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The Physics Police Have Arrived
Physics Science
4 hours ago 2.9K views 0 shares
The Physics Police Have Arrived
The physics police are out in full force today! This meme brilliantly captures that moment when a pedantic scientist just can't let common language slide. Technically, SpongeBob is 100% correct here. Speed is already defined as distance divided by time (like miles per hour or meters per second). Saying "rate of speed" is like saying "ATM machine" or "PIN number" - you're essentially saying "rate of rate of distance traveled per unit time." Next time a cop pulls you over and says "Do you know what rate of speed you were going?" you can smugly reply with this meme. Just don't blame me for the extra ticket you'll definitely receive for being an insufferable know-it-all! 🚔

My Succinic Acid Contains Succinic Acid
Chemistry Lab-life Science
14 days ago 6.2K views 0 shares
My Succinic Acid Contains Succinic Acid
The lab supply company really wanted to make sure you knew what you were getting! That bottle label stating "Succinic acid (contains succinic acid)" is the chemical equivalent of "water contains water" or "this floor is made of floor." The redundancy is peak lab supply humor - they're just making absolutely, positively, 100% certain you understand that your succinic acid does, in fact, contain... succinic acid. Chemistry suppliers taking product labeling to hilariously unnecessary levels of specificity. Next they'll be telling us that H₂O is wet!

It's Not Always Proportional
Math Academia Science
15 days ago 4.0K views 0 shares
It's Not Always Proportional
That face you make when someone redundantly explains inverse proportionality by... describing inverse proportionality. It's like saying "water is wet because it has the property of wetness." Mathematical tautologies make mathematicians die inside a little. Next they'll tell me that parallel lines never meet because they maintain constant distance from each other. Revolutionary insight! I'm just sitting here wondering if they also know that circles are round.

For Those Who Love Redundant Arithmetic
Math Science
1 month ago 4.1K views 0 shares
For Those Who Love Redundant Arithmetic
This is what happens when math gets too explicit. The equation is literally spelling out "1 plus 1 equals 2" while also showing the actual equation 1+1=2. It's like when your friend explains a joke and then says "get it?" Yes, we get it. The math is technically correct, but the redundancy is what makes it hilarious. This is the mathematical equivalent of saying "ATM machine" or "PIN number." Next up: a diagram explaining that water is wet with helpful arrows pointing to the wetness.

Euclid's Groundbreaking Tautology
Math Science Academia
1 month ago 4.3K views 0 shares
Euclid's Groundbreaking Tautology
Behold, the moment of mathematical redundancy that broke Euclid. Nothing like having your mind blown by discovering that things which are the same... are the same. Revolutionary stuff. The ancient Greek equivalent of writing "water is wet" in your dissertation and expecting a standing ovation. Mathematicians still pull this move today - spend six months proving something painfully obvious, then act surprised when it works.

Mutations Out Here Changing Nucleotides
Biology Evolution Science
1 month ago 5.4K views 0 shares
Mutations Out Here Changing Nucleotides
The ultimate molecular drama unfolds where radiation proudly announces "I CHANGED YOUR NUCLEOTIDE" while RNA just sits there unbothered because "It codes the same amino acid." This is the genetic equivalent of someone trying to sabotage your work, only to discover they've made a synonymous mutation. The genetic code's built-in redundancy means multiple codons can specify the same amino acid, so despite radiation's best efforts to cause chaos, the protein remains unchanged. Nature's error correction at its finest - rendering radiation's meddling completely pointless. Silent mutations: the biological equivalent of replying "k" to a paragraph-long text.

They Aren't Wrong: Lasers At The Speed Of Light
Physics Science
2 months ago 6.1K views 0 shares
They Aren't Wrong: Lasers At The Speed Of Light
Oh my goodness, this is BRILLIANT! Someone took a banana with a hole in it and captioned it as "Army's newest weapon that can fire lasers at the speed of light." And technically... they're not wrong! Lasers ARE light, so they literally HAVE to travel at the speed of light! That's just physics 101! It's like saying "new water gun that shoots wet liquid" or "revolutionary fire that produces heat." The banana-as-weapon aesthetic just makes the scientific redundancy even more hilarious. I'm dying at how they turned fruit into military hardware through the power of technically correct science!

Aqueous Water: The Ultimate Chemical Redundancy
Chemistry Science
2 months ago 7.9K views 0 shares
Aqueous Water: The Ultimate Chemical Redundancy
The four phases of water? Boring. But aqueous water ? Now that's where chemistry gets ridiculous. H 2 O(aq) literally means "water dissolved in water" - it's like saying "wet wetness" or "liquid liquidness." First-year chem students everywhere are having existential crises over this redundant notation. It's the chemical equivalent of saying ATM machine or PIN number. The face in the last panel perfectly captures that moment when you realize your professor wasn't joking about "aqueous water" being a legitimate term in your textbook. Chemistry: where we make simple things needlessly confusing since 1754.

The Evolutionary Design Committee Had Mixed Results
Biology Evolution Medicine Science
3 months ago 56.9K views 0 shares
The Evolutionary Design Committee Had Mixed Results
The moment when anatomy class shatters your illusions about human perfection. Sure, we've got kidneys that pick up slack when one fails and a liver that regenerates like it's showing off, but then we've got a windpipe and food pipe sharing the same entrance like some cosmic architectural joke. Evolution really phoned it in on that one. "Let's give them redundant organs AND a single point of failure where they can choke on a sandwich!" Thanks, natural selection. Maybe spend less time on the appendix next round and more on not letting us die from enthusiastic bread consumption.