Gravity Is Just A Suggestion

Prince Rupert's Drops are like the ultimate glass ninja warriors. These teardrop-shaped glass structures are virtually indestructible at the bulbous end (you can literally hammer it!), but flick the tail and—BOOM—the whole thing explodes into dust. Materials scientists get weirdly excited about this phenomenon because it's all about that sweet, sweet internal stress distribution. Meanwhile, sci-fi fans are just thinking "cool exploding glass thing" without appreciating the complex thermal gradients and tensile strength principles at work. The meme perfectly captures how materials nerds (looking at you, Mr. Incredible) appreciate the actual science, while sci-fi enthusiasts (Igor from Young Frankenstein, apparently) just want to see things go boom. Science is cool either way, but knowing why it goes boom? That's the real superpower.

When your professor casually assigns reading from "Fuzzy and Fuzzy SUSY Physics" as if it's not the academic equivalent of a fever dream. SUSY (supersymmetry) is already the theoretical physics version of finding a unicorn, but making it "fuzzy" twice? That's like saying "We're not just speculating wildly—we're doing it with style ." The authors' names look like they'd require quantum mechanics just to pronounce correctly. This textbook is what happens when physicists hit their caffeine limit while trying to explain why the universe doesn't make sense.

The eternal rivalry between mathematicians and physicists captured in their natural habitat. On the left, a mathematician having an existential crisis because someone dared to differentiate without checking if the function is differentiable first—mathematical blasphemy of the highest order. Meanwhile, the physicist is just vibing with Taylor series approximations, completely unbothered by such formalities. Physicists will happily expand functions into infinite series and assume convergence while mathematicians weep in the corner about rigor. It's like watching someone use a screwdriver as a hammer and being totally fine with the results.

The multiverse of physics constants, all represented by the letter K. This is what happens when physicists run out of alphabet and start casting spells with the same letter. That "replies from crush" arm is particularly devastating - the only constant with a 100% chance of approaching zero. In the mystical temple of thermodynamics, Dr. K conjures all the constants simultaneously, bending reality with each hand gesture. Meanwhile, engineering students cry in the corner trying to remember which K is which on their cheat sheets.

Nikola Tesla casually plugged into a wall outlet before rock bands were even a concept. The electrical pioneer was probably just enjoying some alternating current/direct current through those primitive earbuds while the rest of humanity was still arguing about which electrical standard would win. When you've invented wireless transmission, you get to listen to music that won't exist for another century. That's just how temporal electrical engineering works.

Engineers panicking about AI stealing their jobs while the AI is just trying to understand electrical engineering fundamentals is peak irony. The diagram shows complex power factor calculations with phase angles and reactive/real power - stuff that mediocre engineers themselves probably struggle with. Meanwhile, ChatGPT is still figuring out if it should apologize for not being able to make you a sandwich. Your job security isn't threatened by artificial intelligence; it's threatened by your artificial competence.