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Why Use Many Words When Few Do Trick?
Chemistry Science Academia
16 days ago 4.7K views 0 shares
Why Use Many Words When Few Do Trick?
Chemistry teachers fighting over acid definitions is the scientific equivalent of sports fans arguing about GOAT players. The Arrhenius definition (1884) goes full technical with "releases H+ ions in water" while Brønsted (1923) just drops the mic with "donates protons." Same concept, but one's writing a dissertation and the other's giving you the TL;DR. The virgin explanation vs. the chad simplification. Next time someone asks what an acid is, channel your inner Brønsted and save yourself 8 words.

Petition To Call All Functions Number Machines From Now On
Math Academia Engineering Science
17 days ago 4.4K views 0 shares
Petition To Call All Functions Number Machines From Now On
Mathematicians trying to make their field sound fancy: "This is a linear function with slope 2 and y-intercept 3." Engineers who just want to get things done: "Number goes in, gets doubled, add 3, number comes out. Next problem." The elegant simplicity of calling functions "number machines" would save us approximately 4.7 hours of pretentious terminology per semester. I'm submitting this to the International Mathematical Union immediately.

Who's Naming These?
Chemistry Science
1 month ago 5.4K views 0 shares
Who's Naming These?
Chemistry naming conventions just hit different! Squaric acid is literally named because its carbon atoms form a square. No fancy Latin roots, no honoring some dead scientist - just "Hey, this molecule looks like a square, let's call it SQUARIC ACID!" 😂 This is the scientific equivalent of naming your pet "Cat" or your houseplant "Green Thing." Sometimes the most brilliant minds in science just look at a molecule and go "Yep, that's square-shaped, we're done here!" And honestly, I respect that level of straightforward thinking!

A Day In The Life Of A Civil Engineer
Engineering
1 month ago 6.4K views 0 shares
A Day In The Life Of A Civil Engineer
Five guys staring intensely at a blueprint that's basically just a square with a triangle on top. This is peak civil engineering - spending hours debating if that line should be 2mm to the left while standing in literal dirt. The blueprint says "house" without saying "house." Meanwhile, the client probably wants a swimming pool, home theater, and helicopter pad added "for just a small additional fee."

Iconic Character Design
Physics Astronomy Universe Science
1 month ago 13.3K views 0 shares
Iconic Character Design
The scientific method has nothing on character design! While we're busy writing 20-page papers to describe a single protein, animators just need a distinctive silhouette. That last one? Literally a black circle. Yet somehow we all know it's a black hole that's about to devour everything in its path. Physics simplified to perfection—no equations about event horizons or gravitational singularities needed. Just pure, existential dread in circle form.

Could Our Universe Be A Simulation?
Universe Science Physics
1 month ago 9.1K views 0 shares
Could Our Universe Be A Simulation?
The simulation hypothesis meets philosophy's greatest buzzkill! Nothing quite like watching someone try to solve existential questions with a 14th-century principle that basically says "don't overthink it." The irony of using Occam's Razor—which favors the simplest explanation—to dismiss the idea we're in a simulation is *chef's kiss*. Because obviously the simplest explanation is that we're meat-based consciousness hurtling through an infinite void on a wet rock, not lines of code in some cosmic undergraduate's homework assignment. Sure, Jan.