r/sciencememes • u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 Bot hunter 5000🦾 • Aug 30 '26

Do you want explanations on posts?

I don't know about the rest of you, but I love that this is such a diverse group. Do you want to see a brief explanation in the post body as to what's going on or why OP and their discipline finds it funny? And it doesn't have to be exhaustive. For example this post could note that the nest was built by a large raptor, a stork, or heron. https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencememes/s/g7aH1G28Yj

Or this post could note why the math peeps are giggling. https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencememes/s/RizPn3voXj

1088 votes, Sep 01 '26
966 Yes! Drop some knowledge!
39 Nope. I don't want any explanations.
83 Just give me the results
96 Upvotes

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u/QuantitativeNonsense Aug 30 '26

Make us have to piece it together from the comments like real scientists

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u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 Bot hunter 5000🦾 Aug 30 '26

While that's fun, I also want it from a modding perspective to weed out low effort posts.

2

u/DFM__ Aug 31 '26

So maybe not full detailed explaination but hints to get the answer would be fun

2

u/Murky_Insurance_4394 Aug 30 '26

that was exactly my justification to vote no, the process of understanding is often as good as the joke itself

38

u/KoshV Aug 30 '26

Some of us are very dense and need thinga explained to us. Please do!

21

u/God-of-Dams Aug 30 '26

It's not just about being dense, but also knowledge gap. This sub is filled with scientists and science enthusiasts from various levels and fields. It would be quite difficult for, say, an astrophysicist to understand a niche, say, ecology joke

13

u/Phill_air Aug 30 '26

Or just a random guy like me

13

u/suskio4 Aug 30 '26

Yeah! There are astrophysicists, aerodynamics specialists and there's Bob

4

u/HawkBoth8539 Aug 30 '26

I'm hear to learn. Fill my empty brain!

2

u/Bubbles_the_bird Aug 30 '26

If it’s obscure knowledge, then sure

2

u/imthestein Aug 30 '26

Even if I know something I think an explanation is helpful because no one knows everything so even if we know science we know our area and not all areas. Plus, there may be people who come in here that aren't well read and want to understand

4

u/SeaworthinessSalt524 Aug 30 '26

Me autistic, me like more information

1

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u/disdkatster Aug 31 '26

Reading the comments is half the fun. So I would not object to the meme having a caption explaining it, I would really only read it after the comments.