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That Will Be 2 Million Dollars
Chemistry Academia Lab-life Research Science
27 days ago 8.6K views 0 shares
That Will Be 2 Million Dollars
This meme perfectly captures the stark reality between different chemistry disciplines and their equipment needs. In Physical Chemistry, you're either characterizing "useless metal clusters" with minimal equipment or sobbing uncontrollably because you need to rebuild ancient experimental setups from dusty 70s journals. Meanwhile, Biological Chemistry bros are living their best lives with fancy Thermo Scientific equipment that costs more than your entire education. Want to sequence every protein in a hamster? No problem! Just swipe the lab credit card for that cool $2 million mass spec machine. The scientific equivalent of "my equipment budget brings all the boys to the yard."

Theoreticians Be Like: Bling Bling Brain Power
Physics Academia Science Research Scientists
1 month ago 4.5K views 0 shares
Theoreticians Be Like: Bling Bling Brain Power
The ultimate flex! While experimental physicists are out there begging for millions to build fancy equipment, theoretical physicists just need a comfy chair and their brain to unlock the universe's secrets. They're literally getting paid to daydream! 🧠✨ Picture Einstein just staring at a wall for hours before scribbling E=mc² on a napkin. Meanwhile, the grant committee is like "Here's $500,000 for... *checks notes*... thinking really hard?" Theoretical physics: where your imagination is the most expensive laboratory equipment!

The Real Reason Scientists Can't Afford Houses
Research Academia Lab-life Science Tech
1 month ago 4.3K views 0 shares
The Real Reason Scientists Can't Afford Houses
Ever wondered where your research funding disappeared to? That gleaming Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is the answer! Scientists and researchers everywhere know the pain of choosing between homeownership and that sweet, sweet sub-nanometer resolution. Sure, you might be living in a shoebox apartment, but you can see individual atoms in stunning detail! Research priorities, am I right? The housing market may be brutal, but at least your lab has the equipment to photograph it at 500,000x magnification!

The Great Laboratory Glass Massacre
Lab-life Academia Research Chemistry Science
3 months ago 8.5K views 0 shares
The Great Laboratory Glass Massacre
While normies waste money on fancy vacations, romantic dinners, wild parties, and gaming setups, us lab rats are busy funding the universe's most expensive glass-breaking symphony! 💸 Nothing says "financial responsibility" quite like watching your entire stipend shatter into a million pieces because you sneezed near a $300 volumetric flask. That distinctive *clink* sound? That's the sound of your security deposit evaporating! Pro tip: When your PI asks where the budget went, just mumble something about "sacrifices to the science gods" and back away slowly. Works every time!

Or You Can Overnight It For $40
Engineering Lab-life Research Materials Science
4 months ago 9.2K views 0 shares
Or You Can Overnight It For $40
Every engineer knows the pain of needing that one specific part to finish a project, only to discover McMaster-Carr wants your firstborn child as shipping collateral. The meme perfectly captures Mr. Krabs (the ultimate capitalist crustacean) swimming in money while charging $10 to ship a single screw—a screw that probably costs 12 cents. The worst part? When your research deadline is tomorrow, you'll happily pay the $40 overnight fee while silently calculating how many ramen packets that equals. The scientific supply chain: where a tiny piece of metal is somehow worth its weight in gold!