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Newton's Law Of Universal Attraction

7 months ago 11.0K views 0 shares

Newton dropping the physics equivalent of a pick-up line! The joke brilliantly plays on Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation (F = G × (m₁m₂)/r²) where the force of attraction between objects increases with mass. So when Newton says "the greater the mass, the greater the force of attraction," he's technically stating his gravitational law while simultaneously making a cheeky comment about preferring "thicc" bodies. The scientific double entendre is absolutely genius - turning a fundamental physics equation into a flirtatious remark. Revolutionary physicist by day, smooth talker by night!

No Mercy For Smallpox: How Science Became The Ultimate Sith Lord

Medicine Science Biology Research

9 months ago 26.4K views 0 shares

No Mercy For Smallpox: How Science Became The Ultimate Sith Lord

The only thing more brutal than Darth Maul's lightsaber skills? Vaccination campaigns against smallpox. This meme beautifully captures humanity's greatest medical flex - the complete eradication of a disease that killed over 300 million people in the 20th century alone. Smallpox begged for mercy, but scientists showed up with Edward Jenner's vaccination technique and basically Force-lightning'd it into extinction by 1980. Talk about the ultimate "I am the Senate" moment for medical science. Next up on the chopping block: polio. Science doesn't negotiate with pathogens.

Ya Gotta Wonder...

Physics

1 month ago 23.1K views 0 shares

Nothing like a good dose of radiation panic to boost those ratings! The meme highlights the classic disconnect between scientific risk assessment and media coverage. When Japan released treated Fukushima wastewater that meets international safety standards (and is actually more dilute than what's already in your tap), journalists suddenly became nuclear physicists. The irony is delicious - we're swimming in a sea of much more dangerous everyday chemicals that never make headlines. Remember folks, the dose makes the poison... and apparently, the clickbait too.

Chernobyl: Easy Boys

Physics Science Engineering

8 months ago 21.7K views 0 shares

The stakes of saying "oops" escalate dramatically across professions! A teacher's mistake might mean a typo on the board. A surgeon's error? Maybe an extra scar. But a nuclear physicist's blunder? Hello, mushroom cloud and goodbye civilization! The meme brilliantly captures this with increasingly distorted faces - from Mr. Incredible's mild concern to whatever nightmare fuel that bottom panel represents. Nuclear reactions don't exactly come with an undo button, which is why the Chernobyl reference hits so hard. When your mistake can irradiate half a continent, "oops" becomes the understatement of the century.

When You Forget Not Everything Is The Free Monoid

Math Science

7 months ago 12.1K views 0 shares

When You Forget Not Everything Is The Free Monoid

Someone just discovered the mathematical multiverse! The tweet claims "1+2=12" and wants to "take back the country" with this revolutionary math, but the response is pure abstract algebra gold. Translation for non-math nerds: In normal arithmetic, 1+2=3, obviously. But the joke suggests she's using string concatenation (where "1"+"2"="12") and mistaking it for actual addition. The reply brilliantly mocks this by suggesting she's from some bizarre mathematical realm where the plus sign works differently - specifically using fancy terms from abstract algebra about "Kleene closure" that basically nobody outside advanced mathematics understands. It's like saying "she's not bad at math, she's just operating in a completely different mathematical universe where her nonsense actually makes sense." The perfect intellectual burn for when someone confidently posts mathematical gibberish as political wisdom!

It's Important To Develop Your Kitten's Interest In Physics From A Young Age

Physics Science

4 months ago 23.7K views 0 shares

It's Important To Develop Your Kitten's Interest In Physics From A Young Age

That moment when your cat's quantum physics education is more advanced than yours! While you're still struggling with "Schrödinger's cat," your actual cat is studying real photon wave-particle duality. The irony isn't lost on me that cats—who spend half their day chasing invisible particles around the house—might actually have an intuitive understanding of quantum mechanics. Next thing you know, kitty will be publishing in Nature while you're still trying to figure out why the TV remote isn't working. Future Nobel Prize winner right there, just needs opposable thumbs to write the acceptance speech.

The Serious Business Of Naming Fluffy Birds

Biology Academia Science

7 months ago 14.0K views 0 shares

The Serious Business Of Naming Fluffy Birds

Taxonomists spend decades developing rigorous Latin binomial nomenclature systems, then turn around and name a bird the "Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler" with completely straight faces. The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one. Somewhere, a graduate student is writing a serious dissertation about tit-babbler population dynamics while their professor nods solemnly. Science is nothing if not a perfect blend of precision and accidental comedy.

Le Fancy Natural Logarithm

Math Science

10 months ago 23.0K views 0 shares

Regular Pooh: Using "ln" like a basic mathematician. Fancy Pooh: Referring to it as "l'Ogarithme Naturelle" because everything sounds more sophisticated in French. The natural logarithm doesn't change its mathematical properties when you dress it up in a tuxedo and give it a French accent, but it certainly makes you feel fancier when writing proofs. Next time your calculus professor asks you to solve an integral, just whisper "l'Ogarithme Naturelle" and watch their eyes roll all the way back to Euler's time.

When Your Brilliant Physics Idea Meets Actual Physics

Physics Science

4 months ago 21.4K views 0 shares

When Your Brilliant Physics Idea Meets Actual Physics

Physics has entered the chat. And it's shaking its head slowly. The setup shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how half-transparent mirrors work. Light doesn't just bounce back and forth indefinitely - it's either reflected or transmitted at each encounter with partial probability. The person standing in the dark room would just see a dimmer version of the bright room, not an infinite tunnel. It's like trying to create infinite energy with a solar panel pointed at a light bulb powered by that same solar panel. Nice try though. The universe respects your creativity, if not your understanding of optics.

Mitochondrial Rhyme Time

Biology Academia Science

7 months ago 15.4K views 0 shares

The poetry slam champion of every intro biology class: "Roses are red, it's hot like hell, the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell." This masterpiece captures the one biological fact that survives years after finals. You could forget everything about cellular respiration, but that mitochondrial slogan is tattooed on your brain forever. It's the scientific equivalent of remembering song lyrics but forgetting your own phone number.

I Took A Macro Photography Of The Best Screw Ever Invented

Science

2 months ago 2.6K views 0 shares

I Took A Macro Photography Of The Best Screw Ever Invented

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The Ultimate Engineering Portfolio

Engineering Materials Science

8 months ago 13.9K views 0 shares

The ultimate structural integrity flex! Nothing says "trust our engineering expertise" quite like being the only building standing after an earthquake while surrounded by your own failed projects. It's like the Chamber of Civil Engineers building is smugly saying, "I designed myself, but I outsourced all that other stuff to the interns." Talk about practicing what you preach... selectively. Next time someone asks for proof that engineers know what they're doing, just point to this architectural island in a sea of rubble. The irony is so structurally sound you could build a bridge on it.

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