken with those downvotes - don't mess with Cantor's infinity!

Did I Say Science? I Meant Political Science.

Did I Say Science? I Meant Political Science.
That horrified expression when you visit r/science expecting peer-reviewed research only to discover it's mostly political opinion pieces with a thin veneer of scientific methodology. The cat's dilated pupils represent the exact moment of realization that your quest for knowledge has led you straight into a partisan echo chamber. Just like how I thought my PhD would be about discovering fundamental truths, but ended up being about who controls the department funding.

R/Truths Discovers The Empty Set

R/Truths Discovers The Empty Set
The mathematical beauty of vacuous truths strikes again. When you make statements about an empty set, everything becomes technically true. "All unicorns are excellent tax accountants" is valid because there are zero unicorns to disprove it. Similarly, our Reddit logician here demonstrates that people with a non-existent name configuration can simultaneously be "all alive and gay" and "all apples" and "not apples." This is what happens when discrete mathematics escapes into the wild without supervision.

The Reddit Meat Cannon Theorem

The Reddit Meat Cannon Theorem
When Reddit discovers infinite set theory via genital measurements, you know mathematics has truly penetrated the mainstream. The commenter accidentally stumbled upon Cantor's famous diagonal argument! If there's always a bigger number (or in this case, appendage), then we've proven the set of real numbers has no upper bound. What's funnier than watching someone inadvertently prove a fundamental mathematical concept while arguing about anatomical impossibilities? Nothing beats accidental brilliance from people measuring their... intellectual contributions. Next semester I'm replacing my usual infinity proof with "the Reddit meat cannon theorem" - it'll certainly keep students awake during lecture.

Mathematical Terrorism At Its Finest

Mathematical Terrorism At Its Finest
Increasing π by just 0.1% would shatter mathematics as we know it! Engineers using 3.14 would get wildly incorrect calculations, circles would no longer be circles, and every textbook would need rewriting. The beauty of π is its mathematical constancy—it's the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately 3.14159... Changing this fundamental constant would be like telling gravity to take a day off. Pure mathematical terrorism!

When Your Girlfriend's Love Language Is Calculus

When Your Girlfriend's Love Language Is Calculus
The eternal struggle of dating a mathematician. One minute they're lovingly knitting you a sweater, the next they're having an existential crisis over a limit problem with binomial coefficients and alternating series. That problem #11 is the mathematical equivalent of meeting your partner's parents for the first time — terrifying, unnecessarily complicated, and somehow you're supposed to find the limit as a approaches infinity when you can barely approach social situations with confidence. The real limit we should be calculating is how many relationships survive differential equations.

The Academic Galactic Gatekeeper

The Academic Galactic Gatekeeper
The cosmic gatekeeping is strong with this one! Reddit physicists demanding university credentials before you dare theorize about the universe is like Galactus asking for your CV before he devours your planet. The irony? Some of history's greatest physics breakthroughs came from "unqualified" thinkers. Einstein was a patent clerk when he revolutionized physics. Meanwhile, Reddit users are out here requiring PhD dissertations before you can speculate why your toast always lands butter-side down.

Are Those Quarks?!

Are Those Quarks?!
The internet - where someone posts a fundamental particle physics question next to trending searches about hip-hop and Fortnite skins. Those colored blobs are indeed quarks (subatomic particles that make up protons and neutrons), but good luck getting a coherent explanation between discussions of "worst street style" and "best time to visit Japan." Nothing says modern science education like sandwiching quantum chromodynamics between gaming cosmetics and travel tips. The physics department budget cuts are really showing...