The alkalation unit in chemical plants and refineries is the place where the most human melting could occur in an emergency. Scary as hell. Basically you have to wear a moon suit if you even look at the border between that unit and the rest of the plant.
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I love the vibes of this meme but I am not powerful enough to understand, pls someone explain for me :3
It's crudely drawn images of an alkylating agent stuck to shit. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's the whole joke. Like, no deep levels to this. I think it's literally what you see.
Uh, well to alkylate something is to make it more alkaline, that is to make it less acidic.
In the case of the girlfriend, I believe the joke is that the OP fucked her, since the vagina is very slightly acidic and semen is more alkaline. The others are just nonsense to me.
Mind you, all of that’s a giant shot in the dark. I work in electronics, not chemistry.
Edit: This was meant to be a reply. 😢
Good job! Now it is both a reply and not a reply
The alkylated benzene looks like a little bug guy. It has two legs, two arms, and two antennas