Damn Vectors Always Are Too Long

The infamous "plane on a treadmill" thought experiment has sparked more internet fights than pineapple on pizza! Here's the physics breakdown: planes don't push against the ground—they push against the air . The engines generate thrust through the air, not by spinning the wheels. So even if the treadmill perfectly cancels the wheel rotation, the plane would still move forward relative to the air and generate lift. The wheels would just spin twice as fast while the plane smugly takes off anyway. It's like trying to stop someone on roller skates by moving the floor—they're still gonna glide forward if they're pushing against something else. The middle image showing a plane taking off from a moving truck actually demonstrates this principle perfectly. Physics: 1, Intuition: 0.

Behold! Your phone has achieved the impossible—reaching -117,932.8°F, which is about 200,000 degrees BELOW absolute zero ! That's colder than the theoretical limit of the universe! Your device has broken physics so badly that atoms would have negative kinetic energy and time might flow backwards. No wonder it "may shut down suddenly"—it's probably creating a wormhole in your pocket! Next time your phone freezes, check if it's also freezing the fabric of spacetime. Just another normal day in smartphone thermodynamics!

Einstein established spacetime with a measly 4 dimensions, and string theorists are just sitting there like, "Pathetic." While Einstein revolutionized physics with general relativity's 3 spatial dimensions plus time, string theorists casually toss in 7 extra dimensions before breakfast. They're basically dimensional hoarders who can't stop at a reasonable number. Next faculty meeting, they'll probably announce they found dimension #12 hiding behind the coffee machine.

This brilliant quantum mechanics joke captures the infamous double-slit experiment in action! In the top panel, we see our stick figure scientist observing the slits, causing the wave function to collapse into particle behavior (seen in the bottom panel). The moment you look away—*poof*—those sneaky electrons go back to their wave-like interference pattern. It's like catching your cat doing something weird, but on a subatomic scale. The universe literally changes its behavior when you're not looking! Quantum physics: where reality itself has performance anxiety.

Lightning McQueen thought he was hot stuff declaring "I am speed." Then Vector from Despicable Me shows up and schools everyone with "Get vectored," transforming our race car friend into "I am velocity." Pure physics humor gold! Speed is just how fast something goes, but velocity includes direction too—it's a vector quantity. The yellow arrow showing McQueen's new direction is the chef's kiss of this science pun. Next-level nerdy flex that would make Newton himself snort-laugh.

The physics homework starts innocently enough—a simple problem with a 20N weight at 5m height. But then the Colossal Titan from Attack on Titan shows up and suddenly you're calculating the force of a 60-meter humanoid destroying a wall while engulfed in flames. Nothing says "escalation of difficulty" quite like going from basic potential energy to apocalyptic thermodynamics in one homework assignment. The professor probably thinks they're being "relatable" with pop culture references, but they've clearly crossed into cruel and unusual punishment territory.