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When Physics Gets Personal
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13 days ago 3.8K views 0 shares
When Physics Gets Personal
OMG it's the ultimate scientific burn! Pascal equals Newton over distance squared! 🔥 This is basically the 17th century equivalent of a diss track. The joke plays on Newton's inverse square law of gravitation (F = G × m₁m₂/r²) where force decreases with the square of the distance. So Pascal's influence "diminishes" compared to Newton's the further you get! Historical science beef at its finest - and they say physicists don't have a sense of humor!

The Scientific Hierarchy Of Smugness
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18 days ago 4.9K views 0 shares
The Scientific Hierarchy Of Smugness
Behold the eternal academic food chain! The top panel shows sciences arranged by "purity" with physicists smugly declaring dominance while mathematicians exist in their own dimension entirely. Meanwhile, the bottom panel reveals the dirty secret - as complexity increases, everyone's just desperately simplifying reality to make their equations work! This is basically every interdepartmental faculty meeting distilled into its purest form. Physicists think they're the apex predators of science until they need to calculate something with actual real-world messiness. Then suddenly it's "assume a spherical cow" time! And poor mathematicians, off in their abstract universe where numbers don't even need units. They're playing 5D chess while everyone else is arguing about whose science has more prestige. Truly the introverts of the academic world!

Let Bro Prove His Little Bang Theory
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18 days ago 3.9K views 0 shares
Let Bro Prove His Little Bang Theory
When your colleague's "Little Bang theory" is just not getting the traction of the Big Bang! Poor Williams is desperately trying to convince his peers that his alternative cosmological model deserves attention. Meanwhile, his colleagues are rolling their eyes because they've heard this pitch 42 times already. The whiteboard equations? Pure cosmic gibberish with just enough mathematical symbols to look legit from a distance. Scientists can be ruthlessly competitive—if your theory doesn't explain the universe AND make coffee, don't even bother presenting it!

The Great Calculus Betrayal
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20 days ago 5.2K views 0 shares
The Great Calculus Betrayal
The ultimate mathematical betrayal! This physics major is caught red-handed with a picture of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Newton's arch-nemesis in the calculus creation controversy. For the uninitiated, Newton and Leibniz independently developed calculus in the 17th century, leading to one of history's most bitter scientific priority disputes. Newton's followers accused Leibniz of plagiarism, while Leibniz's supporters claimed Newton hadn't published his work early enough. The poor student's "it's not mine" defense is the mathematical equivalent of being caught with contraband. The shame! The dishonor! Imagine pledging allegiance to Team Newton only to be secretly admiring Leibniz's superior notation (which, let's be honest, we actually use today). That's like a Star Wars fan secretly keeping Star Trek memorabilia under their bed. Mathematical treason of the highest order!

Normal Physics Problems
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22 days ago 3.4K views 0 shares
Normal Physics Problems
Physics textbooks really said "let's spice things up with some interdisciplinary trauma!" This gem features a problem where you're KIDNAPPED by political science majors for the crime of... *checks notes*... scientific gatekeeping. And somehow you're expected to calculate vehicle speed while blindfolded? Talk about applying physics under pressure! The comment thread is pure gold - physics majors throwing shade at other disciplines while conveniently ignoring that they can't explain 95% of the universe's composition. Dark matter and dark energy? More like "dark embarrassment." The theoretical physicist's response is the perfect scientific mic drop. Nothing says academic superiority like shouting "WELL NEITHER DOES ANYONE ELSE!" when your entire field is built on elegant equations describing a tiny fraction of reality.

The Oldest Play In The Book
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28 days ago 4.1K views 0 shares
The Oldest Play In The Book
The classic academic triple threat. Physicists love to position themselves as the perfect middle ground - using just enough math to sound legitimate but staying practical enough to claim engineering relevance. Meanwhile, mathematicians are still proving a triangle is actually a triangle, and engineers are building bridges with duct tape and optimism. It's the scientific equivalent of dating two people who hate each other and somehow convincing both you're on their side.

