this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
697 points (98.9% liked)

Science Memes

19526 readers
1618 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

"Lower the inertial mass." -- Miles O'Brien, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Season 1, Episode 1.

[–] AffineConnection@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Lower the inertial mass

—what to say when you want your obese Trekkie friend to take care of their health

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

Oh man you just brought up repressed memories of the biggest Trekkie nerd in elementary school making fun of me for my obesity.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Remove all the tanks and shit on the bottom to really save weight and just let the shuttle fly? It's not rocket science.

[–] AffineConnection@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Nice username

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 10 points 12 hours ago

Found the Kerbal Space Program player?

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

SIX HUNDRED EL BEES? HOLY FUCK THAT'S A LOTTA PAINT.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That's why American Airlines had the "cheat line" livery. Bare hulls saved them enough weight to carry like an extra 2 passengers.

Plus, polished metal on airframes looks sweet IMHO. Real "DC3 golden era of aviation" vibes.

[–] matti@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 hours ago

And why McLaren went with a silver colour

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Though isn't that decreasing the aerodynamics and increasing the friction?

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Probably, but the slowest part of the trip is in the most dense air. Probably still a net benefit!

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 88 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Orange makes it go faster. Not the fastest color but it's up there.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 26 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] jaennaet@sopuli.xyz 25 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 21 points 13 hours ago (4 children)
[–] jaennaet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 36 minutes ago)

Although tbf all those achievements were by the Soviet space program, while Roscosmos has been… well, less successful especially recently thanks to all the money going to murdering Ukrainians

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

We put a lot of meaning on 'Boots on the ground.'

[–] jaennaet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 12 hours ago

"First to invade the moon"

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 12 hours ago

US just put enough into the CHA stat to decide which achievement is worth bragging about.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›