It does not surprise me in the slightest that you are incapable of understanding my comments. You’re a run-of-the-mill reddit level intellect, and you all read from the same playbook and make the same comments to me. Always the same two or three things: you’re upset, you're young, this is personal. It does get tedious, but I enjoy talking shit to stupid people, so I thank you for the opportunity.

Speaking of which, that is what I am doing—talking shit. I’m not angry or upset or animated or anything. Vitriolic, yes; passionate, not even close to overdose. When a bottom of the barrel has zero intellectual curiosity and refuses to engage with its superior in a reasonable manner, I hurl the good stuff at you. I’m glad you find it amusing and intriguing.

Furtherless, this is not inconsequential. It’s representative of the false STEM superiority that pervades and diminishes decent people’s lives. y = mx + b, I’m a fucking genius. As I already said, there is absolutely no question that this stupid meme is intended to be funny. It’s turning the frogs gay? Yeah, just a straightforward presentation of facts. Sure, son.

Unlike you, I never heard of this when I was a kid. It wasn’t until long after I took chemistry in high school and college that I ever even heard of it. But that’s meaningless. What bothers me is unearned superiority, not personal grievance. The way to combat chemophobia is to explain chemicals to people and implement programs of intellectual self defense, not to mock them for falling for idiotic trickery.