Newton Vs. Einstein: The Space-Time Wars
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Newton Vs. Einstein: The Space-Time Wars
The ultimate scientific showdown we never knew we needed! Newton's claim that "time is absolute" gets hilariously challenged when Einstein appears as a Jedi-like figure saying "I will prove time is Relative." The Star Wars crossover is pure genius—Einstein dropping the physics equivalent of "Only a Sith deals in absolutes" before Newton comes back with that ominous "You will try." Einstein literally revolutionized our understanding of time with his Theory of Relativity, proving that time can stretch and compress depending on gravity and velocity. It's basically the scientific equivalent of a lightsaber duel, but with equations instead of laser swords! 🤓✨

The Classical Mechanics Of Social Media Heartbreak
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1 month ago 4.8K views 0 shares
The Classical Mechanics Of Social Media Heartbreak
The ultimate physics fan heartbreak! Imagine dedicating your life to mastering Newton's work—learning ancient Greek just to read Principia in its original form, memorizing every detail of his gravitational laws—only to discover Einstein's social media clout absolutely crushes Newton's follower count. That's the 17th century equivalent of finding out your favorite indie physicist went mainstream. Newton's laws might govern classical mechanics, but Einstein's wild hair clearly dominates the algorithm. The scientific hierarchy has been disrupted not by revolutionary theories, but by follower metrics... something Newton never saw coming when that apple bonked him on the head!

The Ultimate Scientific Identity Crisis
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1 month ago 7.0K views 0 shares
The Ultimate Scientific Identity Crisis
The ultimate historical name-calling mix-up! One person's pointing at portraits of Robert Hooke (left) and Gottfried Leibniz (right) shouting "Newton!" while the actual scientists are like "Hey guys, not what we're called." 😂 This is peak scientific rivalry comedy! Newton, Hooke, and Leibniz had LEGENDARY feuds over who discovered calculus first and other scientific achievements. Newton and Hooke battled over optics and gravity, while Newton and Leibniz had the mother of all math fights over calculus. Imagine being so brilliant but still getting mistaken for your arch-nemesis! The scientific equivalent of calling your teacher "Mom" but WAY more devastating!

We Can Use Your Math, Right?
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2 months ago 8.2K views 0 shares
We Can Use Your Math, Right?
The eternal dance between pure mathematicians and physicists in one perfect Soviet Bugs Bunny meme. Mathematicians develop elegant abstract theories in their ivory towers, and before the ink even dries, physicists swoop in with their hammer and sickle: "OUR MATH now, comrade!" The funniest part? Those abstract mathematical concepts that seemed completely useless often become the exact tools physicists need decades later. Non-Euclidean geometry? Tensor calculus? Group theory? *Yoink* — all seized for the greater good of explaining the universe. Meanwhile, mathematicians just sigh and create something even more obscure.

Mathematician Destroys Physics With One Simple Proof
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2 months ago 8.8K views 0 shares
Mathematician Destroys Physics With One Simple Proof
This is peak mathematical savagery! While physicists spend decades wrestling with quantum gravity theories, mathematicians swoop in with a brutal proof by contradiction. Gravitons (theoretical particles that carry gravitational force) can't escape black holes due to their intense gravity... so by mathematical logic, they must not exist at all! Case closed with a smug Q.E.D. It's like watching someone solve the hardest puzzle in physics by simply declaring "the puzzle pieces don't fit, therefore the puzzle doesn't exist." Pure mathematical mic drop moment.

How To Defeat A Physicist With Three Numbers
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3 months ago 9.2K views 0 shares
How To Defeat A Physicist With Three Numbers
Nothing triggers a physicist faster than mathematical blasphemy. Our hero complains about engineers contradicting physics, only to be utterly destroyed by "Pi = 3 = e" - an equation so mathematically criminal it should come with jail time. For context, Pi is approximately 3.14159..., while e is about 2.71828... To a physicist, saying these constants equal each other (and equal 3) is like telling a chef that ketchup and fine wine are identical substances. The response? "#harassment" - because sometimes there's no comeback for pure mathematical violence.