The meme brilliantly plays on the word "atom" by creating a visual pun: "Atom" → "look inside" → plum + pudding, which references the obsolete "plum pudding model" of atomic structure proposed by J.J. Thomson in 1904. In this early atomic model, electrons were thought to be embedded throughout a positively charged substance like plums in a pudding. The cat's wide-eyed reaction perfectly captures how modern physicists feel about this hilariously outdated model that was disproven by Rutherford's gold foil experiment. Scientists abandoned this model over a century ago, but it remains a charming relic of scientific history that makes physics nerds snicker uncontrollably.
The Plum Pudding Panic

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