World war Memes

The dark humor here plays on the horrific history of chemical warfare with a Pokémon battle reference! Fritz Haber, the German chemist who developed weaponized chlorine gas in WWI, would be both impressed and appalled. The meme juxtaposes casual lab experimentation with the Geneva Convention-breaking suggestion to light mustard gas on fire. Fun chemistry fact: mustard gas (sulfur mustard) doesn't actually need to be ignited to be deadly—it's a vesicant that causes severe blistering on contact. Setting it on fire would just create an even more catastrophic violation of international law. The British flag and helmet complete this historically grim but scientifically accurate joke about one of chemistry's darkest chapters.