Weekend Memes

Ever wondered why your hangover feels like a cat hissing at your life choices? This biochemical drama perfectly captures your liver's desperate battle during a Friday night bender. When you down those shots, ethanol (your favorite poison) gets attacked by alcohol dehydrogenase (your liver's tiny bouncer), creating acetaldehyde (the ACTUAL villain). That acetaldehyde is what makes you feel like absolute garbage the next morning - it's literally a toxic compound that your body is desperately trying to evict. So next time you're hugging the porcelain throne on Saturday morning, remember: you're not just hungover, you're experiencing a complex enzymatic cascade that even your biochemistry professor would need a drink to explain properly. Your liver deserves an apology card and a spa day.