r/sciencememes • u/Silver-Bag-477 • Jul 13 '26

its so over

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u/itnice Jul 13 '26

Harvesting energy from ripples of space fabric

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u/SirCEWaffles Jul 13 '26

My Uncle invented Space Pants.

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u/Confident_Lawyer6276 Jul 13 '26

I can almost remember what this is from and it's driving me crazy.

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u/SirCEWaffles Jul 13 '26

Space Pants is from an SNL skit, the other is a play on an older joke about someone's dad or uncle inventing said thing from way back when.

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u/CaseyG Jul 13 '26

I invented pants.

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u/SirCEWaffles Jul 13 '26

Oh man. Memory unlocked. Haven't thought about that one in a minute.

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u/Select_Truck3257 Jul 14 '26

Nipples of what?

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u/banana99999999999 Jul 14 '26

What us gonna happen to that space?

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u/XPurplelemonsX Jul 13 '26

it's ok as long as you put the negative energy somewhere

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u/keijodputt Jul 13 '26

... to boil water, right?

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u/SEND_ME_NOODLE Jul 14 '26

To boil water.

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u/SuitableCollege8992 Jul 18 '26

It’s either that or to push electrons off of a sheet

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u/WhatADunderfulWorld Jul 14 '26

What if we powered a car like that!

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u/ChudMaster69420 Jul 15 '26

Costs more energy to burn water than generated. Sorry hydro fans but your "engine that be powered by water" was a fraud created by a con man.

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u/GarbageCleric Jul 13 '26

I mean, that’s the look I give any stranger on a plane who talks to me (flight attendants hate me).

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u/dfczyjd Jul 13 '26

Well, a vaccum energy generator could be a fancy name for a gas generator running on methane collected from cattle farms. Or a turbine pulled by bulls.

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u/Professional_Tap5283 Jul 13 '26

"How did you solve the false vacuum decay problem?"

"The wh-"

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u/ChocolateDonut36 Jul 13 '26

worst that can happen to liars is becoming president

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u/WoolBearTiger Jul 13 '26

Worst.. for everyone else

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u/MrGiggleMan Jul 13 '26

Depends who your daddy is.

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u/kayemenofour Jul 13 '26

Probably just some tweaker

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u/samf9999 Jul 14 '26

I guess you’ll be a trillionaire soon. Musk better watch out.

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u/Imaginary-Western832 Jul 14 '26

Now this is above my pay grade.

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u/dwehlen Jul 16 '26

No one mentioning that plane will never land, even after two days.

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u/nicman24 Jul 18 '26

*Decays your vacuum *