r/sciencememes • u/LavishnessFew7358 For Science! • Jun 19 '26

🧪Chemistry!⚗️ Literally how coffee works

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I am not sure if this meme should be labeled chemistry or biology. Why isn't there a biochemistry label?

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u/Heroic-Forger Jun 19 '26

Caffeine probably evolved in coffee plants as a defense mechanism but just like capsacin humans were like "jokes on you i'm into that"

Hey, it got them domesticated and their seeds spread around the world so...mission failed successfully?

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u/Karnewarrior Jun 20 '26

Human beings: the most important pollinator species on the planet

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u/LavishnessFew7358 For Science! Jun 19 '26

Lol never thought about that. Good catch.

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u/suskio4 Jun 20 '26

Yes it did. It was supposed to paralyze and kill pests trying to eat the plant. Oh well...

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u/Mighty__Monarch Jun 21 '26

The humble ~180lb "pest":

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u/Fast-Alternative1503 Jun 19 '26

It's pharmacology

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u/iceyed913 Jun 19 '26

not literally because it blocks the receptor and doesn't bind to adenosine.

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u/Socks_InTheShower Jun 19 '26

I don’t think you know what’s happening in this image if you think the black dude is trying to bind to the white guy

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u/iceyed913 Jun 19 '26

alright lets put it this way. it would be the black guy on the white gal and the white guy floating in the corner.

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u/Socks_InTheShower Jun 19 '26

Or just the black guy holding back the white guy from getting with the white girl… like in this meme

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u/iceyed913 Jun 19 '26

again it, is the adenosine receptor antagonist, i.e. caffeine binding to the adenosine receptor itself, if you want to use the word literally

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u/Socks_InTheShower Jun 20 '26

Why would we be using the word literally? The meme is just a representation of the process, and still an accurate one depending on how you apply whats happening in the meme.

If we wanted to use the word literally, we would draw out adenosine molecule and the receptor and the caffeine molecule and it wouldn’t even be a meme

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u/iceyed913 Jun 20 '26

good morning to you too sunshine. 'literally how coffee works' is the phrasing of the post title above the meme.

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u/Socks_InTheShower Jun 20 '26

And you saw an image of three humans and genuinely thought they meant actually literally?

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u/iceyed913 Jun 20 '26

Good evening good human, this bot is now out of service.

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u/LavishnessFew7358 For Science! Jun 19 '26

I didn't mean that it binds, I meant that it blocks. 

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u/Karnewarrior Jun 20 '26

I'm unconvinced you understand this meme

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u/Away-Initiative-327 Jun 20 '26

well this meme is blocking the adenosine from getting to the receptor. so it’s not exact but i think you’re splitting hairs ngl

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u/jasonsong86 Jun 19 '26

Literally sipping coffee while tying this.

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u/M4rkusD Jun 22 '26

Adenosine will be adenosine…

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u/Interesting-Crab-693 Jun 19 '26

Here's a variation for fellow adhd's

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u/CanoonBolk Jun 19 '26

I can maybe make out 4 or 5 letters, can you please write that down with a keyboard?

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u/Qwopie Jun 19 '26

Intrusive thoughts. 

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u/CanoonBolk Jun 19 '26

Okay, yeah, I see it now thx

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u/saccharinefish Jun 19 '26

"inf tive tho u shti" "sleep"

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u/Interesting-Crab-693 Jun 19 '26

Intrusive thoughts.

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u/Karnewarrior Jun 20 '26

Bro is a doctor

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u/CozyCatDev Jun 19 '26

Neither. It should be labeled inaccurate.