Me: That doesn’t seem right. OH. Oh, I am stupid.
*OH2
I am impressed by how clever that was. Well done.
It’s almost impossible to see the last two words because your brain is already reeling from the rest of the statement. It took me a few tries to finally parse it.
I very slowly zoomed in on the actual words in the post.
Started off processing “molecule” as “mole”, “solar system” as “galaxy”, and thinking “ha, don’t know if that’s true but it sounds both plausible and neat”.
There are definitely more hydrogen atoms in a mole of water than stars in the Milky Way.
The Milky Way has somewhere between 100 and 400 billion stars according to Wikipedia (
1*10^11to4*10^11). A mole of water has6.022*10^23molecules in it, each of which has two hydrogen atoms in it for a total of1.2044*10^24hydrogen atoms.10^24 / 10^11 = 10^13which is ten trillion. So, a mole of water has roughly ten trillion times as many hydrogen atoms as the Milky Way has stars.Wasn’t thinking moles, not that technical, but it sounded plausible vs. the number of stars in the Milky Way.
Wait…
The glass of water is a bit misleading. Your brain starts thinking about all the water molecules inside. That’s all.
That is a masterfully crafted mansplaining trap.
Chappeau.
That’s actually just the first part of the phrase. The whole thing is “je ne suis pas français, chappeau”
edit: Ok this was supposed to be a joke about mansplaining something you know nothing about, but we fell into Poe’s law.
just the first part of the phrase
Seems to me like it was the last part of the phrase.
je ne suis pas français, chappeau
I tried googling this to see if I was missing some reference or something and it led to strange google behavior I’ve never seen before… When I search “je ne suis pas français, chappeau” without the quotation marks, Google automatically changes the French to English in the search bar when I hit the search button.
Anyone else experienced this? For what possible fucking purpose would that exist?
Huh, this is an interesting intercultural communiaction trap.
In my area, this is just used as a shorthand/slang/idiom for “nice, i respect that” or in place of a nod or “thank you”
Edit: i should add, that as far as i know, a chappeau is a type of cap or hat? Right? have to google that.
edit2: yes, a hat. The origin of the use I know for it is probably a salute where you touch your finger or hand to the hat, or lifting the hat.
Here saying “hat” seems to be enough :D
Hat
Click here if you don't understand
There is only one star in our solar system - the Sun.
And if you somehow still don't get it, click here
Meanwhile, there are two hydrogen atoms in a water molecule - H2O
If you're still having trouble, click here
2 is greater than 1
And if all of this continues to elude you, click here
You just lost The GameTM.
Drats, it seems I’ve been outplayed! ಠಗಠ
Only if they are good things. 2 people trying to stab you, not greater than 1. Pessimism, the negative perspective. Only in math do we hold onto those darn dashes
This guy is right, we need an asterisk.
We need the same number of stars in our solar system equivalent of CCs of asterisk in here, stat.
I have no idea who you are, but the fact that you said I was right about something means I completely agree with you. …what was I right about?
Well frankly that’s just none of your business.
Sexy and secretive. Keep it up stranger. Flattery and denial will get you far in life. Haha
i don’t understand
why are you quoting the sun?
I understand
It’s clearly short for “Sun Wukong.”
I really need to read better, I still thought it said galaxy.
Yes, the “if you don’t understand the joke” comment explains the joke. That’s the point.
There are more memes estimating the size of the universe than there are stars in the galaxy.
Solar system.
You’ll have to prove this one.
With greater hydrogen comes greater responsibility.
Like twice as much
I skipped reading the word stars, and I thought it was deliberately wrong to rile people up.
- Number of hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water (H2O): 2
- Number of stars in our (ENTIRE) solar system: 1
That’s the joke.
Most people have more balls than there are stars in our solar system.
Wait, are you counting ovaries?
The average human has somewhere between 1.1 and 1.4 testicles.
Late edit: I was not sober when I wrote this and I definitely did the math wrong.
Is this because of intersex conditions or something? Or just a number you pulled out of your
assballs?Good friend of mine has 3. One is apparently tiny, but it’s there. That man would fuck a snake if you hold it’s head. Horniest man I ever met.
c/theydidthemathincorrectly
Not Hitler though.
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Petition to classify Pluto as a star
My autopilot brain kept skipping over molecule and missing the joke lol.
There actually are more molocules of H2O in 10 drops of water than there are stars in the observable universe.
Optimists: the glass is half full
Pessimists: this half empty glass of water has more molecules than there are stars in the observable universe; life is meaningless
There are fewer hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are fingers on my hand.
Check and mate.
Ken M made a similar joke a while back right?
Reminds me of the time someone on Xitter said that there are more trees on Earth than there are stars in our Galaxy. They got ratio’d pretty damn hard for it. -_-
I couldn’t find the clip, but first thing that came to mind was the StarTalk Live with Buzz Aldrin and John Hodgman.
Hodgman: “maybe they’ll find H 2 2 2 2 O!”
Edit: crap, I have to call myself out. I failed to read completely, thought the screenshotted poster accidentally changed one part of the comparison, instead of deliberately changing both parts. If the original was molecules in a cubic inch of water vs stars in the observable universe, I read this post as atoms in a molecule vs stars in the observable universe.
Apologies, I discovered I was a fool and was excited to share my discovery.
No need to feel foolish. You have introduced me to yet another John Hodgman project. And that’s all that matters in this world.
