Benzene or bust.
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2025
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Hexagons are the Bestagons
I was going to comment this, so I'm glad to see that you beat me to it. Benzene is so cool.
Meme: Virgin cyclohexane in chair conformation vs. Chad benzene, a planar ring
Remember Benzene? It's back!
All of these look like glasses Elton John wore in the 70s
The bottom two together look like Vampire Elton John now, thanks.
As an actual professional organic chemist, ironically, these make my eyes hurt.
Meth cook?
A redneck missing half his teeth can make meth in a Gatorade bottle in a Wal-Mart bathroom. I could probably figure it out. But that would be pretty bad for my career.
A redneck missing half his teeth can make meth in a Gatorade bottle in a Wal-Mart bathroom.
I could probably figure it out.
It is good that you believe in yourself. I believe in you too.
Obviously whichever one is closest to 0 K, of course!
I wear my organic compounds at night,
So I can, so I can
Probably the middle one since it's going to be pretty stable. Top and bottom seem like they'd be explosive.
They're just glasses.
Face centred pubic aromatic.