Thermodynamics Memes

The baby's first words aren't "mama" or "dada" but "IDEAL GAS"! 😂 This chemistry nerd parent's dream come true! The equation PV = nRT is the Ideal Gas Law - the foundational equation that describes how pressure, volume, temperature, and amount of gas molecules relate under perfect conditions. It's basically the "baby's first formula" for chemistry students! That parent's face of disappointment is every chemistry professor when students forget this equation on exams!

The perfect embodiment of every chemistry student's disillusionment. First year: "PV=nRT is beautiful and elegant!" By senior year: "Van der Waals equation gives me nightmares." The ideal gas is the superhero we want—perfect, predictable, obedient. The real gas is what we actually get—smoking, complicated, and refusing to follow the rules when the pressure's on. Just like dating profiles versus reality. Textbooks vs. lab results. Expectation vs. the crushing weight of thermodynamic reality.

The educational journey of understanding gases is basically the story of your soul slowly leaving your body! Starting with "gas is like air" and cute balloon examples, you're suddenly thrown into the deep end with PV = nRT (ideal gas law). Just when you think you've got it, high school hits you with van der Waals equation that's like "actually, gases aren't ideal, SURPRISE!" Then college delivers the final blow with entropy equations that make you question not just gases but your entire existence. The progression of facial expressions says it all - from innocent joy to pure existential pain. The universal language of thermodynamic suffering!