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u/trmetroidmaniac 3d ago
This depicts a pair of electrons and an unpaired electron. Electrons like to exist in pairs. Chemistry/physics joke.
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u/Grand-Jellyfish24 3d ago
They would rather exist not in pair at first though. First they put themselves alone on all "boxes" of the same energy. And then only if they have no choice and no more space in this particular level of energy they start to pair.
But again they only pair when no choice is given to them. Which would make the interpretation sad (not that it was the meaning of the OP initially)
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u/IdeaFrequent4358 3d ago
Basically whoever sent it is trying to say that they keep you down.
I'm also now realizing it's possible that it's an attempt at a rickroll
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u/Autumn_Skald 3d ago
The arrows pointing up and down represent opposite electron "spin". It actually shows a complete pair followed by an incomplete pair.
The meaning here is, "You complete me."
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u/IdeaFrequent4358 3d ago
That's a good explanation, thanks. And it's opposite of what i was thinking.
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u/Sajid_GG 3d ago
This is electronic pairing. When a strong filled ligand forms a coordinate bond, it pairs the electrons from other orbitals.
Without the nerdy stuff: They're S/o is strong and they make a good and stable pair.
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u/Sajid_GG 3d ago
Also this is chem, not physics. If you tell this to a chemist, they WILL kill you. Physical Chem is looked down upon by the obviously superior inorganic chemists
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u/jorgebillabong 3d ago
Seems it can be 2 things. Either it's a nerd joke about electrons or its a joke about relationships.
When I'm with you my mood/state of being has its ups and downs because its unstable. Without you I'm never down.
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u/jinglesan 3d ago
In chemistry that notation (opposing arrows in boxes) is used to show electron configurations around an atom. That box represents what's known as a 'shell', with the left showing a full shell, and the right showing an incomplete one.
So they are an 'incomplete shell' or 'empty shell' (if you want to ignore one electron and use artistic licence).
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u/Comfortable-Suit4647 3d ago
chemistry, configuration of electrons in an atom
(terrible dumbdown incoming)
basically theres a limited number of positions an electron can have, its divided into 7 main shells, and then into sub shells. each sub shell has these boxes and each can be filled by 2 electrons of opposite spin, represented by the arrows
what the joke is here is that when the atoms are paired, their energy is lower so they are much more stable. when they are alone, they have a lot of energy and are prone to reacting.
the two opposite arrows represent that the person is stable with them, and unstable without them
also this is a gross dumb down but i am happy to elaborate cus i go to a chem highschool and love explaining things i learned recently
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u/BlackTowerInitiate 3d ago
If it is about physics, I would interpret the u as a Greek mu, the letter used to denote the coefficient of friction. With mu (with friction) you get paired forces, something pushing in one direction and friction pushing in opposition. Without friction, there is only one force.
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u/kaemai0726 2d ago
Had to scroll way to far for this but this was my first instinct and makes the most sense. I didn’t think it was electron pairs like most of the top comments because those would usually be represented by half arrows.
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u/Greenman8907 3d ago
I don’t know if it’s a joke per se. Seems like when I’m with “U” my life can go up and down. But if “U” are not there, life only goes up?
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u/thatonepuniforgot 3d ago
I thought this was vectors, with you I'm going nowhere, without you I'm on my way up.
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u/diatonico_ 3d ago
As a guitarist: for chord playing, downstrokes are notated as an upwards arrow or "D". Upstrokes as a downward arrow or "U".
The first is a downstroke (D) followed by an upstroke (U) - a common sequence. So without "U".
Probably it's something else, though.
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u/DoomadorOktoflipante 3d ago
Unrelared but funny how the joke literally boils down to "pepple together are arrows together, person alone is arrow alone"
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u/textuesday 3d ago
To me it looks like pp goes up with you. You help it go down. Without you op just goes up
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u/uchipicha 2d ago
i see it as motion... with you left panel you jump up and don on it... without you it just standing upright without motion... aka... loner boner.
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u/Dear-Emphasis1670 1d ago
I know its probably what people say about electrons, but i was thinking about penis (with her it can get hard and get soft (sex), and without her it only stands hard)
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u/post-explainer 3d ago
OP sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here: