What Did That Paper Ever Do To You?

Remember when you thought your problems were big? The universe just laughed. This cosmic size comparison shows Earth as a tiny speck next to our Sun, which then looks like a measly marble compared to Stephenson 2-18 (a red supergiant star), which itself becomes practically invisible next to TON 618 - a black hole so massive it makes your credit card debt look microscopic in comparison. TON 618 is estimated to have a mass of 66 billion times our Sun. That's like comparing a grain of sand to Mount Everest, except even that analogy falls hilariously short. If this doesn't trigger an existential crisis, nothing will! Next time someone says they have "big news," just show them this and watch their announcement shrink into cosmic irrelevance.

The textbook says laminar flow, the professor says turbulent flow, and suddenly you're Tom the cat reading the newspaper in disbelief. Nothing like spending $200 on a textbook only to have your professor declare it's full of lies. That moment when you realize science isn't actually settled and those equations you memorized might be—gasp—simplified models! Next thing you know, they'll tell us the frictionless surfaces in physics problems aren't real either. The betrayal!

Poor decimeter! The forgotten middle child of the metric system! While millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers get all the cuddles and attention (just like that adorable dog), the decimeter sits alone, neglected and confused like that existential cat. It's the scientific equivalent of being left on "read" by the entire scientific community! The cat's progression from confusion to intense existential crisis perfectly captures how the decimeter must feel after centuries of being the metric unit nobody invites to parties. Even rulers skip from centimeters straight to meters—talk about being ghosted by measuring tools!

The r/AskPhysics subreddit moderators work faster than the speed of light when it comes to deleting questionable posts. You think you've found the unified theory of everything at 3 AM? Posted a rambling manifesto about how Einstein was wrong? Congratulations, you've created Schrödinger's post - simultaneously existing and not existing within a 12-minute window. The moderation team has the deletion reflex of a nervous system that evolved specifically to protect physics from "revolutionary" bathroom thoughts. Pro tip: If you want your post to survive, try including actual physics and fewer ALL CAPS declarations of genius.

The comic perfectly captures the instant-gratification expectations we have for complex scientific problems! Little stick figure wishes for nuclear power safety, and the genie's just like "POOF! Done!" But wait—nothing's actually changed. The genie's final panel reality check is gold: "Are you a power plant?!" Classic case of wanting magical solutions to engineering challenges that require decades of research, regulatory frameworks, and technological innovation. The real joke is how we all secretly hope some omnipotent being will just solve climate change, energy crises, and safety concerns with a snap of their fingers... while we continue doom-scrolling.

The physics pun we didn't know we needed. What starts as "potential spam" (stored energy) transforms into "kinetic spam" (energy in motion) once gravity does its thing. The spam tin literally converts potential energy to kinetic energy during freefall—a principle first-year physics students recite in their sleep. Meanwhile, our bunny friend misses the entire physics demonstration because they're too engrossed in their book. Typical scientist behavior, really. Missing the call of nature while nature demonstrates the very laws they're probably reading about.