Can someone explain this supposed joke please?

[flobadob]

I think this is supposed to be some sort of science joke, can anyone explain? http://loled.net/?p=90

[R1Geezer]

this is with no googling but as far as I can tell the first box is a hydrogen atom the second shows the arrival of a florine atom which appears to nick the electron making the hydrogen charged positive and itself negative not sure of the comedic side though!

[jackthehat]

Fluorine + teeth is the only connection I can make...

[flobadob]

No takers?

[vascop]

I think that in the last picture the Hydrogen ion is saying the F-word which is written with a - at the end to show that the last 2 letters are missing.

[Jaybee_s]

The comedic side is kinda similar to Larson's animal cartoons: in this instance assigning human emotions to hydrogen and fluorine atoms. Happy, innocent Hydrogen: scheming thieving fluorine......

[flobadob]

Well, what is the relevance of the H changing to H+ and the F changing to F-?

[NazNomad]

If you don't 'get' it, you're not supposed to.

[DTCwordfan]

one is rhesus positive and the other rhesus negative???

or "I am splitting my atoms"

[flobadob]

There was another picture on the same site which had a claddagh ring. Again I didn't really get it but after messing about on google I found out it was a reference to a site called goatse.cx or something. Never would have gotten that in a million years. But I cannot get anywhere with the Hydrogen Flourine thing.

[flobadob]

This one is more obvious http://loled.net/?p=1517

[Jaybee_s]

Well, I'm no chemist, but as the electron carries a negative charge, and the hydrogen atom loses one electron, it becomes positively charged when combined with Fluorine. Similarly, the Fluorine atom "steals" the electron and hence carries a nett -ve charge....

Now it all sounds a bit geeky, n'est pas?

[scrunge999]

This is something to do with "troll science" which has been described as "science you wish were true" - see http://trollscience.com. The picture is similar to the one discussed here: http://memebase.com/2.../28/memes-trollistry/

Jaybee_s has it pretty much correct I think. A "troll scientist" would argue that the hydrogen atom wants to use its electron to bond with another element and the fluorine atom wants to gain an electron to get a full 'set' of 8 electrons, so it 'steals' from the hydrogen, leaving it 'forever alone'. But in the real world of course the two atoms would form a compound so the hydrogen wouldn't be alone at all. Those chemists' parties must be a real riot.

[flobadob]

Thanks scrunge. Although I still don't totally get it, I think I get it.

[DTCwordfan]

they are blasts - gin by the beaker.....wine by the test tube - and they are explosive affairs - lots of hot gas re all the chatter too............