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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

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Freshman's Dream

Math Academia Science
16 hours ago 14.7K views 0 shares
Freshman's Dream
The infamous "Freshman's Dream" strikes again! When math students first encounter exponents, they often make the cardinal sin of thinking (A+B)² equals A²+B². The guy confidently walking around with "2AB" on his shirt is the missing term that freshmen conveniently forget. The disappointed look from the other guy saying "Z_2" is basically every math professor silently judging your algebraic sins. Pro tip: Remember kids, (A+B)² = A² + 2AB + B² or suffer the eternal shame of mathematical incorrectness. Your algebra teacher didn't cry themselves to sleep for this.

The Feline Physicist's Dilemma

Physics Academia Science Research
23 hours ago 13.0K views 0 shares
The Feline Physicist's Dilemma
That smug feline expression perfectly captures the moment when you realize your groundbreaking theories don't matter without institutional backing. Welcome to science, where being ignored by academia is practically a rite of passage. Even Einstein had papers rejected. The difference? He wasn't a cat posting on r/Physics. Pro tip: Next time, try attaching a grant proposal with your theory. Money talks, even when cats don't.

Which Geological Event Are You Reppin'?

Geology Earth-science Evolution Biology
12 hours ago 11.1K views 0 shares
Which Geological Event Are You Reppin'?
Gang wars just got prehistoric! This meme brilliantly turns the classic Bloods vs. Crips rivalry into a battle between two of Earth's most revolutionary moments. On the red side, we've got the Cambrian Explosion—that wild party 540 million years ago when multicellular life forms basically said "let's get creative" and evolved into countless new species practically overnight (geologically speaking). On the blue side, the OG Primordial Soup from 3.7 billion years back, when the first organic molecules were just figuring out this whole "life" thing in Earth's ancient oceans. Choosing between these two is like deciding whether you prefer your evolutionary breakthrough fast and flashy or slow and foundational. Real geologists throw up hand signs for their favorite geological periods.

The Mathematical Metamorphosis

Math Academia Science
12 hours ago 11.0K views 0 shares
The Mathematical Metamorphosis
The mathematical rebellion has begun! This glorious collage captures that moment when you've stared at inverse trig derivatives for so long that your brain decides "THAT'S IT, I'M BECOMING A MATHEMATICIAN" with the intensity of someone who just discovered coffee has been decaf all along. The chaotic blend of complex numbers, imaginary axes, and that abacus (which is clearly there for emotional support) represents the beautiful madness that happens when math consumes your soul. The ancient calculator and portrait of Al-Khwarizmi watching in the corner? They're just there to witness your transformation into the final math boss!

The Mathematical Journey Of Despair

Math Academia Science
12 hours ago 10.9K views 0 shares
The Mathematical Journey Of Despair
The mathematical trauma escalation is TOO REAL! 🤯 Start with innocent little 2+2=4, then suddenly you're wrestling quadratic formulas like they're angry pythons. By high school, calculus is making your brain do backflips with that fundamental theorem. Then college hits you with differential forms that sound like spells from a math wizard's grimoire! And the final boss? Excel spreadsheets! Because after all that theoretical brilliance, your job reduces you to =B2+C2+D2 formulas for tracking Pokéball inventory. The universe has a twisted sense of humor - spending years learning to integrate over manifolds just to end up integrating column numbers instead!

The Usual Metric

Math Academia Science
11 hours ago 10.8K views 0 shares
The Usual Metric
Ever notice how advanced math is just a towering skyscraper of complexity balanced on one tiny, precarious assumption? That's "the usual metric" - the mathematical equivalent of saying "trust me, bro" before building an entire theoretical universe. Mathematicians spend decades mastering calculus, real analysis, and measure theory, constructing elaborate intellectual castles, all while hoping nobody kicks that one foundational assumption they casually labeled "the usual metric." It's like spending years building the world's most sophisticated house of cards on a subway platform during rush hour.

Imagine Drawing That On A Test

Biology Academia Science
17 hours ago 10.6K views 0 shares
Imagine Drawing That On A Test
The perfect molecular biology hack doesn't exi— 💀 Every bio student knows the struggle of drawing those complex double helix structures and ribonucleic acid chains. Why spend 20 minutes sketching nucleotides when your hairstyle says it all? Straight hair = DNA double helix. Curly locks = single-stranded RNA. Professors would either give you full marks for creativity or fail you spectacularly. Either way, you'd become a legend in the department.

The Genetic Comedy Club: Biology Memes That Replicate Joy

Biology Science
18 hours ago 10.6K views 0 shares
The Genetic Comedy Club: Biology Memes That Replicate Joy
This biology meme compilation is pure genetic gold! Panel A: Rick and Morty nails it - meiosis really IS just mitosis with spicy extra steps! While mitosis makes identical copies, meiosis goes rogue with chromosome shuffling for that sweet genetic diversity. Panel B: The eternal molecular power couple! DNA writes the genetic instructions while RNA is the hardworking messenger that actually gets things done. Classic relationship dynamics! Panel C: DNA replication is basically just Oprah energy - "YOU get a DNA strand! YOU get a DNA strand! EVERYBODY GETS DNA STRANDS!" Panel D: Heterozygotes having different alleles for a trait is perfectly captured by these black and white goats - or should I say "heterozyCOATS"? When your genotype is Bb instead of BB or bb, you're living that mixed allele life!

We Used To Pray For Times Like This (HD 137010 B)

Astronomy Universe Science Research
18 hours ago 10.5K views 0 shares
We Used To Pray For Times Like This (HD 137010 B)
Astronomers' excitement levels depicted with perfect accuracy. Finding an exoplanet? Mildly interesting. Only 150 light years away? Getting warmer. Orbiting a K-type star? Now we're talking. But a 50% chance of being habitable? That's the astronomical equivalent of winning the cosmic lottery. Exoplanet hunters spend decades finding gas giants in hellish orbits, so HD 137010 b is basically their Super Bowl, World Cup, and Nobel Prize rolled into one. The red glowing eyes represent the collective fever dream of the entire SETI community.

Clearly Doesn't Work Like Math

Math
17 hours ago 10.5K views 0 shares
Clearly Doesn't Work Like Math
The mathematical comedy here is exquisite. First person states that 1 raised to any power equals 1, which is a fundamental property. Second person attempts a "gotcha" with 1^(-1), not realizing that negative exponents don't change the value of 1—they just flip the fraction, and 1/1 is still 1. It's like watching someone confidently walk into a glass door while explaining how transparent objects don't exist.

Draw And Label A Free Body Diagram For Full Points

Physics Engineering Science Academia
11 hours ago 10.5K views 0 shares
Draw And Label A Free Body Diagram For Full Points
Whoever created this installation deserves an A+ in creative physics! It's the ultimate free body diagram prank—a table suspended by strings with buckets "resting" on it. The tension forces are actually holding everything up, completely flipping the expected force diagram. Every physics student who's ever struggled drawing arrows for tension, gravity, and normal forces is having flashbacks right now. Newton would either be impressed or facepalm so hard he'd discover a fourth law of motion! Fun fact: This setup is basically demonstrating Newton's Third Law in reverse psychology form. The buckets aren't supporting the table; they're being supported BY it while pretending to be the heroes!

The Physics Of Impossible Pickup Lines

Physics Astronomy Science
17 hours ago 10.5K views 0 shares
The Physics Of Impossible Pickup Lines
Someone really put their physics degree to work calculating the theoretical ejaculation velocity if powered by 1000 suns. The result? About 7.49 billion trillion times the speed of light. That's enough to violate every law of physics Einstein ever proposed. Clearly someone's reproductive ambitions are exceeding the constraints of the known universe. Next time you want to impress someone, maybe stick with "you're stellar" instead of promising astronomical performance that would literally rip a hole in spacetime.
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